The Montreal Film Collection

VICTORIA ABRIL...... 1980 Film ........LA CASA DEL PARAÍSO ..aka: The House in Paradise....Dir: Miguel........Victoria Abril, a beautiful woman, breaks into a large house, where strange people live without ever leaving the house. There is an enigmatical man who controls the lives of these people and the visit of Victoria will unchain passions and disclose the true feelings represed into their souls....Nudity....Spanish Language...No Subtitles......Spanish Jacket.....1 Hour 52 Minutes........073

VICTORIA ABRIL.... 1980 Film.....MIEUX VAUT ÊTRE RICHE ET BIEN PORTANT QUE FAUCHÉ ET MAL FOUTU......Young Victoria Abril...... the "best" in French director Max Pécas' career......... the usual display of vulgarity, misogyny, nudity, homophobia is indeed present and even flamboyant........the exotic setting of Tunisia ....French Language...No Subtitles.....French JacketFrench Language......French Jacket......1 Hour 30 Minutes........087

VICTORIA ABRIL............LA MUCHACHA DE LAS BRAGAS DE ORO......aka:...GIRL WITH GOLDEN PANTIES ......Well-acted drama by Vicente Aranda explores the changing nature of a former fascist, Luis Forest (Lautaro Murua), and his relationship to his niece Mariana (Victoria Abril). .....Spanish Language......No Subtitles......Spanish Jacket..Extensive Nudity......1 Hour 36 Minutes........435

VICTORIA ABRIL.... ...L’HEURE DES SORTILEGES....1985........aka: La Hora Bruja, The Witching Hour........Directed by Jaime de Armiñán.........French Language...No Subtitles.....French Jacket...Nudity...1 Hour 51 Minutes..........323

JANET AGREN ...LA PROFESORA DE EDUCACION SEXUAL..aka:The Member Of Parliament With The Lover Under The Bed....Dir: Mariano Laurenti Onorevole.. ...An unemployed teacher (beautiful Janet Agren) asks for help from her lover (Lino Banfi), an MP, and finds out that he is married to Marisa Merlini.....Nudity... classic Italian sex comedy....SPANISH VERSION....Spanish Jacket....1 Hour 24 Minutes............066

AGOSTINA BELLI........TELEFONO BLANCO.....aka: Telefoni Bianchi ......The story of a poor Italian girl who wants to be an actress and has to sleep left and right to get there. She even ends up being the mistress of "Il Duce" (Mussolini). A very funny movie with the beautiful Agostina Belli in the title role, and memorable vignettes with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi.......Castellano Spanish...No Subtitles...Spanish Jacket.....18 Ans.....95 Minutes......464

SONIA BRAGA...... 1983 Brazil Film .......GABRIELA ........"Sonia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni are well-matched in this comedy set in the coastal town of Ilheus, Brazil, in the 1920's. Mastroanni is a paunchy, tired bachelor barkeeper who hires Braga, fresh out of the drought-stricken backlands, to be his cook. ...Extensive Nudity........ENGLISH SUBTITLES............1 Hour 40 Minutes.......041

SONIA BRAGA......... DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS..... 1976 Brazil Film.........This Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband who visits as a sexy ghost who only she can see.....Portugese w/ English Subtitles...English Jacket.........1 Hour Minutes.......410

SONIA BRAGA.........I LOVE YOU........w/ Vera Fischer ......1981 Brazil .....aka: Eu Te Amo..... .....Director: Jabor............“This Brazilian Classic stars Sonia Braga and Paulo Cesar Pereio as lovers who share an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.”......Portugese w/ English Subtitles..........1 Hour 42 Minutes.......174

BRAZIL.......OTALIA DE BAHIA.......Direct: Marcel Camus .........1975 Film .......This is the last film made by director Marcel Camus, best known for his legendary film Black Orpheus, filmed in his beloved Brazilian locale 17 years before. This tragicomedy is filled with lots of local color, including voodoo episodes, and recounts the adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. .......French....No Subtitles......French Jacket........1 Hour 45 Minutes.......306

BRAZIL.....ROMANCE EMPREGADA...(1988)....aka: The Story of Fausta....Fausta (Betty Faria) is fed up by her shabby treatment at the hands of her boorish husband. She seeks out more rewarding male companionship...... Directed by Bruno Barreto of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands....and Gabriela  fame.......No Jacket........1 Hour Minutes.......498

