The 37th Cannes International Film Festival in 1984 took place from May 11th to May 23rd, 1984.
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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Another country
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Marek Kanievska
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Great Britain
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Rupert Everett , Colin Firth
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Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim
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Lino Brocka
|
Philippines , France
|
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The bounty
|
Roger Donaldson
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UK , USA
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Mel Gibson , Anthony Hopkins , Laurence Olivier
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Cal
|
Pat O'Connor
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Great Britain
|
Helen Mirren , John Lynch
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The Element of Crime
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Lars from Trier
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Denmark
|
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Ghare Baire
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Satyajit Ray
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India
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Soumitra Chatterjee , Victor Banerjee
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Henry IV.
|
Marco Bellocchio
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Italy
|
Marcello Mastroianni , Claudia Cardinale
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Napló
|
Márta Mészáros
|
Hungary
|
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Paris, Texas *
|
Wim Wenders
|
France , Germany
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Harry Dean Stanton , Nastassja Kinski , Dean Stockwell
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The pirate
|
Jacques Doillon
|
France
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Jane Birkin , Maruschka Detmers
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Quilombo
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Carlos Diegues
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Brazil , France
|
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The trip to Kythera
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Theo Angelopoulos
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Greece
|
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Los santos inocentes
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Mario Camus
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Spain
|
Francisco Rabal , Alfredo Landa
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A Sunday in the country
|
Bertrand Tavernier
|
France
|
Louis Ducreux , Michel Aumont
|
Success Is the Best Revenge
|
Jerzy Skolimowski
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France , Great Britain
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Michael York , Joanna Szczerbic , Michel Piccoli
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The day is longer than the night
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Lana Gogoberidze
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Soviet Union
|
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Under the volcano
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John Huston
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Mexico , USA
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Albert Finney , Jacqueline Bisset , Katy Jurado
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Vigil
|
Vincent Ward
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New Zealand
|
Penelope Stewart
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Where the green ants dream
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Werner Herzog
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Germany , Australia
|
Bruce Spence
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* = Golden palm
International jury
This year the British actor Dirk Bogarde was the jury president. He headed the following jury: Franco Cristaldi , Michel Deville , Stanley Donen , Istvan Dosai , Arne Hestenes , Isabelle Huppert , Ennio Morricone , Jorge Semprún and Wadim Jussow .
Award winners
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Golden Palm : Paris, Texas
- Grand Jury Prize: Napló
- Best Actor: Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa in Los santos Inocentes
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren in Cal
- Best director: Bertrand Tavernier for A Sunday in the Country
- Best script: Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra , Thanasis Valtinos for Die Reise nach Kythera
- Best individual artistic achievement: Peter Biziou for his camera work in Another Country
- Technology award: The Element of Crime
Further prices
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