A pretty young nurse is hired to take care of a bedridden young man at a private mansion. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Moscow on the Hudson (1984) Paul Mazursky, Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn’t have the nerve. Read More »
Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986) Dino Risi, Lino Banfi, Maurizio Ferrini, Maurizio Micheli, Comedy
Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. Read More »
Ibiza al Desnudo (1982) Gérard Loubeau, Olinka Hardiman, Laura May, Dominique Saint Claire, Adult
While Mr. Oulard is philandering with a hitchhiker, his black mistress and a disco pick-up, his villa on Ibiza is invaded by three thugs who force themselves on his wife and his wife’s friend Read More »
Fanny Hill (1983) Gerry O’Hara, Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. Read More »
Movers & Shakers (1985) William Asher, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Comedy
Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. Read More »
Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur / My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986) Jacques Rouffio, Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli, Jean Carmet, Comedy, Thriller
This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well, making it more of an exercise in verbal gymnastics than a narrative with a mission. Read More »
Slunce, seno, jahody / Sun, Hay, Strawberries (1984) Zdenek Troska, Pavel Kikincuk, Bronek Cerny, Veronika Kánská, Comedy
A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Pláni?ka, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the “Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment”. Read More »
O Megalexandros / Alexander the Great (1980) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Omero Antonutti, Eva Kotamanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Drama
Lead by Alexandros (Omero Antonuti), a group of thieves escape from prison. They take several aristocrats hostage, and, together with a few anarchists Read More »
Bad Timing (1980) Nicolas Roeg, Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. Read More »