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Subgenre Sampler
Law of Desire (1986)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura - Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
Les Fugitifs (1986)- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu - The inept Pierre Richard teams up with the innocent Gerard Depardieu in a madcap criminal escape after a botched bank–job. The situation…
Matador (1986)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martinez - Almodovar breaks a few more screen taboos with this erotic black comedy about a bull–fighter and a smart female lawyer who share a morbid…
Max Mon Amour (1986)- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Charlotte Rampling - Charlotte Rampling does her stuff... with a chimpanzee called Max? A very dry comedy with some decidedly dicey morality about Man and his closest…
Millionaire's Express (Foo gwai lit che) (1986)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan - Camp and hysterical genre mash–up, has Samo Hung as a bumbling brothel–owner who entraps a group of millionaire's in his hometown (by…
Peking Opera Blues (1986)- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh - One of prolific Hong Kong director/producer Tsui Hark's most celebrated films is a genre–blending romp set around the Peking Opera in 1913. A…
Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) (1986)- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen - The first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy follows a lonely garbage collector who finds romance with a check–out clerk (Kaurismäki…
Tampopo (1986)- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe… - A crazy, satirical comedy in which heroine Tampopo and her cronies strive to create the perfect noodle. A wonderful movie full of hilarious madness…
Mr. Vampire (1985)- Dir. Ricky Lau
Feat. Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Ricky Hui… - Influential kung–fu ghostbusting flick is a distinctively Eastern slant on the 'vampire' genre – less like caped Counts, more like…
My Sweet Little Village (1985)- Dir. Jiri Menzel
Feat. Janos Ban, Marian Labuda, Rudolf Hrusinsky - This good–natured charmer examines the comic, sad, quirky and downright ordinary affairs of village life, highlighted by the exploits of a pair…
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