Cannes 1987
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1. Aria (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.
Directors: Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple | Stars: John Hurt, Theresa Russell, Stephanie Lane, Roy Hyatt
Votes: 3,101 | Gross: $1.03M
In Competition
2. Az utolsó kézirat (1987)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Friends and family descend upon a dying writer in hopes of getting their hands on his last manuscript.
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Jozef Kroner, Aleksander Bardini, Eszter Nagy-Kálózy, Irén Psota
Votes: 16
In Competition
3. Barfly (1987)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
Votes: 21,970 | Gross: $3.22M
In Competition
4. Champ d'honneur (1987)
PG | 87 min | Drama, History, War
The Dordogne, 1869. Pierre Naboulet, a poor tenant farmer, has drawn a lucky number in the French Army draft lottery. He will be exempt from a five-year period of military service. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Cris Campion, Pascale Rocard, Eric Wapler, Frédéric Mayer
Votes: 80
In Competition
5. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
109 min | Drama
In a small village in Latin America, Santiago Nasar is killed in the morning, which surprises nobody. The Vicario brothers were openly declaring they would kill him to regain the lost honor... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,302
In Competition
6. Wings of Desire (1987)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Votes: 76,961 | Gross: $3.33M
In Competition
7. The Family (1987)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Romance
With the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli, Emanuele Lamaro
Votes: 2,483 | Gross: $0.35M
In Competition
8. Oci ciornie (1987)
118 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
An Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks, Romano Patroni leaves his wife to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman. He returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Elena Safonova
Votes: 3,512 | Gross: $2.20M
In Competition
9. Pierre et Djemila (1987)
86 min | Drama
Pierre, 17, falls in love with Djemila, a young Algerian girl of fourteen.
Director: Gérard Blain | Stars: Jean-Pierre André, Nadja Reski, Abdelkader, Salah Teskouk
Votes: 52
In Competition
10. Repentance (1984)
PG | 153 min | Drama
Varlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze, Ketevan Abuladze
Votes: 4,896 | Gross: $0.22M
In Competition
11. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 6,536 | Gross: $1.65M
In Competition
12. Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
140 min | Drama
In the 12th century, a young man explores the different schools of Buddhism.
Director: Rentarô Mikuni | Stars: Junkyu Moriyama, Michiyo Yasuda, Ako, Kazuo Andô
Votes: 22
In Competition
13. Shy People (1987)
R | 118 min | Drama
New York journalist visits her distant cousin for the first time to write an article about her hard life in the bayous of Louisiana. Journalist's wild drug addicted daughter just adds to tensions between two families' cultures.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick
Votes: 1,524 | Gross: $0.77M
In Competition
14. Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
TV-MA | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy
A priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur
Votes: 3,783
In Competition
15. The Belly of an Architect (1987)
R | 119 min | Drama
An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 6,280 | Gross: $0.29M
In Competition
16. The Glass Menagerie (1987)
PG | 134 min | Drama
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton
Votes: 2,241 | Gross: $0.90M
In Competition
17. Subway to the Stars (1987)
R | 103 min | Drama
The young Vinicius is a young saxophone player, from Rio's poor suburbs, facing an uncertain but perhaps promising future. One day his girlfriend suddenly disappears after a night of love ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Diegues, Tereza Gonzalez | Stars: Guilherme Fontes, Milton Gonçalves, Taumaturgo Ferreira, Ana Beatriz Wiltgen
Votes: 275
In Competition
18. A Man in Love (1987)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance
An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later they have a passionate relationship.
Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 770 | Gross: $0.95M
In Competition
19. Yeelen (1987)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Director: Souleymane Cissé | Stars: Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo, Balla Moussa Keita
Votes: 2,751
In Competition
20. Zegen (1987)
124 min | Comedy
A Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper. Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Norihei Miki
Votes: 449
In Competition
21. A Gathering of Old Men (1987 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Drama
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en ... See full summary »
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca
Votes: 765
Un Certain Regard
22. A Month in the Country (1987)
PG | 96 min | Drama
Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinson, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,956 | Gross: $0.44M
Un Certain Regard
23. ...and the Pursuit of Happiness (1986 TV Movie)
80 min | Documentary
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Lenwood Johnson, Boris Lyoskin
Votes: 523
Un Certain Regard
24. Babette's Feast (1987)
G | 103 min | Drama
During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 22,024 | Gross: $4.40M
Un Certain Regard
25. Cartoline italiane (1987)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
An old actress is the owner of a boarding house for people in the entertainment industry.
