Complete films screened by NZIFF 1979-1998
by Quinoa_Chris_Kirk | created - 30 Jul 2021 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicThe Wellington Film Festival evolving into the New Zealand International Film Festival Excluding some short and New Zealand films that do not appear on IMDb.
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101. Viva Italia! (1977)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Several episodes depicting Italian's life in short humoristic stories.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 2,113
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
102. Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979)
111 min | Drama, Romance, War
The story of a woman's love for two young men. Antwerp, Belgium, 1940. Lieve (Marie-Christine Barrault) marries Adriaan (Rutger Hauer), a Flemish idealist, who is drawn towards Germany by ... See full summary »
Director: André Delvaux | Stars: Marie-Christine Barrault, Rutger Hauer, Roger Van Hool, Senne Rouffaer
Votes: 329
Woman in a Twilight Garden 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
103. This Is Your Museum Speaking (1979)
13 min | Animation, Short
Director: Lynn Smith | Stars: Don Arioli, Gerald Budner, Budd Knapp, Peter MacNeill
Votes: 18
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
104. Tattooed Tears (1979)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
An intimate, hands on encounter with a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in Chino California.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Brian, Marcus, Pedro, Ronnie
Votes: 174
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
105. Maximum Security (1978)
9 min | Short
Director: Mark Stiles | Stars: Bryan Brown, Julie McGregor
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
106. Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie (Hana Buresová) to ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová, Vladimír Mensík
Votes: 299
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
107. Las truchas (1978)
R | 99 min | Comedy
In a restaurant they're preparing a grand banquet in honor of a sports association of anglers, but several circumstances seem to have conspired to boycott the event.
Director: José Luis García Sánchez | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Juan Amigo, Ofelia Angélica, Carmen Arévalo
Votes: 143
The Trout 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
109. A Simple Story (1978)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A simple story about simple people. A 38 year old divorced woman (Marie), who now has a lover (Serge) but decides to leave him, abort his baby, and then returns with her ex-husband (Georges... See full summary »
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Romy Schneider, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Roger Pigaut
Votes: 1,400
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
110. Smile for Auntie (1979)
5 min | Animation, Short
Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy stuff. Tee nephew does not smile until Auntie gives up goes away and NEVER come baque.
Director: Gene Deitch
Votes: 9
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
111. Interview (1979)
14 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Caroline Leaf, Veronika Soul | Stars: Caroline Leaf, Veronika Soul
Votes: 33
112. Palm Beach (1979)
88 min | Drama
Over the course of 48 hours, three stories intertwine: Joe is looking for drugs; Leilane has run away from home, and Paul is unemployed and angry.
Director: Albie Thoms | Stars: Kenneth Brown, Nat Young, Amanda Berry, Bryan Brown
Votes: 53
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
113. Chulas Fronteras (1976)
58 min | Documentary, Music
"Chulas Fronteras" examines the origins and social significance of the traditional Tejano (or 'Tex-Mex') music that developed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Ramiro Cavazos, Los Alegres De Teran, Los Pinguinos del Norte, Rumel Fuentes
Votes: 182 | Gross: $0.01M
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
114. Del mero corazón (1979)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Using music of the genre, a short look at Tex-Mex music, how it expresses love found and love lost, and how it comes straight from the heart.
Directors: Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Guillermo Hernandez, Chris Strachwitz | Stars: Andrés Berlanga, Chavela Express, Leo Garza, Little Joe & La Familia
Votes: 47
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
115. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 2,044
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
116. Nighthawks (1978)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.
Director: Ron Peck | Stars: Ken Robertson, Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Maureen Dolan
Votes: 712
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
The Beach 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
118. Perceval le Gallois (1978)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur's Round Table.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger, Catherine Schroeder
Votes: 1,570
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
120. Bastien, Bastienne (1979)
105 min | Drama
During WWI, the sounds of which can be heard from their house, a woman and her sister in law prepare for a performance to be put on of a youthful Mozart opera bouffe by the three adolescent boys in the family.
Director: Michel Andrieu | Stars: Juliet Berto, Anna Prucnal, Orane Demazis, Béatrice Bruno
Votes: 41
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
121. Hra o jablko (1977)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A young gynecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Dagmar Bláhová, Jirí Menzel, Jirí Kodet, Evelyna Steimarová
Votes: 305
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
122. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Three people rob a bank to help a daycare center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner is identified, and police suspect that Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach, Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Votes: 351
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
123. Consolation Prize (1980)
24 min | Short
Director: Rivka Hartman | Stars: Rivka Hartman, John Stone, Mark Daly, Gary Dennison
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
124. Woyzeck (1979)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 10,540
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
125. Nocturna Artificialia (1979)
Not Rated | 21 min | Animation, Short
An enigmatic story told in seven chapters, each introduced by an elliptical sentence on a title card. A man is in an apartment. He goes outside where a red tram runs beside a cathedral. He ... See full summary »
Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Votes: 480
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
126. The Kingdom of Naples (1978)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
In a miserable neighbourhood of Napoli, two brothers make totally different choices for their lives. The boy joins the Communist Party, while his sister follows the way of the church.
