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The Post Quiz: International Film Thumbnails

Stills from Edison's Kinetoscopic 1894 film record of a sneeze.

Do you like international cinema? Our Awix does. He's always telling us about the latest from around the world.

So, you cinephiles: can you identify these international films by their plot summaries? Give it a go.

Matching.

PlotTitle
1. In postwar Germany, blonde is great success until she blows up her gas stove. Moral: World War II was bad. Smoking in the house is worse. The Magdalen Sisters
2. In Romania, Communism is dead – but the old party leaders are Undead, and won't lie down.Whale Rider
3. In 1960s Ireland, the nuns are running a business that cannot be called a beautiful launderette. Hobo with a Shotgun
4. German director takes international cast to Malta, where they start a pet sanctuary and work on their tans and abs. Oh, the movie? Something about a big wooden horse. Rabbit-Proof Fence
5. Evil South African racist turns into giant bug, but does not meet Franz Kafka. Serves him right, actually.Troy
6. Giant rock people menace Norway, but there is a Hero. (Unfortunately, he is not Jason Statham.)District 9
7. In this Bollywood epic, Lalita Bakshi marries Mr Darcy, who gets into the music. The Marriage of Maria Braun
8. Watching this very cheap Canadian film will give you a lifelong aversion to manhole covers – and, possibly, make you wonder what Rutger Hauer was thinking.Trollhunter
9. Aboriginal girls walk 1500 miles through the Outback to Jigalong, frustrating racists.Bride and Prejudice
10. Pai fights Maori gender stereotypes and prevails with the help of cetacean friends. Strigoi

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