About 15 years ago, I started watching foreign films. I really can't remember why I tried one, but I was immediately hooked. I'm a bit of a purist, meaning that I can't want dubbed films, only subtitled ones. I just have to hear the original actor's voice, inflections, and emotions.
But that's just a side matter. It's the foreign-ness of the film, or TV show, that is key. I just like seeing how people live in other countries. In reality we all face the same issues - family, love, survival - so it is endlessly fascinating how these common events and relationships are handled. How people live, what their homes look like, what their traditions are, what they eat, how they eat.
Libraries are the basis for life-long learning, of expanding out minds, of learning about the world around us so that we can understand everything better. Foreign films are an important element of this as they bring the world around us into our own homes vividly. We realize how alike we really are, while embracing the rich variety that exists in the world.
Give one a try - we have a nice variety at the library.
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