1990 Cannes Film Festival
Opening film | Dreams |
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Closing film | The Comfort of Strangers |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (Wild at Heart)[2] |
No. of films | 18 (En Competition)[3] 21 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 10 May 1990 | – 21 May 1990
Website | festival-cannes |
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.[4][5]
The festival opened with Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa[6][7] and closed with The Comfort of Strangers, directed by Paul Schrader.[8][9]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 feature film competition:[10]
- Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) - Jury President
- Fanny Ardant (France)
- Bertrand Blier (France)
- Aleksei German (USSR)
- Françoise Giroud (France)
- Christopher Hampton (UK)
- Anjelica Huston (USA)
- Mira Nair (India)
- Sven Nykvist (Sweden)
- Hayao Shibata (Japan)
Camera d'Or
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 Camera d'Or:[4]
- Christine Boisson (actress) - Jury President
- Richard Billeaud
- Caroline Huppert (director)
- Bruno Jaeggi (journalist)
- Martine Jouando (critic)
- Catherine Magnan (cinephile)
- Jan Svoboda (journalist)
- Vecdi Sayar (cinephile)
Official selection
[edit]In competition - Feature film
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- 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
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- 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
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- 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
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- 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
- Yego zhena kuritsa (His wife the chicken) by Igor Kovalyov
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following films were screened for the 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
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
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1990 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- 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
[edit]Official awards
[edit]The following films and people received the 1990 Official selection awards:[2][13]
- Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
- Grand Prix:
- Best Director: Pavel Lungin for Taksi-Blyuz[14]
- 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[14]
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
[edit]- 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[14]
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Pierre Lhomme (cinematography) in Cyrano de Bergerac
Ecumenical Jury[16]
- 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[14]
Award of the Youth[14]
- 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[4]
- Audience Award:[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1990". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1990: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
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- ^ a b c "43ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "David Lynch's 'Wild at Heart' Wows Cannes : Film: The director intends to cut his violent, profane and erotic movie to get an R rating". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Kurosawa's "Dreams" Opens Cannes Festival". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Festival Opens With Showing Of 'Dreams'". orlandosentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Reflects World Change". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Harold Pinter 1930-2008". focusfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Juries 1990: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
- ^ "29e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1990". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1990". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "1990 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1995". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1995". fipresci.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1990". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1990 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1990 Archived 2019-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1990 at Internet Movie Database