> A colleague of mine is looking for films with plots featuring cultural > transition(s), i.e. someone going to a foreign country, or someone coming > home, and in both cases having to make some cultural adjustments and/or > resisting changes. > > Any ideas? UK: Hanif Kureishi "Buddha of Suburbia" (novel, bbc mini series) My Beautiful Launderette Sammy & Rosie Get Laid http://akas.imdb.com/Name?Kureishi,+Hanif Austria: Nordrand. Austria 1999. Several young immigrant girls learn to cope and make new friends. VHS (PAL, german) at video.polyfilm.at http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0209187 Born in Absurdistan. Austria 2000. Immigrant/bureaucracy comedy, directed by Houchang Allahyari. German VHS www.filmladen.at http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0235413 I Love Vienna. Austria 1991. Immigrant falls in love... Another Houchang Allahyari film. Does not seem to be available on VHS or DVD, maybe ask at www.epofilm.at http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0102087 Germany: Angst essen Seele auf - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's romantic drama about cross-cultural love http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0071141 Erkan und Stefan - Comedy with two kids (who grew up speaking bavarian german dialect, apparently) imitating turkish-german prole slang. Very successful, though it seems doubtful to me whether it's "integrative humor" or just poking fun at a minority. http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0216741 Happy Birthday, Türke! His name's Kemal Kayankaya, but he doesn't speak a single word of Turkish... and he's working as a private eye in Germany. http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0102000 Netherlands: The Flodders Flodder 1 has a poor family moving to an upscale neighborhood, Flodder 2 has them sent top New York... weird, sometimes funny, and they don't adjust... much :-) http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0091060 USA: Possibly "Manchurian Candidate" - Korea vets come home brainwashed http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0056218 Maybe "Born on the 4th of July" - Vietnam vet returns home, some culture shock stuff maybe? http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0096969 Little Big Man - Old man tells how he was raised by the Cheyenne tribe "Human Beings" and fought General Custer... http://akas.imdb.com/Details?0065988 Hope this helps Dave Skreiner DVD-Home mag, Germany ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu