1971-1980

“Paul Cox (“My First Wife”/”A Man of Flowers”/”The Golden Braid “) helms an interesting romantic drama about diverse cultures meeting on equal terms. It’s set in Melbourne, Australia, where the earthy Kostas (Takis Emmanuel), a journalist in the old country but who is now forced to drive a cab to survive. Kostas is depicted as a sensitive man of hot Greek passions, well-educated and of a good upbringing who currently lives in a dumpy boarding-house. The exile lives a peaceful but depressing existence, but things perk up when he picks up one of his fares. Carol (Wendy Hughes) is a native born pretty divorcee of the upper-crust, who despite embarrassed by Kosta’s vulgarity is still attracted to him. How the couple manage to relate to each other makes up the heart of the film and gives the viewer a chance to look at the clash over cultures through their eyes.Read More »

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another.Read More »

The Shining is a 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Kubrick co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The film stars Jack Nicholson as tormented writer Jack Torrance, Shelley Duvall as his wife, Wendy, and Danny Lloyd as their son, Danny. References to The Shining are prominent in U.S. popular culture, particularly in movies, TV shows and other visual media, as well as music.Read More »

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Rio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracts a serial killer of taxi-drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, Sandra, who he had thrown out of the family home when she adopted a promiscuous teenage lifestyle. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, a young man of unsavoury connections, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio. Theirs is an unstable relationship, built on unmet emotional need, lived in the shadow of her father’s pursuit.Read More »

A group of young people want to have some fun in Aeolian islands. After they rescue two naked strangers, they decide to bare them all just like the two strangers do. The story is about the lifestyle of nudism, friendship and love.Read More »

Due to the lack of jobs and any cultural life, the small village in Baranya gets deserted.
There is only one family to stay on: the Kántors. The old lady, Erzsi has always lived here and she wants
to die here. Anti is employed in the log industry and is paid well but a long way away from home.
When Andriska is admitted to a boarding-school in the town and leaves the house, Juli starts feeling very
lonely and depressed. She tries to escape to her religious belief, but her anguish overwhelms her.
She becomes very confused and her life ends tragically in a cleft…Read More »

Monika feels frustrated and misunderstood. The young wife of the busy and successful civil engineer Kai is often alone.Read More »

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Helge, a factory worker, awakens to life after he almost loses his arm in a machine. His happiness at not losing his arm has him see the world in a new way. He takes a vacation, where he sees Klara, a beautiful girl. He decides to spend the rest of the vacation searching for her.Read More »

Claude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His father (Yves Robert) owns a profitable fur shop but longs to be an actor like his father and grandfather before him. Initially, Claude’s father hopes his son will take over the fur shop, but he later gives in to Claude’s desire to become involved in filmmaking and even pursues a late-blooming career move as a thespian himself. Alain Cohen portrays the younger Claude who must set a good example for his young sister. Henia Ziv plays the stereotypical Jewish mother who holds the family together.Read More »