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Subgenre Sampler

 
Self Made Hero, ASelf Made Hero, A (1996)
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz
Mattieu Kassovitz (director of LA HAINE) proves to be no slouch actor here as a WW2 idler who swats up and cheekily ascends the ranks of the…
Temptation of a MonkTemptation of a Monk (1993)
Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Joan Chen, Zhang Fenyi
Graphic chronicle of blood–letting by a fierce warrior general in 7th century China, that hews to the visual traditions of the classic Japanese…
Midnight Clear, AMidnight Clear, A (1992) Recommended
Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross
A provocative, suspenseful anti–war parable about a fresh–faced American platoon assigned to an abandoned chateau near the German border…
Last Butterfly, TheLast Butterfly, The (1991)
Dir. Karel Kachyna
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Freddie Jones
Another worthy drama based on facts surrounding Nazi death camps, stage mime Tom Courtenay is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for…
Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But (1990)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema
Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
Five Days in June (1989)
Dir. Michel Legrand
Feat. Sabine Azema, Annie Girardot, Matthieu Roze
Yet another addition to the canon of dramas based on childhood memoirs. A renowned composer takes the helm to recall five days in his life on the…
Sandwich YearsSandwich 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.
Kitchen Toto, TheKitchen Toto, The (1987)
Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan
Rewarding drama set in Kenya, during the Mau Mau insurrection.
Sacred Hearts (1985)
Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Anna Massey
Earnest drama set in a repressive convent (run by Anna Massey) during the Blitz.
Purple HeartsPurple Hearts (1984)
Dir. Sidney J Furie
Feat. Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, R. Lee Ermey
Vietnam War set romance with Wahl and Ladd as love struck medics.

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