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Tag Archives: 1979
The Police War AKA La guerre des polices (1979) Robin Davis, Claude Brasseur, Marlène Jobert, Claude Rich
Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Read More »
Memoirs of a French Whore AKA La dérobade (1979) Daniel Duval, Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider, Niels Arestrup
Marie (Miou-Miou) is a young girl from a working-class family who falls for Gerard (Daniel Duval) Read More »
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua AKA La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1979) Assia Djebbar
Returning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war Read More »
Killer’s Gold AKA Dinero maldito (1979) Sergio Garrone, Alberto Dell’Acqua, Dan Forrest, Max H. Boulois
After a man is betrayed, he is hunted by gangsters. Read More »
Runnin’ After Love AKA A Morte transparente (1978) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Bibi Vogel, Wagner Montes, Jaime Barcellos
Beto, a young gigolo playboy, convinces his friends to break into a house Read More »
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou (1979) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute’s house Read More »
Monarch (1979) Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer, Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann
The film takes a look at a professional gambler Read More »
Yanks (1979) John Schlesinger, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Read More »
The Hussy AKA La drôlesse (1979) Jacques Doillon, Claude Hébert, Madeleine Desdevises, Paulette Lahaye
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. Read More »