Director: Werner Schroeter | Stars: Liana Trouche, Antonio Orlando, Renata Zamengo, Dino Mele
Votes: 141
Kingdom of Naples 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
127. Bozská Ema (1979)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Juraj Kukura, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 116
Heavenly Emma 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
Beer on Tap 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
129. A Scream from Silence (1979)
96 min | Drama
A director and an editor, both woman, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womenhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Director: Anne Claire Poirier | Stars: Julie Vincent, Germain Houde, Paul Savoie, Monique Miller
Votes: 196
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
130. So Long to Run (1978)
26 min | Short
Linda tries to escape the abuse from her x-husband while dealing with a welfare system that continues to fail her. She is made to feel less of a Victim and more of the problem as she struggles to survive.
Director: Chuck Lapp | Stars: Jan Pottie, John Dunsworth, Timothy Webber, David Bulger
Votes: 10
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
131. Mirror (1975)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 52,296 | Gross: $0.18M
The Mirror 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
132. Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Not Rated | 192 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang, Hui-Lou Chen
Votes: 1,206 | Gross: $0.01M
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
133. Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Gila von Weitershausen, Ljuba Tadic, Gudrun Vaupel
Votes: 166
Black & White Like Day & Night 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
134. Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair (1978)
78 min
Rapunzel's story from Grimm's fairytales is retold and reinterpreted several times to examine feminist issues. There's the male voyeur as film noir detective; a raunchy cartoon Venus who's ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeanette Bateman, Lydia Blackman, Jean Boht, Martin Burrows
Votes: 9
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
135. The Glass Cell (1978)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, Dieter Laser, Walter Kohut
Votes: 282
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
136. The Tumour Principle (1980)
13 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Arthur Ellis | Stars: Patrick Allen, Morgan Deare, Arthur Ellis, William Hootkins
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
137. In Spring One Plants Alone (1980)
43 min | Documentary, Short
Filmed over 18 months, this moving documentary tells the story of Puhi, an elderly woman charged with caring for her adult son, Niki, who suffers from schizophrenia, in the isolated area of... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Ward
Votes: 35
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
138. Poitín (1978)
65 min | Drama
A poitín maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
Director: Bob Quinn | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Maighréad Ní Chonghaile
Votes: 145
9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
139. Why Not! (1977)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The eventful life of a three-way household in a suburban pavilion arouses the curiosity of those around them, including that of a police inspector.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Sami Frey, Christine Murillo, Mario Gonzales, Nicole Jamet
Votes: 311
Pourquoi Pas! 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
140. Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz (1979)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A short illustrating a traditional Canadian folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility for her boyfriend, the log driver.
Director: John Weldon | Stars: Anna McGarrigle, Kate McGarrigle
Votes: 481
Log Drivers' Waltz 9th Wellington Film Festival 1980
141. Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Diegues | Stars: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr., Zaira Zambelli
Votes: 1,951
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
142. Harpya (1979)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus
Votes: 1,064
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
143. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 22,830
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
144. Zea (1981)
5 min | Short
Tight close-ups show a slowly revolving, glistening, lightly textured surface. Water drips. Bubbles coalesce. An orchestra plays. What is the mysterious surface? Suddenly, it bursts!
Directors: André Leduc, Jean-Jacques Leduc
Votes: 93
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
145. Daughter Rite (1980)
49 min | Documentary
A documentary of a daughter's problematic relationship with her mother.
Director: Michelle Citron | Stars: Victor Penelope, Anne Wilford
Votes: 124
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
146. Thriller (1979)
34 min | Short, Mystery
What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boh?me? In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Colette Laffont, Rose English, Tony Gacon, Vincent Meehan
Votes: 151
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
147. Love on the Run (1979)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Antoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys ... See full summary »
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani
Votes: 7,527
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
148. Dream Doll (1979)
12 min | Animation, Short
A lonely old man finds his true love, a blowup doll, in a sex shop, only to lose her. But for lovers, there are sometimes happy endings.
