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Subgenre Sampler
Boucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne - Psychological thriller probes the perhaps dangerous liaison between a celibate school–teacher and a murder suspect, the local butcher. Rich in…
Colour of Pomegranates (Color of Pomegranates) (1969)- Dir. Sergei Paradjanov
Feat. Sofiko Chiaurel, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan - A visually exquisite, at times baffling film from the much–censored Armenian director. Retells the life of 18th century mystic poet Sayat Nova…
Femme Infidele, La (the Unfaithful Wife) (1969)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Bouquet, Stephane Audran, Maurice Ronet - French bourgeoisie couple Michel Bouquet and Stephane Audran form a murderous love–triangle with seducer Maurice Ronet, revealing the hidden…
Ma Nuit Chez Maud (1969)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Francoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault - Rohmer's fourth moral tale again presents the idea of a man's romantic dilemma with more than one woman in his life. The wordy philosophising is…
Biches, Les (1968)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stephane Audran - A love–triangle between an heiress, an architect and a young woman, is tested to unsettling effect in this psychological drama. Chabrol…
Milky Way, The (1968)- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny… - Bunuel experiments with narrative in relating theories of traditional Catholicism to the encounters of two wandering vagrants.
Elvira Madigan (1967)- Dir. Bo Widerberg
Feat. Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer… - Ultra–romantic story of an army officer and a tightrope dancer who sacrifice everything for each other. Filmed like a shampoo commercial, it…
Oedipus Rex (1967)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli - Striking visual achievement, filmed amidst the Moroccan desert and Bologna, describes the Oedipal tale of a tortured soul who murders his father and…
Samourai, Le (The Samurai) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon - Alain Delon plays an ultra–cool assassin whose flawless disposition is impenetrable to the Gendarmerie but not to a sexy key witness.…
Weekend (1967)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne - A poetic, stylised and savage vision as only Godard could dream up and/or get away with. Road chaos and carnage is his metaphor for the decline of…
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