Fifteenth Wellington Film Festival
by Quinoa_Chris_Kirk | created - 24 Oct 2020 | updated - 24 Oct 2020 | PublicEmbassy Theatre, July 11-26 1986
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1. Full Moon in Paris (1984)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Louise is a suburban young interior decorator divided between a boyfriend, a lover (who is married) and the wish of having some fulfillment and some balance in her life. A change to reach ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet
Votes: 5,389 | Gross: $0.01M
2. A Greek Tragedy (1985)
7 min | Comedy, Animation, Short
Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.
Director: Nicole Van Goethem
Votes: 788
3. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham
Votes: 17,292 | Gross: $2.45M
4. Repo Man (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Votes: 41,052 | Gross: $3.57M
5.
Cinéastes de notre temps (1964–1972)
Episode:
Jean Renoir le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
(1967)
95 min | Documentary
Alone in a cinema, Renoir analyzes scenes from two of his films and discusses editing and other techniques of storytelling.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Pierre Braunberger, Marcel Dalio, Dido Freire, André S. Labarthe
Votes: 31
Renoir, le Patron (60m)
6. Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un inconnu (1983 TV Movie)
66 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Star: Jean Cocteau
Votes: 145
7. Half Life (1986)
87 min | Documentary
A documentary on American nuclear testing in the Pacific atolls.
Director: Dennis O'Rourke
Votes: 79
8. Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985)
29 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Documentary of Charlie Clements, a Vietnam War pilot who was convinced by his experiences in the war that he should become a doctor working behind enemy lines.
Director: Deborah Shaffer | Stars: Charlie Clements, Richard Nixon
Votes: 69
9. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez
Votes: 6,563 | Gross: $3.70M
10. Before Stonewall (1984)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, History
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Directors: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stars: Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith
Votes: 1,190 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Silent Pioneers (1985)
42 min | Documentary, Short
Contrary to the public stereotype of a youthful homosexual community, gay men and women do grow old. Silent Pioneers presents an upbeat focus on the lives of these people today, showing ... See full summary »
Director: Lucy Winer
Votes: 16
12. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Musical
Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Marie Laforêt, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá, Marina Vlady
Votes: 692
13. Hello (1984)
8 min | Animation, Short
Director: Faith Hubley | Stars: Georgia Hubley, Emily Hubley, Ray Hubley, Mark Hubley
Votes: 15
14. Subway (1985)
R | 104 min | Thriller
On improvising a burglary at a shady tycoon's home, Fred takes refuge in the hip and surreal universe of the Paris Metro and encounters its assorted denizens, the tycoon's henchmen and his disenchanted young wife.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru
Votes: 16,350 | Gross: $0.39M
15. The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil (1986)
8 min | Western, Animation, Short
A frog gets trapped in a liquor bottle.
Director: Bob Stenhouse | Star: Grant Tilly
Votes: 157
16. Hail Mary (1985)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen
Votes: 3,727
17. The Book of Mary (1985)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
11 year old Marie is terribly upset by her parents' separation. Her reaction is to cut herself off from the world and take refuge in books, music and dance. This short film is a complement to Jean-Luc Godard's film Je vous salue Marie.
Director: Anne-Marie Miéville | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Copi
Votes: 615
18. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli. A very unlikely, funny and touching ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Michael Emil, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Martin Harvey Friedberg
Votes: 399
19. Broken Mirrors (1984)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
Released in Holland as Gebroken Spiegels, Broken Mirrors is set for the most part in an Amsterdam brothel. Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their ... See full summary »
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Lineke Rijxman, Henriëtte Tol, Edda Barends, Coby Stunnenberg
Votes: 235
20. Second Class Mail (1985)
4 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A lonely woman sends off for a special mail-order package.
Director: Alison Snowden
Votes: 185
21. Choose Me (1984)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 3,085 | Gross: $2.49M
22. Elephantrio (1986)
9 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Paul Driessen, Graeme Ross, John Weldon | Stars: Christine Lamer, Denis L. Chartrand, Jacques Lareau, Serge Benoit
Votes: 10
23. The Future of Emily (1984)
116 min | Drama
Emily, an actress' child, stays with her bourgeois grandparents during frequent periods when her mother makes films. Isabelle wraps a picture, flies to her childhood home to pick up Emily, ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny, Hermann Treusch
Votes: 50
24. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,149 | Gross: $4.14M
25. Vagabond (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane
Votes: 13,650
26. The Drover's Wife (1984)
17 min | Short
Director: Sue Brooks | Stars: Jeff Arnold, Jeff Ashby, Elaine Gay, Ivan Van Der Wall
Votes: 9
27. Traveling Light (1985)
2 min | Short, Animation
Lights and shadows travel across the outside and inside of a house.
