New Foreign Film DVDs at the Beaverton City Library

BREATHLESS (FRENCH)
A Paris crook falls in love with an American. One of the first films of the French New Wave.






SILENT LIGHT (GERMAN)
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a man betrays his family by having an affair with another woman, which changes the course of events with both his wife and his mistress.




TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (ITALIAN)
A little boy breaks his precious pair of clogs, which he needs for his long trek to school. Desperate for wood to make a new pair, his father sneaks into a prized grove in their small village. When he is caught, the unfeeling, rich landlord punishes him.



AT THE BEGINNING OF GLORIOUS DAYS (RUSSIAN)
After great losses in the 17th century, Russia must try to capture a shipyard in order to gain a foothold in foreign trade once again. Now Peter must return to Russia to stop the rebellion started by his own sister.