International Cannes Film Festival 1997

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The 50th Cannes International Film Festival 1997 took place from May 7th to May 18th 1997.

competition

Sean Penn introduces the film She's So Lovely .

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 .

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