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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese CourtesanIntimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) Recommended
Dir. Yuen Chor
Feat. Lily Ho, Yue Hua, Bei Di
One of the most controversial, yet best directed films of Hong Kong erotic cinema, this shocked avid audiences in its day and exerts a raw power even…
Love in the AfternoonLove in the Afternoon (L'Amour l'après-midi) (1972)
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Bernard Verley, Zouzou , Françoise Verley
The sixth and final movie in Rohmer's "Six Moral Tales" series concerning a bourgeois man who is still tempted to pursue other women despite being…
LudwigLudwig (1972) Recommended
Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
A sumptuous biopic of 'mad' Prince Ludwig II of Bavaria (Berger) who reigned in the mid–1800s, creating and inhabiting his own bizarre world of…
Seduction of Mimi, TheSeduction of Mimi, The (1972)
Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato
Satirical comedy taking plenty of shots at Italianisms, about a poor labourer who is forced to leave his family in Sicily to take an illegal factory…
Tout Va BienTout Va Bien (Everything’s All Right) (1972)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
Feat. Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Anita Caprioli
Radical political drama from Nouvelle Vague luminary Jean Luc–Godard and frequent collaborator Jean–Pierre Gorin, set during a wildcat…
We Won't Grow Old TogetherWe Won't Grow Old Together (Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble) (1972) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga
A uniquely disquieting film covering the dissolution of an affair between an aged filmmaker and a much younger secretary, based on French director…
Death in VeniceDeath in Venice (1971)
Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…
Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, TheGoalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, The (1971)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Arthur Brauss
Enigmatic tale of a maturing goalkeeper who abandons his soccer team and ambles about Germany. Dir. Wender's typical sketchbook narrative provides…
Le Souffle Au CoeurLe Souffle Au Coeur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971)
Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Benoit Ferreux
A much praised coming–of–age tale concerns a sickly, but promiscuous teenage boy growing up in a stilted bourgeois family in 1950s Dijon…
LoveLove (Szerelem) (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Karoly Makk
A quiet miracle of the little–seen Hungarian cinema, this quietly impressive story follows a woman's ongoing attention to her vibrant but…

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