International Cannes Film Festival 1996

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The 49th Cannes International Film Festival in 1996 took place from May 9th to May 20th, 1996.

competition

The following films were shown in the festival competition in 1996:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
On the eighth day Jaco Van Dormael France , Belgium , Great Britain Daniel Auteuil , Pascal Duquenne , Miou-Miou
Breaking the waves Lars from Trier Denmark , Sweden , France , Netherlands , Norway , Iceland Emily Watson , Stellan Skarsgård , Katrin Cartlidge
Crash David Cronenberg Canada , UK James Spader , Holly Hunter , Elias Koteas
Thieves of the night André Téchiné France Catherine Deneuve , Daniel Auteuil
Three lives and one death Raul Ruiz France , Portugal Marcello Mastroianni , Chiara Mastroianni
Fargo Joel Coen United States Frances McDormand , William H. Macy , Steve Buscemi
Fish & chips Stephen Frears Great Britain , Ireland Colm Meaney
Feeling and seduction Bernardo Bertolucci Italy , France , Great Britain Liv Tyler , Jeremy Irons , Sinéad Cusack
Me and my love Arnaud Desplechin France Mathieu Amalric , Emmanuelle Devos
Kansas City Robert Altman USA , France Jennifer Jason Leigh , Miranda Richardson , Harry Belafonte
Life: a lie Jacques Audiard France Mathieu Kassovitz , Anouk Grinberg , Jean-Louis Trintignant
Lies & Secrets * Mike Leigh France , Great Britain Timothy Spall , Phyllis Logan , Brenda Blethyn
Nanguo zaijan, nanguo Hsiao-hsien Hou Taiwan
Po di Sangui Flora Gomes France , Guinea-Bissau , Tunisia , Portugal
Prea târziu Lucian Pintilie Romania
The Quiet Room Rolf de Heer Australia , Italy , France
Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances Patrice Leconte France Charles Berling , Jean Rochefort , Fanny Ardant
The Sunchaser Michael Cimino United States Woody Harrelson , Jon Seda , Anne Bancroft
Tierra Julio Médem Spain Carmelo Gomez
Seductive moon Chen Kaige PR China , Hong Kong Leslie Cheung , Gong Li
Clouds pass by Aki Kaurismäki Finland
The second time Mimmo Calopresti France , Italy Francesca Antonelli , Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

* = Golden palm

International jury

That year, Francis Ford Coppola was the jury president. He presided over a jury with the following members: Michael Ballhaus , Nathalie Baye , Henry Chapier , Atom Egoyan , Eiko Ishioka , Krzysztof Piesiewicz , Greta Scacchi , Antonio Tabucchi and Trần Anh Hùng .

Award winners

  • Golden Palm : Lies & Secrets
  • Grand Jury Prize: Breaking the Waves
  • Special prize of the jury: Crash
  • Best Actors: Daniel Auteuil and Pasquale Duquenne in The Eighth Day
  • Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn in Lies & Secrets
  • Best Director: Joel Coen for Fargo
  • Best script: Jacques Audiard and Alain Le Henry for Life: a Lie

Further prices

Un Certain Regard

The Un Certain Regard series featured the following films this year:

Al Pacino's Looking for Richard by Al Pacino , Die Bettlektüre by Peter Greenaway , Cwał by Krzysztof Zanussi , Fourbi by Alain Tanner , Irma Vep by Olivier Assayas , I Shot Andy Warhol by Mary Harron , Last Exit Reno by Paul Thomas Anderson , Love Serenade by Shirley Barrett , Mothers & Sons of Terry George , Defenseless - Shadows Over Carolina by Anjelica Huston , Summer by Éric Rohmer .

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