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Mauvais SangMauvais Sang (The Night Is Young) (1986)
Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche
A street–punk joins a gang of hoods intent on stealing a top–secret serum, but complications prevail. Romantic thriller contains…
MeloMelo (1986)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Sabine Azema, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi
New Wave dir. Resnais explores unusually restrained, linear territory in this bittersweet melodrama centered around a love triangle between longtime…
Peking Opera BluesPeking Opera Blues (1986) Recommended
Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh
One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Sacrifice, TheSacrifice, The (1986) Recommended
Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edward
Tarkovsky's final film is this harrowing tale of a man who vows to sacrifice all that he is in order for the world to avoid the apocalypse. Further…
ThereseTherese (1986)
Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Catherine Mouchet, Aurore Prieto, Sylvie Habault
Brooding realisation of the diaries of a convent girl who achieved sainthood. The meticulous, stylised treatment offers an experience akin to…
Colonel RedlColonel Redl (1985)
Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Maria Brandauer offers another tour–de–force performance for the second in Szabo's WW2 trilogy (between MEPHISTO and HANUSSEN)…
Come and SeeCome and See (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Elim Klimov
Feat. Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Shattering film that chronicles the devastating effect the Nazi occupation had on Russian peasantry, focusing on one impoverished youth. The brutal…
Detective, TheDetective, The (1985)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Johnny Hallyday
Late, vague genre piece mismatches big name French stars (Baye, Leaud, and a young Julie Delpy) and trench coat chic with Godard’s newfound…
Great Wall, AGreat Wall, A (The Great Wall is A Great Wall) (1985)
Dir. Peter Wang
Feat. Peter Wang, Sharon Iwai, Kelvin Han Yee
The first American film to be shot in China follows a Chinese–American computer executive (the director) and his family to Peking where they…
Hail MaryHail Mary (1985)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche
Controversial and ultimately reverent update on the story of the immaculate conception, with Mary as a gas station attendant and Joseph as her cab…

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