Cannes International Film Festival 1987

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The 40th International Cannes Film Festival 1987 took place from May 7th to May 19th 1987.

competition

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

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Aria Altman , Godard, among others Great Britain Episodic film by 10 directors
Barfly Barbet Schroeder United States Mickey Rourke , Faye Dunaway
The architect's belly Peter Greenaway UK , Italy Brian Dennehy , Lambert Wilson
Champ d'honneur Jean-Pierre Denis France Cris Campion
Chronicle of a death foretold Francesco Rosi Colombia , France , Italy Rupert Everett , Ornella Muti , Gian Maria Volonté
The family Ettore Scola France , Italy Vittorio Gassman , Stefania Sandrelli , Fanny Ardant
The glass menagerie Paul Newman United States Joanne Woodward , John Malkovich , Karen Allen
The sky over Berlin Wim Wenders Germany , France Bruno Ganz , Solveig Dommartin , Otto Sander
Passionate encounter Diane Kurys France , Italy Peter Coyote , Greta Scacchi , Jamie Lee Curtis
Yeelen Souleymane Cissé Mali , Burkina Faso , France , Germany
Monanieba Tengis Abuladze Soviet Union
Pierre and Djemila Gérard Blain France
Black eyes Nikita Mikhalkov Italy Marcello Mastroianni , Marthe Keller
Shinran: Shiroi michi Rentarō Mikuni Japan
Shy People - threatening silence Andrei Konchalovsky United States Jill Clayburgh , Barbara Hershey , Martha Plimpton
Satan's sun * Maurice Pialat France Gérard Depardieu , Sandrine Bonnaire
The stormy life of Joe Orton Stephen Frears Great Britain Gary Oldman , Alfred Molina , Vanessa Redgrave
Um Trem para as Estrelas Carlos Diegues Brazil , France
Az Utolsó kézirat Károly Makk Hungary Jozef Kroner , Aleksander Bardini
Show Shohei Imamura Japan

* = Golden palm

International jury

This year the jury president was Yves Montand . He was supported by the following members of the jury: Theo Angelopoulos , Gérald Calderon , Danièle Heymann , Elem Klimow , Norman Mailer , Nicola Piovani , Jerzy Skolimowski and Jeremy Thomas .

Award winners

  • Golden Palm : The Sun of Satan
  • Grand Jury Prize: Monanieba
  • Special Jury Prize: The Light and Shinran: Shiroi michi
  • Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni in Black Eyes
  • Best Actress: Barbara Hershey in Shy People
  • Best director: Wim Wenders for Der Himmel über Berlin
  • Best individual artistic achievement: Stanley Myers for the score for The Stormy Life of Joe Orton

Other award winners

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