1990 Cannes Film Festival

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1990 Cannes Film Festival
CFF90poster.jpg
Official poster of the 43rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Castella Traquandi. [1]
Opening film Dreams
Closing film The Comfort of Strangers
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Wild at Heart [2]
No. of films18 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date10 May 1990 (1990-05-10) – 21 May 1990 (1990-05-21)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 43rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 21 May 1990. Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci served as jury president for the main competition. [4] [5]

Contents

American filmmaker David Lynch won the Palme d'Or , for the drama film Wild at Heart . [6]

The festival opened with Dreams by Akira Kurosawa, [7] [8] and closed with The Comfort of Strangers by Paul Schrader. [9]

Juries

Main competition

Camera d'Or

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Captive of the Desert La captive du désert Raymond Depardon France
Come See the Paradise Alan Parker United States
Cyrano de Bergerac Jean-Paul Rappeneau France, Hungary
Daddy Nostalgie Bertrand Tavernier France
The Ear Ucho Karel Kachyňa Czechoslovakia
Everybody's Fine Stanno tutti bene Giuseppe Tornatore Italy, France
Hidden Agenda Ken Loach United Kingdom
Interrogation Przesłuchanie Ryszard Bugajski Poland
Ju Dou 菊豆 Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang China, Japan
The King's Whore La putain du roi Axel Corti France, Italy, United Kingdom
Mother Мать Gleb Panfilov Soviet Union, Italy
Nouvelle Vague Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
Rodrigo D: No Future Rodrigo D: No futuro Víctor Gaviria Colombia
The Sting of Death 死の棘 Kōhei Oguri Japan
Taxi Blues Такси-блюз Pavel Lungin Soviet Union
Tilaï Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France, Germany, United Kingdom
White Hunter Black Heart Clint Eastwood United States
Wild at Heart David Lynch United States

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section: [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
1871 Ken McMullen United Kingdom, France
Abraham's Gold Abrahams Gold Jörg Graser West Germany
The Appointedהמיועד Daniel Wachsmann Israel
The Best Hotel on Skid Row Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña United States
Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви Sergei Solovyov Soviet Union
Canticle of the StonesLe cantique des pierres Michel Khleifi Palestine
Le casseur de pierres Mohamed Zran Tunisia, France
Freeze Die Come to Life Замри, умри, воскресни! Vitali Kanevsky Soviet Union
How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea В городе Сочи тёмные ночи Vasili Pichul
Innisfree José Luis Guerín Spain
The Last Ferry Ostatni prom Waldemar Krzystek Poland
Longtime Companion Norman René United States
Night Out Lawrence JohnstonAustralia
Pummarò Michele Placido Italy
The Sacrament Het sacrament Hugo Claus Belgium
Secret Scandal Scandalo segreto Monica Vitti Italy
Song of the Exile 客途秋恨 Ann Hui Hong Kong, Taiwan
The Space Between the Door and the FloorPauline ChanAustralia
Tumultes Bertrand Van Effenterre France
On Tour Turnè Gabriele Salvatores Italy

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Artificial Paradise Umetni raj Karpo Godina Yugoslavia
The Comfort of Strangers (closing film) Paul Schrader Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Cry-Baby John Waters United States
Dreams (opening film)夢 Akira Kurosawa Japan, United States
Korczak Andrzej Wajda Poland, West Germany, United Kingdom
The Little Mermaid John Musker and Ron Clements United States
No, or the Vain Glory of Command Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
The Plot Against Harry (1971) Michael Roemer United States
The Sun Also Shines at Night Il sole anche di notte Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy, France, Germany
The Voice of the Moon La voce della luna Federico Fellini Italy

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique): [11]

Feature film competition

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): [12]

Official Awards

Bernardo Bertolucci, Jury President of the Main competition Bernardo Bertolucci.jpg
Bernardo Bertolucci, Jury President of the Main competition
David Lynch, 1990 Palme d'Or winner David Lynch Cannes.jpg
David Lynch, 1990 Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

International Critics' Week

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1990". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1990: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Selection 1990: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "43ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Reflects World Change". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Kurosawa's "Dreams" Opens Cannes Festival". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cannes Festival Opens With Showing Of 'Dreams'". orlandosentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Harold Pinter 1930-2008". focusfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Juries 1990: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "29e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1990". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Quinzaine 1990". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "1990 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1995". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1995". fipresci.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1990". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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