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The History of Cinema: 1979

 

 

 

 

 

   

India - Vietnam

     
   

Amator (Poland, 1979)

     
     
   

Italy

   

 

  23/1 -

Film producer Carlo Ponti, the husband of actress Sophia Loren, is charged with the illegal exportation of capital. [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Nicaragua

   

 

   

– The government establishes the Instituto Sandinista de Cine Nicaragüense. [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Pakistan

     
    Maula Jat (1979)
   

 

  11/2 -

The release of Yunus Malik’s Maula Jat marks the rise of the Punjabi cinema in Pakistan – and the decline of Urdu cinema. [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Poland

     
  16/11 -

Krzysztof Kieslowski's Amator (Camera Buff) is released. [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Sweden

     
    Ingmar Bergman
   

 

  29/11 -

In an attempt to coax the director back to his native land, the Swedish government takes steps to remedy the situation regarding accusations that Ingmar Bergman evaded tax payments. [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Trinidad & Tobago

   

 

   

Bim, the country’s second full-length feature film, is finally released four years after its completion following censorship problems. [ADD]

     
     
 
     
   

Other Key Films of 1979

   

India

   

 

   

And Quiet Rolls the Day (Mrinal Sen) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Iran

   

 

   

The Ballad of Tara (Bahram Beyzale) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Israel

   

 

   

Transit (Daniel Wachsmann) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Italy

   

 

   

Chiedo Asilo (Marco Ferreri) [ADD]

   

 

   

Christ Stopped at Eboli (Francesco Rosi) [ADD]

   

 

   

La Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci) [ADD]

   

 

   

Ratataplan (Maurizio Nichetti) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Jamaica

   

 

   

Reggae Sunsplash (Stefan Paul) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Macedonia

   

 

   

Dae (Stole Popov) [ADD]

   

 

   

Golgotha (Meto Petrovski) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Maldives

   

 

   

Thin Fiyavalhu [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Mali

   

 

   

Baara (Souleymane Cissé) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Mexico

     
   

El Chanfle (Enrique Segoviano) [ADD]

   

 

   

La illegal [ADD]

   

 

   

Mochado Power (Alfonso Arau) [ADD]

   

 

   

Nora la rebelde [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Mongolia

   

 

   

Solonghiin tavan öngö (The Five Colors of the Rainbow) (Badamsuren Nagnaidorj) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Morocco

   

 

   

Cinders of the Vineyard (Mustapha Abdelkrim Derkaoui) [ADD]

   

 

   

The Mirage (Ahmed Bouanani) [ADD]

   

 

   

Where are You Hiding the Sun (Abdallah Mesbahi) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Norway

   

 

   

Heritage (Anja Breien) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Poland

   

 

   

Aktorzy prowincjonalni (Provincial Actors) (Agnieszka Holland) [ADD]

   

 

   

Kung-fu (Janusz Kijowski) [ADD]

   

 

   

Szansa (The Chance) (Feliks Falk) [ADD]

   

 

   

The Young Ladies of Wilko (Andrzej Wajda) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Senegal

   

 

   

Grandfather (Safi Faye) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Sudan

   

 

   

Tigers are Better Looking (Hussein Shariffe) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Sweden

   

 

   

A Respectable Life (Stefan Jarl) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Syria

   

 

   

Habibati Ya Hab Al-Tout (Marvan Haddad) [ADD]

   

 

   

Fragments (Nabil Maleh) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Thailand

   

 

   

Ai Pad Neay (Dokdin Kanyaman) [ADD]

   

 

   

Khon Phu Kao (The Mountaineer) (Wijit Kunawuth) [ADD]

   

 

   

Leard Supan (Cheard Songsri) [ADD]

   

 

   

Nong Ma Woa (Mad Dog Swamp) (Surasee Phatham) [ADD]

   

 

   

Pai Daeng (The Red Bamboo) (Permphon Chori-arun) [ADD]

   

 

   

Pra Bu Thong (Chit Kraithong) [ADD]

   

 

   

Sudzaikorn Phajonpai (Sudzakorn Adventure) (Prayuth Ngoakrajang) [ADD]

   

 

   

Taewada Daen Din (Grounded God) (Prince Chatree Chalearm Yukon) [ADD]

   

 

   

The Scar (Cheard Songsri) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Tunisia

   

 

   

Aziza (Abdellatif Ben Amar) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Turkey

   

 

   

Almanya, Acı Vatan (Germany, Bitter Fatherland) (Serif Goren, Zeki Okten) [ADD]

   

 

 

Düsman (The Enemy) (Zeki Okten, Yilmaz Guney) [ADD]

   

 

   

Hazal (Ali Özgentürk) [ADD]

   

 

   

Üç Bölümlük Kısa Film (A Short Film in Three Parts) (Özcan  Arca) [ADD]

   

 

   

Yousouf and Kenan (Omer Kavur) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Ukraine

   

 

   

Vavilon XX (Ivan Mikolajchuk) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

USSR

   

 

   

Five Evenings (Nikita Mikhalkov) [ADD]

   

 

   

Oblomov (Nikhita Mikhalkov) [ADD]

   

 

   

Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky) [ADD]

   

 

   

 

     
   

Vietnam

   

 

   

Cánh đng hoang (The Wild Field) (Hng Sến) [ADD]

   

 

   

M vng nhà (Mother is Not at Home) (Nguyn Khánh Dư) [ADD]

   

 

   

T thú trước bình minh (Confession Before the Dawn) (Phm Kỳ Nam) [ADD]

     
     
     
   

The History of Cinema: 1979

    Algeria - Hungary
     
    France
     
    Gt. Britain
     
    USA January - August
     
    USA September - December
     
     
     
     
     

 

1978

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