Cannes International Film Festival 1983

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The 36th International Cannes Film Festival 1983 took place from May 7th to May 19th 1983.

competition

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

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Station for two Eldar Ryazanov Soviet Union
The Ballad of Narayama * Shohei Imamura Japan
Carmen Carlos Saura Spain Antonio Gades , Laura del Sol
Love comeback Bruce Beresford United States Robert Duvall , Tess Harper
Cross Creek Martin Ritt United States Mary Steenburgen , Rip Torn , Peter Coyote
Eréndira Ruy Guerra France , Mexico , Germany Irene Papas , Cláudia Ohana , Michael Lonsdale
Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Ōshima UK , Japan , New Zealand David Bowie , Tom Conti , Takeshi Kitano
The money Robert Bresson France , Switzerland
The story of Piera Marco Ferreri Italy , Germany , France Isabelle Huppert , Hanna Schygulla , Marcello Mastroianni
Heat and dust James Ivory Great Britain Christopher Cazenove , Greta Scacchi , Julian Glover
A year in hell Peter Weir Australia Mel Gibson , Sigourney Weaver , Linda Hunt
Kharij Mrinal Sen India Anjan Dutt , Mamata Shankar
The King of Comedy Martin Scorsese United States Robert De Niro , Jerry Lewis
The wall Yılmaz Güney Turkey , France
The moon in the gutter Jean-Jacques Brilleix France , Italy Gérard Depardieu , Nastassja Kinski , Victoria Abril
A grueling summer Jean Becker France Isabelle Adjani , Alain Souchon
Nostalghia Andrei Tarkovsky Italy , Soviet Union Oleg Jankowski , Erland Josephson
The sense of life Terry Jones , Terry Gilliam Great Britain Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Eric Idle
El Sur - The South Víctor Erice Spain , France
The Death of Mario Ricci
(La Mort de Mario Ricci) 		Claude Goretta Switzerland , France , Germany Gian Maria Volonté , Heinz Bennent , Mimsy Farmer
The seduced man Patrice Chereau France Jean-Hugues Anglade , Vittorio Mezzogiorno , Lisa Kreuzer
Visszaesök Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Hungary

* = Golden palm

International jury

William Styron was the jury president that year. He headed the following jury: Henri Alekan , Yvonne Baby , Sergei Bondartschuk , Youssef Chahine , Souleymane Cissé , Gilbert de Goldschmidt , Mariangela Melato , Karel Reisz and Lia Van Leer .

Award winners

  • Golden Palm : The Ballad of Narayama
  • Grand Jury Prize: The Meaning of Life
  • Special Jury Prize: Kharij
  • Best Actor: Gian Maria Volontè in The Death of Mario Ricci
  • Best actress: Hanna Schygulla in The Story of Piera
  • Best director: Robert Bresson for Das Geld and Andrei Tarkowski for Nostalghia
  • Best individual artistic achievement: Carlos Saura for Carmen
  • Technology award: Carmen

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