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45th Venice International Film Festival

1988 film festival in Italy


1988 film festival in Italy

FieldValue
name45th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival45poster.jpg
image_size210px
captionFestival poster
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion: *The Legend of the Holy Drinker*
date29 August – 9 September 1988
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[44th](44th-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[46th](46th-venice-international-film-festival)

The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.

Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Legend of the Holy Drinker directed by Ermanno Olmi.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1988 jury:

  • Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and producer
  • María Julia Bertotto, Argentine production and costume designer
  • Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
  • Klaus Eder, West German film critic
  • Hannah Fischer, West German psychologist
  • Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian filmmaker
  • Lena Olin, Swedish actress
  • Natalya Ryazantseva, Soviet screenwriter
  • Harry Dean Stanton, American actor and musician
  • Lina Wertmüller, Italian filmmaker

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*The Black Monk*Чёрный монахIvan DykhovichnySoviet Union
*Burning Secret*Andrew BirkinUnited Kingdom
*The Camp at Thiaroye**Camp de Thiaroye*Ousmane SembèneSenegal
*Chess King*棋王Teng WenjiChina
*Dear Gorbachev**Caro Gorbaciov*Carlo LizzaniItaly
*Dedé Mamata*Rodolfo BrandãoBrazil
*Eldorado**Eldorádó*Géza BereményiHungary
*Once More**Encore - Once More*Paul VecchialiFrance
*Hard Times**Tempos dificeis*João BotelhoPortugal
*Haunted Summer*Ivan PasserUnited States
*The Invisible Ones**Gli invisibili*Pasquale SquitieriItaly
*Landscape in the Mist*Τοπίο στην ομίχληTheo AngelopoulosGreece
***The Legend of the Holy Drinker******La leggenda del santo bevitore*****Ermanno Olmi****Italy**
*Lights and Shadows**Luces y sombras*Jaime CaminoSpain
*Madame Sousatzka*John SchlesingerUnited Kingdom
*The Moderns*Alan RudolphUnited States
*Story of Women**Une affaire de femmes*Claude ChabrolFrance
*Straight for the Heart**À corps perdu*Léa PoolCanada, Switzerland
*Things Change*David MametUnited States
*The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober**Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera*Wojciech HasPoland
*A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings**Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes*Fernando BirriCuba
*Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown**Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios*Pedro AlmodóvarSpain

Special Events

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Ashik Kerib*აშიკ-ქერიბიSergei ParajanovSoviet Union
*The Last Temptation of Christ*Martin ScorseseUnited States
*A Little Monastery in Tuscany**Un petit monastère en Toscane*Otar IosselianiFrance
* The Loves of Casanova* (1927)*Casanova *Alexandre VolkoffFrance
*Mr. North*Danny HustonUnited States
*Private Access**Codice privato*Francesco MaselliItaly
*A Tale of the Wind**Une histoire de vent*Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-IvensFrance
*Young Toscanini**Il giovane Toscanini*Franco ZeffirelliItaly, France
*Who Framed Roger Rabbit*Robert ZemeckisUnited States

[[Orizzonti]]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Appointment in Liverpool**Appuntamento a Liverpool*Marco Tullio GiordanaItaly
*Boulevards d'Afrique*Jean Rouch, Tam-Sir DouebFrance
*The Children of the Swallow*Τα παιδιά της ΧελιδώναςCostas VrettakosGreece
* Cream Train**Treno di panna*Andrea De CarloItaly
*El color escondido*Raúl de la TorreArgentina
*Fiori di zucca*Stefano PomiliaItaly
* The Garden of Desires*Сад желанийAli KhamraevSoviet Union
*Iguana*Monte HellmanItaly, Spain, Switzerland, United States
*Komitas*Don AskarianWest Germany
*Monologue**Anantaram*Adoor GopalakrishnanIndia
*My Dreams, My Love and You**Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen*Atif YilmazTurkey
*ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord*Gian Vittorio BaldiItaly

Venezia Notte

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Big*Penny MarshallUnited States
*Dominick and Eugene*Robert M. Young
*A Fish Called Wanda*Charles CrichtonUnited Kingdom
*Good Morning, Vietnam*Barry LevinsonUnited States
* Hitting Home*Robin SpryCanada
*Life Is a Long Quiet River**La vie est un long fleuve tranquille*Étienne ChatiliezFrance
*Manifesto*Dusan MakavejevUnited States
*Vampire in Venice**Nosferatu a Venezia*Augusto CaminitoItaly

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

  • The Kiss Of Judas (Il bacio di Giuda) by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy)
  • The Gassy Sky (Der gläserne Himmel) by Nina Grosse (West Germany)
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat (Australia)
  • High Hopes by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)
  • Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber (United States)
  • Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera) by Vasili Pichul (Soviet Union)
  • Mortu Nega (en. Death Denied or Those Whom Death Refused) by Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
  • Off Season (Nachsaison) by Wolfram Paulus (Austria, West Germany)

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
  • Grand Special Jury Prize: Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
  • Silver Lion: Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Golden Osella:
    • Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
    • Best Cinematography: Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk
    • Best Score: José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
    • Best Set Design: Bernd Lepel for Burning Secret
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
    • Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
    • Isabelle Huppert for Story of Women
  • Volpi Cup Special Mention: David Eberts for Burning Secret

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|Career Golden Lion]]

  • Joris Ivens

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

  • Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani

New Cinema Award

  • Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
  • Gli invisibili by Pasquale Squitieri
    • Special Mention: Un petit monastère en Toscane by Otar Ioseliani

Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza'

  • Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat

Golden Ciak

  • Best Film: Story of Women by Claude Chabrol
  • Best Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Burning Secret
  • Best Actress: Carmen Maura for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

References

References

  1. "VENICE 1988 – THE 45TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL".
  2. "The 1980s".
  3. "Juries for the 1980s".
  4. "45. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema".
  5. "5th International Film Critics’ Week". sicvenezia.it.
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