Cannes International Film Festival 1988

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The 41st International Cannes Film Festival in 1988 took place from May 11th to May 23rd, 1988.

competition

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

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Arashi ga oka Yoshishige Yoshida Japan
Bird Clint Eastwood United States Forest Whitaker , Diane Venora
Chocolat - Forbidden Longing Claire Denis France , Germany , Cameroon Isaach De Bankolé
El Dorado - greed for gold Carlos Saura Spain , France , Italy Lambert Wilson
L'enfance de l'art Francis Girod France
Fear and love Margarethe von Trotta France , Italy , Germany Fanny Ardant , Greta Scacchi , Valeria Golino
Hai zi wang Chen Kaige China
Hanussen István Szabó Hungary , Germany , Austria Klaus Maria Brandauer , Erland Josephson , Walter Schmidinger
The cannibals Manoel de Oliveira Portugal , France , Germany , Italy , Switzerland
A short film about killing Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland Mirosław Baka , Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
The last outlaw Gary Sinise United States Brian Dennehy , Richard Gere
El Lute II Vicente Aranda Spain
The navigator Vincent Ward Australia , New Zealand
L'oeuvre au noir André Delvaux France , Belgium Gian Maria Volontè , Sami Frey , Anna Karina
The passenger - Welcome to Germany Thomas Brasch Great Britain , Switzerland , Germany Tony Curtis , Katharina Thalbach , Matthias Habich
Pelle the Conqueror * Bille August Denmark , Sweden Max von Sydow
Scream in the dark Paul Schrader UK , USA Natasha Richardson , William Forsythe , Ving Rhames
South - Sur Pino Solanas Argentina , France
The forgotten island James Dearden UK , Italy Ben Kingsley , Charles Dance , Helen Mirren
Conspiracy of women Peter Greenaway Great Britain , Netherlands Joan Plowright , Joely Richardson , Bernard Hill
Two worlds Chris Menges UK , Zimbabwe Jodhi May , Jeroen Krabbé , Barbara Hershey

* = Golden palm

International jury

This year the Italian director Ettore Scola was the jury president. Together with the following members of the jury, he decided on the winners: Claude Berri , William Goldman , Nastassja Kinski , George Miller , Robby Müller , David Robinson , Jelena Safonowa and Philippe Sarde .

Award winners

  • Golden palm : Pelle, the conqueror
  • Grand Jury Prize: Two Worlds
  • Special Jury Prize: A short film about killing
  • Best Actor: Forest Whitaker in Bird
  • Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi in Two Worlds
  • Best Director: Pino Solanas for Sur
  • Best individual artistic achievement: Peter Greenaway for Conspiracy of Women
  • Technology award: Bird for the quality of the music recordings

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