Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Mapantsula (1988)
- Dir. Oliver Schmitz
Feat. Eugene Majola, Darlington Michaels, Thomas Mogotlane - A disturbingly accurate evocation of township unrest in Soweto, as a young black petty criminal is throne into jail with a militant fraternity whom…
Monsieur Hire (1988)- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire - A lonely, middle–aged tailor becomes obsessed with a glamourous but suspicious woman, whom he observes from his opposing apartment. Melancholy…
Muscle (Kitami) (1988)- Dir. Hisayasu Sato
Feat. Kiyomi Ito, Takeshi Ito, Simon Kamai - Interesting, expressively stylised item from cult Japanese dir. Hisayasu set in the muscle clubs, bars and bedrooms of Tokyo.…
Music Teacher, The (1988)- Dir. Gerard Corbiau
Feat. Jose Van Dam, Anne Roussel, Patrick Bauchau - Sterling voiced Jose Van Dam plays an opera star who retires to train an aspiring nymphette and her wayward peer. Like the superlative operatic…
- Pathfinder (Ofelas) (1988)
- Dir. Nils Gaup
Feat. Mikkel Gaup - Over icy, unforgiving terrain, a 16–year–old boy diverts a group of marauders who have raided his village. Powerful adventure film…
Police Story 2 (1988)- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung - Jackie Chan directs this follow–up to his landmark hit, playing a demoted detective who must use his wiles to track down bomb–scare…
Red Sorghum (1988)- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li, Wen Jiang - A love story set among village winemakers who fight back against Japanese marauders in 1930's China. Blackly humorous and agonisingly horrific, this…
- Rouge (1988)
- Dir. Stanley Kwan
Feat. Leslie Cheung - Beautiful, haunting ghost story about a 1930s courtesan whose restless spirit roams modern Hong Kong. Asian stars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung…
Salaam Bombay! (1988)- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal - Breakthrough Indian film that eschews Bollywood tradition is a compassionate account of an 11–year–old village boy, stranded on the…
Short Film About Killing, A (1988)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Feat. Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz - Feature–length version of Kieslowski's indelibly chilling Decalogue Pt.5 further protracts a cold–blooded murder and the subsequent…
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