So you can see when Amour won Best Foreign Language movie at the Golden Globes on Sunday, sentiment went up significantly.

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Iranian film A Separation, which recently triumphed at the London Critics Circle awards, received two nods, including best foreign language movie and original screenplay.

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As it moves onto 1, 000 screens across the U.S. this weekend from 650, "Life" becomes the first foreign-language movie to hit that mark, easily passing the previous record holder, "Il Postino, " which played on roughly 400 screens.

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Those are extraordinary home video numbers for an R-rated movie that's in a foreign language and features graphic violence.

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And the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering whether to nominate Nairobi Half Life for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- the first time a Kenyan movie has been considered.

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