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Balance, LaBalance, La (1982) Recommended
Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry
Money, loyalty and death hang in the balance in this gritty, Cesar–winning thriller. A crime king–pin is exposed by an…
DivaDiva (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Frederic Andrei, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Richard Bohringer
Stylish romantic thriller in which an opera–intoxicated youth bootlegs a concert of an unrecorded opera star which leads to trouble with shady…
Coup de TorchonCoup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981) Recommended
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Professional, TheProfessional, The (1981)
Dir. Georges Lautner
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
Action and humour alternate in this carefree Belmondo vehicle, in which the French larrikin plays a secret service agent out for revenge.
From the Life of the MarionettesFrom the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath
A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Egouts Du Paradis, LesEgouts Du Paradis, Les (The Sewers of Paradise) (1979)
Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova
Romantic dramatization of "The Great Drain Robbery" of 1976, in which the Societe Generale Bank of France was robbed of over $10 million dollars by a…
American Friend, TheAmerican Friend, The (1976)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray
Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…
Body Of My Enemy, TheBody Of My Enemy, The (Le Corps De Mon Ennemi) (1976)
Dir. Henri Verneuil
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier
Slow burning thriller with Belmondo as a man wrongly imprisoned for drug trafficking looking to exact revenge on those who framed him. Trading…
BoomerangBoomerang (Comme un boomerang) (1976)
Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Alain Delon, Carla Gravina, Dora Doll
French crime film with Alain Delon playing an ex–gangster and father of a delinquent teen, who is determined to clear his son's name after he…
Chinese Roulette Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette) (1976)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira
Daunting Fassbinder drama concerning a cheating mother and father unwittingly convinced by their disabled daughter to each take their lovers on a…

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