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- DirectorEric TillStarsJerry OrbachPatricia CollinsBurgess MeredithA writer has a mental breakdown, unable to deal with the society around him. Based on Frederick Exley's novel.In Competition
- DirectorMoshé MizrahiStarsMichal Bat-AdamGabi OttermanMoshe TalThe love of Nissim for his widowed sister-in-law, Rosa, in the Old City of Jerusalem at the turn of the century. Under a (very old) Jewish religious law, Nissim has the duty to marry his childless sister-in-law on the death of his brother.In Competition
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsJeanne MoreauJulian NegulescoDidi PeregoA young woman, Louise, is a lecturer in a provincial town where she meets an Italian immigrant. The film retraces their relationship.In Competition
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsDavid LampsonDon KennyTetsurô TanbaTwo Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.In Competition
- DirectorPeter FleischmannStarsVitus ZeplichalReinhard KolldehoffSilke KulikPollution, disaffection, moral decay and social unrest surround a church and its pastor's family heading toward a celebration over the return of its bells.In Competition
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsGian Maria VolontèLuigi SquarzinaPeter BaldwinAn Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?In Competition
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsSusannah YorkRene AuberjonoisMarcel BozzuffiWhilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be realIn Competition
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordWill GeerDelle BoltonA mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.In Competition
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsDavid NivenGina LollobrigidaJohn Moulder-BrownAdopted by his rich uncle from Germany, British teenager Frank falls in-love with his uncle's Italian wife Martha, and has conflicting feelings when she suggests he should kill his uncle in order to have her and the family fortune.In Competition
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèMariangela MelatoGino PerniceA conscientious factory worker becomes embroiled in political activism after accidentally cutting off his finger while working a machine.In Competition
- DirectorGilles CarleStarsMicheline LanctôtDonald PilonReynald BouchardA woman imbued with naturalistic and libertarian theories leaves her city home to live in the countryside with her young son. There she meets a litigious farmer who fights against the banks and the government, in which she will be somehow involved. Meanwhile, practising her theories, she makes some old men very happy and, by chance even passes as a saint!In Competition
- DirectorMichel SoutterStarsMarie DuboisJean-Luc BideauJacques DenisLucien asks a friend, Léon, to carry to the woman he desires, Alice, a basket of provisions and to thank him for it offers him its cap. Léon seduces Alice, small brunette and admits later to his friend his "overflowings". Léon returns at Alice's home but it is not any more the same person; she is blonde and bears no resemblance to the woman the day before. One is sensual and welcoming, the other, mysterious and independent.In Competition
- DirectorSerge KorberStarsAnnie GirardotJean RochefortClaude JadeAlexandre Boursault, solicitor in the provinces, would have been the happiest of men if his wife had not openly displayed her political ideas and participated in all sorts of demonstrations.In Competition
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsOrson WellesSusan HampshireMichel BouquetA young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.In Competition
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsAndrea DrahotaGyöngyi BürösErzsi CserhalmiSet in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.In Competition
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsGiancarlo GianniniMariangela MelatoAgostina BelliForced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.In Competition
- DirectorMaurice PialatStarsMarlène JobertJean YanneChristine FabrégaA husband and wife in a loveless marriage struggle to remain ignorant to their failed relationship.In Competition
- DirectorKazimierz KutzStarsLucja KowolikOlgierd LukaszewiczJan EnglertFilm set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.In Competition
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsIva JanzurováPetr CepekMarie RosulkováIn 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.In Competition
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsMichael SacksRon LeibmanEugene RocheBilly Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.In Competition
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.In Competition
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsPeter O'TooleAlastair SimArthur LoweA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.In Competition
- DirectorElia KazanStarsPatrick McVeyPatricia JoyceJames WoodsBill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson and Tony Rodriguez.In Competition
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsPamela Sue MartinDarren O'ConnorLloyd BridgesThe platonic friendship between two high school youths is explored through the attempts to get the girl an abortion. Her young male friend offers his support and tries to find her a doctor. She is grateful, but has trouble in expressing her thanks. At times funny, at other times touching, this is a refreshing, uncommon look at teenage friendship.In Competition
