1987 Cannes Film Festival Explained
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!"[1] [2] [3] [4]
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.[5] The 1987 festival also paid tribute to Federico Fellini.[6]
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 feature film competition:[7]
- 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
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 Camera d'Or:
- Maurice Leroux (composer) - Jury President
- Freddy Buache (journalist)
- Emmanuel Carriau (cinephile)
- Michel Ciment (critic)
- M. Hidalgo (journalist)
- Bernard Jubard
- Michael Kutza (cinephile)
- Claude Weisz (director)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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):[9]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1987 Official selection awards:[11] [12]
Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) by Maurice Pialat
Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze
Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
Barbara Hershey for Shy People
Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie)
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- 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
Golden Camera
Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa) by Nana DjordjadzeShort films
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[13]
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[14]
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.
- 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: Pialat Film Gets Top Prize At Cannes . . 20 May 1987 . 25 May 2017. Canby . Vincent .
- News: Cannes Still Gets That Hollywood Feel From Film . Chicago Tribune . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era . festival-cannes.com . 31 May 2017 . 13 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200413083303/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/history . dead .
- 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.
