Subgenre Sampler
Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) (1989)
- Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Yoshiko Tanaka, Katzuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara - Alarming, mournful insider's view of post–nuclear devastation that focuses on a surviving family that have been contaminated by the fallout of…
Circus Boys (1989)- Dir. Kaizo Hayashi
Feat. Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Shu Ken - Sumptuous film blends illusion and reality in contrasting the paths of two brothers from a circus family, one an idealist who attempts to rejuvenate…
City of Sadness, A (Beiging Chengsi) (1989)- Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Hsin Shu-fen, Chen Sown-yung… - The first of the director’s trilogy of films about the modern history of Taiwan, here depicting the unstable post–WW2 period through the eyes…
Emma's Shadow (1989)- Dir. Soeren Jacobsen
Feat. Line Kruse, Borje Ahlstedt, Erik Wedersoe - 12–year–old Emma, feeling that her affluent parents would care more for her if she were missing, fakes her own kidnapping, and discovers…
- Five Days in June (1989)
- Dir. Michel Legrand
Feat. Sabine Azema, Annie Girardot, Matthieu Roze - Yet another addition to the canon of dramas based on childhood memoirs. A renowned composer takes the helm to recall five days in his life on the…
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar / Emergency Kisses (1989-1991)- Dir. Philippe Garrel
Feat. Philippe Garrel - Two French drama films by Philippe Garrel, both semi–autobiographical in nature: 'I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar' depicts youthful romance in…
- Lily Was Here (1989)
- Dir. Ben Verbong
Feat. Marion Van Thijn, Thom Hoffman, Coen Van Vrijberghe de Coningh - Well known for Eurythmics' Dave Stewart's seductive score, the film follows the desperate plight of a young woman forced to resort to prostitution…
Little Thief, The (1989)- Dir. Claude Miller
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace - Penned by the late Francois Trauffant and completed by his protege, this engaging tale of mis–spent youth follows the adventures of a…
Milou En Mai (May Fools) (1989)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou - In May of '68, a rural family gather for the reading of their matriarch's will, an event that will strangely affect their idyllic existence. Stephane…
Nocturne Indien (1989)- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Clémentine Célarié, Otto Tausig - Moody drama from dir. Corneau (TOUS LES MATINS DU MONDE) sees a young Frenchman travel to India to search for a missing friend, and get lost in…
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