Cannes 1987
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- DirectorRobert AltmanBruce BeresfordBill BrydenStarsJohn HurtTheresa RussellStephanie Lane10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.In Competition
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsJozef KronerAleksander BardiniEszter Nagy-KálózyFriends and family descend upon a dying writer in hopes of getting their hands on his last manuscript.In Competition
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsMickey RourkeFaye DunawayAlice KrigeBased on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.In Competition
- DirectorJean-Pierre DenisStarsCris CampionPascale RocardEric WaplerThe Dordogne, 1869. Pierre Naboulet, a poor tenant farmer, has drawn a lucky number in the French Army draft lottery. He will be exempt from a five-year period of military service. But he sells his number to Florent, a rich merchant, and takes the place of Florent's son, Arnaud, who has been drafted. Woodcutting with his brother, Pierre leaves his axe in a tree to await his return home. He spends his last night in the barn with his redheaded sweetheart, Henriette... Emperor Napoleon III declares war on Prussia, and the Prussians invade. In Alsace, Pierre's regiment fights the invaders in a forest. Many French are killed; Pierre escapes, wounded. He finds a cottage. Inside a boy is hiding. The redheaded boy speaks only the Alsatian dialect of German...In Competition
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsRupert EverettOrnella MutiGian Maria VolontèIn a small village in Latin America, Santiago Nasar is killed in the morning, which surprises nobody. The Vicario brothers were openly declaring they would kill him to regain the lost honor of their young sister, Angela. It's the way and custom of the country. Nothing and nobody would have prevent it. It was a foretold death . Let see how and why.In Competition
- DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.In Competition
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanFanny ArdantStefania SandrelliWith the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.In Competition
- DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsMarcello MastroianniSilvana ManganoMarthe KellerAn Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks, Romano Patroni leaves his wife to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman. He returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love.In Competition
- DirectorGérard BlainStarsJean-Pierre AndréNadja ReskiAbdelkaderPierre, 17, falls in love with Djemila, a young Algerian girl of fourteen.In Competition
- DirectorTengiz AbuladzeStarsAvtandil MakharadzeZeinab BotsvadzeIa NinidzeVarlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.In Competition
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsGary OldmanAlfred MolinaVanessa RedgraveBiographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.In Competition
- DirectorRentarô MikuniStarsJunkyu MoriyamaMichiyo YasudaAkoIn the 12th century, a young man explores the different schools of Buddhism.In Competition
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsJill ClayburghBarbara HersheyMartha PlimptonNew York journalist visits her distant cousin for the first time to write an article about her hard life in the bayous of Louisiana. Journalist's wild drug addicted daughter just adds to tensions between two families' cultures.In Competition
- DirectorMaurice PialatStarsGérard DepardieuSandrine BonnaireMaurice PialatA priest stuck in a rural congregation and burdened with his overwrought spirituality, finds purpose in a troubled woman accused of murder.In Competition
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBrian DennehyChloe WebbLambert WilsonAn architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.In Competition
- DirectorPaul NewmanStarsJoanne WoodwardJohn MalkovichKaren AllenA son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.In Competition
- DirectorCarlos DieguesTereza GonzalezStarsGuilherme FontesMilton GonçalvesTaumaturgo FerreiraThe young Vinicius is a young saxophone player, from Rio's poor suburbs, facing an uncertain but perhaps promising future. One day his girlfriend suddenly disappears after a night of love under the stars. Day and night, often on the 'Trem' (Rio's subway lines), others with the help of a Detective and his sources, Vinicius discovers the city's underbelly: its low-lives, its victims, its most eccentric characters, and milieus.In Competition
- DirectorDiane KurysStarsPeter CoyoteGreta ScacchiJamie Lee CurtisAn American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later they have a passionate relationship.In Competition
- DirectorSouleymane CisséStarsIssiaka KaneAoua SangareNiamanto SanogoA young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.In Competition
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataMitsuko BaishôChun-Hsiung KoA Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper. Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed.In Competition
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Richard WidmarkHolly HunterA regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the Sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsColin FirthKenneth BranaghJohn AtkinsonTwo soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsFranklin Chang-DiazGuillermo Gómez-PeñaLenwood JohnsonAfter acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980's. In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film includes interviews with migrant workers and illegal entrants along the Mexican border, conversations with an enterprising Indian motel owner, coverage of industrious African and Asian families in the cities, an extensive interview with the first Costa Rican astronaut, visits with Cuban exiles in Miami, several conversations with West Indian poet Derek Walcott, an extended portrait of the deposed Nicaraguan General Samoza (the surviving brother of Anastasio Somoza Debayle) and his extended family. The film finishes with a brief visit to the Russian Jewish community in Brooklyn, NY to tie in with the centenary of the Statue of Liberty.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte FederspielDuring the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorMemè PerliniStarsGeneviève PageLindsay KempChristiana BorghiAn old actress is the owner of a boarding house for people in the entertainment industry.Un Certain Regard