Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Open Doors (1989)- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Gian Maria Volente, Ennio Fantastichini, Renato Carpentieri - A resonant political drama set in corrupt fascist Italy about a juror's attempt to save a political murderer from the gallows.
Rikyu (1989)- Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki - A unique dramatic meditation on the symbolic qualities of the Japanese tea ceremony, set around a Buddhist priest and the ruling Shogun of Japan in…
Romuald et Juliette (1989)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier - French comedy at its very best contrasts the lives of a yoghurt company director and a black mother–of–five cleaning lady who through…
Sandwich Years (Les années sandwiches) (1989)- Dir. Emile Ghigo
Feat. Michel Aumont, Clovis Cornillac - In post–war France, a young Jewish boy befriends an elderly op–shop owner after his parents are arrested.
Secret Wedding (1989)- Dir. Alejandro Agresti
Feat. Floria Bloise, Mirta Busnelli, Tito Haas - An amnesic returns to his home village after 15 years to try to reconstruct his life, but the townspeople shun him and the authorities get…
Seventh Continent, The (1989)
- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Birgit Doll - The disintegration of a seemingly content, middle–class family is at the center of this chilling domestic autopsy; a clinical and cynical…
This Dance Is Ours (Waltzing Regitze) (1989)- Dir. Kaspar Rostrup
Feat. Frits Helmuth, Mikael Helmuth, Ghita Norby - Longtime married couple reminisce the good times and bad when Regitze hosts a party for family and friends. Finely crafted family drama with inspired…
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (Atame!) (1989)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril - A mental patient kidnaps his sexy B–movie idol in the hope that she will fall in love with him. Teasingly politically unsound, Almodovar…
Tiger On the Beat (1989)- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Conan Lee - Chow Yun Fat buddies up with martial artiste Conan Lee as a pair of mismatched cops in hot pursuit of an international drug syndicate, climaxing in a…
Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) (1989)- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Carole Bouquet - Car salesman Gerard Depardieu has a beautiful wife, but becomes infatuated with his plain yet passionate receptionist. Insightful, melancholy comedy.
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