1987 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 40th Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Henri Cueco[1] | |
| Opening film | A Man in Love |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Aria |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Under the Sun of Satan[2] |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 7 May 1987 – 19 May 1987 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987.[4] French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition.[5]
French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Under the Sun of Satan,[6] a choice which critics considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don't like me? Well, let me tell you that I don't like you either!"[7][8]
The festival opened with A Man in Love by Diane Kurys, and closed with Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple.[9]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]- Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer - Jury President[10]
- Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director, screenwriter, and producer
- Gérald Calderon, French director
- Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
- Elem Klimov, Soviet Russian director
- Norman Mailer, American novelist
- Nicola Piovani, Italian composer
- Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director, screenwriter, and actor
- Jeremy Thomas, British producer
Camera d'Or
[edit]- Maurice Le Roux, French composer and conductor - Jury President
- Freddy Buache, journalist
- Emmanuel Carriau, cinephile
- Michel Ciment, French film critic
- M. Hidalgo, journalist
- Bernard Jubard
- Michael Kutza, cinephile
- Claude Weisz, French filmmaker
Official selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Doigté by Gyula Nagy
- Imagine by Zbigniew Rybczynski
- L'homme Qui Plantait des Arbres by Frédéric Back
- La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic
- The Four Wishes (Les Quatre Vœux) by Michel Ocelot
- Maestro by Alex Zamm
- Palisade by Laurie McInnes
- Pleines de Grâce by Nicole Van Goethem
- Your Face by Bill Plympton
- Transatlantique by Bruce Krebs
- Academy Leader Variations by Martial Wannaz, Krzysztof Kiwerski, Stanislaw Lenartowicz, David Ehrlich, Jane Aaron, Skip Battaglia, Paul Glabicki, George Griffin, Al Jarnow, Piotr Dumala, Daniel Suter, Yan Ding Xian, A. D., Hu Jin Qing, Lin Wen Xiao, He Yu Men, Chang Guang Xi, Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Jerzy Kucia
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 26th International Critics' Week (26e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
- Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) by Konstantin Lopushansky (Soviet Union)
- Du mich auch by Anja Franke, Dani Levy, Helmut Berger (West Germany, Switzerland)
- Ngati by Barry Barclay (New Zealand)
- Yam Daabo by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- The Tree We Hurt (To dendro pou pligoname) by Dimos Avdeliodis (Greece)
- Angelus novus by Pasquale Misuraca (Italy)
- Où que tu sois by Alain Bergala (France)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Diary of a Mad Old Man by Lili Rademakers
- Dilan by Erden Kiral
- Guardian Angel (Andjeo Cuvar) by Goran Paskaljevic
- Heaven by Diane Keaton
- Home of the Brave by Laurie Anderson
- A Hungarian Fairy Tale (Hol Volt, Hol Nem Volt) by Gyula Gazdag
- I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema
- Made in U.S.A. by Ken Friedman
- Malom a pokolban by Gyula Maar
- Mascara by Patrick Conrad
- Matewan by John Sayles
- Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) by Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Panorama du cinéma sud-africain indépendant (director not stated)
- The Photograph (I Photographia) by Nicos Papatakis
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Alan Clarke
- Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) by Aki Kaurismäki
- Street Smart by Jerry Schatzberg
- The Surfer by Frank Shields
- Wedding in Galilee (Urs al-Jalil) by Michel Khleifi
- Wish You Were Here by David Leland
Official Awards
[edit]
In Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat[2][13]
- Grand Prix: Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze
- Best Director: Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire
- Best Actress: Barbara Hershey for Shy People
- Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes
- Best Artistic Contribution: Stanley Myers (composer) for Prick Up Your Ears
- Jury Prize:
- 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
- Palisade by Laurie McInnes
- Second Prize: Academy Leader Variations by David Ehrlich
- Third Prize: La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic
Independent awards
[edit]- Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze (In competition)[14]
- Wedding in Galilee by Michel Khleifi (Directors' Fortnight)
- Wish You Were Here by David Leland (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Technical Grand Prize: Le cinéma dans les yeux by Gilles Jacob and Laurent Jacob
- Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze[15]
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
[edit]- Foreign Film: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1987". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1987: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1987: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
- ^ "40ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (20 May 1987). "Pialat Film Gets Top Prize At Cannes". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Only Jeers For Cannes Top Winner". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "'Satan' Booed At Cannes Religious Allegory Voted Best Film- Hershey, Mastroianni Best Actors". philly.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Cannes Still Gets That Hollywood Feel From Film". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1987". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "26e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1987". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1987". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "1987 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1987". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1987". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1987". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Anniversary evening: the Festival is 40 years old (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1987 festival (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
- 1987 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1987 Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1987 at Internet Movie Database