Director: Memè Perlini | Stars: Geneviève Page, Lindsay Kemp, Christiana Borghi, David Brandon
Un Certain Regard
26. Das weite Land (1987)
103 min | Drama
A promising young pianist commits suicide. He spent his last evening in the company of the industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter. His wife Genia is in possession of a farewell note.
Director: Luc Bondy | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Wolfgang Hübsch, Barbara Rebeschini
Votes: 39
Un Certain Regard
27. Epidemic (1987)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting, Colin Gilder
Votes: 6,100
Un Certain Regard
28. Hôtel de France (1987)
98 min | Drama
Anna, the owner of the Hotel de France, which sits on the edge of a highway in the region of Angers, organizes a small dinner party with some friends and relatives.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Laurent Grévill, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Vincent Perez, Laura Benson
Votes: 103
Un Certain Regard
29. Vilde, the Wild One (1986)
115 min | Crime, Drama
In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father, which in his need of money, wants to sell them off to a rich skin tradesman. While resisting this, the woman turns lame.
Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg | Stars: Vibeke Løkkeberg, Keve Hjelm, Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Granneman
Votes: 165
Un Certain Regard
30. Jenatsch (1987)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Schmid | Stars: Michel Voïta, Christine Boisson, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Jean Bouise
Votes: 109
Un Certain Regard
31. The House of Bernarda Alba (1987)
103 min | Drama
After the death of her husband Bernada Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house for seven years. Adela, the youngest daughter, suffers the most. Pepe el Romano key to all women's despair.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Irene Gutiérrez Caba, Ana Belén, Florinda Chico, Enriqueta Carballeira
Votes: 480
Un Certain Regard
32. The Terrorizers (1986)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku
Votes: 5,501
Un Certain Regard
33. The Serpent's Way (1986)
111 min | Drama
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Stina Ekblad, Stellan Skarsgård, Reine Brynolfsson, Pernilla August
Votes: 632
Un Certain Regard
34. Prostaya smert (1985)
64 min | Drama
The world and life, seen through the eyes of the hero, are infinitely indifferent to his pain and suffering. But unexpectedly for himself at the time of death, he experiences relief and ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Valeriy Priyomykhov, Vytautas Paukste, Mikhail Danilov
Votes: 131
Un Certain Regard
35. Blind Chance (1987)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec
Votes: 11,195
Un Certain Regard
36. Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa (1987)
76 min | Comedy
The story, in flashback, of the death of a British Telegraph engineer in Georgia, USSR in 1920. Caught up in a civil war, and a war between his girlfriend and the women the Company send as ... See full summary »
Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Janri Lolashvili, Nineli Chankvetadze, Guram Pirtskhalava, Elguja Burduli
Votes: 107
Un Certain Regard
37. Sofía (1987)
98 min | Drama
During Argentina's "Dirty War," a 17-year-old boy falls in love with an older woman who is being chased by the authorities.
Director: Alejandro Doria | Stars: Dora Baret, Héctor Alterio, Graciela Dufau, Alejandro Milrud
Votes: 51
Un Certain Regard
38. Someone to Love (1987)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentine's Day in a deserted movie theatre where he interviews them all on their opinions on love and loneliness.
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Henry Jaglom, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Emil, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 444
Un Certain Regard
39. A Successful Man (1986)
116 min | Drama
Javier Argüelles, an opportunistic young man from Cuban middle class, survives all kind of political changes in Havana, from 1932 to 1959, while his brother Darío is persecuted and killed because of his leftist ideas.
Director: Humberto Solás | Stars: César Évora, Raquel Revuelta, Daisy Granados, Jorge Trinchet
Votes: 96
Un Certain Regard
40. A Girl from Hunan (1987)
110 min | Drama
The heartbreaking tale of a young girl sold into an arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy who she must raise.
Directors: U Lan, Fei Xie | Stars: Renhua Na, Xiaoguang Deng, Zongxiang Guan, Dang Hiu-Gwong
Votes: 225
Un Certain Regard
41. Iron Earth, Copper Sky (1987)
94 min | Drama
Despite the hostility of the mayor, the villagers of Anatolia regard as a saint the man who defends them against a creditor of the city.
