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Amour en fuite, L'Amour en fuite, L' (Love on the Run) (1979)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier
The fifth and final entry in dir. Truffaut's loosely autobiographical 'Anoine Doinel' series. Here, the footloose hero reaches his 30s and a new…
Camera BuffCamera Buff (Amator) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Pointed, if slightly familiar satire of Communist life, has a smalltown clerk in Poland buy a Super8 film camera and begin to film life around him,…
Christ Stopped at EboliChrist Stopped at Eboli (1979) Recommended
Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny
A writer is exiled to the remote South in the mid 1930s. Based on the autobiography of Carlos Levi, this film in four parts contrasts his political…
La LunaLa Luna (1979)
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Alida Valli
A wayward young junkie cuddles up to his Opera–singing mother (Jill Clayburgh) in this peculiar incest drama, shot in lush Bertolucci overtones.
LauraLaura (Laura, Shadows of a Summer) (1979)
Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Maud Adams, Dawn Dunlap, James Mitchell
One of the dreamy, soft focus movies of fashion photographer Hamilton, featuring his characteristic themes: the coming of age of a young girl in an…
Legend of the MountainLegend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)
Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang
A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
Passe ton Bac d'abordPasse ton Bac d'abord (Graduate First) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Bernard Tronczak
Dir. Pialat’s matter–of–fact realism and blasé cast of young actors conveys all the aimlessness and uncertainty of youth in this…
Sisters or the Balance of HappinessSisters or the Balance of Happiness (Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) (1979)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
1970s West German drama about two sisters whose unusually close relationship negatively impacts their individual personal lives.
Third Generation, TheThird Generation, The (Die Dritte Generation) (1979) Recommended
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine
A scathing black comedy about terrorism, one of the final films of German provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A hilariously indiscriminate plot…
Tin Drum, TheTin Drum, The (1979) Recommended
Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. David Bennett
One the best films ever made with a child protagonist, David Bennett is unforgettable as a 12–year–old who refuses to grow up and…

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