Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1773 Films to Buy & Rent
Wings of Desire (1987)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander…
- Wenders ambitious and hypnotic film centres around two angels who can listen into human thought in pre–unified Berlin. This rich and surreal…
Yeelen (Brightness) (1987)
- Dir. Souleymane Cisse
- One the few internationally–seen films from the African continent, this myth–like narrative concerns a young man of the Bambara culture…
Bashu, The Little Stranger (1986)
- Dir. Bahram Beizai
Feat. Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adrian Afravian
- Compassionate film follows the plight of a 10–year–old boy whose raided Iranian village forced him to take contentious refuge. Certain to…
Betty Blue (1986)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Beatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade
- Beatrice Dalle stars as the ultra crazy and ultra sexy Betty in this lusty, over–the–top drama as only the French aspire to create.…
Decline of the American Empire (1986)
- Dir. Denys Arcand
Feat. Pierre Curzi, Remy Girard, Yves Jacques…
- An astute and devastatingly frank expose of the sexes from the director of JESUS OF MONTREAL, that alternately eavesdrops on the separate gatherings…
Good Morning, Babylon (1986)
- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Feat. Vincent Spano, Joaquim De Almeida, Greta Scacchi
- Two artisan Italian brothers seek their fortune in America and wind up sculpting for D.W. Griffith on the set of INTOLERANCE. An elegant tribute to…
Green Ray, The (Summer) (1986)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Lisa Heredia, Beatrice Romand…
- Exemplary Rohmer material, this bittersweet story follows a reserved young woman on her Riviera holiday, who must assert herself if she is to find…
Jean De Florette (1986)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- A modern classic of love, greed and revenge set against the beauty of 1920s French Provence, superbly performed by three of France's biggest…
Man and A Woman: 20 Years Later, A (1986)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry
- Worthy follow–up to Lelouch's seminal 60's romantic drama benefits from appealing performances by it's two leads.
Manon Des Sources (1986)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
- Indispensible sequel to JEAN DE FLORETTE concludes Marcel Pagnol's story of innocence, greed, envy and revenge in 1920s Provence.
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