# 1987 Cannes Film Festival

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 Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Aria (closing film) | Aria (closing film) | Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple | United Kingdom |
| Barfly | Barfly | Barbet Schroeder | United States |
| The Belly of an Architect | The Belly of an Architect | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, Italy |
| Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Cronaca di una morte annunciata | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France, Colombia |
| Dark Eyes | Очи чёрные | Nikita Mikhalkov | Soviet Union, Italy |
| The Family | La famiglia | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Field of Honor | Champ d'honneur | Jean-Pierre Denis | France |
| The Glass Menagerie | The Glass Menagerie | Paul Newman | United States |
| Repentance | მონანიება | Tengiz Abuladze | Soviet Union |
| The Last Manuscript | Az utolsó kézirat | Károly Makk | Hungary |
| A Man in Love (opening film) | Un homme amoureux | Diane Kurys | France, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Pierre and Djemila | Pierre et Djemila | Gérard Blain | France |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Prick Up Your Ears | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| Shinran: Path to Purity | 親鸞　白い道 | Rentarō Mikuni | Japan |
| Shy People | Shy People | Andrei Konchalovsky | United States |
| Subway to the Stars | Um Trem para as Estrelas | Carlos Diegues | Brazil |
| Under the Sun of Satan | Sous le soleil de Satan | Maurice Pialat | France |
| Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Wim Wenders | West Germany, France |
| Yeelen | Yeelen | Souleymane Cissé | Mali, Burkina Faso, France, West Germany |
| Zegen | 女衒 | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Gathering of Old Men | A Gathering of Old Men | Volker Schlöndorff | United States, West Germany |
| A Month in the Country | A Month in the Country | Pat O'Connor | United Kingdom |
| And the Pursuit of Happiness | La poursuite du bonheur | Louis Malle | United States |
| Babette's Feast | Babettes Gaestebud | Gabriel Axel | Denmark |
| Blind Chance | Przypadek | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| The Distant Land | Das weite Land | Luc Bondy | Austria, West Germany, France |
| Epidemic | | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| A Girl from Hunan | 湘女萧萧 | Xie Fei and U Lan | China |
| Hôtel de France | Hôtel de France | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| The House of Bernarda Alba | La casa de Bernarda Alba | Mario Camus | Spain |
| Hud | Hud | Vibeke Løkkeberg | Norway |
| Iron Earth, Copper Sk | Yer demir gök bakir | Zülfü Livaneli | Turkey |
| Italian Postcards | Cartoline italiane | Memè Perlini | Italy |
| Jenatsch | Jenatsch | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland, France |
| Robinsonada or My English Grandfather | რობინზონიადა ანუ ჩემი ინგლისელი პაპა | Nana Jorjadze | Soviet Union |
| The Serpent's Way | Ormens väg på hälleberget | Bo Widerberg | Sweden |
| A Simple Death | Простая смерть | Alexander Kaidanovsky | Soviet Union |
| Sofia | Sofia | Alejandro Doria | Argentina |
| Someone to Love | Someone to Love | Henry Jaglom | United States |
| A Successful Man | Un hombre de éxito | Humberto Solás | Cuba |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Aida | Aida | Clemente Fracassi | Italy |
| The Black Cannon Incident | 黑砲事件 | Huang Jianxin | China |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | Vera Stroyeva | Soviet Union |
| Caméra arabe | Caméra arabe | Férid Boughedir | Tunisia |
| Le cinéma dans les yeux | Le cinéma dans les yeux | Laurent Jacob and Gilles Jacob | France |
| Don Quixote (1933) | Don Quichotte | G. W. Pabst | France, United Kingdom |
| Feathers | Feathers | John Ruane | Australia |
| Intervista | Intervista | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| Good Morning, Babylon | Buongiorno Babilonia | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy, France |
| Hôtel du Paradis | Hôtel du Paradis | Jana Boková | France |
| L'Inhumaine (1924) | L'Inhumaine (1924) | Marcel L'Herbier | France |
| Louise (1939) | Louise (1939) | Abel Gance | France |
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Claude d'Anna | France |
| The Medium | Il medium | Gian Carlo Menotti | Italy |
| Pagliacci | Pagliacci | Franco Zeffirelli | Italy |
| Radio Days | Radio Days | Woody Allen | United States |
| Raising Arizona | Raising Arizona | Joel and Ethan Coen | United States |
| Return of a Citizen | عودة مواطن | Mohamed Khan | Egypt |
| Slam Dance | Slam Dance | Wayne Wang | United Kingdom, United States |
| Something Wild | Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| The Sentimental Bloke (1918) | The Sentimental Bloke (1918) | Raymond Longford | Australia |
| The Whales of August | The Whales of August | Lindsay Anderson | United States |
| Tough Guys Don't Dance | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Norman Mailer | United States |
| Wahnfried | Richard und Cosima | Peter Patzak | West 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 Anja Franke [de], Dani Levy, Helmut Berger [de] (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 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