Golden Eighties

1986, 1h 36min -

The exuberant enchantments of the singing, dancing musical meet the feminist, formalist sensibility of cinematic visionary Chantal Akerman in this uniquely captivating vision of love and survival in the age of late capitalism. Amid the consumerist wonderland of a shopping mall, a cadre of store employees bounce in and out of one another’s arms in a cycle of breakups, makeups, misunderstandings, and reunions, their romantic roundelay punctuated by imaginatively stylized production numbers. Working with frequent star Delphine Seyrig and a remarkable team of writers—who between them penned everything from JULES AND JIM to DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN—Akerman deftly balances the shiny pop pleasures of the genre with piercing variations on her signature themes, including a startlingly moving reflection on Jewish resilience and the legacy of the Holocaust. Show more

"Golden Eighties" — movie produced in Belgium, France and Switzerland and released in 1986. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 36min. "Golden Eighties" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!