BRAZIL..... KUARUP.......1989 Brazil Classic Film ...Director: Ruy Guerra..... (Fabula de la Bella Palomera, Ternos Cacadores , Pigeon-Fancier, Opera do Malandro, Erendira)..........Historical Epic Brazilian Drama.....based on the novel by Antonio Callado. Set in Brazil in the 1950's.....this is the story of Jesuit priest Taumaturgo Ferreira who ventures deep into the Amazon jungle to work with the Xingu Indians. The most expensive Brazilian production up to its time, Kuarup was well worth it....Portugese....No Subtitles.....Portugese Jacket.......1 Hour 55 Minutes.........201

BRAZIL........EU.........1987 .........Walter Hugo Khouri (Love Strange Love) has the participation of at least five of the most beautiful and desirable women in Brazil: in the Eighties, Monique Evans, Monique Lafond, Nicolle Puzzi, Bia Seidl and Christiane Torloni ....Portugese Jacket............1 Hour Minutes.......496

BRAZIL...........w/ Xuxa Meneghel.....LOVE STRANGE LOVE..........1982 Brazil......aka: amor estranho amor......This is the complete 120 minute version...english language...Director: Walter Hugo Khouri.......Starring: Xuxa Meneghel, Vera Fischer..................2 Hours...... Complete Version.......267

BRAZIL........AXE BAHIA........Music Video clips from Bahia.....Portugese Jacket.....90 Minutes.......311

BRAZIL.............A DUPLA DO BARULHO...Dir: Carlos Manga......1953....Brazil....The mishaps of a couple of itinerant artists, Tonico and Tião, who go around Brazil searching for fame and fortune........Portugese Jacket.......Portugese language..... ...No Subtiles.......1 Hour Minutes.........497

BRAZIL.... GILBERTO GIL....BAHIA, SUÍÇA E JAPÃO.............. 1986 Film .............A champion of Brazil's African-rooted traditions who has scoured the vast backlands of his own country and the far corners of the world in search of inspiration for his constantly evolving artistic vision, Gilberto Gil remains one of his land's most enterprising musicians.......Portugese Jacket.............1 Hour 11 Minutes.......310 :

ANTHOLOGY OF MUSIC AND DANCE OF THE THE CARIBBEAN.........59 Minutes.......005

JIMMY CLIFF .........BONGO MAN......13 Songs.......Jimmy Cliff's bongos and reggae music are featured in this 90-minute documentary recording 1980 reggae concerts in Kingston, Jamaica......Soweto, South Africa.......West Germany..... .Englsih jacket.........89 Minutes.......130

CUBA.....PLAFF....aka: Plaff! Or Too Afraid of Life (Desmasiado Miedo A La Vida, O Plaff)........1991.... The film maps a lady's increasing withdrawal from all vestiges of reality--hence the film's full title ...... Director Juan Carlos Tabio also cowrote the stream-of-consciousness screenplay for this ramschackle but irresistible film.....Spanish Language...No Subtitles...SpanishJacket.........1 Hour Minutes.......501

VERA FISCHER........I LOVE YOU.... 1981 Brazil Film aka: Eu Te Amo .....Sonia Braga ......This Brazilian Classic stars Sonia Braga and Paulo Cesar Pereio as lovers who share an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.......Portugese with English Subtitles.........1 Hour 42 Minutes........174

VERA FISCHER.....Xuxa.....AMOR ESTRANHO AMOR....LOVE STRANGE LOVE........This is the Complete 120 Minute Version.........Director: Walter Hugo Khouri.......Starring: Xuxa Meneghel, Vera Fischer......2 Hour Complete Version......267

JESS FRANCO.......LAS ORGÍAS INCONFESABLES DE EMMANUELLE ......(1982)....Emmanuelle.... (Muriel Montossé as Vicky Adams).... is recently reunited with her husband, but at the next party, she gets drunk and strips nude for his friends. ..w/ Ida Balin, Carmen Carrion.....Spanish Language......No Subtitles....Spanish/English Jacket...Extensive Nudity.....1 Hour 27 Minutes.......448

CARLOS GARDEL........ Life of Gardel Classic Tango Film .........by JORGE CASAL...... English ........Fascinating English language documentary using old Black and White Film and Televison clips of Carslos Gardel singing........... The most famous tango singer the world ever knew......Jorge Casal... (aka: Salvador Carmelo Pappalardo.....1924 – 1996) ....B/W Film Clips....Portugese w/ English Narration... 54 Minutes..........113

