Query: 1980s speculative fiction films that are Romance but not American
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Nagina (1986 film)
Wings of Desire
Witch from Nepal
Rosa Mistica
A Chinese Ghost Story
Japon İşi
Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)
Sister Cupid
White Slave (film)
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker
Formula of Love
Rouge (film)
Evidence from documents: Nagina (1986 film): '''''Nagina''''' is a 1986 Indian fantasy romance film
Wings of Desire: '''''Wings of Desire''''' (, ; ) is a 1987 romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.
Witch from Nepal: The film is a mixture of genres that include gothic horror, romance, comedy and mystery.
''Witch from Nepal'' was released in Hong Kong on 27 February 1986.
Rosa Mistica: '''''Rosa Mistica''''' is a 1988 Filipino romantic fantasy anthology film
A Chinese Ghost Story: '''''A Chinese Ghost Story''''' () is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark.
Japon İşi: 1980s speculative fiction films that are Romance but not American: '''''Japon İşi''''' is a 1987 Turkish science fiction-comedy film
Romance: Veysel (Kemal Sunal) loves a singer named Başak (Fatma Girik). Başak, however, doesn't love him back. One day Veysel saves the life of a Japanese tourist, in which this tourist sends to Veysel a gift from Japan. The gift is a robot, and looks identical to Veysel's crush Başak.
Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film): '''''Yamudiki Mogudu''''' () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language fantasy film, directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Radha and Kota Srinivasa Rao. This film was dubbed into Hindi as ''Chiranjeevi'' (1991) and remade in Tamil as ''Athisaya Piravi'' (1990). The film was recorded as an ''Industry Hit'' at the box office and was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 1988.
Kaali (Chiranjeevi) is a small town goon who helps his neighbourhood with his earnings. He is good at heart and is loved by everyone in town. He works for Kotayya (Kota Srinivasa Rao), whose rival is Gollapudi. Once, when he goes to warn Gollapudi, he meets and falls in love with Radha (Radha), Gollapudi's daughter. When they decide to marry even without Gollapudi's consent, he gets Kaali killed in an accident and Kaali goes to hell.
Sister Cupid: To please her boss, Yu-yee suggests to Big Sister she should plan a ghost marriage for Yuk and Yu-yee is tasked to find a ghost son in-law for Big Sister.
White Slave (film): 1980s: '''''White Slave''''' () is a 1985 Italian cannibal romantic horror film directed by Mario Gariazzo (under the name Roy Garrett) and starring Elvire Audray, Will Gonzalez, Dick Campbell and Andrea Coppola.
films that are Romance but not American: '''''White Slave''''' () is a 1985 Italian cannibal romantic horror film directed by Mario Gariazzo (under the name Roy Garrett) and starring Elvire Audray, Will Gonzalez, Dick Campbell and Andrea Coppola.
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker: 1980s: '''''Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker''''' () is a 1987 Czechoslovak fantasy film directed by Zdeněk Troška and starring Michaela Kuklová and Jan Potměšil
speculative fiction: Two witches - mother and daughter - have killed the cockerel that usually heralds the dawn. As a result, the Sun doesn't rise.
Romance: She casts a spell forecasting that the King's beautiful daughter, Princess Jasněnka, will marry a shoemaker.
Formula of Love: '''''Formula of Love''''' () is a 1984 Soviet romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Zakharov, from a screenplay by Grigori Gorin. It is loosely based on the story "Count Cagliostro" by Aleksey Tolstoy about a magician who sets out to prove humans' power against the gods by fabricating love without the influence of the gods. It also follows the story lines of the woman he is trying to force to fall in love, the family with which they are staying and the stories of his servants.
Rouge (film): 1980s: '''''Rouge''''' (; Jyutping: Jin1zi1 kau3) is a 1988 Hong Kong film, directed by Stanley Kwan and starring Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung.
Romance: In 1987 Hong Kong, newspaperman Yuen (Alex Man) and his girlfriend, Chor (Emily Chu) are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur (Anita Mui) places an advertisement, looking for her lost lover Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung).