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Marriage of Maria BraunMarriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla
During the reconstruction of post–war Germany, a woman emerges from the ruins of war and marriage to build an empire. Hanna Schygulla oozes…
Orchestra Rehearsal, TheOrchestra Rehearsal, The (1978)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Baldwin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi
A comedy of the absurd about a group of orchestra musicians who stage a revolt against the conductor after the building collapses. Allegory may be…
Tree of Wooden Clogs, TheTree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi
Portrayal of early 20th century peasantry in Lombardy, this un–melodramatic alternative to Bertolucci’s NOVACENTO, examines with quiet…
You Are Not AloneYou Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) (1978) Recommended
Dir. Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Feat. Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg
Beautifully evocative Danish coming–of–age story set in an all–boys boarding school, which confronts themes of homosexuality and…
A Special DayA Special Day (1977)
Dir. Ettore Scola
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon
Quietly subversive drama set entirely in a working–class apartment building in Rome, on the fateful day in 1938 that Mussolini welcomed Hitler…
Ascent, TheAscent, The (Voskhozhdeniye) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Larisa Shepitko
Feat. Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoli Solonitsyn
A Soviet WWII classic shot in appalling winter conditions in which two partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the…
BilitisBilitis (1977)
Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Patti D'Arbanville
Tissue–thin sex drama from famed 1970s photographer Hamilton (he of those misty images of nude or lace–clad women), going into dreamy…
Chess Players, TheChess Players, The (1977)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Richard Attenborough
India's first internationally renowned film–maker draws upon the ancient game of chess as a metaphor for Anglo–Indian political relations…
Clans of IntrigueClans of Intrigue (Chu liu xiang) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Che Yuan
Feat. Ti Lung
Another collaboration between dir. Yuan and the charismatic Ti Lung, in a historical detective story set around a legendary swordsman who tries to…
Death DuelDeath Duel (San shao ye de jian) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Che Yuan
Feat. Derek Yee, Chen Ping, Yu An-an
A Shaw Bros. extravaganza that benefits from its pared–down take on the swordplay–and–intrigue formula and impressive visuals,…

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