When Good Foreign Films Miss the Oscars
Some well-received foreign films are coming to movie theaters this month — but several are not eligible to enter the field for a foreign-language Oscar.
One is The Band's Visit, about an Egyptian police band that gets lost in Israel; another is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, even though it is entirely in French.
So, you might ask, what qualifies a film for the foreign-language Oscar category?
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