1990 Cannes Film Festival

1990 Cannes Film Festival
The 43rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 May 1990. The Palme d'Or went to Wild at Heart by David Lynch.
The festival opened with Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa and closed with The Comfort of Strangers, directed by Paul Schrader.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 feature film competition:
Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) Jury President
Aleksei German (USSR)
Anjelica Huston (USA)
Bertrand Blier (France)
Christopher Hampton (UK)
Fanny Ardant (France)
Françoise Giroud (France)
Hayao Shibata (Japan)
Mira Nair (India)
Sven Nykvist (Sweden)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 Camera d'Or:
Christine Boisson (actress) President
Bruno Jaeggi (journalist)
Caroline Huppert (director)
Catherine Magnan (cinephile)
Jan Svoboda (journalist)
Martine Jouando (critic)
Richard Billeaud
Vecdi Sayar (cinephile)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Captive of the Desert (La captive du désert) by Raymond Depardon
Come See the Paradise by Alan Parker
Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Daddy Nostalgie by Bertrand Tavernier
Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene) by Giuseppe Tornatore
Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach
Interrogation (Przesłuchanie) by Ryszard Bugajski
Ju Dou by Zhang Yimou
The King's Whore (La putain du roi) by Axel Corti
Mother (Mat) by Gleb Panfilov
Nouvelle Vague by Jean-Luc Godard
Rodrigo D: No Future (Rodrigo D: No futuro) by Víctor Gaviria
The Sting of Death (Shi no toge) by Kōhei Oguri
Taxi Blues (Taksi-Blyuz) by Pavel Lungin
Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Ucho by Karel Kachyňa
White Hunter Black Heart by Clint Eastwood
Wild at Heart by David Lynch
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
1871 by Ken McMullen
Abrahams Gold by Jörg Graser
The Best Hotel on Skid Row by Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña
Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Chyornaya roza - emblema pechali, krasnaya roza - emblema lyubvi) by Sergei Solovyov
Canticle of the Stones (Le cantique des pierres) by Michel Khleifi
Le casseur de pierres by Mohamed Zran
Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) by Vitali Kanevsky
How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (V gorode Sochi tyomnye nochi) by Vasili Pichul
The Intended (Hameyu'ad) by Daniel Wachsmann
Innisfree by José Luis Guerín
The Last Ferry (Ostatni prom) by Waldemar Krzystek
Longtime Companion by Norman René
Night Out by Lawrence Johnston
Pummarò by Michele Placido
The Sacrament (Het sacrament) by Hugo Claus
Secret Scandal (Scandalo segreto) by Monica Vitti
Song of the Exile (Ke tu qiu hen) by Ann Hui
The Space Between the Door and the Floor by Pauline Chan
Tumultes by Bertrand Van Effenterre
On Tour by Gabriele Salvatores
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Artificial Paradise (Umetni raj) by Karpo Godina
The Comfort of Strangers by Paul Schrader
Cry-Baby by John Waters
Dreams by Akira Kurosawa
Korczak by Andrzej Wajda
The Little Mermaid by John Musker, Ron Clements
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar) by Manoel de Oliveira
The Plot Against Harry by Michael Roemer
The Sun Also Shines at Night (Il sole anche di notte) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
The Voice of the Moon (La voce della luna) by Federico Fellini
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Le baiser by Pascale Ferran
The Bedroom (De slaapkamer) by Maarten Koopman
Jours de plaine by Réal Berard, André Leduc
The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy by Tracey Moffatt
Les Pediants by Prinzgau
Le pinceau à lèvres by Bruno Bauer Chiche
Polvo Enamorado by Javier Lopez Izquierdo
Portrét by Pavel Koutský
Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard
To Be (Etre Ou Ne Pas Être) by John Weldon
(His wife the chicken) by Igor Kovalyov
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Beyond the Ocean by Ben Gazzara (Italy)
H-2 Worker by Stéphanie Black (United States)
Mes cinémas by Füruzan et Gülsün Karamustafa (Turkey)
Overseas (Outremer) by Brigitte Roüan (France)
Queen of Temple Street by Lawrence Ah Mon (Hong Kong)
The Reflecting Skin by Philip Ridley (United Kingdom)
Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlaskova (Czechoslovakia)
Short film competition
Animathon by Collectif (Canada)
Inoi by Sergey Masloboyshchikov (Soviet Union)
Les Mains au dos by Patricia Valeix (France)
The Mario Lanza Story by John Martins-Manteiga (Canada)
Pièce touchée by Martin Arnold (Austria)
Sibidou by Jean-Claude Bandé (Burkina Faso)
Sostuneto by Eduardo Lamora (Norway)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1990 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Alexandria Again and Forever (Iskindiriah Kaman Oue Kaman) by Youssef Chahine
Bagh Bahadur by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Céllövölde by Arpad Sopsits
December Bride by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
End Of The Night by Keith McNally
Halfaouine Child of the Terraces by Ferid Boughedir
Inimene, Keda Polnud by Peeter Simm
Laguerat by Georgi Djulgerov
Margarit i Margarita by Nikolay Volev
Metropolitan by Whit Stillman
Paper Mask by Christopher Morahan
Pervii Etage by Igor Minayev
Open Doors (Porte Aperte) by Gianni Amelio
Printemps Perdu by Alain Mazars
Shimaguni Konjo by Fumiki Watanabe
The Guardian Angel (Skyddsängeln) by Suzanne Osten
Stille Betrüger by Beat Lottaz
Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero. Zona) by Yuri Ilyenko
To Sleep with Anger by Charles Burnett
Time of Miracles (Vreme čuda) by Goran Paskaljevic
Warsaw Bridge (Pont de Varsòvia) by Pere Portabella
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1990 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
Grand Prix:
Shi no toge by Kōhei Oguri
Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Best Director: Pavel Lungin for Taksi-Blyuz
Best Actress: Krystyna Janda for Przesłuchanie
Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Artistic Contribution: Gleb Panfilov for Mat
Jury Prize: Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) by Vitali Kanevsky
Golden Camera - Special Mention: Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlásková & Farendj by Sabine Prenczina
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
First Prize of the Jury: The Bedroom (De slaapkamer) by Maarten Koopman
Second Prize of the Jury: Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero-zona) by Yuri Ilyenko (Directors' Fortnight)
The Sting of Death (Shi no toge) by Kōhei Oguri (In competition)
Special award: Manoel de Oliveira
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Pierre Lhomme (cinematography) in Cyrano de Bergerac
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene) by Giuseppe Tornatore
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach & Taksi-Blyuz by Pavel Lungin
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero-zona) by Yuri Ilyenko
French Film: Printemps perdu by Alain Mazars
Other awards
Prix de la Critique Internationale: The Sting of Death (Shi no toge) by Kōhei Oguri
Audience Award:
Abraham's Gold by Jörg Graser
Sur by Fernando Solanas
References
Media
INA: Arrival of the stars for the opening of the 1990 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Presentation of the jury of the 43rd Festival (commentary in French)
External links
1990 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1990
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1990 at Internet Movie Database
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