Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Aviator's Wife, The (La femme de l'aviateur) (1981)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Philippe Marlaud, Marie Riviere - A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and…
Choix Des Armes, Le (Choice of Arms) (1981)- Dir. Alain Corneau
Feat. Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu - Two disparate ex–convicts face difficulties settling into normal society. Boasts France's greatest acting talents.
Christiane F. (1981)
- Dir. Ulrich Edel
Feat. David Bowie - Absorbing account of the decline and fall into the Berlin's degrading drug and prostitution scene of two young heroin addicts. Features the music and…
City of Women (1981)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - Dir. Fellini pushes his fantasies to their zenith (or nadir), again with Marcello Mastroianni as the surrogate male. Falling asleep on a train, he…
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle… - Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Les Uns et Les Autres (Bolero) (1981)- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hossein… - Sprawling extravaganza of questionable taste is not without its devotees. It charts the impact that music has made on the lives of four…
Lola (1981)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf - Shattering Fassbinder drama depicting an exotic singer searching for true happiness and survival in post–war Germany. Fassbinder again excels…
Man of Iron (1981)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania - Angry sequel to MAN OF MARBLE covers much the same ground with an alcoholic journalist sent to cover the Polish Solidarity strike and to discredit…
Mephisto (1981)- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer - An astonishing portrait of the seductive allure of pre–war fascism, faced by a talented actor, aptly played by fine thesp, Klaus Maria…
- No Time for Tears (1981)
- Dir. Hark Bohm
Feat. Marie Colbin, Michael Gwisdek - True story of Marianne Bachmeier who shot the murderer of her child during his trial. Subtle yet disturbing film concentrates on the background to…
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