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DamnationDamnation (Karhozat) (1988) Recommended
Dir. Bela Tarr
Feat. Miklós B. Székely, Vali Kerekes, Gyula Pauer
A magnificent representation of the earlier feature films of Hungarian master of miserabilism Béla Tarr, telling the story of a lonely barfly who…
Decalogue - Parts 1 - 5Decalogue - Parts 1 - 5 (Dekalog) (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
The Polish master's extraordinary series of hour–long dramas, each pertaining to one of the ten commandments. He matches the high concept with…
Decalogue - Parts 6 - 10Decalogue - Parts 6 - 10 (Dekalog) (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Continuing Kieslowski's exemplary series of hour–long dramas, with a further five 'commandments'. Episodes: Dekalog 6 – "Thou Shalt…
HanussenHanussen (1988)
Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Maria Brandauer adds to his list of distinctive roles in this allegedly true tale of an Austrian soldier who recovers from shotgun wounds and…
I'm the King of the CastleI'm the King of the Castle (1988)
Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Dominic Blanc, Regis Arpin
The young sons of a rich widowed industrialist and his house matron enter into an increasingly dangerous power play as their parents become close.…
Last Stop ParadiseLast Stop Paradise (Terminus paradis) (1988)
Dir. Lucian Pintilie
Feat. Costel Cascaval, Dorina Chiriac, Gheorghe Visu
French/Romanian drama set against the outskirts of Budapest, centered around the ill–fated love affair between a waitress and a young pig…
Legend of the Holy Drinker, TheLegend of the Holy Drinker, The (1988)
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
Rutger Hauer plays a drunken homeless man in Paris who is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he…
MapantsulaMapantsula (1988) Recommended
Dir. Oliver Schmitz
Feat. Eugene Majola, Darlington Michaels, Thomas Mogotlane
A disturbingly accurate evocation of township unrest in Soweto, as a young black petty criminal is throne into jail with a militant fraternity whom…
Music Teacher, TheMusic Teacher, The (1988)
Dir. Gerard Corbiau
Feat. Jose Van Dam, Anne Roussel, Patrick Bauchau
Sterling voiced Jose Van Dam plays an opera star who retires to train an aspiring nymphette and her wayward peer. Like the superlative operatic…
Red SorghumRed Sorghum (1988) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li, Wen Jiang
A love story set among village winemakers who fight back against Japanese marauders in 1930's China. Blackly humorous and agonisingly horrific, this…

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