The 36th

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was held from 7 to 19 May

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. The

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went to the '' Narayama Bushiko'' by

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from J ...

. In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated. Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it ''The Bunker''. The festival opened with '' The King of Comedy'', directed by

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominatio ...

and closed with ''

WarGames ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows Dav ...

'', directed by

John Badham John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an English television and film director, best known for his films ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977), ''Dracula'' (1979), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''WarGames'' (1983), ''Short Circuit'' (1986), and ...

Juries

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 feature film competition: *

William Styron William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work. Styron was best known for his novels, including: * '' Lie Down in Darkness'' (1951), his acclaimed fi ...

(USA) Jury President *

Henri Alekan Henri Alekan (10 February 1909, Paris – 15 June 2001, Auxerre, Bourgogne) was a French cinematographer. Life Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later h ...

(France) *

Yvonne Baby Yvonne Baby (18 August 1931 – 3 August 2022) was a French journalist, novelist, and critic. Life and career Yvonne was the daughter of historian and political activist and Ruta Assia, and the stepdaughter of writer and film historian Georges ...

(France) (journalist) *

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...

(Soviet Union) *

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...

(Egypt) * Souleymane Cissé (Mali) *

Gilbert de Goldschmidt Gilbert de Goldschmidt (26 April 1925 - 1 January 2010) was a German-born French film producer and writer. Life and career Born in Berlin, at young age de Goldschmidt moved to France, where he started his first production company Madeleine Fil ...

(France) *

Mariangela Melato Mariangela Melato (19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013) was an Italian cinema and theater actress. She began her stage career in the 1960s. Her first film role was in ''Thomas e gli indemoniati'' (1969), directed by Pupi Avati. She played in ma ...

(Italy) *

Karel Reisz Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are ''Saturday Night and Sun ...

(UK) *

Lia Van Leer Lia van Leer (née Greenberg; he, ליה ון ליר; August 8, 1924 – March 13, 2015) was a pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in Israel. She was the founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, t ...

(Israel) (cinematheque official)

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983

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: *Philippe Carcassonne (France) *Dan Fainaru (Israel) *Monique Grégoire (France) *Alexis Grivas (Mexico) *Adrienne Hancia (USA) *Bernard Jubard (France) *

Jean-Daniel Simon Jean-Daniel Simon (30 November 1942 – 3 February 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed eight films between 1968 and 1985. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. Sele ...

(France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: *''

L'Argent ''L'Argent'' ("Money") is the eighteenth novel in the '' Rougon-Macquart'' series by Émile Zola. It was serialized in the periodical ''Gil Blas'' beginning in November 1890 before being published in novel form by Charpentier et Fasquelle in March ...

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Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, Ellipsis (narrative device), ellipses, and s ...

*'' The Ballad of Narayama'' by Shohei Imamura *''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

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Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career th ...

*'' Cross Creek'' by

Martin Ritt Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater, noted for his socially conscious films. Some of the films he directed include ''The Long, Hot Summer'' (1958), '' The Black ...

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The Death of Mario Ricci ''The Death of Mario Ricci'' (french: La mort de Mario Ricci) is a 1983 Swiss-French drama film directed by Claude Goretta. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival where Gian Maria Volonté won the award for Best Actor. Cast * Gian Ma ...

'' (''La mort de Mario Ricci'') by

Claude Goretta Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019) was a Swiss television producer and film director. Life and Career His 1973 film '' L'Invitation'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1981 film '' La pr ...

*'' Duvar'' by

Yılmaz Güney Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary wor ...

*'' Eréndira'' by

Ruy Guerra Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony. ...

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Forbidden Relations ''Forbidden Relations'' ( hu, Visszaesők) is a 1983 Hungarian drama film directed by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Lili Monori - Juli * Miklós Székely B. - György * Mari Törőcsik - Juli a ...

'' (''Visszaesők'') by

Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács (1 June 1936 – 7 September 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1961 and 2004. His film '' Forbidden Relations'' was entered into competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Fest ...

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Heat and Dust ''Heat and Dust'' (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that won the Booker Prize in 1975. The book was also ranked by ''The Telegraph'' in 2014 as one of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels. Plot summary The initial stages of the nove ...

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James Ivory James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screen ...

*'' The King of Comedy'' by

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Kharij ''Kharij'', sometimes translated as ''The Case is Closed'', is a 1982 Bengali film by Mrinal Sen under the banner of Neelkanth Films. It is based on a novel by Ramapada Chowdhury. Plot The movie tells the story of a middle-class family whose ...

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Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Ind ...

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence , also known in many European editions as , is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed b ...

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Nagisa Oshima NaGISA (Natural Geography in Shore Areas or Natural Geography of In-Shore Areas) is an international collaborative effort aimed at inventorying, cataloguing, and monitoring biodiversity of the in-shore area. So named for the Japanese word "nagisa ...

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'', also known simply as ''The Meaning of Life'', is a 1983 British musical sketch comedy film written and performed by the Monty Python troupe, directed by Terry Jones. ''The Meaning of Life'' was the last f ...

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Terry Jones Terence Graham Parry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020) was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy team. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and ...

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Moon in the Gutter ''The Moon in the Gutter'' (french: La Lune dans le caniveau) is a 1983 French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Although it immediately followed Beineix's big, commercial success ''D ...

