01 January 1981 Factual 62 mins
A documentary that allows us to witness three births in their intimacy. Through their actions, the couples who agreed to participate in the film help to propose alternatives to the dominant medical interventions in hospitals.
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Canada 01 January 1981
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1981:
26 October 1981
A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.
26 December 1981
Anton and his family moved into a high-rise building. In order for the new neighbors to accept his trumpet music, he has to perform a little "miracle" with the instrument.
06 May 1981
An underpaid and underappreciated man goes missing from his office one day. What happens to the company?
11 June 1981
Two ex-convicts are hired by the Devil to manage a small town cemetery.
25 April 1981
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander.
22 January 1981
Many films have received almost no audience response at the time of their release in cinemas - this one is one of them.
12 August 1981
Xiu Juan, a filial daughter and caring sister, trades her soul for money to look after her mother and her brother's studies.
09 July 1981
Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado.
21 August 1981
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors.
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