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Subgenre Sampler
Fortunate Life, A (Mini-series) (1985)- Feat. Dominic Sweeney
- At the turn of the 20th century, a motherless child faces hard labour, the trauma of Gallipoli, and the unforgiving outback in this life affirming…
Fran (1985)- Dir. Glenda Hambly
Feat. Noni Hazlehurst, Annie Byron, Alan Fletcher - Fran is a single mother devoted to her children, but when she becomes romantically involved with Jeff, she abandons them for a holiday with her new…
Great Wall, A (The Great Wall is A Great Wall) (1985)- Dir. Peter Wang
Feat. Peter Wang, Sharon Iwai, Kelvin Han Yee - The first American film to be shot in China follows a Chinese–American computer executive (the director) and his family to Peking where they…
Hail Mary (1985)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche - Controversial and ultimately reverent update on the story of the immaculate conception, with Mary as a gas station attendant and Joseph as her cab…
Heart of the Dragon (Long de xin) (1985)- Dir. Sammo Hung, Fruit Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Emily Chu - Uncharacteristically serious Chan–Hung drama follows police detective Chan's difficulties in caring for his mentally disabled, child–like…
Hour of the Star (1985)- Dir. Suzana Amaral
Feat. Marcelia Cartaxo, Jose Dumont, Tamara Taxman… - Distinctive Brazilian drama following the life of an impoverished, orphaned young girl who moves to Rio de Janeiro to take a job as a typist after…
Insignificance (1985)- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell - Curious chamber piece intriguingly posits Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Albert Einstein as characters who meet in a hotel room in…
Journey of Natty Gann, The (1985)- Dir. Jeremy Kagan
Feat. John Cusack, Meredith Salenger, Ray Wise… - Lowkey and rich in atmosphere, this superior Disney feature crosses Depression–era America with a young runaway, who forms an unlikely bond…
Kane And Abel (Mini-series) (1985)- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Strauss, Ron Silver - Based on the epic best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, about two ambitious men born on the same day on either side of the Atlantic, one to a…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt - Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
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