9th Göteborg Film Festival (1987)
Göteborg Film Festival 30 Jan - 8 Feb 1987, complete list
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- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsDexter GordonFrançois CluzetGabrielle HakerA troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.
- DirectorPaul DriessenShort animated story of a castaway and his reflection on a remote island.
- DirectorMark ObenhausStarsLucinda ChildsPhilip GlassWill LymanThe creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents their collaboration on this tradition breaking opera.
- DirectorLaurie AndersonStarsLaurie AndersonJoy AskewAdrian BelewConcert 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.
- DirectorMax AnderssonStarsMax AnderssonSpik-Bebis (Nail-baby) lives in a warehouse. He starts the day by hitting a nail into his head.
- DirectorStefan PaulStarsMercedes Sosa
- DirectorGlenn SilberClaudia VianelloStarsPeter CoyoteBill GrahamTells the story of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, whose creations reflect 25 years of social protest in America. The troupe's unique performing style includes comedy, satire, drama, music and dance mixed with strong political statements.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsKris KristoffersonKeith CarradineLori SingerThe lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsGeneviève BujoldKeith CarradineLesley Ann WarrenLove doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.
- DirectorPeter OrmrodStarsStephen BrennanEamon MorrisseyCatherine ByrneTwo young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death."
- DirectorFrancois AubryStarsSuzanne CloutierAndré PietteLauraine ChasleMusical notes have productive lives as a strings band plays.
- DirectorKarl FrancisStarsJames DonnellyBernard LathamRobert PughA young Welsh soldier on duty in northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self defense and is used as scapegoat by the political system.
- StarsElizabeth MacLennanJames GrantGregor FisherA woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950's to the 1970's.
- DirectorAlain CavalierStarsCatherine MouchetHélène AlexandridisAurore PrietoA story of life of St. Therese of Lisieux.
- DirectorClaire DeversStarsFrancis FrappatJacques MartialJoséphine FressonAntoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The owner, M. Roland, encourages Antoine to use the facilities, including the massages, so Antoine goes to Dominique, a muscular African. In these sessions, Antoine discovers that the pain is comforting, and Dominique finds the accountant ideal for his own sadism. When Dominique breaks Antoine's arm and then goes to the hospital to take Antoine away, Antoine confesses his fascination with and fear of death. With Dominique's help, the accountant breaks all earthly ties to confront his fear.
- DirectorCarlo RolaStarsIris BerbenA nun leaves the monastery to do some shopping. Due to a satanic misunderstanding, she becomes a triple murderer.
- DirectorÉric RohmerStarsMarie RivièreMaría Luisa GarcíaVincent GauthierIt's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...
- DirectorHeidi BlomkvistStarsDamir AndreiA young girl from Hades discovers Christmas on Earth.
- DirectorJovan AcinStarsGala VidenovicRelja BasicNebojsa BakocevicIn 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsMaja KomorowskaScott WilsonHanna SkarzankaIn 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.
- DirectorEva StefankovicováStarsMonika HorákováSuzana KrupicováJaromír RostinskýSisters Helena and Vlasta have a different focus. One wants to win a hairdressing competition, the other dreams of a modeling career. Gradually, the girls discover that they have to face the ups and downs in life.
- DirectorPeter HledíkStarsPatrik SímaJán KrízikBoris TrstanSchoolboys discover that if sitting in a certain rocky cliff area in the forest, they can memorize anything they read there for exams the following day. Turns out the rocky cliff has a cave in which they make an incredible discovery. Great sci-fi film!