AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 FILMS

By: Kenji

Broken Wings (Israel)

A film per country. I see the idea is catching on with 3 similar lists in one day, and numerous others since (I believe this to be the prototype- accept no imposters!) ARRANGED BY COUNTRY ALPHABETICALLY. The different parts of Great Britain, Tibet, Palestine and former Soviet republics to count separately. A few countries represented by non-national directors. In some cases i’ve gone for lesser known favourites to promote ahead of more famous masterpieces i also like, e.g for India and Italy

Albania- Her Children
Algeria – The Battle of Algiers
Argentina- Invasion (see also Hour of the Furnaces)
Armenia- The Colour of Pomegranates
Australia- Picnic at Hanging Rock
Austria- Outer Space
Azerbaijan- Ashik Kerib
Belgium- Rosetta (also Jeanne Dielman)
Belorus- Come and See
Bolivia- Courage of the People
Brazil- Black God White Devil
Bulgaria- The Tied Up Balloon (also The Peach Thief)
Cameroon- Africa, I Will Fleece You
Canada- My Winnipeg
Chad- Abouna
Chile- Machuca
China- Spring in a Small Town
Colombia- Brickmakers
Cuba- Lucia
Czech/Slovakia- Marketa Lazarova
Denmark- Gertrud
Egypt- The Nightingale’s Prayer
El Salvador- Innocent Voices
England- Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ethiopia- Harvest: 3000 Years:
Finland- Drifting Clouds
France- The Green Ray (also Celine and Julie go Boating, Rules of the Game, Pierrot le Fou)
Georgia- Salt for Svanetia
Germany- Alice in the Cities
Greece- Eternity and a Day
Hungary- Werckmeister Harmonies
Iceland- The Last Farm
India- Cloud-Capped Star (also Pather Panchali, Siddheshwari, Pakeezah, The Name of a River)
Indonesia- Arisan
Iran- Brick and Mirror (also Gabbeh, And Life Goes On)
Ireland- The General
Israel- Broken Wings
Italy- Senso (also L’Avventura, 8 1/2)
Jamaica- The Harder they Come
Japan- Sansho the Bailiff (also Maborosi, Late Spring, Seven Samurai)
Kazakhstan- July
Lebanon- West Beirut
Lithuania- In Memory of a Day Gone By
Malaysia- I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (also A Tree in Tanjung Malim)
Mali- The Wind (also Yeelen)
Martinique- Rue Cases Negres
Mauritania- Waiting for Happiness
Mexico- El Compadre Mendoza
Moldova- Palms
Mongolia- Story of the Weeping Camel
Nepal- Himalaya
Netherlands- Mother Dao the Turtlelike
New Zealand- The Piano
Norway- Edvard Munch
Phillippines- Bona
Poland- The Saragossa Manuscript
Portugal- Abraham Valley (also Aniki Bobo)
Romania- Lust for Gold (also Stone Wedding, Forest of the Hanged, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Russia- The Mirror (also Andrei Rublev)
Scotland- My Childhood
Senegal- Moolaadé
South Africa- Tsotsi
South Korea- Virgin Stripped Bare by her Bachelors
Spain- Spirit of the Beehive
Sri Lanka- Changes in the Village/Gamperaliya
Sweden- Persona
Switzerland- The Lacemaker
Taiwan- The Time to Live and the Time to Die (also A Brighter Summer Day)
Thailand- Blissfully Yours
Tibet- Horse Thief
Tunisia- Silences of the Palace
Turkey- Yumurta/Egg
Ukraine- Arsenal
USA- The Band Wagon (also North by Northwest, Sunrise)
Vietnam- At the Height of Summer (also When the Tenth Month Comes)
Wales- Sleep Furiously (also Separado!, Eldra, Patagonia, Hedd Wyn, The Other Side of Underneath)
Yugoslavia- Who’s Singing over There?