Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Intervista (1987)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini - An easy–going ode to dir. Fellini's early career at Cinecitta Studios, this takes the form of a mock interview–flashback, with the…
Life Is a Long Quiet River (1987)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Benoit Magimel, Helene Vincent, Andre Wilms… - Wry, off–beat comedy with a resonant message about two families of different classes who discover that their twelve–year–old…
Loner, The (Le Solitaire) (1987)- Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Malo, Pierre Vernier - Sub–par Belmondo outing has him play the routine jaded cop out to avenge his partner's death. Low on stunts but high on cruelty this is one for…
Long Live the Lady (1987)- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Marco Esposito, Simone Brandalise, Stafania Busanello - Six teenage catering scholars await a banquet at a remote chateau. A telling observation of boyhood evolves, with an emphasis on action and…
Love Rites (Cérémonie d'amour) (1987)- Dir. Walerian Borowczyk
Feat. Marina Pierro, Mathieu Carriere - More raunchy WTF from Polish sexploitation director Walerian Borowczyk, though this one is a bit more grounded and restrained than some of his…
Masques (1987)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Bernadette Lafont - Showbiz thriller with an offbeat setting and treatment typical of the director. Phillip Noiret excels as a vain and complacent TV celebrity, with…
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Max von Sydow - Swedish widower Max Von Sydow emigrates in the 19th century to Denmark with his son, where they struggle against injustice and poverty. Won an Oscar…
Sur (1987)- Dir. Fernando Solanas
Feat. Susu Pecoraro, Miguel Angel Sola, Philippe Leotard - A political prisoner, freed after five years, confronts his haunting past and alien present before reconciling with his wife. Deeply personal,…
Under the Sun of Satan (Soues Le Soleil De Satan) (1987)- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat… - Both booed and awarded the top prize at Cannes Film Festival, Pialat's visionary film exemplifies the director's style and his thematic preoccupation…
Wings of Desire (1987)- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander… - Wenders ambitious and hypnotic film centres around two angels who can listen into human thought in pre–unified Berlin. This rich and surreal…
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