iCM Forum World Cup - Season 5 - Quarter Finals schedule

[joachimt]

Welcome to the schedule of iCM Forum World Cup - Season 5 - Quarter Finals.
If you don't know what this is, you can find everything about the World Cup here.

Rules in this round:
- You must watch both films of a match before you vote.
- To vote, rank the films from most favorite to least favorite. (note: you're ranking the individual films, not the countries)
- The winner of each match will proceed to the next round.
- The winner of the match is the movie with the most #1-votes.
- If there's a tie the match will have a 3 day extension. If there's still a tie then, the next voter decides by sudden death.
- Don't vote in this thread. Each match will have its own thread according to the schedule.

ICM-list of all movies in this World Cup

Quarter Finals Schedule

Match A: 2023-9-3 till 2023-9-17

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Canada	C'est pas moi, je le jure!	It's Not Me, I Swear!	2008	Fergenaprido	link	link
USA	Patterns		1956	72aicm	link	link

Match B: 2023-9-13 till 2023-9-27

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Romania	Apa ca un bivol negru	Water Like a Black Buffalo	1970	shugs	link	link
Argentina	El rufián		1961	zhangalan	link	link

Match C: 2023-9-24 till 2023-10-8

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Singapore	Be With Me		2005	hurluberlu	link	link
Russia	Detstvo Gorkogo	The Childhood of Maxim Gorky	1938	joachimt	link	link

Match D: 2023-10-4 till 2023-10-18

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
France	Dupont Lajoie	The Common Man	1975	filmbantha	link	link
Poland	Dzien swira	Day of the Wacko	2002	shugs	link	link

[joachimt]

I have only seen my own pick previously. Seven new movies to discover.

[shugs]

You can watch the Romanian movie here (trigger warning, there's a dead body near the end):

[filmbantha]

I've seen both films in match A and my own pick for France. Match A is very strong, I hope the other picks turn out to be as good, looking forward to watching them all

[72aicm]

3/8 here. I’ll try to watch the remaining five.

[Armoreska]

Some cool pairings especially round 2 with a 0 check gamble meeting a 10 check gamble. France is likely going down to a Polish comedy but who knows how even a good comedy does with this sulky crowd.

[Fergenaprido]

I've actually seen 3 of these, including two films in the same match that I've rated the same.