1981-1990

  • Matthew Chapman – Strangers Kiss (1983)

    USA1981-1990ArthouseDramaMatthew Chapman

    Hollywood mogul funds low-budget film to boost girlfriend’s confidence. First-time producer/director duo create promising project despite constraints. Actress develops chemistry with unknown male lead during filming.Read More »

  • Helma Sanders-Brahms – Flügel und Fesseln AKA The Future of Emily (1984)

    Helma Sanders-Brahms1981-1990DramaGermany

    The Future of Emily (Flügel und Fasseln) is the work of Helma Sanders-Brahms, one of the original New German Cinema directors of the early 1970s. Unlike some of her more caustic films about the German experience, this is a relatively conventional drama of generational jealousy and bitterness, a picture that could well be a stage play. It’s also reminiscent of American movies about strong women in conflict, pitting famous German star Hildegard Knef against French actress Brigitte Fossey. Knef’s big break came with the very first post-war German success The Murderers Are Among Us. Fossey’s best-known picture remains René Clément’s Forbidden Games, where she played a Parisian tot orphaned by the war. The film’s original German title translates as “Wings and Shackles”, which apparently refers to the predicament of its movie star heroine Isabelle, a woman adored by fans but hobbled by family disapproval.Read More »

  • Tamás Almási – Ballagás (1981)

    1981-1990DramaHungaryTamás Almási

    imdb wrote:
    The heroes of the story, which takes place in the present, are young people about to graduate. After prom, the fourth-graders escape to a private party, then return to school together for a farewell spree, during which a fire breaks out in the classroom. Due to the style of school investigation, students whose human and personal rights have been repeatedly violated leave the school building without permission during class. They are organized with a huge ambition to change the world together. While graduation only affects them emotionally, the baccalaureate exam turns them into individuals who recognize their individual interests.Read More »

  • Jean Pierre Lefebvre – Les fleurs sauvages AKA Wild Flowers (1982)

    Jean Pierre Lefebvre1981-1990ArthouseCanadaDrama

    Quote:
    A family chronicle of the lives of five persons of different generations during one week of summer holidays. Through a mosaic of sweet or humorous moments, the movie shrewdly analyzes the similarities and the differences between these three generations of characters.Read More »

  • Eckhart Schmidt – Die Story AKA The Story (1984)

    Eckhart Schmidt1981-1990CultGermanyThriller

    Synopsis:
    A journalist from Munich brings revelations in a boulevard magazine about the trafficking in drugs in that city.

    Ein Journalist will in einem Boulevardblatt die Hintergründe des Kokainhandels in München aufdecken. Die Drogenmafia ermordet seine Freundin und seine Eltern. Auch der Reporter bezahlt seinen Alleingang mit dem Leben.Read More »

  • Yutthana Mukdasanit – Peesua lae dokmai AKA Butterfly and Flowers (1985)

    Yutthana Mukdasanit1981-1990ArthouseDramaThailand

    Hujan, an elementary school student, lived with his father and younger brother and sister since his mother died of illness. One day, learning that his father is about to lose his job, Hujan decides to quit school and become an ice candy peddler and gets involved in illegal work.Read More »

  • Eddie Romero – Aguila (1980)

    Eddie Romero1981-1990DramaEpicPhilippines

    From Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino website:
    Daniel Aguila, a Filipino born in 1892, confronts and recoils from the weakness he sees among Filipinos at critical periods in our history. As a boy, he sees his revolucionario father betrayed by the man who eventually becomes his stepfather. As a young officer in Mindanao, he protects his stepfather who has come to grab lands from the Muslims, who retaliate by killing his mother and step-brother. He also has a son by a Muslim lass, whom he is forbidden to marry. As a PC officer, he gets involved in a legal tussle between an anti-American mass religious sect and the pro-American town-elite. Read More »

  • Yoshikuni Matsunaga – Kekkon annai misuterî AKA Matchmaking Service Mystery (1985)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaJapanYoshikuni Matsunaga

    A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she’ll pose as his fiancée for a remarkable cash reward. Hiroko moves to Sekine’s mansion and prepares to attend the family’s meeting. However, this only turns out to be a prelude of a bloody fight over the family’s legacy.Read More »

  • Aleksey Balabanov – Ranshe bylo drugoe vremya AKA There used to be another time (1987)

    Aleksei Balabanov1981-1990Short FilmUSSR

    The story unfolding during one day, tells about meanness and eternally difficult female share – The action takes place against the background of the first hits of the young group “Nautilus Pompilios”.

    The first professional work of the director Alexey Balabanov.
    Course work, he shot during his studies at the Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors.Read More »

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