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Tag Archives: 1970s
We All Loved Each Other So Much AKA C’eravamo tanto amati (1974) Ettore Scola, Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war Read More »
Desperate Living (1977) John Waters, Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe
A neurotic society woman murders her husband with her maid’s help Read More »
The Gravy Train (1974) Jack Starrett, Stacy Keach, Frederic Forrest, Margot Kidder
Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives. Read More »
Unmade Beds (1976) Amos Poe, Baby Adams, Patti Astor, Lynnette Bean
This is the story of Rico, a man who lives in New York in 1976 but who lives his own life Read More »
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank AKA Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan Read More »
Tora-san 7 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Funto hen (1971) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Rumi Sakakibara
Tora-san returns to his hometown and is reconciled with his mother Kiku Read More »
The Van (1977) Sam Grossman, Stuart Goetz, Deborah White, Danny DeVito
Bobby blows all his college savings on a van Read More »
Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor AKA Poppea… una prostituta al servizio dell’impero (1972) Alfonso Brescia, Don Backy, Femi Benussi, Peter Landers
Ottone and Savio work hard to keep each other out of trouble with the Roman Centurions Read More »
Buona parte di Paolina (1973) Nello Rossati, Antonia Santilli, Tony Askin, Rossanna Ballanti
Paolina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese Read More »
The 14 (1973) David Hemmings, Jack Wild, June Brown, Liz Edmiston
“The 14” or “Existance” has a mother of 14 children living in poor working class Read More »
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974) Jeremy Kagan, Khigh Dhiegh, Mako, Soon-Tek Oh
China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial centre Judge Dee Read More »
The Hopeless Ones AKA Umutsuzlar (1971) Yilmaz Güney, Filiz Akin, Refik Kemal Arduman
Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »
On the Yard (1978) Raphael D. Silver, John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin
In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Read More »
Stranger from Shaolin AKA Biho sangjaeng (1977) Jo-Myeong Jeon, Il-do Jang, Hyang-su Hwang, Il-shik Jang
A young girl is the sole survivor of an attack on her temple. Read More »