| 1992 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Number: | 21 (In Competition) |
| Opening: | Basic Instinct |
| Closing: | Far and Away |
| Location: | Cannes, France |
| Awards: | Palme d'Or |
| Date: | – |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Main: | Cannes Film Festival |
| Previous: | 1991 |
| Next: | 1993 |
The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992.[1] French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition.[2]
Swedish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the drama-film The Best Intentions.[3]
The festival opened with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven,[4] and closed with Far and Away by Ron Howard.[5] [6]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Stranger Among Us | Sidney Lumet | United States | ||
| Basic Instinct (opening film) | Paul Verhoeven | United States, United Kingdom, France | ||
| The Best Intentions | Den goda viljan | Bille August | Sweden | |
| Crush | Alison Maclean | New Zealand | ||
| Dark at Noon | L'Œil qui ment | Raúl Ruiz | Portugal, France | |
| Dream of Light | El sol del membrillo | Víctor Erice | Spain | |
| In the Country of Juliets | Au pays des Juliets | Mehdi Charef | France | |
| An Independent Life | Самостоятельная жизнь | Vitali Kanevsky | Russia | |
| The Journey | El viaje | Fernando Solanas | Argentina | |
| Howards End | James Ivory | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | ||
| Hyenas | Hyènes | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal | |
| The Sentinel | La sentinelle | Arnaud Desplechin | France | |
| The Long Day Closes | Terence Davies | United Kingdom | ||
| Luna Park | Луна-парк | Pavel Lungin | France, Russia | |
| Léolo | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Canada | ||
| Of Mice and Men | Gary Sinise | United States | ||
| The Player | Robert Altman | |||
| The Return of Casanova | Le Retour de Casanova | Édouard Niermans | France | |
| Simple Men | Hal Hartley | United States | ||
| The Stolen Children | Il ladro di bambini | Gianni Amelio | Italy | |
| David Lynch | France, United States | |||
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As in Heaven | Svo á jörðu sem á himni | Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Iceland | |
| Le batteur du Boléro (short) | Patrice Leconte | France | ||
| Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | United States | ||
| The Boys from St. Petri | Drengene fra Sankt Petri | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark | |
| Far and Away (closing film) | Ron Howard | United States | ||
| House of Angels | Änglagård | Colin Nutley | Sweden, Denmark, Norway | |
| Map of the Human Heart | Vincent Ward | Australia, Canada, France, United Kingdom | ||
| The Oak | Balanța | Lucian Pintilie | Romania | |
| Opening Night (1977) | John Cassavetes | United States | ||
| Othello (1951) | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | Italy, Morocco | |
| Pather Panchali (1955) | Satyajit Ray | India | ||
| Patrick Dewaere | Marc Esposito | France | ||
| Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | United States | ||
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, France | ||
| The Warrior's Heart | Krigerens hjerte | Leidulv Risan | Norway | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]
Short films
The Best Intentions by Bille August[11]
The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
Pernilla August for The Best Intentions