The 42nd Cannes International Film Festival in 1989 took place from May 11 to May 23, 1989.
competition
The following films were shown in the competition of this year's festival:
Movie title
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Director
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Country of production
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Actor (selection)
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Chimers
|
Claire Devers
|
France
|
Béatrice Dalle
|
Cinema Paradiso
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
Italy , France
|
Philippe Noiret , Jacques Perrin
|
The demons of the jungle
|
Ruy Guerra
|
Brazil
|
Fernanda Torres
|
Do the right thing
|
Spike Lee
|
United States
|
Ossie Davis , Danny Aiello , Giancarlo Esposito
|
Francis
|
Liliana Cavani
|
Italy , Germany
|
Mickey Rourke , Helena Bonham Carter , Mario Adorf
|
Women on the roof
|
Carl-Gustav Nykvist
|
Sweden
|
Amanda Ooms , Stellan Skarsgård
|
Jesus of Montreal
|
Denys Arcand
|
Canada , France
|
Lothaire Bluteau
|
Mystery Train
|
Jim Jarmusch
|
USA , Japan
|
Screamin 'Jay Hawkins , Nicoletta Braschi
|
El niño de la luna
|
Agustí Villaronga
|
Spain
|
|
Road Home
|
Hugh Hudson
|
United States
|
Donald Sutherland , Adam Horovitz
|
Rosalie Goes Shopping
|
Percy Adlon
|
USA , Germany
|
Marianne Sägebrecht , Brad Davis
|
A scream in the dark
|
Fred Schepisi
|
Australia , USA
|
Meryl Streep , Sam Neill
|
Black Rain
|
Shohei Imamura
|
Japan
|
Yoshiko Tanaka
|
Sex, Lies and Video *
|
Steven Soderbergh
|
United States
|
James Spader , Andie McDowell , Peter Gallagher
|
The spider web
|
Bernhard Wicki
|
Germany
|
Ulrich Mühe , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Klaus Maria Brandauer
|
Splendor
|
Ettore Scola
|
France , Italy
|
Marcello Mastroianni , Marina Vlady
|
Sweetie
|
Jane Campion
|
Australia
|
Genevieve Lemon
|
The time of the gypsies
|
Emir Kusturica
|
Great Britain , Italy , Yugoslavia
|
|
The engagement of Monsieur Hire
|
Patrice Leconte
|
France
|
Michel Blanc , Sandrine Bonnaire
|
When the masks fall
|
Jerzy Skolimowski
|
Great Britain , France , Italy
|
Timothy Hutton , Nastassja Kinski , Valeria Golino
|
The found friend
|
Jerry Schatzberg
|
France , Germany , Great Britain
|
Jason Robards , Christien Anholt
|
Too beautiful for you
|
Bertrand Blier
|
France
|
Gérard Depardieu , Josiane Balasko , Carole Bouquet
|
* = Golden palm
International jury
This year Wim Wenders was the jury president. He headed the following jury: Héctor Babenco , Claude Beylie , Renée Blanchar , Silvio Clementelli , Georges Delerue , Sally Field , Christine Gouze-Rénal , Peter Handke and Krzysztof Kieślowski .
Award winners
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Golden Palm : Sex, Lies and Video
- Grand Jury Prize: Cinema Paradiso and Too beautiful for you
- Special Jury Prize: Jesus of Montreal
- Best Actor: James Spader in Sex, Lies, and Video
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep in A Scream in the Dark
- Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Time of the Gypsies
- Best artistic contribution: Mystery Train
- Technology Prize: Black Rain
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