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Tag Archives: 1980s
Run, Waiter, Run! AKA Vrchní, prchni! (1981) Ladislav Smoljak, Josef Abrhám, Libuse Safránková, Daniela Bakerová
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant Read More »
International Prostitution: Brigade criminelle (1980) Sergio Gobbi, Laura Gemser, Jean-Louis Broust, Gabriele Tinti
A woman is involved in a prostitution ring and is pursued by a French police inspector. Read More »
The Trip to Bountiful (1985) Peter Masterson, Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940’s Houston Read More »
Pathfinder AKA Ofelas (1987) Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi
Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called “tjuder”, roam in northern Scandinavia. Read More »
Café Express (1980) Nanni Loy, Nino Manfredi, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on a night train to Naples. Read More »
The One Armed Executioner (1981) Bobby A. Suarez, Franco Guerrero, Jody Kay, Mike Cohen
This is the story of an Interpol agent turned restaurateur, out for revenge against Read More »
Love Letter AKA Rabu retâ (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Keiko Takahashi, Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. Read More »
Tora-san 42 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Fumi Dan
The well-intentioned, kind-hearted, and somewhat awkward but always lovable Read More »
Tora-san 40 AKA Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi (1988) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Hiroko Mita
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor Read More »
The Simple-Minded Murderer AKA Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson
In the 1930s, the feeble-minded Sven’s mother dies and he is hired as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund’s farm. Read More »
Gangster Wars (1981) Richard C. Sarafian, Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters. Read More »
The Weird Man AKA Shen tong shu yu xiao ba wang (1983) Cheh Chang, Tien-Chi Cheng, Kuo Chao, Yu-Po Liu
Taoist Priest Yu Ji (Cheng Tien-Chi) is a victim of Magistrate Xu Gong’s (Wong Lik) Read More »
Emergency Exit AKA Wyjscie awaryjne (1982) Roman Zaluski, Bozena Dykiel, Jerzy Michotek, Maria Gladkowska
When her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant, authoritative mother Jadwiga Read More »
The Undergrads (1985) Steven Hilliard Stern, Art Carney, Chris Makepeace, Len Birman
After Mel Adler’s apartment burns down his son, who harbors some ill will towards him Read More »