1979 Movies

Through rare film footage and interviews with some of the pioneers who made film history, this documentary traces the history of filmmaking in Canada...

A sports drama about a Soviet girl, a natural-born swimmer, who easily sets world records in training but cannot overcome her fear of competing in int...

In 1979 Roberto Nanni began burying some 8mm footage underground and then unearthed it.

A documentary portrait of the everyday life of teenagers in Mecklenburg.

Based on the novella “This Strange Life” by Daniil Granin. Granin tells about the life of the biologist Aleksandr Lyubishchev. Based on the scientist...

Anne, who has just had an argument with her boyfriend Vassili, is put up for the night by Jacques and Odile, a couple of friends. But when Jacques tak...

This performance, recorded live at the Bolshoi Opera in 1979, stars the great Russian bass Evgeny Nesterenko as Dosifei, the Old Believer at religious...

The chief is the chief of seven villages. He makes a living as a smuggler. Apo's father is the chief's smuggler. One day, he steps on a mine while smu...

A second landscape film, in this case urban. The work constructed from materials gathered over two years looking out at downtown San Francisco from a...

A group of suddenly single friends seek sun, surf and sex to heal the wounds of their recent divorces. Together, they enjoy wild weekends at a beach h...

Dracula travels to New York for a change of scenery.

This old school martial arts comedy involves the search for the elusive “Bamboo Stick,” an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local...

In one of the most acclaimed films of its kind see extraordinary closeups of animal behaviour: in slow-motion a cheetah chase becomes a sublime swim t...

A film about the 1979 expedition to Nanga Parbat in Pakistan, led by Lyon native Jean-Pierre Frésafond. After a city tour, they set off by bus and the...

The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar.

The film begins with a ruffian, Naagulu, who resides in a labor colony where two charming girls, Rathalu & Taayaru, run tea stalls competitively and a...

A documentary portrait of Egyptian artist Hassan Soliman, exploring the relationship between artistic creation, manual labor, and the natural world. T...