- DirectorJohannes SchaafStarsAndrás BálintRosemarie FendelDoris KunstmannAfter his imprisonment during the Great War, a young soldier returns to Vienna only to realize that everything has changed.In Competition
- DirectorAsta NielsenStarsAsta NielsenPoul ReumertAxel StrøbyeA conversation with Poul Reumert recorded in the spring of 1968, Asta Nielsen is interviewed by actor Axel Strøbye in his home in Copenhagen . She tells him about her career as the first world star of the film up to the 1920s and about the time that followed, partly in the theater and partly in anonymous retreat in Denmark.Out of Competition
- DirectorSusan SontagStarsGeneviève PageGunnel LindblomKeve HjelmTwo women, Karen (theatre director) and Lena, visit an island, a Swedish resort, where Lena's ex-husband, Martin (choreographer), lives in comparative seclusion with a mentally disturbed ballet dancer named Carl. Carl is brother by guilt rather than blood, for Martin is somehow responsible for his breakdown.Out of Competition
- DirectorNina CompaneezStarsIsabelle AdjaniMuriel CataláMarianne EggerickxFaustine who is just 16 years old makes the most of her youth during a beautiful summer when she learns a lot about love.Out of Competition
- DirectorMalvina UrsianuStarsGeorge MotoiGyörgy KovácsCornel ComanOut of Competition
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJon FinchBarry FosterBarbara Leigh-HuntA serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.Out of Competition
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsLino VenturaJacques BrelCharles DennerWhen they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in Latin America. They get framed by a guerrilla leader, who had been kidnapped by them before, and while being tried the French Government decides to let them flee to Africa where they get on with the same old game.Out of Competition
- DirectorPaula DelsolStarsJacqueline VandalLucien BarjonAndré NaderA woman tries to fulfill her desires without any concession.Out of Competition
- DirectorKirsten StenbækStarsPeter SteenJudy GringerOlaf NielsenRasmus Hansen is a Danish sailor. Christine is a French singer. They live together in Antwerp, one of Europe's largest port cities. It all looks very good. But Christine and Rasmus have it like so many other loving couples: Who should decide? For Rasmus, there is no doubt. Unfortunately, that is not the case for Christine either. So they love each other when he is home from his travels while arguing. Maybe it would all run into the sand with the two if they did not find an event that could set off their emotions a little. None of them had expected it to be a whole world war. In August 1914, the First World War breaks out, and even though Rasmus manages to get his Christine to Fanø on a love holiday, it is not a victory for him. It's empty. All are taken home or to the front. They themselves return to Antwerp, which is now occupied by the Germans. What is the love of an entire world war ?. Rasmus goes on a trip with the English merchant navy after shooting a German officer. Incidentally, he is also firmly convinced that the war will only last a few months. When he returns home in 1919, Christine has, in spite of her anger, married an ice-cold man who is a banker. Rasmus comes all the way out in the ropes. He had thought Christine would wait for him until doomsday. Therefore, the last love showdown between them is now being planned, but on completely different terms than before the war.Out of Competition
- DirectorJacqueline AudryRenzo CerratoStarsCarole AndréAngelo InfantiChristine CaronYoung girl Vanina and her friend, Juliette go to Sardinia on vacation. Arriving there, she attracts the attention of a young village man.Out of Competition
- DirectorHermína TýrlováAn animated film that recounts the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament.Out of Competition
- DirectorBolotbek ShamshiyevStarsSuymenkul ChokmorovBoris KhimichevSovetbek DzhumadylovA Bolshevik superman fights a violent native gang of opium traffickers.Out of Competition
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJon FinchFrancesca AnnisMartin ShawA ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.Out of Competition
- DirectorMárta MészárosStarsMari TörőcsikKati KovácsLajos BalázsovitsAfter her husband dies, a woman questions her love for her husband and whether or not to accept money from the insurance policy. Tensions mount when her estranged son returns to the familial home with his girlfriend.Out of Competition
- DirectorKirsten StenbækStarsPoul ReichhardtOlaf NielsenEva DannéCopenhagen 1899. After having had a good lunch, Johannes is on a promenade with his clerical brother Thomas and reveals how one day he let himself cave in to the forces of the flesh as he kissed a nun on her sensuous lips.Out of Competition
- DirectorNelly KaplanStarsSheila WhiteMichel BouquetJudith MagreMarc and his gang have a brilliant idea (or so they think!) : they will kidnap Vénus de Palma, a (very) rich heiress. Well Venus, also known as Cookie, is duly abducted but holding the lovely twenty-year-old beauty is a horse of another color. Cookie is indeed both seductive and intelligent and manages to seduce one member of the gang after the other, pitting the ones against the others... The brilliant idea soon proves a nightmare!Out of Competition
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsBritta BarnesPeter Gonzales FalconFiona FlorenceA fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.Out of Competition