Director: Jane Aaron
Votes: 27
28. Stammheim - The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial (1986)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart, West Germany, as the five defendants--Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof Gudrun Ensslin, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Holger Meins--are brought before the judge and ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Hans Kremer, Therese Affolter, Ulrich Pleitgen
Votes: 497
29. The Victor (1985)
14 min | Animation, Short
An army conscript fights his way through a series of hallucinatory scenarios in which he is confronted by a series of bizarre attackers - who, one by one, turn out to be his army friends.
Directors: Phil Austin, Derek W. Hayes | Stars: Shaun Curry, Robert Llewellyn, David Tate
30. A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 1,420
31. Karin's Face (1986)
14 min | Documentary, Short
A film based on the pictures from Ingmar Bergman's personal photo album, especially the pictures of his mother Karin.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingmar Bergman, Karin Bergman
Votes: 621
32. The Wounded Man (1983)
Unrated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young man discovers his homosexuality and begins a relationship with a manipulative hustler / petty criminal that he meets at a train station.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Roland Bertin, Lisa Kreuzer
Votes: 1,308
33. Re-Animator (1985)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Votes: 71,487 | Gross: $2.02M
34. Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful (1985)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Augusta tries everything in order to make herself look beautiful.
Director: Csaba Varga
Votes: 24
35. When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
R | 136 min | Drama
A family is deeply affected by the father's extramarital affairs and the turbulent consequences of the Tito-Stalin split.
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Moreno De Bartoli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Mustafa Nadarevic
Votes: 10,098 | Gross: $0.02M
36. Visages de femmes (1985)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women with a jealous husband gives him something to be jealous about when his younger brother visits from the city.
Director: Désiré Ecaré | Stars: Sidiki Bakaba, Kouadou Brou, Albertine N'Guessan, Eugénie Cissé-Roland
Votes: 101
37. Carnival (1986)
8 min | Animation, Short, Music
Revelers mingle, drink, and dance at a street carnival.
Director: Susan Young
Votes: 8
38. Red Matildas (1985)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Sharon Connolly, Trevor Graham | Stars: Audrey Blake, Joan Goodwin, May Pennefather
39. Rocking the Foundations (1985)
92 min | Documentary
Australian documentary about the New South Wales Builders' Labourers' Federation, 1940-1975.
Director: Pat Fiske | Stars: Nita McCrae, Jack Mundey, Joe Owens, Bob Pringle
Votes: 8
40. 2 Friends (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
The evolving relationship of two teenage girls in Sydney backwards through time, from estrangement to the height of their friendship a year earlier.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kris Bidenko, Emma Coles, Kris McQuade, Peter Hehir
Votes: 493
41. Lost in America (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid
Votes: 10,202 | Gross: $10.18M
42. The 4th Man (1983)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries
Votes: 8,544
43. Das Mißverständnis (1986)
12 min | Short
A nun leaves the monastery to do some shopping. Due to a satanic misunderstanding, she becomes a triple murderer.
Director: Carlo Rola | Star: Iris Berben
44. Huey Long (1985)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Huey Long, Russell Long, David McCullough, Jennings Randolph
Votes: 570
45. The World of Tomorrow (1984)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Directors: Lance Bird, Tom Johnson | Stars: Jason Robards, Adora Andrews, King George VI, Fiorello LaGuardia
Votes: 77
46. Come and See (1985)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama, Thriller, War
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
Votes: 97,179
47. Shanghai Blues (1984)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don't each other's name or face. Ten ... See full summary »
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh, Ken Boyle
Votes: 497
48. Moa Moa (1984)
1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two lovers are stranded on nearby tropical islands separated by shark-infested waters. How can they get together?
Director: Bruno Bozzetto
Votes: 46
49. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,328 | Gross: $10.60M
50. A Girl, She Is 100% (1983)
11 min | Short, Romance
A guy passes by on the street a girl who is "a pure 100% all him".
Director: Naoto Yamakawa | Stars: Kassei Kumamoto, Shigeru Muroi, Kazunao Sakaguchi
Votes: 117
51. Tea in the Harem (1985)
110 min | Drama
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.
