Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Tin Drum, The (1979)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. David Bennett - One the best films ever made with a child protagonist, David Bennett is unforgettable as a 12–year–old who refuses to grow up and…
To Forget Venice (1979)- Dir. Franco Brusati
Feat. Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson - Brooding melodrama about an extended family reunion in the house of an Operatic matriach.
5 Deadly Venoms, The (Five Deadly Venoms) (1978)- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Sheng Chiang, Philip Kwok, Feng Lu… - A martial arts master commands a student to track down some of his other students and get them to stop those that have used their skills for…
Autumn Sonata (1978)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman - The resumes of director Bergman and actress Bergman intersect for the first and only time in this, ahem, Bergmanesque (sombre, brutally honest,…
Blood Feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici) (1978)- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini - Convoluted romantic drama set against the rise of Mussolini has recently widowed Loren torn between an attorney and petty thief. Overheated (and…
Drunken Master (1978)- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Jackie Chan - The martial arts comedy that put Jackie Chan on the map tells the tale of a disobedient son learning the art of Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop…
Empire of the Passions (ai no borei) (1978)- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki - Searing, underrated crime of passion from the dir. of IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES focuses less on explicit sex, unfolding as a ghost…
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) (1978)- Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere - Naive, frustrated husband Gerard Depardieu embarks on an unconventional quest to find his listless wife some happiness, firstly by 'lending' her to a…
Grapes of Death, The (Les Raisins de la Mort) (1978)- Dir. Jean Rollin
- Eco–thriller set in the French countryside where a dangerous pesticide used in a local vineyard has turned residents into the walking dead.…
Hitler - A Film From Germany (1978)- Dir. Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
- An epic and highly original exploration of the sources of German fascism, in which experimentalist dir. Syberberg weaves a tapestry of surreal…
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