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsManyi KissÉva AlmásiLászló BathóMerry hell breaks lose when half of Budapest invades the apartment of a lonely, old fashioned elderly lady who has decided to move.Out of Competition
- DirectorRené VautierStarsAlexandre ArcadyHamid DjellouliPhilippe LéotardIn 1961, Noël is a French soldier in the Algerian war. His comrades, formerly opposed to the war, now oppress civilians, kill and torture. To stay faithful to his pacifist values, he will do something radical.International Critics' Week
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsSkip HinnantRosetta LeNoireJohn McCurryFritz drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem and hits the road with an ex-girlfriend before getting mixed up with domestic terrorists.International Critics' Week
- DirectorKlaus WildenhahnInternational Critics' Week
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsMarcel SabourinRené CaronSuzanne ValéryA robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry.International Critics' Week
- DirectorBeni MontresorStarsCliff De YoungBennett HammondKay LepercIn this artsy drama, a nihilistic youth from a wealthy family involves himself with an assortment of troubled souls until his father (who may be behind the son's troubles-psychoanalytically speaking) dies. When the young man goes to the wake, he soon chases all of his hypocritical relatives away by ritualistically dropping food from the buffet to exorcism them.International Critics' Week
- DirectorGordon DavidsonStarsGwen ArnerEd FlandersBarton HeymanThe trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.International Critics' Week
- DirectorWinterfilm CollectiveStarsRusty SachsJoe BangertScott ShimabukuroFor three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village. The atrocities are casual, seem routine, and are sanctioned or committed by officers. Images from the war illustrate the testimony; there's a side discussion among veterans about racism and a couple of interviews about the soldiers' self-realization. The testimony appears in the US Congressional Record on April 6 and 7, 1971. A "winter soldier" contrasts with Paine's "summer soldier and sunshine patriot."International Critics' Week
- DirectorAndré FariaStarsRenato BorghiCarlos GregórioRenato DobalWhile waiting for directions, two revolutionaries hide in a church, where they meet a woman who wants to have a son with one of them.International Critics' Week
- DirectorTewfik SalehStarsMohamed Kheir-HalouaniAbdul Rahman Al RashiBassan Lofti Abou-GhazalaSet in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. They hire a water-truck driver to transport them illegally across the border in the tank of his truck...Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJulio César LudueñaStarsRoberto CarnaghiCarlos Del BurgoJuana de ManetIn a city that has been bombed after a war, a priest, a worker and a student fight against the power of businessmen and unions.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorChristopher MasonStarsDiane TelegenAndrew GreenwoodNicolette McKenzieDirectors' Fortnight
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsDaniel OlbrychskiOlgierd LukaszewiczEmilia KrakowskaA musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorWerner SchroeterStarsMagdalena MontezumaChristine KaufmannCandy DarlingThis is about the life and myths about famous opera singer Maria Malibran (1808-1836). She died on the stage.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorHorst BienekStarsRobert NaegeleHelmut PickWolf MartienzenThe Cell focuses on the confinement of a prisoner and is based on the experience of the writer/director as a victim of repression under the Communist East German regime.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsAndongo DiabonRobert FontaineMichel RenaudeauAs World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJosé VarelaStarsOlimpia CarlisiJim AndrieuxChilpéric de BoiscuilléIn 1972, what does making a film mean? How does a movie make? What is the relationship between the producer of shows and the spectator? How does meaning travel in the story? These are the questions posed and proposed by the film.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorKen LoachStarsSandy RatcliffBill DeanGrace CaveA family is shattered over the daughter's forced abortion. As she rebels against her family and their traditional, authoritarian, typical-of-the-time norms, she is hospitalized and otherwise mistreated.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJerome HillStarsBrigitte BardotErnest BorgnineCyd CharisseA diary film in which Jerome Hill presents his life and milieu through different scenes, many hand-colored and animated.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorFred LevinsonStarsDan ResinRichard B. ShullDick O'NeillA presidential advisor discovers that the President has assembled a secret army of vigilantes to suppress dissent and is setting up concentration camps in which to imprison protesters, hippies and other "social undesirables."Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsJoe DallesandroSylvia MilesAndrea FeldmanSpoof of the casual sexual adventures of a one-time child actor in Hollywood. It also involves a bratty on-again, off-again lesbian character.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJaroslav PapousekStarsJosef SebánekMarie MotlováHelena RuzickováThe husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - the granny and grandpa - arrive in the snowy Spindleruv Mlýn for a holiday. They promise to each other that they will not spoil the quite expensive holiday by quarrels. If somebody hurts the other one he/she will kneel as a punishment.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorMarcello GrottesiStarsMarcello GrottesiEnzo PetrilloWilly BirgelA film about the living of an artist, an avant garde painter . It takes place in a town like Roma, beautiful, baroque but stifling and dull.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorYoshishige YoshidaStarsMariko OkadaRuriko AsaokaIneko ArimaThe lives of three movie actresses unfold, transform and get exposed. Each of them owes their choice of profession to a respective traumatic event.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsJózsef MadarasMarco GuglielmiAdalberto Maria MerliDirectors' Fortnight
