I Am Self-Sufficient (1976)

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1976 | Italy | Nanni Moretti | ★★★

Lauded film-maker Nanni Moretti's mildly entertaining first film, I Am Self-Sufficient is a micro-budget Italian comedy shot on Super 8 film, featuring rough-and-ready performances, wild-and-woolly satire, and crude but interesting visuals.

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"Michele Apicella lives in Rome, in an apartment paid for by his father. Abandoned by his wife and his son Andrea, he occupies his time acting in an experimental theater company under the artistic direction of his friend Fabio." TMDb

The Other Woman (1976)

1976 | UK | Watson Gould | ★★★★

Watson Gould's groundbreaking BBC play The Other Woman is a challenging, well-crafted film about class, gender, and sexuality, featuring incisive yet radical scripting, bold direction, and a trio of memorable performances from Jane Lapotaire, Lynne Frederick, and Michael Gambon.

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"This blistering film, unseen since its original broadcast, stars Jane Lapotaire as Kim, an angry young artist involved in a love triangle with the pathetic Robin (Michael Gambon) and the enigmatic Niki (Lynne Frederick). But such a synopsis only scratches the surface of a drama raging with ideas about society and sexuality." BBC


See also:
Play for Today (1977-84)

Double Dare (1976)

1976 | UK | Dennis Potter | ★★★★★

Produced for the BBC Play for Today strand, Dennis Potter's thought-provokingly challenging Double Dare is an unnerving existential thriller, featuring self-referentially brilliant scripting and a trio of brave performances from Kika Markham, Alan Dobie, and Malcolm Terris.

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"A callgirl, her client, an actress and a writer meet in a London hotel for an evening that does not develop as any of them would like." BBC


See also:
Play for Today (1977-84)

Stotty's 1970s Favourites