1981-1990

  • Raymond Depardon – Une femme en Afrique (1985)

    Raymond Depardon1981-1990ArthouseFrance
    Une femme en Afrique (1985)
    Une femme en Afrique (1985)

    A man invites a woman to share his room in a hostel in Djibouti because she seems to have some problems. Gradually he falls in love with her. They embark on a trip to the towns in the desert and, on the way, they learn more about each other. The man never appears on screen, so the camera becomes his point of view.Read More »

  • Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu AKA Samurai Kids (1993)

    Nobuhiko Obayashi1981-1990AdventureComedyJapan
    Mizu no tabibito Samurai kizzu (1993)
    Mizu no tabibito Samurai kizzu (1993)

    Synopsis:
    A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.Read More »

  • Karel Kachyna – Cukrová bouda (1981)

    Karel Kachyna1981-1990Czech RepublicDramaWar
    Cukrová bouda (1981)
    Cukrová bouda (1981)

    In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband’s native village at the foot of the Kralický Snezník mountains. Life in the borderlands is far from easy for the lonely woman. The village is almost deserted, food supplies are delayed; the Werwolf (Nazi guerrilla squads) are hiding in the mountains, and shooting is heard from time to time. The elder son Ondra (Michal Dlouhý) is helping out his mother and at the same time absorbing intense new experiences. He meets an old Czech resident Skurek (Lubomír Kostelka), German women working in the forest, soldiers from the engineering units removing the mines, and a young first lieutenant. At night he dreams about his dead father whom he loved very much. This is why he runs away from home when he finds out that the lieutenant is courting his mother.Read More »

  • Dave Markey – Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)

    Dave Markey1981-1990CultUSA
    Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
    Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)

    Desperate Teenage Lovedolls was received as an instant cult classic when first released on the Los Angeles punk underground in 1984. Since then, the no budget super 8 film has gained international and aboveground praise. Bunny, Kitty, & Patch (Hilary Rubens, Jennifer Schwartz, & Janet Housden) are three teenage runaways who form the hottest all-girl band of all-time, The Lovedolls. Their meteoric rise to the top from a drug addled street life in Hollywood comes not without a price, thanks to sleazy rock manager, Johnny Tremaine (Steve McDonald). Rival all-girl gang The She Devils and their leader Tanya Hearst (Tracy Lea) have it in for our heroes, as do annoying mothers and psyche ward doctors. The film also features legendary LA Punk musicians Jeff McDonald, Phil Newman, Vicki Peterson, Annette Zilinskas & Dez Cadena. Directed by David Markey, the saga is continued in the 1986 sequel Lovedolls Superstar.Read More »

  • Patrick Tam – Lie huo qing chun AKA Nomad (1982)

    1981-1990AdventureCultHong KongPatrick Tam
    Lie huo qing chun (1982)
    Lie huo qing chun (1982)

    Nomad (Chinese: 烈火青春) is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Patrick Tam. It is about the experiences of a group of youngsters who feel lost and try to find the true meaning of life. Nomad is considered as one of the representatives of the Hong Kong New Wave films.Read More »

  • Myung-se Lee – Gagman (1989)

    Myung-se Lee1981-1990AsianComedySouth Korea
    Gagman (1989)
    Gagman (1989)

    Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes to become an actor, it seems like a match made in heaven and the two set off to make a film.Read More »

  • John Bruce – The Woman in White (1982)

    1981-1990BBCClassicsJohn BruceMysteryUnited Kingdom
    The Woman in White (1982)
    The Woman in White (1982)

    On his last night in London, Walter Hartright’s life is changed forever after a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, dressed in white and in deep distress. Travelling north, Hartright takes up a post as a drawing master to Laura Fairlie, a beautiful woman bearing an astonishing resemblance to the woman in white. Soon Hartfield, Laura and her half-sister Marian, find themselves drawn into to the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his charming friend Count Fosco, a man with a taste for white mice and vanilla bonbons. Only by unravelling the mystery woman’s dark secret can they escape from the web of deceit closing around them. Chilling, thrilling and filled with suspense and twists, this compelling BBC adaptation perfectly recreates the intrigue and drama of Wilkie Collins’ classic novel.Read More »

  • Yoshimitsu Morita – No yohna mono AKA No yona mono AKA Something Like It (1981)

    Yoshimitsu Morita1981-1990ComedyJapan
    No yohna mono (1981)
    No yohna mono (1981)

    For his 23rd birthday, Shintoto receives from his fellow Shins, Rakugo colleagues and friends, a somethinggy bank: the pass towards a new friendship.Read More »

  • Noémia Delgado – A Princesinha das Rosas AKA The Little Rose Princess (1981)

    1981-1990ArthouseFantasyNoémia DelgadoPortugal
    A Princesinha das Rosas (1981)
    A Princesinha das Rosas (1981)

    Quote:
    “A Princesinha das Rosas”, maybe the most known of the series, and is about Naíde, a girl born from the union between a fisherman and a mermaid, adopted by monarchs of a country with no heirs, but to whom the call of the waters will inevitably attract. Noémia films the story with a naïve simplicity that accentuates the film’s dark fairytale tone.Read More »

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