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Tag Archives: 1980s
Comfort and Joy (1984) Bill Forsyth

Radio host Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. Read More »
Crime in Formula One AKA Delitto in Formula Uno (1984) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Dagmar Lassander

While keeping an eye on his small time crook brother in law, Inspector Nico Giraldi gets involved in a murder Read More »
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Stewart Raffill, Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas

In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make the U.S. Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Read More »
Faubourg St Martin (1986) Jean-Claude Guiguet, Patachou, Françoise Fabian, Marie Rousseau

Imagine a slightly dilapidated three star hotel in the tenth arrondissement run Read More »
Country (1984) Richard Pearce, Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley

Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Read More »
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 »