Director: Zülfü Livaneli | Stars: Rutkay Aziz, Yavuzer Çetinkaya, Macide Tanir, Gürel Yontan
Votes: 294
Un Certain Regard
42. Aida (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Musical
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he ... See full summary »
Director: Clemente Fracassi | Stars: Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Campora
Votes: 265
Out of Competition
43. Awdat mowatin (1986)
100 min | Drama
Returning rich from the Gulf to find his brothers and sisters relationships falling apart.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Ahmed Abdelaziz, Mervat Amin, Hussien El Sherbiny, Yehia El-Fakharany
Votes: 166
Out of Competition
44. Boris Godunov (1954)
110 min | Drama, Music
Action happens at the end of the 16th century, on the eve of "time of troubles". The main character of this historical tragedy - the Russian tsar Boris Godunov who has ascended to a throne ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Stroyeva | Stars: Aleksandr Pirogov, Nikandr Khanayev, Georgi Nelepp, Maksim Mikhaylov
Votes: 90
Out of Competition
45. Caméra arabe (1987)
65 min | Documentary
Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue ... See full summary »
Director: Férid Boughedir | Stars: Férid Boughedir, Abdellatif Ben Ammar, Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Youssef Chahine
Votes: 23
Out of Competition
46. Don Quixote (1933)
Not Rated | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Spain, in the sixteenth century, an elderly gentleman named Don Quixote has gone mad from reading too many books on chivalry. Proclaiming himself a knight, he sets out with his squire, ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Feodor Chaliapin Sr., George Robey, Oscar Asche, René Donnio
Votes: 397
Out of Competition
47. Feathers (1987)
49 min | Drama
Conflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.
Director: John Ruane | Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Laurie, Julie Forsyth, Neil Melville
Votes: 23
Out of Competition
48. Intervista (1987)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Federico Fellini accepts the request of a television crew to be interviewed about his career, narrating memories, dreams, realities and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori
Votes: 3,179 | Gross: $0.11M
Out of Competition
49. Good Morning Babylon (1987)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War
After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi, Désirée Nosbusch
Votes: 1,768 | Gross: $0.18M
Out of Competition
50. The Black Cannon Incident (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
Engineer Zhao Shuxin likes playing chess a lot. Once during his business trip, he loses a black cannon chessman which leads to unexpected consequences for him.
Director: Jianxin Huang | Stars: Zifeng Liu, Ming Gao, Gerhard Olschewski, Hui Ge
Votes: 502
Out of Competition
51. Hôtel du Paradis (1986)
113 min | Drama
Director: Jana Bokova | Stars: Carola Regnier, Fernando Rey, Marika Rivera, Artus de Penguern
Votes: 16
Out of Competition
52. L'inhumaine (1924)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman
Votes: 1,041
Out of Competition
53. Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987)
Documentary
A compilation film celebrating 40 years of the Cannes Film Festival.
Directors: Gilles Jacob, Laurent Jacob | Stars: Fred Astaire, Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Doris Day
Votes: 12
Out of Competition
54. The Medium (1951)
84 min | Drama, Music
Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for ... See full summary »
Director: Gian Carlo Menotti | Stars: Marie Powers, Leopoldo Savona, Belva Kibler, Beverly Dame
Votes: 195
Out of Competition
55. Is It Easy to Be Young? (1986)
83 min | Documentary, Drama
Portrayal of rebellious teenagers growing up under Communist rule in Latvia.
Director: Juris Podnieks
Votes: 420
Out of Competition
56. Louise (1939)
83 min | Musical, Romance
Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor, a composer who lives a Bohemian life with his friends, artists like him. Her over-possessive working class parents ... See full summary »
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Grace Moore, Georges Thill, André Pernet, Suzanne Desprès
Votes: 80
Out of Competition
57. Macbeth (I) (1987)
133 min | Music
The Verdi opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Director: Claude d'Anna | Stars: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Johan Leysen
Votes: 56
Out of Competition
58. Pagliacci (1982 TV Movie)
72 min | Music
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Florindo Andreolli
Votes: 265
Out of Competition
59. Radio Days (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman
Votes: 36,303 | Gross: $14.79M
Out of Competition
60. Wahnfried (1986)
112 min | Drama, Musical
Richard's Wagner and his wife Cosima.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Otto Sander, Tatja Seibt, Fabienne Babe, Peter Matic
Votes: 63
Out of Competition
61. Rigoletto (1987)
128 min | Drama, Music
The Duke lives the high life. The court jester taunts too well. Revenge has unintended consequences both times it is attempted.
