1981-1990

  • Satyajit Ray – Shakha Proshakha aka The Branches of the Tree (1990)

    1981-1990AsianClassicsIndiaSatyajit Ray

    Synopsis
    This bittersweet story is one of the last two films directed by acclaimed Bengali Satyajit Ray (1921-1992). In the story, Ananda Majumdar (Maradan Bannerjee) is the very moral and upright 70 year old patriarch of a family, with four grown sons. His father and one of his sons live at home with him, and his other three sons live elsewhere. When he collapses during a banquet being given in his honor, the sons and their families gather at his bedside at home. There, while their father lies for the most part comatose, the boys reveal to each other exactly what they’ve been up to without the sugar coating they’ve been giving their father. The oldest boy has been embezzling from the company he runs, another one is losing money for fun at the racetrack, and yet another has given up a decent job in order to become an actor.Read More »

  • Pierre Granier-Deferre – Noyade interdite aka Widow’s Walk (1987)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaFrancePierre Granier-Deferre

    Molinat (Phillippe Noiret) and Leroyer (Guy Marchand) are two cops who hate each others guts but are called on to solve the gunshot deaths of victims found on an Atlantic beach resort. The two focus on some females who have a psychological problem with men who are breathing. Molinat sends Leroyer to investigate some sultry suspects, knowing his hated colleague may never come back alive. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie GuideRead More »

  • Yoichi Takabayashi – Irezumi AKA Spirit of Tattoo (1982)

    Drama1981-1990AsianJapanYôichi Takabayashi

    Summary:
    To satisfy her lover’s fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko’s mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher@IMDBRead More »

  • Yuriy Kara – Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym AKA Baltazar’s Feasts or The Night with Stalin (1989)

    1981-1990DramaPoliticsUSSRYuriy Kara

    Synopsis:
    The film is based on one chapter from Fazil Iskander`s epic Sandro from the Village of Chegem. It tells a story about one feast of Josef Stalin and his closest entourage. Sandro from the village of Chegem appeared as an Abkhaz folk dancing performer at this feast. This routine performance turned into a nightmare after he returned home as the purges of artists who attended the feast were about to begin. The year was 1935…Read More »

  • Bert I. Gordon – The Big Bet (1985)

    1981-1990Bert I. GordonComedyEroticaUSA

    Synopsis: A teenage boy that had early sexual encounters is having trouble finding them now, and spends a lot of time fantasizing about the women he knows. When a beautiful new girl comes to town, he makes a bet with the other guys that he can get her into bed within 10 days. His chief rival stacks the deck, though, by threatening to expose the new girl’s sordid past (she was wrongly accused of being involved in an orgy at her previous school) if she sleeps with our hero. Confused about his situation, the boy seeks counsel from the sexy older woman across the street, and she helps him come to terms with his predicament. Read More »

  • Idrissa Ouedraogo – Yam Daabo AKA The Choice (1987)

    1981-1990African CinemaBurkina FasoDramaIdrissa Ouedraogo

    Quote:
    Burkina Faso, West Africa. Poverty and misery breaks out with a vengeance in Gourga, a village within the borders of the Sahel. For the people of the country, a choice has to be made: either await international assistance or travel further inland to the richer preas of the country. Salam, a peasant, and his family opt for the second solution, with all the sacrifices that this entails. A new life can now begin for them. They discover love, joy, hate, violence, feelings which hunger and thirst had made them forget.Read More »

  • Yoshitarô Nomura – Kiken na onnatachi AKA Dangerous Women (1985)

    1981-1990JapanMysteryYoshitarô Nomura

    Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and Noriko with a gun stands near him. Tanase calls one of the guest’s name and dies.Read More »

  • Hans Neuenfels – Die Familie oder Schroffenstein (1984)

    Drama1981-1990GermanyHans Neuenfels

    Synopsis:
    The aristocratic families of Rossitz and Warwand, who are relatives, have started to treat each other with mistrust and hatred, since a testamentary contract has stated, that the complete goods will be inherited to the respective surviving line. At the same time the young generation is in love, how can the tender ties between Agnes of Warwand and Ottokar of Rossitz be protected? Killed by their own fathers, they lie in their blood. A radical drama about the term “family”.Read More »

  • Marcel Gisler – Schlaflose Nächte (1988)

    1981-1990DramaMarcel GislerSwitzerland

    Synopsis:
    A handful of people are dissatisfied with their actually good life: while Ludwig (Rudolf Nadler) would like to go on vacation, his girlfriend Anna (Anne Knaak) only has eyes for Stefan (Matthias Tiefenbach) and sinks into work. Toni and Cyrill (Dina Leipzig and Cyrille Rey-Coquais) almost only argue with each other and the actor Max (Christoph Krix) wishes for more glorious times.Read More »

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