The 44th Cannes International Film Festival 1991 took place from May 9th to May 20th 1991.
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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Anna Karamazov
|
Rustam Chamdamov
|
Soviet Union , France
|
Jeanne Moreau
|
Barton Fink *
|
Joel Coen
|
USA , UK
|
John Turturro , John Goodman , Judy Davis
|
Bix
|
Pupi Avati
|
Italy
|
Bryant Weeks
|
Carne - meat
|
Marco Ferreri
|
Italy
|
Sergio Castellitto
|
Europe
|
Lars from Trier
|
Denmark , Sweden , France , Germany , Switzerland
|
Jean-Marc Barr , Barbara Sukowa , Udo Kier
|
Harlem action
|
Bill Duke
|
USA , UK
|
Forest Whitaker , Gregory Hines , Robin Givens
|
Homicide - Homicide
|
David Mamet
|
United States
|
Joe Mategna , William H. Macy
|
Jungle fever
|
Spike Lee
|
United States
|
Wesley Snipes , Annabella Sciorra , Ossie Davis
|
Farewell strangers
|
Tevfik Baser
|
Germany
|
Grażyna Szapołowska , Müşfik Kenter
|
Lune froide
|
Patrick Bouchitey
|
France
|
Jean-François Stévenin
|
Malina
|
Werner Schroeter
|
Germany , Austria
|
Isabelle Huppert , Mathieu Carrière
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Night without end - Hors la Vie
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Maroun Baghdadi
|
Belgium , France , Italy
|
Hippolyte Girardot , Rafic Ali Achmad , Hussein Sbeity
|
The beautiful troublemaker
|
Jacques Rivette
|
France , Switzerland
|
Michel Piccoli , Jane Birkin , Emmanuelle Béart
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Guilty of suspicion
|
Irwin Winkler
|
United States
|
Robert De Niro , Annette Bening
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The stork's floating step
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Theo Angelopoulos
|
France , Greece , Italy , Switzerland
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Marcello Mastroianni , Jeanne Moreau
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The bag carrier
|
Daniele Luchetti
|
Italy , France , Spain
|
Silvio Orlando , Nanni Moretti
|
Zareubiza
|
Karen Shachnasarov
|
Soviet Union , Great Britain
|
Malcolm McDowell
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Van Gogh
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Maurice Pialat
|
France
|
Jacques Dutronc
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La vie selon Luc
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Jean-Paul Civeyrac
|
France
|
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The Master's Prophecy
|
Chen Kaige
|
PR China , Germany
|
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The two lives of Veronica
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski
|
France , Poland , Norway
|
Irène Jacob
|
* = Golden palm
International jury
This year Roman Polański was the jury president. He headed the jury with the following members: Férid Boughedir , Whoopi Goldberg , Margaret Ménégoz , Natalja Igorewna Negoda , Alan Parker , Jean-Paul Rappeneau , Hans Dieter Seidel , Vittorio Storaro and Vangelis .
Award winners
Irène Jacob won the award for best actress
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