2011 Oscar odds for Best Foreign Film
The 2011 Oscar odds for Best Foreign film have been released by Bookmaker.com. This is always a great category to wager on since the payout odds are typically pretty good with the field wide open.
For now Biutiful is the favorite with -150 odds, requiring a $15 bet to win $10(the $15 bet will be refunded should the film win).
Biufiful is a drama film directed by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and starring Javier Bardem. It is the story of Uxbal – a cancer-ridden single father who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona -- all before his time is up.
Dogtooth comes to us from Greece and is a long shot to win but the payout would be pretty big. It is a film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos about a husband and wife who keep their children imprisoned on their property into adulthood.
In a Better World is a Denmark film that is somewhat favored at 2/1 odds. It is directed by Susanne Bier and written by Anders Thomas Jensen. It won the Golden Globe for “Best Foreign Film”.
From Wikipedia: The idea for the film originated when Bier and screenwriter Jensen had discussions about the perception of Denmark as a very harmonious society. They then wanted to write a story where dramatic turns of events would disrupt the image of a place perceived as blissful.
Incendies is a Canadian film that follows two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
Outside the Law or Hors-La-Loi comes to us from Algeria with a French majority production. It is a historically unorthodox portrayal of the 1945 Sétif massacre sparked a political controversy in France.
2011 Oscar odds for Best Foreign Film appear below
BIUTIFUL - MEXICO -150
DOGTOOTH - GREECE +1000 (pays $100 for every $10 bet)
IN A BETTER WORLD - DENMARK +200 (pays $20 for every $10 bet)
INCENDIES - CANADA +300 (pays $30 for every $10 bet)
OUTSIDE THE LAW (HORS-LA-LOI) - ALGERIA +1000 (pays $100 for every $10 bet)
Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com
