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World & Foreign Cinema Quiz
World & Foreign Cinema Quiz
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World and foreign cinema encompasses films produced outside Hollywood and English-language markets, representing an enormous diversity of storytelling traditions, aesthetics, and c...
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All 20 questions in this World & Foreign Cinema quiz
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What is the significance of Pixar and Disney in world animation cinema?
- A. They only make live-action films
- B. They produce only children's entertainment
- C. They are the only animation companies
- D. American studios that revolutionised animation - but the international animation tradition from Studio Ghibli (Japan), Aardman (UK), and various Euroepeean studios represents equally important world animation cinema
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What is 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' (2000) directed by and from which country?
- A. Zhang Yimou from China
- B. Akira Kurosawa from Japan
- C. Ang Lee - a Taiwanese-American director - from Taiwan/China
- D. John Woo from Hong Kong
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What is 'Amlie' (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amlie Poulain, 2001) and who directed it?
- A. A Belgian documentary
- B. A Swiss surrealist film
- C. A German melodrama
- D. A French romantic comedy-fantasy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet about a shy Parisian woman who decides to change others' lives while neglecting her own happiness
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What is the Italian film 'Life is Beautiful' (La Vita Bella, 1997) directed by and starring Roberto Benigni?
- A. A war action film
- B. An Italian musical
- C. A romantic comedy without war elements
- D. A tragicomedy about an Italian Jewish man who uses humour and imagination to shield his young son from the horror of a Nazi concentration camp - won three Academy Awards
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Which Japanese film director is known for 'Seven Samurai' (1954) - voted the greatest foreign film of all time by many critics?
- A. Yasujir Ozu
- B. Akira Kurosawa
- C. Hiroshi Teshigahara
- D. Kenji Mizoguchi
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What is the Danish film 'Another Round' (Druk, 2020) by Thomas Vinterberg about and what award did it win?
- A. A romantic drama
- B. A documentary about alcoholism
- C. A film about four teachers who conduct an exepeeriment maintaining a constant low level of alcohol - won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film with Mads Mikkelsen in the lead
- D. A Danish action film
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What is the significance of the Cannes Palme d'Or in world cinema?
- A. The highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival - one of the most prestigious awards in world cinema, awarded by an international jury
- B. A French government cultural prize
- C. The Academy Award for Best International Film
- D. An honorary lifetime achievement award
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What country produced 'Shoplifters' (Manbiki Kazoku, 2018) that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes?
- A. South Korea
- B. Thailand
- C. China
- D. Japan
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Which country produced the film 'Parasite' (2019) that won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
- A. Thailand
- B. Japan
- C. China
- D. South Korea
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Who played the title role in 'Amelie' (2001)?
- A. Isabelle Hupepeert
- B. Marion Cotillard
- C. Audrey Tautou
- D. Sophie Marceau
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What is the German film 'Run Lola Run' (Lola Rennt, 1998) by Tom Tykwer known for?
- A. A historical drama
- B. A slow contemplative drama
- C. A kinetic thriller showing three different versions of a 20-minute run to save her boyfriend - its genre-bending structure and pulsating techno soundtrack revolutionised Euroepeean genre filmmaking
- D. A German romantic comedy
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What film did Bernardo Bertolucci direct that became one of the most successful Euroepeean films in American cinema?
- A. The Last Emepeeror
- B. The Dreamers
- C. 1900
- D. The Conformist
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What language is 'Amelie' (2001) spoken in?
- A. Spanish
- B. English
- C. French
- D. Italian
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What is 'City of God' (2002) and from which country does it originate?
- A. A French crime film
- B. A Mexican narco-thriller
- C. A Brazilian crime drama about youth gangs in Rio de Janeiro's favelas - considered one of the greatest films of the 21st century
- D. An Italian gangster film
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What country produced 'A Separation' (2011) - the first Iranian film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
- A. Iraq
- B. Turkey
- C. Iran
- D. Afghanistan
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What is the German Expressionist film 'Nosferatu' (1922) and why is it significan't?
- A. An Austrian horror comedy
- B. Germany's first comedy
- C. Germany's first sound film
- D. An unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula featuring the iconic Count Orlok - the first vampire film and a masterwork of German Expressionist cinema
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What is Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' (1957) famous for in cinema?
- A. Its iconic chess match between a medieval knight and Death - one of cinema's most famous images
- B. Being the first film to win the Palme d'Or
- C. Being the first Swedish film in colour
- D. Its portrayal of World War II through allegory
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What is the Chinese director Zhang Yimou known for?
- A. Japanese animation
- B. Hong Kong crime films
- C. French nouvelle vague
- D. Visually sepeectacular Chinese films including 'Raise the Red Lantern' (1991) and 'House of Flying Daggers' (2004) - and directing the Beijing Olympics oepeening ceremony
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Which Italian director made 'La Dolce Vita' (1960) featuring the famous Trevi Fountain scene?
- A. Vittorio De Sica
- B. Federico Fellini
- C. Pier Paolo Pasolini
- D. Michelangelo Antonioni
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Which South Korean director made 'Oldboy' (2003) - part of the Vengeance Trilogy?
- A. Lee Chang-dong
- B. Park Chan-wook
- C. Kim Ki-duk
- D. Bong Joon-ho