Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Moreno de Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan - A delightful dramedy of social upheaval, set during Yugoslavia’s Tito–Stalin conflict of the 1950s. Kusturica filters the tribulations of…
Comperes, Les (1984)- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu - Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
Funeral, The (1984)- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto - A Buddhist funeral service for a brothel owner makes an ideal vehicle for both fiendish black comedy and social satire. An assured debut from the…
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)- Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen - Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
My New Partner (Les Ripoux) (1984)- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte - The genial Phillipe Noiret plays a slobbish corrupt cop saddled with a straight–laced partner in this hilarious caper comedy. It's a delight…
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura - Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Wheels on Meals (1984)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - The kung–fu trio of Chan, Hung and Biao travel, to Spain for this rambunctious minor classic, in a tale about food–vendors helping out a…
Dark Habits (1983)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Cristina Pascual - Red–light denizen on the run, Cristina Pascual holes up in a bizarre, wildly improbable Convent of the Humble Redeemers, frequented by…
Finally Sunday (Vivement Dimanche!) (1983)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant - A businessman in trouble with the police over the murder of his wife's lover finds solace in his secretary who decides to investigate the case…
A Good Marriage (Le Beau Marriage) (1982)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Beatrice Romand, Andre Dussollier, Féodor Atkine - An art history student is growing tired of being the mistress of a married painter, then meets a handsome and wealthy younger man whom she vows to…
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