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1987 Cannes Film Festival

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name1987 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF87poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 40th Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Henri Cueco
number20 (In Competition)
opening*A Man in Love*
closing*Aria*
locationCannes, France
awards*Palme d'Or*:
*Under the Sun of Satan*
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[1986](1986-cannes-film-festival)
next[1988](1988-cannes-film-festival)

Under the Sun of Satan

The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987. French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition.

French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Under the Sun of Satan, 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!"

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.

Juries

Main competition

  • Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer - Jury President
  • 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''

  • 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

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Aria* (closing film)Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden,
Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam,
Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien TempleUnited Kingdom
*Barfly*Barbet SchroederUnited States
*The Belly of an Architect*Peter GreenawayUnited Kingdom, Italy
*Chronicle of a Death Foretold**Cronaca di una morte annunciata*Francesco RosiItaly, France, Colombia
*Dark Eyes*Очи чёрныеNikita MikhalkovSoviet Union, Italy
*The Family**La famiglia*Ettore ScolaItaly
*Field of Honor**Champ d'honneur*Jean-Pierre DenisFrance
*The Glass Menagerie*Paul NewmanUnited States
*Repentance*მონანიებაTengiz AbuladzeSoviet Union
*The Last Manuscript**Az utolsó kézirat*Károly MakkHungary
*A Man in Love* (opening film)*Un homme amoureux*Diane KurysFrance, Italy, United Kingdom
*Pierre and Djemila**Pierre et Djemila*Gérard BlainFrance
*Prick Up Your Ears*Stephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
*Shinran: Path to Purity*親鸞 白い道Rentarō MikuniJapan
*Shy People*Andrei KonchalovskyUnited States
*Subway to the Stars**Um Trem para as Estrelas*Carlos DieguesBrazil
***Under the Sun of Satan******Sous le soleil de Satan*****Maurice Pialat****France**
*Wings of Desire**Der Himmel über Berlin*Wim WendersWest Germany, France
*Yeelen*Souleymane CisséMali, Burkina Faso, France, West Germany
*Zegen*女衒Shōhei ImamuraJapan

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*A Gathering of Old Men*Volker SchlöndorffUnited States, West Germany
*A Month in the Country*Pat O'ConnorUnited Kingdom
*And the Pursuit of Happiness**La poursuite du bonheur*Louis MalleUnited States
*Babette's Feast**Babettes Gaestebud*Gabriel AxelDenmark
*Blind Chance**Przypadek*Krzysztof KieślowskiPoland
*The Distant Land**Das weite Land*Luc BondyAustria, West Germany, France
*Epidemic*Lars von TrierDenmark
*A Girl from Hunan*湘女萧萧Xie Fei and U LanChina
*Hôtel de France*Patrice ChéreauFrance
*The House of Bernarda Alba**La casa de Bernarda Alba*Mario CamusSpain
*Hud*Vibeke LøkkebergNorway
*Iron Earth, Copper Sk**Yer demir gök bakir*Zülfü LivaneliTurkey
*Italian Postcards**Cartoline italiane*Memè PerliniItaly
*Jenatsch*Daniel SchmidSwitzerland, France
*Robinsonada or My English Grandfather*რობინზონიადა ანუ ჩემი ინგლისელი პაპაNana JorjadzeSoviet Union
*The Serpent's Way**Ormens väg på hälleberget*Bo WiderbergSweden
*A Simple Death*Простая смертьAlexander KaidanovskySoviet Union
*Sofia*Alejandro DoriaArgentina
*Someone to Love*Henry JaglomUnited States
*A Successful Man**Un hombre de éxito*Humberto SolásCuba

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Aida*Clemente FracassiItaly
*The Black Cannon Incident*黑砲事件Huang JianxinChina
*Boris Godunov*Борис ГодуновVera StroyevaSoviet Union
*Caméra arabe*Férid BoughedirTunisia
*Le cinéma dans les yeux*Laurent Jacob and Gilles JacobFrance
*Don Quixote* (1933)*Don Quichotte*G. W. PabstFrance, United Kingdom
*Feathers*John RuaneAustralia
*Intervista*Federico FelliniItaly
*Good Morning, Babylon**Buongiorno Babilonia*Paolo and Vittorio TavianiItaly, France
*Hôtel du Paradis*Jana BokováFrance
*L'Inhumaine* (1924)Marcel L'Herbier
*Louise* (1939)Abel Gance
*Macbeth*Claude d'Anna
*The Medium**Il medium*Gian Carlo MenottiItaly
*Pagliacci*Franco Zeffirelli
*Radio Days*Woody AllenUnited States
*Raising Arizona*Joel and Ethan Coen
*Return of a Citizen*عودة مواطنMohamed KhanEgypt
*Slam Dance*Wayne WangUnited Kingdom, United States
*Something Wild*Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*The Sentimental Bloke* (1918)Raymond LongfordAustralia
*The Whales of August*Lindsay AndersonUnited States
*Tough Guys Don't Dance*Norman Mailer
*Wahnfried**Richard und Cosima*Peter PatzakWest Germany, France

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

  • 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

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 26th International Critics' Week (26e Semaine de la Critique):

  • Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) by Konstantin Lopushansky (Soviet Union)
  • Du mich auch by , Dani Levy, (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

The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

  • 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

In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat
  • 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:
    • Shinran: Path to Purity by Rentarō Mikuni
    • Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
  • 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

  • Robinsonada or My English Grandfather by Nana Djordjadze

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

  • 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

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze (In competition)
  • Wedding in Galilee by Michel Khleifi (Directors' Fortnight)
  • Wish You Were Here by David Leland (Directors' Fortnight)

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

  • Technical Grand Prize: Le cinéma dans les yeux by Gilles Jacob and Laurent Jacob

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

  • Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze
    • Special Mention:
      • Babette's Feast by Gabriel Axel
      • Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé

Award of the Youth

  • Foreign Film: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema

References

Media

References

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  2. "40ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  3. "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com.
  4. (20 May 1987). "Pialat Film Gets Top Prize At Cannes". [[The New York Times]].
  5. "Only Jeers For Cannes Top Winner". chicagotribune.com.
  6. "'Satan' Booed At Cannes Religious Allegory Voted Best Film- Hershey, Mastroianni Best Actors". philly.com.
  7. "Cannes Still Gets That Hollywood Feel From Film". Chicago Tribune.
  8. "All Juries 1987". festival-cannes.fr.
  9. "Official Selection 1987: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
  10. "26e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1987". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  11. "Quinzaine 1987". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
  12. "Awards 1987: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
  13. "1987 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com.
  14. "FIPRESCI Awards 1987". fipresci.org.
  15. "Jury Œcuménique 1987". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
  16. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1987". imdb.com.
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