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[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

This is a picspam for halfamoon's current celebration of female characters. I decided to make a picspam for a small selection of my favorite non-English speaking female characters ("non-English speaking" here meaning that they primarily speak in another language since some of these characters may codeswitch or speak occasional sentences in English). I've hopefully kept the spoilers to a minimum in case you want to check any of these out. :) I know that I definitely need to diversify my exposure to non-English media and I hope that I can find and add more awesome ladies in the future!





Film: Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Language: French
Character: Amélie Poulain

Amélie Poulain is a shy but caring woman who devises roundabout ways to interact with the people around her. She is very empathetic and imaginative and watching this movie makes you excited to see what she encounters next.

Show: Capital Scandal
Language: Korean
Character: Cha Song Joo

Cha Song Joo has survived a tragic past to become a popular courtesan in Japan-occupied Seoul in the 1930's. She can swing dance, look elegant in a potato sack, and assemble a rifle in 35 seconds.

Film: Jab We Met
Language: Hindi + Punjabi
Character: Geet Dhillon

Geet Dhillon is possibly the most talkative, vivacious girl in existence but you can't help but fall for her charm. She's spontaneous and heavily optimistic but she is in control of her agency and makes sure everyone else knows this.

Film: Mulan
Language: Mandarin
Character: Hua Mulan

This Mulan didn't need any song + training sequences to learn to be "swift as the coursing river", etc.; she's pretty much capable of pwning others from Day 1.

Show: Türkisch für Anfänger
Language: German + Turkish
Character: Yağmur Öztürk

Yağmur is a young, Turkish, devout Muslim girl living with her brother, her father, and her new German stepfamily. She is all too often found at the crossroads of the two cultures but she navigates her world with style.

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous picspam! Thank you for reminding me of some of the ladies of the world beyond my monoglot corner, and giving me some new heroines to investigate!

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it! :)

[igrockspock.livejournal.com]

Do you have any suggestions for obtaining this Chinese, live-action version of Mulan? I would love it for my world lit classroom (though obviously, I'd need one with English subtitles.)

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

You can find links to download the movie and English subtitles here (http://silentregrets.com/cmovies/mulan.php) (you'll need to rejoin the files with a program like HJSplit)! :D

[themadpoker.livejournal.com]

I just finished watching Mulan about an hour ago! =D Totally an awesome lady, great choice. I think I'll try to check out Türkisch für Anfänger
too, I'm always on the look out for Muslim girls on television (they are so very rare, I grab them wherever I can find them).

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about the scarcity of Muslim girls on television as it's definitely what drew me into the show to begin with. Unfortunately, if you're not a native German speaker and want English subtitles, finding subtitles Türkisch für Anfänger is almost impossible. :P YouTube has the subtitled pilot, which I've posted here (http://community.livejournal.com/iconnaissances/30364.html#cutid1) and there are some very, very rough fansubs here (http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/tuerkischfuerAnfaenger#) but beyond that it's really hard to find anything. I'm learning German right now so I can follow the basics but I'm just really hoping someone makes good English subs for this show!

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

*squees*

Oh, I loved that scene in Mulan where you saw the toll that the years had taken on her hands and her body, and her stoicism about her life.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, that was a muted but beautiful scene, wasn't it? :)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous picspam, and fabulous ladies! Jab We Met and Capital Scandal are both on my "to watch" list. I'd never heard of Türkisch für Anfänger before, but I'll certainly have to keep an eye open for it.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Yay! I hope you enjoy both Jab We Met and Capital Scandal!

I've sort of introduced Türkisch für Anfänger in this post (http://community.livejournal.com/iconnaissances/30364.html) and you can watch the pilot of the show there as well! Unfortunately, beyond that, it's very hard to find any subtitles. I honestly flailed around when I found incomplete fansubs of the beginning episodes at Viikii (http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/tuerkischfuerAnfaenger) the other day, but otherwise I'm just trying to follow along with a basic understanding of German. :/

[streussal.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I'll have to look into the ones I haven't seen (everything aside from Amelie).

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hope you like what you check out! :)

[raucousraven.livejournal.com]

Wow. WOW. I love this whole post! So many more media to see...

