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Three Seats for the 26thThree Seats for the 26th (1988)
Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Francoise Fabian
Musical maestro Jacques Demy's last picture was this pseudo–documentary conceived around singer and actor Yves Montand, who returns to his home…
Une Affair Des Femmes (a Story of Women)Une Affair Des Femmes (a Story of Women) (1988)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Francois Cluzet
Traumatic, gripping fact–based story about the last woman to be guillotined in France. Isabelle Huppert is in feverish form as the woman both…
Vanishing, TheVanishing, The (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Berroets, Johanna Ter Steege
A genuinely creepy psychological thriller – a woman vanishes while on holiday in France, later her boyfriend is taunted in a battle of wits…
Virgin MachineVirgin Machine (1988)
Dir. Monika Treut
Feat. Ina Blum, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein
A frustrated German journalist takes her work to San Fransisco in this lesbian odyssey that proudly parades its fringe philosophy and contemporary…
Women On the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownWomen On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
A Taxing WomanA Taxing Woman (1987)
Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Nobuko Miyamoto
A nicely offbeat look at the potentially boring subject of tax evasion. Nobuko Miyamoto plays our star tax collector who meets her match in a hotshot…
Angel DustAngel Dust (1987)
Dir. Edouard Niermans
Feat. Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottencon
Accomplished thriller in the film noir tradition about an out–of–luck cop who falls for a woman he later begins to suspect of murder.
Au Revoir Les EnfantsAu Revoir Les Enfants (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette
Dir. Malle has transformed a childhood memoir into a powerful and vivid account of a catholic schoolboy who unknowingly witnesses anti–semitism…
Babette's FeastBabette's Feast (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gabriel Axel
Feat. Stephane Audran
Oscar–winning and mouth watering delight which tells a wistful, wise tale with a subtle sense of humour. Exiled French housekeeper Stephane…
Better Tomorrow II, ABetter Tomorrow II, A (1987)
Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Kenneth Tsang, Emily Chu
Sequel to Woo's breakout genre classic finds Chow Yun–Fat shoehorned (as the twin brother of his original role, no less) into another fire…

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