Director: Mehdi Charef | Stars: Kader Boukhanef, Rémi Martin, Laure Duthilleul, Saïda Bekkouche
Votes: 461 | Gross: $0.02M
53. Himatsuri (1985)
126 min | Drama
The villagers in a beautiful remote area of Japan are divided into the woodsmen, who worship the mountain goddess, and the fishermen, who worship the goddess of the sea. These traditions ... See full summary »
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Kiwako Taichi, Norihei Miki, Junko Miyashita
Votes: 311
54. Pan'ya shuugeki (1985)
17 min | Short
Two pals suffer from an insatiable hunger and decide to rob a local communist bakery run, occupied by a Wagner loving shop keep and a lone indecisive woman contemplating her next meal.
Director: Naoto Yamakawa
Votes: 149
55. The Holy Innocents (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama
Spain, 1960s. The family of poor farmers work hard in the countryside for the rich landowners who exploit them.
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros, Juan Sachez
Votes: 4,699
56. The Stone Carvers (1984)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A look at some of the last stone carvers working in the United States, those completing the sculptures adorning the Washington National Cathedral. They discuss their craft and the cultural ... See full summary »
Directors: Marjorie Hunt, Paul Wagner | Stars: Vincent Palumbo, Roger Morigi
Votes: 59
57. My New Partner (1984)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime
A moderately corrupt veteran policeman teaches the art of bribes to his young partner. The rookie turns out to be an extremely capable student, and soon overtakes the teacher.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Régine, Grace de Capitani
Votes: 4,986
Les Ripoux
58. Sugar Baby (1985)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately, despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp, Toni Berger, Manuela Denz
Votes: 966
59. A Siker (1985)
4 min | Animation, Short
A mouse receives thunderous applause at the end of his classical-music concert, but when he goes back to his dressing room, he is not as he seems.
Director: Zoltán Lehotay
Votes: 9
60. Man Without Memory (1984)
90 min | Drama
Director: Kurt Gloor | Stars: Michael König, Lisi Mangold, Hannelore Elsner, Siegfried Kernen
Votes: 22
61. The Crazy Family (1984)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
After moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono, Yûki Kudô
Votes: 987
62. L'ange frénétique (1985)
5 min | Short
Director: Maggie Jailler | Stars: Cerith Wyn Evans, Martin Jones
Votes: 10
63. Wetherby (1985)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Marjorie Yates
Votes: 1,765 | Gross: $1.30M
64. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,852
65. Angry Harvest (1985)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus
Votes: 867
66. Gravitáció (1984)
3 min | Animation, Short
An apple struggles to free itself from the tree and fall free, as its fellow apples look on.
Director: Ferenc Rofusz
Votes: 113
67. 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
68. New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985 Music Video)
11 min | Short, Music
More than just a video clip, this is an experience to be seen and felt. This epic music video directed by the great Jonathan Demme consists of massive close-ups of New Order band members ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, New Order
Votes: 115
69. Ménage (1986)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou, Michel Creton
Votes: 3,611 | Gross: $0.93M
70. Charade (1984)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A talented, but doomed, gentleman tries to participate in a properly British game of charades.
Director: John Minnis | Star: John Minnis
Votes: 803
71. Desert Hearts (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers
Votes: 7,290 | Gross: $2.49M
72. Spirit of the Kata (1985)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Five women are black belts in karate, which to them is more than self-defense, it's a philosophy for life.
Director: Sharon McGowan | Stars: Ingrid Bischoff, Norma Foster, Molly Hand, Suzanne Jean
73. Marlene (1984)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Annie Albers, Bernhard Hall
Votes: 842 | Gross: $0.85M
74. Dagen bräcks (1986)
5 min | Animation, Short
A little guy wakes up before everyone else and heads out into the suburbs on his own. But out there, nothing is clear: workers are busy pumping up the sun, painting flowers on the bushes and assembling the playmates.
Directors: Stig Bergqvist, Martti Ekstrand, Jonas Odell, Lars Ohlson | Stars: Mika Pollak, Lars Wester, Berit Lundgren
Votes: 36
75. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A drunken sailor recounts the surrealistic odyssey of his life story to a murderous student.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Nadège Clair, Lisa Lyon
Votes: 1,155
77. Always (1985)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Patrice Townsend, Henry Jaglom, Joanna Frank, Alan Rachins
Votes: 339
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