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‘This is why I’m obsessed with movies’ – Dave
We reach a monumental moment in the history of the Academy Awards: the first film not in the English language to be nominated for Best Picture.
This is Jean Renoir’s masterpiece, Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion). Nominated solely for Best Picture, this masterful film encompasses the war movement in 1914, following captive French soldiers and their engagement with enemy forces. Find out why this one in particular matters more than most.
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Read Roger Ebert’s piece in Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) here.
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