Cannes International Film Festival 1978

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The 31st Cannes International Film Festival in 1978 took place from May 16 to May 30, 1978.

competition

The following films were shown in the festival competition:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Monkey dream Marco Ferreri Italy , France Gérard Depardieu , Marcello Mastroianni , Geraldine Fitzgerald
The ballad by Jimmie Blacksmith Fred Schepisi Australia
Bravo maestro Rajko Grlić Yugoslavia
Coming home Hal Ashby United States Jane Fonda , Jon Voight , Bruce Dern
Despair - A journey into light Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany , France Dirk Bogarde , Andréa Ferréol , Klaus Löwitsch
Dirty dogs Karel Reisz United States Nick Nolte , Tuesday Weld , Michael Moriarty
Egy Erkölcsös éjszaka Károly Makk Hungary
An unmarried woman Paul Mazursky United States Jill Clayburgh , Alan Bates , Michael Murphy
Long live the President Miguel Littín France , Mexico , Cuba Nelson Villagra , Katy Jurado
The wooden shoe tree * Ermanno Olmi Italy , France
In the realm of passion Nagisa Ōshima Japan , France
The left-handed woman Peter Handke Germany Edith Clever , Bruno Ganz , Michael Lonsdale
My dear tender animal Emil Loteanu Soviet Union
Midnight Express Alan Parker UK , USA Brad Davis , Irene Miracle
Blindfolded Carlos Saura Spain , France Geraldine Chaplin
Molière Ariane Mnouchkine France , Italy Philippe Caubère
The idlers Nanni Moretti Italy Nanni Moretti
Pretty baby Louis Malle United States Brooke Shields , Keith Carradine , Susan Sarandon
Los restos del naufragio Ricardo Franco Spain , Mexico Fernando Fernán Gómez , Ángela Molina
The spiral Krzysztof Zanussi Poland Jan Nowicki , Maja Komorowska
The death cry Jerzy Skolimowski Great Britain Alan Bates , Susannah York , John Hurt
Dream of a passion Jules Dassin Greece , Switzerland Melina Mercouri , Ellen Burstyn
Violette Nozière Claude Chabrol France , Canada Isabelle Huppert , Stéphane Audran

* = Golden palm

International jury

This year's jury president was director Alan J. Pakula . He presided over the following jury: Franco Brusati , François Chalais , Michel Ciment , Claude Goretta , Andrei Kontschalowski , Harry Saltzman , Liv Ullmann and Georges Wakhévitch .

Award winners

Jon Voight
  • Golden palm : the wooden shoe tree
  • Grand Jury Prize: Monkey Dream and The Death Scream
  • Best Actor: John Voight in Coming Home
  • Best Actress: Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman and Isabelle Huppert in Violette Nozière
  • Best director: Nagisa Ōshima
  • Technology award: Pretty Baby

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