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Stars: Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberova, Luciano Pavarotti, Ferruccio Furlanetto
Votes: 368
Out of Competition
62. Slam Dance (1987)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper
Votes: 1,804 | Gross: $0.41M
Out of Competition
63. The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.
Director: Raymond Longford | Stars: Arthur Tauchert, Lottie Lyell, Gilbert Emery, Stanley Robinson
Votes: 299
Out of Competition
64. The Whales of August (1987)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern
Votes: 5,290 | Gross: $1.34M
Out of Competition
65. Raising Arizona (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman
Votes: 150,294 | Gross: $22.85M
Special Screenings
66. Something Wild (1986)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky
Votes: 21,073 | Gross: $8.36M
Special Screenings
67. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Director: Norman Mailer | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Stipe, Wings Hauser
Votes: 1,846 | Gross: $0.86M
Special Screenings
68. Dead Man's Letters (1986)
87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the aftermath of nuclear holocaust, a group of intellectuals crave to find hope in the pale and colorless new world. Among them, a history teacher tries to contact via letters his missing son.
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhaylov, Aleksandr Sabinin
Votes: 3,807
International Critics' Week
69. You Love Me Too (1986)
85 min | Comedy
A Swiss guitar player and a female saxophonist from Berlin live and work together. They perpetually discuss about staying together or separating and look up to couples who live together permanently.
Directors: Helmut Berger, Anja Franke, Dani Levy | Stars: Anja Franke, Dani Levy, Jens Naumann, Mathias Gnädinger
Votes: 65
International Critics' Week
70. Ngati (1987)
92 min | Drama
An Australian doctor comes to a small Maori village where a child is suffering from Leukemia, as he discovers the truth about his heritage the town rallies together to keep the freezing works open.
Director: Barry Barclay | Stars: Tuta Ngarimu Tamati, Iranui Haig, Tawai Moana, Michael Tibble
Votes: 100
International Critics' Week
71. Yam Daabo (1987)
80 min | Drama
Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for more fertile regions in the country.
Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo | Stars: Moussa Blogo, Aoua Guiraud, Assita Ouedraogo, Fatima Ouedraogo
Votes: 99
International Critics' Week
72. The Tree We Hurt (1986)
75 min | Drama
The friendship between two young boys during the summertime in 60's Chios island.
Director: Dimos Avdeliodis | Stars: Yannis Avdeliodis, Nikos Mioteris, Marina Delivoria, Katerina Kyriakodi
Votes: 334
International Critics' Week
73. Angelus novus (1987)
80 min | Biography, Drama
The film reconstructs and reinvents fit realistically artistic life, mortal life and violent death of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Director: Pasquale Misuraca | Stars: Domenico Pesce, Tomaso Ricordy, Stefano Valoppi, Eliana Cifa
Votes: 8
International Critics' Week
74. Où que tu sois (1987)
95 min | Drama
Emmanuel, 37, lives in Paris with his wife, Irene, and his daughter Anne, 14 years old. He accidentally discovers that Irene is receiving mail in the remaining mail. She refuses to follow ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Bergala | Stars: Serge Maggiani, Mireille Perrier, Daniela Silverio, Elsa Lunghini
Votes: 9
International Critics' Week
75. Guardian Angel (1987)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn't protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Ljubisa Samardzic, Jakup Amzic, Neda Arneric, Saban Bajramovic
Votes: 252
Directors' Fortnight
76. Diary of a Mad Old Man (1987)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
Marcel Hamelinck has a chronic muscle disease and therefore has to retire from his work. After his wife Denise dies, his attention is drawn to his daughter-in-law Simone. Obsessively he ... See full summary »
Director: Lili Rademakers | Stars: Ralph Michael, Beatie Edney, Suzanne Flon, Derek de Lint
Votes: 99
Directors' Fortnight
77. Dilan (1987)
92 min | Drama
Two people are in love with Dilan: Mirkan, who is poor and cannot afford to pay the dowry and the rich Paso Bey, who might consider her just a plaything to be thrown away after usage. Dilan... See full summary »
Director: Erden Kiral | Stars: Derya Arbas, Hakan Balamir, Yilmaz Zafer, Güler Ökten
Votes: 112
Directors' Fortnight
78. Heaven (1987)
PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary
A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with... See full summary »
Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Michael Agbabian, James Allport, Lazaro Arvizu, Stephen Augustine
Votes: 292
Directors' Fortnight
79. A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987)
Not Rated | 97 min | Fantasy
A film follows the surreal and often comic quests of young Andris, an orphan searching for a father who doesn't exist, and Orban, a government clerk who's had enough of oppressive bureaucracy.
Director: Gyula Gazdag | Stars: Dávid Vermes, Pál Hetényi, Frantisek Husák, Mária Varga
Votes: 150
Directors' Fortnight
80. Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Concert film of Laurie Anderson performing songs from her first three albums, selections from her four-night epic "United States Live," and several new songs, which incorporate a unique blend of film, animation, dance, and electronics.
