Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Inside Seka (1980) Seka, Ken Yontz
While making love to her husband, Seka relates other sexual adventures. Read More »
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Enzo Cannavale
The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. Read More »
Zan Boko (1988) Gaston Kaboré, Mathias Bayili, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member Read More »
Bye Bye Brazil (1980) Carlos Diegues, José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr.
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks Read More »
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing / Amanece, que no es poco (1989) José Luis Cuerda, José Sazatornil, Carmen de Lirio, Francisco Martínez
A village and the crazy situations encountered by its citizens. Read More »
Forbidden Relations AKA Visszaesök (1983) Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács, Lili Monori, Miklós Székely B., Mari Töröcsik
Juli’s husband commits suicide, so she is being persuaded to shed her own. Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Lantern Hill (1989) Kevin Sullivan, Mairon Bennett, Sam Waterston, Patricia Phillips
In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart’s mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich Read More »
Parking (1985) Jacques Demy, Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, Keiko Itô
This film is an update of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, set in the world of 1980s rock. Read More »