CARLOS GARDEL...... 1934 USA Film ........EL TANGO EN BROADWAY..w/ Trini Ramos.....The King of Tango, Carlos Gardel shot two films in New York between May and July 1934 at the Astoria studios (still in use today), just across the East River from Manhattan. El Tango is a musical comedy about the exploits of Latin American artists in New York.....B/W...Spanish Language...No Subtitles....English/Spanish Jacket.........1 Hour 21 Minutes........431

CARLOS GARDEL........ 1987 Tango Film .....JA TODO COLOR!....1987: Argentina.......Director: Juan Codazzi w/ Gilbert Mamery......Documentary Musical...Colour.......49 Minutes........432

CARLOS GARDEL .....1976 Tango Film ......EL CANTO HISTORIA CUENTA SU HISTORIA......aka:The Music Tells The Story.....Argentine Documentary.......Director: Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera....Performers: Hugo del Carril, Tita Merello, Amelita Baltar, Julio Sosa, Francisco Canaro, Rosita Quiroga, Ada Falcon, Azucena Maizani, Mercedes Simone, Aníbal Troilo, Edmundo Rivero, Roberto Goyeneche, Astor Piazzolla, Cayetano D'Aglio.....
..Color & B/W....Spanish Language......Spanish/English Jacket......1 Hour 53 Minutes..........433

CARLOS GARDEL......50 AÑOS NO ES NADA..aka: Vida Y Muerte........Spanish.........No Subtitles....Spanish Jacket........Good Music........B/W... 52 Minutes..........434

RUY GUERRA...... KUARUP.......1989 Brazil Classic Film ...Director: Ruy Guerra..... (Fabula de la Bella Palomera, Ternos Cacadores , Pigeon-Fancier, Opera do Malandro, Erendira)..........Historical Epic Brazilian Drama.....based on the novel by Antonio Callado. Set in Brazil in the 1950's.....this is the story of Jesuit priest Taumaturgo Ferreira who ventures deep into the Amazon jungle to work with the Xingu Indians. The most expensive Brazilian production up to its time, Kuarup was well worth it....Portugese....No Subtitles..........1 Hour 55 Minutes.........201

GLORIA GUIDA.....LA COLEGIALA ENLOQUECE A LOS PROFESORES...1978....Spanish Version of La Liceale Seduces The Professor......... Spanish jacket.....Italian w/ Spanish subtitles......with: alvaro vitali, fabrizion moron, Donatella Damiani......Nudity......1 Hour 32 Minutes.........284

GLORIA GUIDA......LA COLEGIALA RE-PROBADA...Spanish Version ... 1975 Film ....aka: La Liceale.........1975 - Italy......Director : Michael E. Lemick..(aka: Michele Massimo Tarantini......with: Alvaro Vitali , Gianfranco D'Angelo ...Spanish Language....No Subtitles....Spanish Jacket.....Nudity....1 Hour 32 Minutes.........285

RAOUL JULIA........TANGO BAR..........Pedro (Raoul Julia) a famous Argentine tango dancer, who fled the country during a military coup, returns to Argentina and reunites with his old partner Antonio (Rubén Juárez) at Antonio's bar......the story shows many great film clips from the history of the famous dance. It also chronicle's the country's political history." .......1 Hour Minutes...........056

WALTER HUGO KHOURI.....Brazil.....(Director of Amor Estranho Amor)....E.U..........1 Hour Minutes.........496

JEAN-PIERRE LIMOSIN.......Novo (2002)....The charm of the film lies in the way the camera is in love with Graham (the Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega)and thus continually spies on his sensual body with a certain sense of decency. The beautiful Spanish actor is really the epicenter of the film and gives an undisputed sensual color. The French actress Anna Mouglalis is also perfect in her role..... .No Jacket...........1 Hour 37 Minutes........499

BIGAS LUNA........LES VIES DE LOULOU.........495

CARLOS MANGA..........A DUPLA DO BARULHO.....1953....Brazil....The mishaps of a couple of itinerant artists, Tonico and Tião, who go around Brazil searching for fame and fortune........Portugese Jacket.......Portugese language..... ...No Subtiles.......1 Hour Minutes.........497

MATHILDA MAY .......LA TETA Y LA LUNA........(1994) .....Directed by Bigas Luna...w/ Miguel Poveda........This Spanish/French film presents a loving ode to a woman's breasts and the three men who love them. The fairy tale is told from the viewpoint of 9-year old Tete, who jealous of his new brother's access to his mother's breasts, implores the moon to give him a nurturing breast of his own. French cabaret performers Estrellita, the Queen of Stuttgart, and her jealous husband Maurice, come to town with their surprisingly vulgar act. When Tete sees Estrellita, he knows his wish has been granted. Trailer-park electrician Miquel is also very attracted to Estrellita's charming chest and begins serenade her. Tete gets to sample her charms after he brings her a frog.......A wonderful film....Spanish Jacket...........1 Hour Minutes........259

