Best Foreign Film - In a Better World vs Biutiful
The 2011 Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Film were an interesting bunch. You had three directors nominated who would go on to become household names, if they weren't already. (Household in the film nerd world, anyways). On the flipside, you have a film that would go on to become only the 3rd film for Denmark to win this category. On this episode, Shay and Wendy look at how In a Better World from Denmark won over Biutiful from Mexico. We try to understand how the members vote for one film over another. It honestly seems as if the members don't even watch these films, they just vote on plot summary. TIGGER WARNING: This episode does have discussion about rape, and violence towards women.