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsFini StraubingerM. BaaskeElsa FehrerThrough examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorStanislav StanojevicStarsDelphine SeyrigSami FreyMarie-France PisierOn a Mediterranean cruise, a young man hired as a tour guide is intrigued by the beauty of a female interpreter hiding behind her sunglasses. He makes advances to her by venturing into a series of strange stories.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJean-Daniel PolletStarsFrançois BertinMicheline BovetEva FarkasLe Sang re-enacts the utopia of the Living Theater, a theatrical company founded in 1947 and boasting collective creation, the liberation of bodies (the actors played naked) and the counterculture. But happiness is dangerous and the utopia mortal: Leon drowns in the dance, believing to find freedom.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorPierre KastStarsNorma BengellFrançoise BrionJacques CharrierSix people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorManuel Octavio GómezStarsIdalia AnreusRaúl PomaresAdolfo LlauradóBased on actual events that occurred in 1936 in Pinar Del Río, a province in Cuba; it tells the story of Antoñica Izquierdo, a peasant who attributed healing powers through water.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsJorge Martínez de HoyosAnita BlanchArturo BeristáinIn Colima Mexico, in 1927, during the war against the Cristeros, an adolescent boy lives with his family.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorSteven ArnoldStarsPandoraSteve SolbergRonald FarrellThe Procuress leads two young men through a surreal peepshow of fantastic, bizarre, androgynous, mystical, spiritual, and sexual vignettes.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorSarah KernochanHoward SmithStarsAgnes BenjaminMarjoe GortnerVernon GortnerThis Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorDariush MehrjuiStarsAli NasirianEzzatolah EntezamiJaleh SamAn impotent,nervous,unbalanced postman, having a beautiful wife, lives in his master s house. When the educated nephew of the master comes back from Europe, complications occur which result to bad events for postman and his wife.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorSaul LandauRaúl RuizNina SerranoStarsSandra ArcherAníbal ReynaRichard StahlA Brechtian mix of political fiction, real-life footage and Country Joe McDonald music. In Chile in 1970, a young woman Peace Corps worker becomes involved with a mysterious American 'businessman' and a local revolutionary.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorPaul LeducStarsClaudio ObregónEduardo López RojasErnesto Gómez CruzA dramatization of John Reed's newspaper accounts of the Mexican Revolution. Considered the first real film in Mexican cinema to be made on the Mexican Revolution.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsGiulio BrogiDaniele DublinoRenato CestièSentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsOthon BastosIsabel RibeiroNildo ParenteThe story of Paulo Honório, a poor kid who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsSusan BlakelyMargaret BrewsterThayer DavidAn allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsKatsuo NakamuraJûrô KaraYasuko SanjoAfter being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJean-Claude LabrecqueStarsDonald PilonDaniel PilonLouise LaparéA family refuses to leave their native village after being ordered to by the government and are pursued by the authorities as a result of an accidental shooting.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsKeith SykesReisen RiKazuo KitamuraA Vietnam veteran deserts from the US Army while on leave in Japan.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsKim DarbyWilliam ShatnerDiane VarsiA teacher takes a job in a small remote community and finds the inhabitants to be strange with unsettling rules imposed on even her young students. On learning more about the people she finds that things are not at all what they seemed.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorBruno MuelDirectors' Fortnight
- DirectorWojciech SolarzStarsHanna SkarzankaBoleslaw PlotnickiOlgierd LukaszewiczA young farm boy spends his days dreaming and making totem-pole like sculptures out of wood. His brother is a go-getter: studies agricultural engineering, comes back with diploma to marry the pretty girl next door. The dreamer graces puts his sculptures around, invoking anger of his father and ridicule of the peasants who find him useless. During the brother's wedding he sets his totems ablaze. He makes a pass at his new sister-in-law, but returns to his own reveries. In the end he hears a call to bring a log out of the marshes, but during the escapade sinks into the bog.Directors' Fortnight