Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 59th Academy Awards held in 1987 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category

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32 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 1986 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR!

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1. La dernière image (1986)

195 min | Comedy, Drama

Mademoiselle Boyer, teacher, arrives from mainland France. She triggers passions of love and hatred, and will eventually leave, leaving in the bruised heart of her pupil, little Mouloud, a wound that is forever indelible.

Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Stars: Véronique Jannot, Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, Michel Boujenah, Jean Bouise

Votes: 38

ALGERIA | Status: submitted

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2. 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

ARGENTINA | Status: submitted

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3. 38 (1986)

97 min | Drama

In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. A theater actress and a Jewish journalist fall in love and spend time together, completely ignoring the political turmoil of the time despite friendly warnings.

Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny

Votes: 190

AUSTRIA | Status: nominated

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4. Springen (1986)

105 min | Comedy, Thriller

"Semper Vivax" is not just another retirement home. The guests there get their best real-life memories played out for them.

Director: Jean-Pierre De Decker | Stars: Herbert Flack, Mark Verstraete, Maya van den Broecke, Tine Balder

Votes: 142

BELGIUM | Status: submitted

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5. Hour of the Star (1985)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Macabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens... See full summary »

Director: Suzana Amaral | Stars: Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman, Fernanda Montenegro

Votes: 1,437

BRAZIL | Status: submitted

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6. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

60 Metascore

Sexual revelations emerge when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.

Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi

Votes: 8,698 | Gross: $1.90M

CANADA | Status: nominated

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7. Sun Zhongshan (1986)

160 min | Biography, Drama, History

Dr. Sun Zhongshan leads a democratic revolution in China.

Director: Yinnan Ding | Stars: Siwen Liu, Wenzhi Liu, Hongying Ma, Ryôko Nakano

Votes: 20

CHINA | Status: submitted

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8. Tiempo de morir (1985)

98 min | Drama

A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his "pueblo" (village). But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the ... See full summary »

Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Gustavo Angarita, Sebastián Ospina, Jorge Emilio Salazar, María Eugenia Dávila

Votes: 205

COLOMBIA | Status: submitted

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9. My Sweet Little Village (1985)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

The life of a small village runs on its own.

Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusínský, Rudolf Hrusínský

Votes: 4,842

CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: nominated

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10. Manden i månen (1986)

90 min | Drama, Romance

A man has been in prison for sixteen years after killing of his wife. Now he seeks to create a new life, where he only finds warmth and fellowship with Turkish immigrants. He will also try to come to terms with the daughter who hates him.

Director: Erik Clausen | Stars: Christina Bengtsson, Mogens Eckert, Stig Hoffmeyer, Kim Jansson

Votes: 58

DENMARK | Status: submitted

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11. The Unknown Soldier (1985)

197 min | Drama, War

This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the ... See full summary »

Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski, Mika Mäkelä

Votes: 3,044

FINLAND | Status: submitted

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12. Betty Blue (1986)

Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

56 Metascore

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland

Votes: 23,345 | Gross: $2.00M

FRANCE | Status: nominated

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13. Cat City (1986)

Unrated | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An agent delivers plans to save mice from a feline syndicate dedicated to eradicating rodents.

Director: Béla Ternovszky | Stars: Miklós Benedek, Gyula Bodrogi, Ilona Béres, Péter Haumann

Votes: 10,768

HUNGARY | Status: submitted

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14. The Beast (1986)

97 min | Drama

Helgi is a young man that dreams about becoming a writer and returns to his childhood home with his girlfriend Lára. While he's there he becomes obsessed with shooting a reindeer for unclear reasons.

Director: Hilmar Oddsson | Stars: Edda Heidrún Backman, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson

Votes: 46

ICELAND | Status: submitted

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15. Swathi Muthyam (1986)

Not Rated | 160 min | Drama, Family, Romance

The story is of mentally slow man, whose life is recapped to his grand-daughter. How he meets his wife (who was a widow), earns his living and fights the injustice he and his wife face.

