Subgenre Sampler
Virgin Spring, The (1960)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow - Bergman won his first Oscar for this brooding yet gripping medieval tale about a peasant couple who avenge the savage murderers of their daughter.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)- Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Hideko Takamine - Melancholic masterpiece from a largely overshadowed figure in Japanese cinema: concerning the post–war ‘water trade’ of bar hostesses in…
Zazie Dans Le Metro (Zazie in the Underground) (1960)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret - Anarchistic comedy drops the impudent 11yr old Zazie into the care of Uncle Phillipe Noiret and the whirlygig chaos of modern Paris. Adapted from…
400 Blows, The (1959)
- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy… - Truffaut's first film rocketed him to fame as some kind of New Wave radical, but at a second glance this story of a teenage delinquent thrown in and…
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger… - Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…
Amants, Les (Lovers, The) (1959)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny - This helped push the envelope of frank sexuality in cinema and made a star of Jeanne Moreau, as the rich, bored housewife whose extra–marital…
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)- Dir. Grigori Chukhrai
Feat. Vladimir Ivashov - Soviet poetic realism brings a contemplative tone to the theatre of war, following a soldier’s pilgrimage back home after being granted leave for…
Black Orpheus (1959)- Dir. Marcel Camus
Feat. Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes De Oliveira - Get caught up in the rhythms and colour of Rio De Janiero at Carnival time for an exotic, utterly unique spin on the Greek legend of doomed lovers…
Come Dance with Me (Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi?) (1959)- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Dawn Addams - Surprisingly entertaining French mystery thriller tracking a wife attempting to clear her husband's name from involvement in a dance studio murder.…
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) (1959)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura - An aging actor who returns with his troupe to his provincial town, and becomes caught between his long–lost family and his jealous…
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