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Amos (1985)
on 29 september 1985 Origin USAGenres DramaActors Kirk Douglas,
Elizabeth Montgomery,
Dorothy McGuire,
Pat Morita,
Ray Walston,
James SloyanRating68%
Elizabeth Montgomery interprète Daisy Daws, l'inquiétante infirmière en chef d'une résidence pour personnes âgées, qui utilise des méthodes bien étranges afin de se débarrasser de certains résidents malades et alités. Elle fait régner la terreur jusqu'à ce qu'un nouveau venu, Amos Lasher (Kirk Douglas), un homme qui ne s'en laisse pas imposer, contrecarre les projets de Daisy..., 1h38
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about religion,
Théâtre,
Films about psychiatry,
Films based on playsActors Jane Fonda,
Anne Bancroft,
Meg Tilly,
Anne Pitoniak,
Winston Rekert,
Gratien GélinasRating65%
In a Roman Catholic convent near Montreal, Canada, during evening prayers, the nuns hear screams coming from the room of Sister Agnes, a young novice. Agnes is found in her room bleeding profusely, and in a wastepaper basket there is a dead baby with its umbilical cord wrapped around its neck., 1h40
Directed by Claude GorettaOrigin SuisseGenres DramaThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalistsActors Gian Maria Volonté,
Magali Noël,
Heinz Bennent,
Mimsy Farmer,
Jean-Michel Dupuis,
Michel RobinRating65%
Le journaliste de télévision Bernard Fontana arrive dans une petite ville suisse pour interviewer un sociologue allemand spécialiste de la faim dans le monde. Durant son séjour, le journaliste est intrigué par un accident de voiture dans lequel un jeune immigré italien a été tué. Patiemment, il tente de résoudre l'énigme et de démontrer qu'une accusation d'assassinat envers le garagiste du village est non fondée. L'interview se termine, avec des résultats surprenants.Maxie (1985)
on 27 september 1985 , 1h38
Directed by Paul AaronOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Time travel films,
Ghost filmsActors Glenn Close,
Mandy Patinkin,
Ruth Gordon,
Michael Ensign,
Barnard Hughes,
Valerie CurtinRating54%
When husband Nick and his wife Jan, somewhat staid and socially stifled, move into an old house in San Francisco, they uncover a message under layers of wallpaper left by a previous tenant. ("Maxie Malone lived here! Read it and weep!")., 1h47
Directed by Joseph ZitoOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Martial arts,
Action,
Spy,
Martial artsThemes Spy films,
Medical-themed films,
Christmas films,
Films about drugs,
Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Political filmsActors Richard Lynch,
Chuck Norris,
Dehl Berti,
Billy Drago,
Eddie Jones,
Jaime SánchezRating54%
The film begins by showing a group of Cuban refugees on a boat sailing for the United States. They are at first met by what appears to be a U.S. Coast Guard boat, with armed personnel. The captain of the vessel declares that the refugees are welcomed to the United States, only to have the Guardsmen open fire on them and take several bags of cocaine hidden in the boat. It is revealed that the armed personnel were communist Latin American guerrillas disguised as U.S. Coast Guardsmen.Oriana (1985)
on 29 september 1985 , 1h28
Directed by Fina TorresOrigin VenezuelaGenres Drama,
Thriller,
RomanceActors Philippe RouleauRating67%
Maria, a Venezuelan woman returns to Venezuela from France when she learns that her aunt Oriana has died and willed her a crumbling and remote Venezuelan hacienda where Maria spent a short time as a girl just entering puberty. Maria goes to the hacienda, a fine, decaying old house in a tropical jungle at the edge of the sea, to prepare the place for sale; while visiting the house, Maria starts wandering through the halls and rooms and she begin to remember her visit years before. While going through her aunt's papers, she also start to find some clues to her aunt's behaviour. Maria is haunted by flashbacks to her childhood, when she spent several months at the hacienda in the company of only the beautiful and mysterious Oriana and Fidelia, a quarrelsome old retainer who constantly hints at terrible events that are best forgotten. In flashbacks, the film show the young Maria trying to understand the quiet but strange atmosphere that surrounds the place while sorting out why Oriana never leaves the hacienda and what secret may be in Oriana's past., 1h41
Directed by Jeremy KaganOrigin USAGenres Drama,
AdventureThemes Children's filmsActors Meredith Salenger,
John Cusack,
Ray Wise,
Lainie Kazan,
Scatman Crothers,
Verna BloomRating69%
Set in 1935, the movie tells the story of a 12-year-old tomboy girl, Natty Gann (Meredith Salenger). Out of work because of Depression-era unemployment, Natty's widowered father (Ray Wise) parlays his surefootedness into getting a job as a lumberjack. In order to get hired, he travels from Chicago to the state of Washington. He tells Natty that she will have to look after herself for the time being. Having no mother, Natty is left in the care of Connie (Lainie Kazan), the insensitive woman who manages the hotel Natty and her father had been living in.