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Sheiks in Araby - La mosquée
The imam wore jeans - Des Hommes et des Dieux
Monks & terrorists in Algeria - Les Femmes du Caire
Egyptian society dissected - Los caminos de la memoria
Skulls in Franco's closet - Medalia de onoare
Romanian Medal of Honor - Journey to Mecca
Epic Ibn Battuta - Silent Voices
Jail, inside & out - Oceans - Jacques Perrin
Seal-level view - Vincere - Marco Bellocchio
Mrs. Mussolini #1 - Tales from the Golden Age
Humor, the best revenge - Les barons
In the hood - Mihaileanu's Le concert
Heartachingly funny - A l'origine
Con(science) - Okuribito - Departures
Leave with a flourish - Nos lieux interdits
Hearts of darkness - Das Weiße Band - The White Ribbon
Omerta in rural Germany - L'Armée du Crime
Non-French Resistance - 14 Kilómetros
Migrants, risking all - Un Prophète
Clink success story - The Time That Remains
Arab-Israelis, or both? - Pranzo di Ferragosto
August in Rome w/Mamma - Pazar - Bir ticaret masali
The Market as bazaar - Immigration trilogy
Welcome, The Visitor, Eden à l'ouest - Aruitemo aruitemo - Still Walking
Honor your parents - Dans la brume électrique
James Lee Burke & Bertrand Tavernier - Katanga Business
The "beeznis" of greed - La Graine et le Mulet
Integrated immigrants - Leonera - Lion's Den
Motherhood & prison - Snow - Snijeg
Postwar Bosnia