{"id":562,"date":"2013-01-10T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T12:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=562"},"modified":"2013-08-19T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:56:17","slug":"roll-up-for-some-great-foreign-flicks-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/roll-up-for-some-great-foreign-flicks-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll Up for Some Great Foreign Flicks (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just read that the shortlist of foreign film nominees for the Oscars have been announced for the next event. I am going to come right out and admit that I haven\u2019t seen a single one of them yet. Still, it seems like a good time to think of some foreign flicks which could help you learn a language better. Here are three of my favourites from around the world.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>El Secreto de Sus Ojos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a fantastic Argentine film which I saw for the first time not too long ago. It is a gripping story with some fine twists and I think it won some big awards when it came out a couple of years ago. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">If they like crime thrillers and want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">learn Spanish Birmingham<\/a> residents could do a lot <\/a>worse than watch this one. If you want to watch it in English it is called The Secret of Their Eyes. If you are starting to learn Spanish then I would suggest watching it in that tongue but with subtitles on. Will you guess the ending? I didn\u2019t but then I never do. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.esmas.com\/2010\/02\/05\/98753\/el-secreto-de-sus-ojos-300x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just read that the shortlist of foreign film nominees for the Oscars have been announced for the next event. I am going to come right out and admit that I haven\u2019t seen a single one of them yet. 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