Directors: Bob Godfrey, Zlatko Grgic
Votes: 155
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
149. Retrato de Teresa (1979)
103 min | Drama
Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Her husband, Ramón, wants ... See full summary »
Director: Pastor Vega | Stars: Idalia Anreus, Miguel Benavides, Samuel Claxton, Elsa Gay
Votes: 158
Portrait of Teresa 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
150. Sky Dance (1980)
11 min | Animation, Short
Director: Faith Hubley | Stars: Rodney Hudson, William Parry, Elizabeth Swados
Votes: 13
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
151. Brussels Transit (1980)
80 min | Drama
Fictional re-enactments about the early years in Belgium of the director's parents, Jewish immigrants from Poland, and scenes taken in modern Brussels in this elliptical experimental feature.
Director: Samy Szlingerbaum | Stars: Hélène Lapiower, Boris Lehman, Jeremy Wald, Suzy Falk
Votes: 52
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
152. Mijn vriend (1979)
PG-13 | 126 min | Crime, Drama
When the gendarmes order a garage owner to open the boot of his car, they find a treasure of shares, jewels, gold and bonds. They belong to an old opera singer who got robbed. The garage ... See full summary »
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Peter Faber, André van den Heuvel, Dirk de Batist, Magda Cnudde
Votes: 87
My Friend 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
153. Public Enemy Number One (1981)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Wilfred Burchett, Richard Oxenburgh, David Bradbury, Ross Symonds
Votes: 13
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
154. Front Line (1979)
56 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A profile of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Richard Oxenburgh, Neil Davis
Votes: 48
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
155. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô
Votes: 7,302
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
156. A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov (1980)
Unrated | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, History
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov. He sleeps much of the day. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle and introduces him to Olga.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Elena Solovey, Andrei Popov
Votes: 2,562
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
157. Angi Vera (1978)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Vera Angi works as a nurse in a hospital after WWII in communist Hungary. Because she speaks up about the terrible conditions in which the nurses and doctors have to work, she's placed in a six-month education course.
Director: Pál Gábor | Stars: Vera Pap, Erzsi Pásztor, Éva Szabó, Tamás Dunai
Votes: 393
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
158. Getting Started (1979)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A concert pianist prepares to begin his practising for a major concert coming up. Unfortunately, he has this procrastination problem that prevents him from getting any serious time done, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Condie | Stars: Richard Condie, Jay Brazeau
Votes: 250
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
159. Dreams in Black & White (1981)
54 min | Documentary, History
A compilation of newsreels made in New Zealand by the National Film Unit for the Weekly Reviews series between 1945 and 1953.
Director: Pat McGuire | Stars: Don Donaldson, Doug Edwards, Peter Hutt, Selwyn Toogood
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
160. Kingi's Story (1981 TV Movie)
47 min | Drama
Director: Mike Walker | Stars: Gina Marie Allan, Graeme Boult, Adele Chapman, Adrienne Clark
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
161. Best Boy (1979)
111 min | Documentary, Biography
In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his mentally ill, middle-aged cousin Philly, over a three-year period.
Director: Ira Wohl | Stars: Ira Wohl, Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor
Votes: 686
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
162. Board and Care (1980)
27 min | Short
Two young people with Down's Syndrome desire to have a relationship. The film's two Down's Syndrome stars give the story a poignant relevance no professional actors could achieve. Enhanced ... See full summary »
Director: Ron Ellis | Stars: Richard Goss, Laura Jean Ellis, Luana Anders, Sunshine Parker
Votes: 59
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
163. El diputado (1978)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama
Sex and politics collide in this tale of forbidden love, blackmail and murder. Set up by the secret police to compromise a prominent politician, a teenage hustler discovers himself ... See full summary »
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Sacristán, María Luisa San José, José Luis Alonso, Enrique Vivó
Votes: 743
The Deputy 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
164. Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (1973)
31 min | Short, Documentary, Musical
We meet the world's most popular movie star.
Director: Anthony Korner | Stars: Helen, Anthony Korner
Votes: 41
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
165. The Meetings of Anna (1978)
128 min | Drama
Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film; she checks into a hotel, invites a stranger to her bed, and abruptly tells him to leave. He asks her to ... See full summary »
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 2,099
Les rendez-vous d'Anna 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
166. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,879 | Gross: $0.23M
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
167. Peppermint Soda (1977)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France as they experience a rapid-fire onslaught of 'firsts' during a time of political protest and social change.
Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac, Michel Puterflam
Votes: 1,615
Diabolo Menthe 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
168. Hard Knocks (1980)
85 min | Drama
A young woman from a poor, crime-ridden background tries to forge a new life as a model.
Director: Don McLennan | Stars: Tracy Mann, Bill Hunter, Kim Rushworth, John Arnold
Votes: 50
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
169. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 48,090 | Gross: $0.06M
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
170. Porklips Now (1980)
Not Rated | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Spoof of Apocalypse Now has health inspector Will Dullard traveling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme predjudice."
