International Cannes Film Festival 1979

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The 32nd Cannes International Film Festival 1979 took place from May 10th to May 24th 1979.

competition

The following films were shown in the competition of this year's festival:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Apocalypse Now * Francis Ford Coppola United States Marlon Brando , Martin Sheen , Robert Duvall
The tin drum * Volker Schlöndorff Germany , France , Poland , Yugoslavia David Bennent , Mario Adorf , Angela Winkler
Caro papà Dino Risi France , Italy , Canada Vittorio Gassman
The China Syndrome James Bridges United States Jane Fonda , Jack Lemmon , Michael Douglas
The inheritance Anja Breien Norway Anita Björk
The European James Ivory Great Britain Lee Remick
A woman between dog and wolf André Delvaux Belgium , France Marie-Christine Barrault , Rutger Hauer
In the embers of the south Terrence Malick United States Richard Gere , Brooke Adams , Sam Shepard
A little bitch Jacques Doillon France
My brilliant career Gillian Armstrong Australia Judy Davis , Sam Neill
Norma Rae Martin Ritt United States Sally Field , Beau Bridges
Without anesthesia Andrzej Wajda Poland Zbigniew Zapasiewicz , Ewa Dałkowska , Andrzej Seweryn
Okupacija u 26 slika Lordan Zafranovic Yugoslavia
The Brontë sisters André Téchiné France Isabelle Adjani , Marie-France Pisier , Isabelle Huppert
Series noire Alain Corneau France Patrick Dewaere , Myriam Boyer , Bernard Blier
Sibiriada Andrei Konchalovsky Soviet Union
traffic jam Luigi Comencini Italy , France , Germany , Spain Annie Girardot , Fernando Rey , Miou-Miou
The survivors Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba
Hungarian rhapsody Miklós Jancsó Hungary Udo Kier
Victoria Bo Widerberg Germany , Sweden Christiane Hörbiger , Stephan Schwartz , Sigmar Solbach
Woyzeck Werner Herzog Germany Klaus Kinski , Eva Mattes

* = Golden palm

International jury

This year the French writer Françoise Sagan was the jury president. She presided over the following jury: Sergio Amidei , Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud , Luis García Berlanga , Maurice Bessy , Paul Claudon , Jules Dassin , Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács , Robert Roschdestwenski and Susannah York .

Award winners

Victory trophy from 1979

The jury decided in favor of the film Apocalypse Now, which was still unfinished at the time of the competition, as the winner of the competition and provided it with the Günter Grass film adaptation of the Tin Drum on an equal footing .

  • Golden Palm : Apocalypse Now and The Tin Drum
  • Grand Jury Prize: Sibiriada
  • Best Actor: Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
  • Best Actress: Sally Field in Norma Rae
  • Best Director: Terrence Malick
  • Best actress in a supporting role: Eva Mattes in Woyzeck
  • Technology award: Norma Rae

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