Director: Laurie Anderson | Stars: Laurie Anderson, Joy Askew, Adrian Belew, William S. Burroughs
Votes: 432 | Gross: $1.25M
Directors' Fortnight
81. The Photograph (1986)
102 min | Drama
A young furrier leaves Castoria in 1971 to emigrate to France to live with a relative. He finds a photograph, leading to a confrontation with his relative.
Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Hristos Tsagas, Aris Retsos, Zozo Zarpa, Despina Tomazani
Votes: 476
Directors' Fortnight
82. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle ... See full summary »
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette
Votes: 1,910 | Gross: $1.41M
Directors' Fortnight
83. Made in U.S.A. (1987)
R | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two misfit best friends, Dar and Tuck, leave their dying coal-mining town with only one goal in mind - to reach sunny California and hook up with some beach babes. On the road, they meet gun-crazy outlaw Annie, and she takes over.
Director: Ken Friedman | Stars: Judith Baldwin, Lori Singer, Marji Martin, Adrian Pasdar
Votes: 523
Directors' Fortnight
84. Malom a pokolban (1987)
110 min | Drama
Director: Gyula Maár | Stars: Frigyes Funtek, Dezsö Garas, Anna Ráckevei, Edit Vlahovics
Votes: 20
Directors' Fortnight
85. Mascara (1987)
R | 94 min | Thriller
Transsexual murders being investigated by the man who committed thema police detective.
Director: Patrick Conrad | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Michael Sarrazin, Derek de Lint, Jappe Claes
Votes: 335
Directors' Fortnight
86. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,907 | Gross: $1.68M
Directors' Fortnight
87. Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 522
Directors' Fortnight
88. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp
Votes: 4,793 | Gross: $0.12M
Directors' Fortnight
89. Street Smart (1987)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson
Votes: 3,811 | Gross: $1.12M
Directors' Fortnight
90. The Surfer (1987)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beach-stand operator Sam Barlow's life was meant to be sunny, simple and predictable and it might have been only he delivers a letter to his mate Jack Fields. This easy errand leads Jack to his death and Sam in search of the truth.
Director: Frank Shields | Stars: Gary Day, Gosia Dobrowolska, Rod Mullinar, Tony Barry
Votes: 33
Directors' Fortnight
91. Un zoo la nuit (1987)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon | Stars: Gilles Maheu, Roger Lebel, Corrado Mastropasqua, Lorne Brass
Votes: 773
Directors' Fortnight
92. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 7,005
Directors' Fortnight
93. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $3.28M
Directors' Fortnight
94. Au-delà du souvenir (1987)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Alain Mazars | Stars: N.T. Binh, Ke Long Shi
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
95. Buisson ardent (1987)
90 min | Drama
Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.
Director: Laurent Perrin | Stars: Jean-Claude Adelin, Jessica Forde, Simon de La Brosse, Anouk Ferjac
Votes: 32
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
96. Dernier cri (1988)
90 min | Drama
Henri, tired by the secrecy of his job, realizes that his fight leads to nothing and breaks down the day his organization orders him to eliminate a woman. He refuses to do it, thus exposing himself and loved ones to an expeditious revenge.
Director: Bernard Dubois | Stars: Hubert Lucot, Christine Laurent, Catherine Bonnin, Eric Mitchell
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
97. The Last Hunt (1985)
86 min
Director: Maryse León García | Stars: Tony Devon, Joyce Hyser, Sally Kemp, Bernard White
Votes: 7
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
98. Le sang des tropiques (1983)
80 min | Adventure
A medical student leaves for Ecuador to join Marianne, a volunteer for "Médecins sans frontières", who finds himself involved in blood trafficking, which the poor sell to survive.
Director: Christian Bricout | Stars: Nicole Calfan, Laura Castro, Rita Duarte, Vicky Hernández
Votes: 12
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
99. Weapons of the Spirit (1987)
93 min | Documentary
Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews who were helped by the collective efforts of the town, hidden from occupying Nazis... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Sauvage | Stars: Pierre Sauvage, Henri Héritier, Emma Héritier, Charles Gibert
Votes: 90
Perspectives du Cinéma Français
100. Les aventures d'Eddie Turley (1989)
85 min
Director: Gérard Courant | Stars: Philippe Dubuquoy, Françoise Michaud, Joël Barbouth, Mariola Saint Martin
Votes: 7
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