Director: K. Viswanath | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Radhika Sarathkumar, Allu Arjun, Sarath Babu

Votes: 940

INDIA | Status: submitted

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16. Avanti Popolo (1986)

84 min | Drama, War

June 11th 1967, the Six-Day War is over and the cease fire has just begun. We follow the journey of Gassan and Haled, two Egyptian soldiers whose only wish is to make their way through the ... See full summary »

Director: Rafi Bukai | Stars: Salim Daw, Suhel Haddad, Tuvia Gelber, Danny Segev

Votes: 430

ISRAEL | Status: submitted

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17. Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil (1986)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy

A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka, Massimo Wertmüller

Votes: 370

ITALY | Status: submitted

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18. Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)

135 min | Comedy, Drama

This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a ... See full summary »

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori, Chieko Baishô

Votes: 191

JAPAN | Status: submitted

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19. The Realm of Fortune (1986)

130 min | Drama

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.

Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Votes: 512

MEXICO | Status: submitted

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20. The Assault (1986)

PG | 144 min | Drama, History, Romance

A Dutch doctor, haunted by grueling childhood memories of World War II, struggles to find peace as he spends his life looking for answers about the tragic night that shaped him.

Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven, John Kraaijkamp Sr.

Votes: 3,403 | Gross: $0.20M

NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted

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21. Hard asfalt (1986)

109 min | Drama

Suburban teenager Ida grows up outside Oslo, is starting off with drugs and meets the homeless alcoholic charmer Knut, which soon is her big love. Destined for a hard life in drugs and alcohol, how can they turn their lives around?

Director: Sølve Skagen | Stars: Kristin Kajander, Frank Krog, Marianne Nielsen, Morten Faldaas

Votes: 77

NORWAY | Status: submitted

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22. Axiliad (1986)

82 min | Drama

A young, idealistic poet turns his back on civilization and goes to a small, backwoods village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. He ... See full summary »

Director: Witold Leszczynski | Stars: Edward Zentara, Ludwik Pak, Daniel Olbrychski, Ludwik Benoit

Votes: 512

POLAND | Status: submitted

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23. La gran fiesta (1986)

101 min | Drama, Romance

In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a U.S. Military base. The guests drink, seduce, and gossip, but some also plot against each other.

Director: Marcos Zurinaga | Stars: Daniel Lugo, Cordelia González, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Luis Prendes

Votes: 154

PUERTO RICO | Status: submitted

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24. Noi, cei din linia întîi (1985)

156 min | War

The Last Assault is a 1986 Romanian drama film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It is set during World War II, during the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis.

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: George Alexandru, Anda Onesa, Valentin Uritescu, Ion Besoiu

Votes: 487

ROMANIA | Status: submitted

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25. Eunuch (1986)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

Jeong-ho is castrated by an ambitious minister for loving above his station. The minister also happens to be the father of Ja-ok, the girl Jeong-ho loved. He sends his daughter to the king ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Doo-yong | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Mi-sook, Won Namkung, Jin-a Kim

Votes: 26

SOUTH KOREA | Status: submitted

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26. Chuzhaya belaya i ryaboy (1986)

100 min | Drama

In 1946 Kazakhstan, breeding pigeons is one of the ways to escape from the grim post-war reality. When a fine white pigeon appears in the small town, teenager Ivan goes to great lengths to get it.

Director: Sergey Solovyov | Stars: Vyacheslav Ilyushchenko, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Lyudmila Saveleva, Sultan Bapov

Votes: 187

SOVIET UNION | Status: submitted

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27. La mitad del cielo (1986)

127 min | Drama

Rosa is an cantabrian woman who travel to Madrid after the Civil War. With the help of Don Pedro, a chief supplies, she opens a restaurant that transforms in a political and intelectual center.

Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Stars: Ángela Molina, Margarita Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Antonio Valero

Votes: 450

SPAIN | Status: submitted

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28. The Sacrifice (1986)

PG | 149 min | Drama

At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir

Votes: 30,982 | Gross: $0.30M

SWEDEN | Status: submitted

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29. Der schwarze Tanner (1986)

107 min | Drama, History, War

Rival families of farmers disagree about which is the most suitable crop to plant.

Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Otto Mächtlinger, Renate Steiger, Dietmar Schönherr, Ernst C. Sigrist

Votes: 85

SWITZERLAND | Status: submitted

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TAIWAN | Status: submitted

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31. Men... (1985)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

A man's wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist's roommate.

Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff

Votes: 1,348

WEST GERMANY | Status: submitted

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32. Happy New Year (1986)

125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, ... See full summary »

Director: Stole Popov | Stars: Svetozar Cvetkovic, Meto Jovanovski, Vladislava Milosavljevic, Aco Djorcev

Votes: 279

YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted

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