Oscar 2012: Golden Globes Predictions
By Tom Houseman
December 14, 2011
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Best Foreign Language Film:
Not being bound by the complex and often absurd rules of the Academy allows the HFPA to nominate more mainstream, popular foreign films - if either of those words can really be used to describe foreign films. Some of the more critically acclaimed foreign films this year include Iran's A Separation, Finland's Le Havre, and, because there's always a Holocaust drama, Poland's In Darkness. If the HFPA wants to stray from the slow and depressing dramas, there is Brazil's Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (it has a political bent, which usually helps in this category), France's Love Crime, Japan's 13 Assassins, or the animated Chico & Rita. Pedro Almodovar is in the race, and he is always a threat, so look out for The Skin I Live In. Also to consider is Angelina Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey, which is in Bosnian. Would the HFPA pass up a chance to nominate such a big star?
- Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
- In the Land of Blood and Honey
- Le Havre
- A Separation
- The Skin I Live In
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