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the post! :D

[boo.livejournal.com]

amazing! i'd never heard of any of these besides Amelie. +mems

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Hope you try out any of the new movies/shows in the future! :)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I'm so glad you did this, thank you.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it! :)

[superwoman-c.livejournal.com]

I see Audrey and Kareena! Thanks for this pretty picspam! (:

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :)

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for this. I really appreciate knowing about these ladies.

[dharmavati.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the picspam! :)

[amalnahurriyeh.livejournal.com]

These look great! I wish Türkisch für Anfänger were available in English subtitles, b/c I'm actually teaching a course with a unit on Turks in Germany this semester, and I wish I could assign it. :( But :) for it existing!

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

I've only seen "Amelie" and the others all look fabulous! Thanks for the pics and recommendations! :D

[alaplage.livejournal.com]

BEAUTIFUL! i can only speak to jab we met & amélie, but i love the moments you chose for them. both films are so wonderful.

[such_heights]

Oh, what a great idea! *adds to to-watch list*

[sheepfairy.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent picspam! It's really encouraged by desire to see Mulan and Capitol Scandal, and I'll be crossing my fingers that somebody eventually subtitles the German one!

[roga.livejournal.com]

So pretty! Thank you <3

from halfamoon

[katarik.livejournal.com]

Oh, all of these sound fabulous! Thank you so much for the picspam.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Amélie! And I wanted to watch this Mulan for a while. Türkisch für Anfänger is also on my list; must watch the good German tv...

[rhapsodyinpink.livejournal.com]

Yağmur! I love that girl. What two scenes are going on when she isn't wearing her hijab?

That reminds me, I really need to go check out that Interlibrary Loan, haha.

[dhobikikutti]

Fabulous!

[glass-icarus.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! I've seen Amelie, and I already wanted to watch live-action Mulan like BURNING, but the others look just as fabulous. *adds to WANT list*

[ninefly.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to watch Amelie for a while now, these pretty pictures are definitely winning me over =D
and HELL YEAH MULAN ♥

[breakattiffanys.livejournal.com]

Amelie!!!!!!!!! I just love French women in general.

[tv-junk-ie.livejournal.com]

great Idea! I love Geet my fave Kareena character ever! &hearts

[looni-ma.livejournal.com]

This is lovely! Great you included so many awesome girls. I loved Kareena in Jab We Met and Audrey is such a classy actress.
The others look great as well, beautiful picspam!

[timeofyoursong.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've only seen Amelie out of these - will definitely be checking out the others!

Lovely picspam!

[joaniemaloney.livejournal.com]

You are amazing for including Amelie & Mulan! I've finally seen the Vicki Zhao version and she's fantastic. That movie just broke my heart.

[la-petite-singe.livejournal.com]

Very cool idea! I need to see more of these. :)

[kanuenschen.livejournal.com]

OMFG! Amelie is so awesome! I watched the movie last year (after wanting to for about 2000 years) and I was just blown away by it's creativity and loveable characters. It doesn't hurt that I love Audrey Tatou as well. ;)
But who really surprised me on this is Yagmur. I mean, don't get me wrong, she is probably my favorite character on TFA but how do you watch it/do you live in Germany?
Anyways, awesome picspam and esp. yay for Yagmur :D

[trascendenza]

This is awesome! Really nice selection of caps.

Would have any pointers for where to find Türkisch für Anfänger? Netflix is sadly lacking it. :( Edit: Oh, nevermind, I thought it was a movie -- hadn't realized it was a TV show. Maybe when my cousins finally come over for their long-promised visit to America I'll make them bring it for me. *g*

[bongchacha.livejournal.com]

Chinese actresses like Vicki Zhao Wei is one of the most amazing beauties of all time. I especially like Vicki's role in Shaolin soccer. Professional, and take ugly roles very well. She had so many fans on weibo... and ranking top 4 !
Here's a tweet she made to her fans :

明天又去玛花纤体，因为今天没少吃，呵呵。每次被抹满海盐，包在可以加热的塑料包里，我就会想起我最近爱做的一道菜，烤鱼

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54013921@N08/4991934871/

It's good to see her in Singapore. Maybe she can add some spice to the local drama scene. The Princesses had better take note.