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Tag Archives: 1980s
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 »
I Fotografia AKA The Photograph (1986) Nikos Papatakis, Christos Tsagas, Aris Retsos, Zozo Zarpa

Ilias Apostolou, a young furrier who has had a hard time under the dictatorship Read More »
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) Robert M. Young, Tom Bower, James Gammon, Edward James Olmos

After he is accused of murdering a lawman in 1901 Texas, a Mexican-American farmer flees Read More »
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) Gus Trikonis, Stephanie Zimbalist, Don Johnson, Ann Dusenberry

After celebrating from his wife Priscilla in February 1972, Elvis Presley begins a love affair with Linda Thompson Read More »
Split Image (1982) Ted Kotcheff, Michael O’Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda

A rootless young man’s drawn into an unnamed religious cult by a beautiful girl. Read More »
Twice in a Lifetime (1985) Bud Yorkin, Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. Read More »