The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Permission to Kill (1975) Cyril Frankel, Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner, Bekim Fehmiu, Drama, Thriller
When the exiled leader of a free party decides to return to his own country, and attempts to remove the dictator currently in place there Read More »
At Noon (1978) Kôichi Gotô, Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. Read More »
Sleuth (1972) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, Mystery, Thriller
Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew’s wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony Read More »
Mandara (1971) Akio Jissôji, Shin Kishida, Kôji Shimizu, Hiroko Sakurai, Drama
Two student couples stumble upon a cult dedicated to promoting the primordial human state through rape and agriculture. Read More »
J W Coop (1971) Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, Drama, Western
After losing 9 years 9 months and thirteen days to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60’s. Read More »
Erste Liebe / First Love (1971) Maximilian Schell, John Moulder-Brown, Dominique Sanda, Drama, History, Romance
Based on Ivan Turgeyev’s novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Read More »
Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva, Drama
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle Read More »
Roma l’altra faccia della violenza / Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976) Marino Girolami, Marcel Bozzuffi, Anthony Steffen, Ennio Girolami, Action, Crime
The story concerns a special undercover squad attached to the Rome police force and commanded by Inspector Betti. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1976) George Cukor, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. Read More »
La vallée / The Valley (1972) Barbet Schroeder, Jérôme Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy, Michael Gothard, Drama
Viviane, a French Consul’s wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. Read More »
Sextette (1978) Ken Hughes, Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Marlo Manners is enjoying her honeymoon with Sir Michael Barrington, husband number 6. Read More »
King of the Grizzlies (1970) Ron Kelly, John Yesno, Chris Wiggins, Hugh Webster, Western, Family
Moki (John Yesno) is the Indian foreman at a ranch owned by The Colonel (Chris Higgins). He watches as a baby grizzly bear becomes his playful friend before going off on his own. Read More »
Soul to Soul (1971) Denis Sanders, Willie Bobo, Roberta Flack, Eddie Harris, Documentary, Music
Footage of a concert held in Ghana to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the independence of that country. Read More »
Graduate First (1979) Maurice Pialat, Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Drama, Romance
A study of a group of young working class people in a French village, who are embarking upon adult life. Read More »