The 50th Cannes International Film Festival 1997 took place from May 7th to May 18th 1997.
competition
The following films were shown in the festival competition in 1997:
Movie title
Director
Country of production
Actor (selection)
The eel *
Shōhei Imamura
Japan
Kōji Yakusho , Misa Shimizu
At the end of the violence
Wim Wenders
USA , France , Germany
Bill Pullman , Andie MacDowell
Respite
Francesco Rosi
Italy , France , Germany , Switzerland
John Turturro , Rade Šerbedžija
The Brave
Johnny Depp
United States
Johnny Depp , Marlon Brando
The ice storm
Ang Lee
United States
Kevin Kline , Joan Allen , Sigourney Weaver
Funny games
Michael Haneke
Austria
Susanne Lothar , Ulrich Mühe
The taste of the cherry *
Abbas Kiarostami
France , Iran
Homayoun Ershadi
Happy together
Wong Kar-Wei
Hong Kong
Leslie Cheung , Tony Leung , Chang Chen
Kini & Adams
Idrissa Ouédraogo
France , Burkina Faso
LA Confidential
Curtis Hanson
United States
Kevin Spacey , Russell Crowe , Guy Pearce
killer
Mathieu Kassovitz
France
Michel Serrault , Mathieu Kassovitz
Nile by Mouth
Gary Oldman
Great Britain , France
Ray Winstone , Kathy Burke
The Prince of Homburg
Marco Bellocchio
Italy
Andrea Di Stefano
Fate
Youssef Chahine
France , Egypt
The snake kiss
Philippe Rousselot
France , Germany , Great Britain
Ewan McGregor , Greta Scacchi , Pete Postlethwaite
She's so lovely
Nick Cassavetes
USA , France
Sean Penn , Robin Wright Penn , James Gandolfini
The sweet afterlife
Atom Egoyan
Canada
Ian Holm , Sarah Polley
The forbidden woman
Philippe Harel
France
Isabelle Carré
Welcome to Sarajevo
Michael Winterbottom
UK , USA
Stephen Dillane , Woody Harrelson , Marisa Tomei
The Well
Samantha Lang
Australia
Pamela Rabe , Miranda Otto
Western film
Manuel Poirier
France
Sergi López , Sacha Bourdo
* = Golden palm
International jury
This year, the French actress Isabelle Adjani was the jury president. She presided over a jury with the following members: Paul Auster , Luc Bondy , Tim Burton , Patrick Dupond , Gong Li , Mike Leigh , Nanni Moretti , Michael Ondaatje and Mira Sorvino .
Award winners
Golden Palm : The Eel and The Taste of the Cherry
Grand Jury Prize: The Sweet Beyond
Jury Prize: Western
Best Actor: Sean Penn in She's So Lovely
Best Actress: Kathy Burke in Nil by Mouth
Best director: Wong Kar-wei
Best script: James Schamus for The Ice Storm
Technology award: Thierry Arbogast for She's So Lovely
For the 50th anniversary of the Cannes Festival, a palm tree was awarded once . Ingmar Bergman received this special award . The Egyptian director Youssef Chahine , who was also represented with a film in the competition, received a special prize for his life's work .
Further prices
Un Certain Regard
This year the following films were shown in the Un Certain Regard series:
American Perfect of Paul Chart , East Palace, West Palace of Zhang Yuan , Enskilda samtal by Liv Ullmann , (hi) story of cinema of Jean-Luc Godard , Mrs Brown of John Madden , In the Company of Men by Neil LaBute , Life and Death on Long Island by Richard Kwietniowski , Marius and Jeanette by Robert Guédiguian , The Witman Brothers by János Szász .
Web links
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