CARLOS SAURA .......BLOOD WEDDING........1981 Flamenco Film ...Federico Garcia Lorca's revenge play Blood Wedding was adapted into a flamenco-ballet by Alfredo Manas. This piece, in turn, was committed to film by director Carlos Saura........We watch famed choreographer Antonio Gades prepare for his flamenco adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding. We see the preparations of the dancers, the warm ups, the donning of costumes......Many consider Blood Wedding to be among the best dance films ever made....Spanish w/ English Subtitles.....English Jacket......1 Hour 12 Minutes.........018

CARLOS SAURA ...LA CHARGE DES REBELLES...... 1964 - Spain ..w/ Philippe Leroy, Lino Ventura, .........."Filmed on location in Spain's Sierra Morena.......Based on a legendary Spanish bandit, Carlos Saura co-wrote and directed this drama early in his career...French Language...No Subtitles.....French Jacket......90 Minutes......... ..160

CARLOS SAURA.............SEVILLANAS........1992 Flamenco Classic Film .........Sevillanas" consists of eleven short performances by Spain's most famous flamenco dancers, singers and guitarists. Saura, well-known for his flamenco films ("Blood Wedding," "Carmen"), here provides an in-depth look at the Sevillanas form of flamenco and its dancers.......especially the duet with Manolo Sanlúcar and Paco de Lucía.......53 Minutes.........030

CARLOS SAURA .....CARMEN..............1983 Film .......... English Version..... Antonio Gades...Carlos Saura’s Carmen is one of the finest achievements in world, let alone Spanish, cinema. Immense importance in the history of performing arts. A classic use of embedded plots.......This is the Spanish Version w/ English Subtitles ........1 Hour 43 Minutes...........009

CARLOS SAURA ...CARMEN.......1983 Film......French Version....Carlos Saura’s Carmen is one of the finest achievements in world, let alone Spanish, cinema. Immense importance in the history of performing arts. A classic use of embedded plots.......This is the Spanish Version w/ French Subtitles ...French Language...No Subtitles.....French Jacket........1 Hour 42 Minutes.......161

CARLOS SAURA....... EL AMOR BRUJO ....aka; Love The Magician.....w/ Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol and Juan Antonio Jimenez are the principal dancers in this well-photographed classic. El Amor Brujo was the third in director Carlos Saura's flamenco trilogy, preceded by his Blood Wedding (1981) and Carmen (1983)....Spanish w/ English Subtitles.......1 Hour 39 Minutes...........021

ROSANNA SCHIAFFINO....EL BRUJO DEL INFIERNO......aka: Cagliostro (1974)......Directed by Daniele Pettinari.....w/ Bekim Fehmiu, Curd Jürgens, Evelyn Stewart......Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers......he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe.......Spanish Jacket.........1 Hour 30 Minutes..........486

FERNANDO E. SOLANAS........ TANGOS, THE EXILE OF GARDEL....1985 Argentina / France ......In the sorrow of exile, a group of Argentinians in Paris seek solace and connection to their culture by staging a set of tangos. Already from the opening scene of tango dance on a Paris bridge one can understand that this is an outstanding film.......Starring: Marie Laforêt, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lautaro Murúa. Ana María Picchio, Marina Vlady.....Using a collage of individual Argentine exiles in Paris as well as pulsating tango music and talented dancers, director Fernando E. Solanas has patched together a diverse picture of humanity trying to cope with political and social tensions. This disparate group is in the process of mounting a stage play called "Gardel's Exile.".....2 Hours 01 Minutes.....French Jacket........114.

FERNANDO E. SOLANAS........ .LE VOYAGE ....aka: El Viaje..... (1992)....Directed by Fernando E. Solanas.......A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his latin American essence....French Version.....2 Hours 30 Minutes........437

SPAIN......PASSION ANDALOUSE ........1989 Flamenco Film.....Cristina Hoyos......Filmed in Spain, Montoyas y Tarrantos offers the viewer Shakespeare by way of the Gypsies. Essentially, this is Romeo and Juliet, Romany-style. The great Cristina Hoyos and Paco de Lucia together again...........1 Hour 40 Minutes........025.

TANGO.........CARLOS GARDEL Tango Film JORGE CASAL English ......CARLOS GARDEL