1987 Cannes Film Festival

1987 Cannes Film Festival
The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was 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 Un homme amoureux, directed by Diane Kurys and closed with Aria, directed by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple. The 1987 festival also paid tribute to Federico Fellini.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 feature film competition:
Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer (Jury President)
Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
Elem Klimov, Soviet Russian director
Gérald Calderon, French director
Jeremy Thomas, British producer
Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director, screenwriter, and actor
Nicola Piovani, Italian composer
Norman Mailer, American novelist
Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director, screenwriter, and producer
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 Camera d'Or:
Maurice Leroux (composer), President
Bernard Jubard
Claude Weisz (director)
Emmanuel Carriau (cinephile)
Freddy Buache (journalist)
M. Hidalgo (journalist)
Michael Kutza (cinephile)
Michel Ciment (critic)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple
Barfly by Barbet Schroeder
The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Cronaca di una morte annunciata) by Francesco Rosi
Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) by Nikita Mikhalkov
La famiglia by Ettore Scola
Field of Honor (Champ d'honneur) by Jean-Pierre Denis
The Glass Menagerie by Paul Newman
Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze
The Last Manuscript (Az utolsó kézirat) by Károly Makk
A Man in Love (Un homme amoureux) by Diane Kurys
Pierre and Djemila (Pierre et Djemila) by Gérard Blain
Prick Up Your Ears by Stephen Frears
Shinran: Path to Purity (Shinran: Shiroi michi) by Rentarō Mikuni
Shy People by Andrei Konchalovsky
Subway to the Stars (Um Trem para as Estrelas) by Carlos Diegues
Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) by Maurice Pialat
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) by Wim Wenders
Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
Zegen by Shohei Imamura
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
A Gathering of Old Men by Volker Schlöndorff
A Month in the Country by Pat O'Connor
And the Pursuit of Happiness by Louis Malle
Babette's Feast (Babettes Gaestebud) by Gabriel Axel
Blind Chance (Przypadek) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
The Distant Land (Das weite Land) by Luc Bondy
Epidemic by Lars von Trier
A Girl from Hunan (Xiangnu xiaoxiao) by Xie Fei and U Lan
Hôtel de France by Patrice Chéreau
The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba) by Mario Camus
Hud by Vibeke Løkkeberg
Iron Earth, Copper Sky (Yer demir gök bakir) by Zülfü Livaneli
Italian Postcards (Cartoline italiane) by Memè Perlini
Jenatsch by Daniel Schmid
The Serpent's Way (Ormens väg på hälleberget) by Bo Widerberg
A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) by Alexander Kaidanovsky
Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa) by Nana Djordjadze
Sofia by Alejandro Doria
Someone to Love by Henry Jaglom
A Successful Man (Un hombre de éxito) by Humberto Solás
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Aida by Clemente Fracassi
The Black Cannon Incident (Hēi Pào Shìjiàn) by Huang Jianxin
Boris Godunov by Vera Stroyeva
Caméra arabe by Férid Boughedir
Le cinéma dans les yeux by Laurent Jacob, Gilles Jacob
Don Quixote (Don Quichotte) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Feathers by John Ruane
Intervista by Federico Fellini
Good morning Babilonia by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Hôtel du Paradis by Jana Bokova
L'Inhumaine by Marcel L'Herbier
Louise by Abel Gance
Macbeth by Claude d'Anna
The Medium (Il medium) by Gian Carlo Menotti
Pagliacci by Franco Zeffirelli
Radio Days by Woody Allen
Raising Arizona by the Coen brothers
Return of a Citizen (Awdat mowatin) by Mohamed Khan
Slam Dance by Wayne Wang
Something Wild by Jonathan Demme
The Sentimental Bloke by Raymond Longford
The Whales of August by Lindsay Anderson
Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer
Wahnfried (Richard et Cosima) by Peter Patzak
Short film 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
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1987 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) by Maurice Pialat
Grand Prix: Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze
Best Director: Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
Best Actress: Barbara Hershey for Shy People
Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie)
Best Artistic Contribution: Stanley Myers (composer) for Prick Up Your Ears
Jury Prize:
Shinran: Path to Purity (Shinran: Shiroi michi) by Rentarō Mikuni
Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa) by Nana Djordjadze
Short films
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. (Iznenadna i prerana smrt pukovnika K.K) by Milos Radovic
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze (In competition)
Wedding in Galilee (Urs al-jalil) 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, Laurent Jacob
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Babettes gæstebud by Gabriel Axel & Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema
References
Media
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
1987 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1987
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1987 at Internet Movie Database
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