Director: Ernie Fosselius | Stars: Billy Gray, Ernie Fosselius, John Brent, Leon Martell
Votes: 302
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
171. Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 1,657
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
172. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary in which directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog being forced to eat his own shoe.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Werner Herzog, Tom Luddy, Michael Goodwin, Alice Waters
Votes: 2,731
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
173. Sebastiane (1976)
X | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.
Directors: Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman | Stars: Leonardo Treviglio, Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Richard Warwick
Votes: 3,146
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
174. Foolish Things (1981)
12 min | Short, Drama
The anguish following the break-up of a gay relationship that was never going to get heavy.
Director: Peter Wells
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
175. The Wobblies (1979)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, History
Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the field and factory.
Directors: Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer | Stars: Roger Baldwin, Joe Murphy, Violet Miller, Jack Miller
Votes: 188
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
176. David (1979)
125 min | Drama, War
David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes
Votes: 171
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
177. Luther Metke at 94 (1980)
27 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short is about 94-year-old Luther Metke who has been building cabins since he was 15. It also recounts his time in the Spanish-American War and his family life.
Director: Jorge Preloran
Votes: 24
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
178. To Forget Venice (1979)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A gay brother visits his childhood home where his sister still lives with her lesbian niece and her girlfriend. They reminisce about the better past and their parents.
Director: Franco Brusati | Stars: Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson, Nerina Montagnani
Votes: 389
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
179. A Week's Vacation (1980)
R | 102 min | Drama
Laurence, French teacher at a Lyon secondary school, simply can't take any more. Her doctor prescribes a week off. Whilst her partner Pierre has no idea how to help her, she decides to get ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Flore Fitzgerald, Michel Galabru
Votes: 731
Une semaine de vacances 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
180. Mr. Pascal (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short
Old Mr. Pascal dreams of his youth as he sits beside a crucifix. He then decides to liberate the tortured figure of Christ and the world about him is transformed.
Director: Alison De Vere
Votes: 72
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
181. On Company Business (1980)
Not Rated | 174 min | Documentary, History
A controversial three part critical documentary on the history of the CIA.
Director: Allan Francovich | Stars: William Colby, Philip Agee, Harry S. Truman, George C. Marshall
Votes: 58
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
182. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Anzonini Del Puerto, Kathleen Bendel, Harrod Blank, Mary T. Brown
Votes: 883
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
183. The Scenic Route (1978)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
Spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade, Grant Stewart
Votes: 262
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
184. Die Schweizermacher (1978)
107 min | Comedy
Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task - especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Lyssy | Stars: Emil Steinberger, Walo Lüönd, Beatrice Kessler, Wolfgang Stendar
Votes: 1,187
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
185. Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Will Vinton | Star: Russ Fast
Votes: 10
Legacy 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
186. Death Watch (1980)
R | 117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 3,466
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
187. Molière (1978)
260 min | Biography, Drama, History
Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ... See full summary »
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Odile Cointepas
Votes: 890
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
188. Jäniksen vuosi (1977)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen
Votes: 1,420
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
190. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,896
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
191. The Two of Them (1977)
100 min | Drama
A young woman, married to a volatile alcoholic, has a competing claim on her affections from an older woman who tries to protect her and her daughter.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Éva Szabó, Marina Vlady, Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki
Votes: 268
The Two of Them 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
192. Dinosaur (1980)
14 min | Animation, Short
Director: Will Vinton | Star: Michele Mariana
Votes: 22
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
193. Les petites fugues (1979)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
Pipe, farmhand for 30 years, buys a moped with his old-age insurance allowances. Despite a difficult start, Pipe sets out to discover a reality he did not know.
Director: Yves Yersin | Stars: Michel Robin, Fabienne Barraud, Fred Personne, Dore De Rosa
Votes: 418
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
194. The Herd (1978)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Tuncel Kurtiz, Savas Yurttas
Votes: 5,341
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
195. Hothead (1979)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Dorothée Jemma, Maurice Barrier
Votes: 2,255
Coup de tete 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
196. Nous étions un seul homme (1979)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
During the final days of World War II, a simple French peasant rescues a wounded German soldier and nurses him back to health. As their playful camaraderie grows, two young men who should ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Vallois | Stars: Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, Catherine Albin, Lucien Guérin
Votes: 644
Nous etions un seul homme 10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
197. A Sufi Tale (1980)
9 min | Animation, Short
The inhabitants of a village learn to overcome their fears of the unknown. Animated. Gayle Thomas, Gayle Thomas, Derek Lamb, Normand Roger
Director: Gayle Thomas
Votes: 30
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
198. Eraserhead (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 127,582 | Gross: $7.00M
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
200. The Tempest (1979)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Peter Bull, David Meyer, Neil Cunningham, Heathcote Williams
Votes: 1,245
10th Wellington Film Festival 1981
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