Just to kick this off, I wonder if there is one film that first caught your attention, enchanting you with its exotic allure, powerful performances, or simple charm?
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I think the first non-English speaking movie I remember loving was the French-made The Red Balloon (1956), which was shown at a special matinee for children one Christmas that also featured Bugs Bunny cartoons on the big screen. I'd never seen either of these, but The Red Balloon captured that childish belief in the inner life of material things, with that lonely little boy assigning personality and emotions to that battered balloon he tried to save and befriend throughout the movie. I haven't seen this movie in years, and I don't think I want to since I could never perceive it in the same way that I did then.
Do you have a particular foreign film that you'd like to cite here?