1987 Cannes Film Festival Explained
The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987.[1] French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition.[2]
French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Under the Sun of Satan,[3] 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!"[4] [5]
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.[6]
Juries
Main competition
- Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer - Jury President[7]
- 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:[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(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 Temple | United Kingdom |
| Barfly | Barbet Schroeder | United States |
| 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 | 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 | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom |
| 親鸞 白い道 | Rentarō Mikuni | Japan |
| 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 | 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:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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):[9]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]
Official Awards
In Competition
Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat[11] [12]
Repentance by Tengiz Abuladze
Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire
Barbara Hershey for Shy People
Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes
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- 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
- 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
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
Media
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 40ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 6 June 2017.
- Web site: The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200413083303/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/history . 13 April 2020 . 31 May 2017 . festival-cannes.com.
- News: Pialat Film Gets Top Prize At Cannes . . 20 May 1987 . 25 May 2017. Canby . Vincent .
- News: Only Jeers For Cannes Top Winner . chicagotribune.com . 25 May 2017.
- News: 'Satan' Booed At Cannes Religious Allegory Voted Best Film- Hershey, Mastroianni Best Actors . philly.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920224628/http://articles.philly.com/1987-05-20/news/26160814_1_first-french-film-palme-d-or-maurice-pialat . 20 September 2015 . dmy.
- News: Cannes Still Gets That Hollywood Feel From Film . Chicago Tribune . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: All Juries 1987 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193617/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1987/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
- Web site: Official Selection 1987: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215182825/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1987/allSelections.html . 15 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: 26e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1987 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 11 June 2017.
- Web site: Quinzaine 1987 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 9 June 2017 . 1 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171101130332/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1987/ . live .
- Web site: Awards 1987: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301134458/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1987/allAward.html . 1 March 2014 . dmy.
- Web site: 1987 - Le Jury, Les Prix . cannes-fest.com . fr . 6 June 2017.
- Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1987 . fipresci.org . 27 June 2017.
- Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1987 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 27 June 2017.
- Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1987 . imdb.com . 29 June 2017.