'' (''La Lune dans le caniveau'') by

Jean-Jacques Beineix Jean-Jacques Beineix (; 8 October 1946 – 13 January 2022) was a French film director best known for the films ''Diva'' and ''Betty Blue''. His work is regarded as a prime example of the '' cinéma du look'' film movement in France. Early life ...

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Nostalghia ''Nostalghia'' (UK: ''Nostalgia'') is a 1983 Soviet- Italian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano, and Erland Josephson. Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra. The film depicts a ...

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Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

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One Deadly Summer ''One Deadly Summer'' (french: L'Été meurtrier) is a 1983 French Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Jean Becker (director), Jean Becker from a screenplay by Sébastien Japrisot, based on Japrisot's 1977 One Deadly Summer (nove ...

'' (''L'été meurtrier'') by Jean Becker *'' The South'' (''El Sur'') by

Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his two feature fiction films, ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur'' (1983 ...

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Station for Two ''Station for Two'' (russian: Вокзал для двоих, Vokzal dlya dvoikh) is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1983 with a total of 35.8 million ticket sales. It was ...

'' (''Vokzal dlya dvoikh'') by

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satiriz ...

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The Story of Piera ''The Story of Piera'' ( it, Storia di Piera) is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. Hanna Schygulla won the award for Best Actress at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film starts in one of the new towns of Latina with t ...

'' (''Storia di Piera'') by

Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ...

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Tender Mercies ''Tender Mercies'' is a 1983 American drama (film and television), drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholism, alcoholic country music singer who seeks to turn his life aro ...

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Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford (; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. Beresford's notable films he has directed include ''Br ...

*'' The Wounded Man'' (''L'Homme blessé'') by

Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau (; 2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films '' La Reine Margot'' and ...

*'' The Year of Living Dangerously'' by

Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He's known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Gallipoli'' (1981), ''Witness ...

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

: * '' Bella Donna'' by

Peter Keglevic Peter Keglevic (born 1950) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 30 films since 1976. His film ''Bella Donna (1983 film), Bella Donna'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Tatort: Be ...

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La bête lumineuse ''The Shimmering Beast'' (french: La bête lumineuse) is a 1982 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Pierre Perrault. It is about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwa ...

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Pierre Perrault Pierre Perrault (29 June 1927 – 24 June 1999) was a Québécois documentary film director. He directed 20 films between 1963 and 1996. He was one of the most important filmmakers in Canada, although largely unknown outside of Québec. In ...

* '' Caballo salvaje'' by

Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Pedraja Reyes (known professionally as Joaquín Cortés; born 22 February 1969) is a Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer. Biography Joaquin Cortés is a Spanish flamenco dancer. A native of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, ...

* '' Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?'' by

Henry Jaglom Henry David Jaglom (born January 26, 1938) is an English-born American actor, film director and playwright. Life and career Jaglom was born to a Jewish family in London, England, the son of Marie (née Stadthagen) and Simon M. Jaglom, who wor ...

* '' Le certificat d'indigence'' by Moussa Bathily * ''

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'' (''Les Années 80'') by

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

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The Haircut ''The Haircut'' is a 1982 American short comedy film directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * John Cassavetes as Music Industry Executive * Joyce Bulifant as Dell ...

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Tamar Simon Hoffs Tamar Simon Hoffs (née Tamar Ruth Simon; October 23, 1934) is an American filmmaker, best known for directing the indie films ''Red Roses and Petrol'' (2003) and ''Pound of Flesh'' (2009), both starring Malcolm McDowell. Life and career Hoffs w ...

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The Herdsman ''The Herdsman'' () is a 1982 Chinese film about the life of a herdsman in western China from 1950s through the Cultural Revolution, and his reunion with his father from America. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin ...

'' (''Mu Ma Ren'') by

Xie Jin Xie Jin (; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film '' Woman Basketball Player No. 5'', and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China. Most recently h ...

* '' La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays'' by

André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...

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Nešto između ''Nešto između'' is a 1982 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Srdjan Karanovic. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Caris Corfman - Eve (Eva) * Miki Manojlović - Janko (as Predrag Mano ...

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Srđan Karanović Srđan Karanović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Карановић, , born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film ''Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes F ...

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News Items ''News Items'' (french: Faits divers) is a 1983 French documentary film, directed by Raymond Depardon, about daily life at police station in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes ...

'' (''Faits divers'') by

Raymond Depardon Raymond Depardon (; born 6 July 1942) is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. Early life Depardon was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France. Photographer Depardon is a mainly self-taught photographer, as he bega ...

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The Pool Hustlers ''The Pool Hustlers'' ( it, Io, Chiara e lo Scuro, "I, Chiara and lo Scuro") is a 1982 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It was co-writte ...

'' (''Io, Chiara e lo scuro'') by

Maurizio Ponzi Maurizio Ponzi (born 8 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic. Born in Rome, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s. He worked as assistant director in Pier Paolo Pasolini's e ...

* '' Twenty Years of African Cinema'' (''Caméra d'Afrique'') by

Férid Boughedir Férid Boughedir (born 1944) is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter. Career Boughedir has directed five films since 1983. His film '' Caméra d'Afrique'' was screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. In 1996, his film ''Un été à La Gou ...

* '' Ulysse'' by

Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...

* '' Zappa'' by

Bille August Bille August (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed co ...

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: * '' Angelo My Love'' by

Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Gold ...

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Boat People Vietnamese boat people ( vi, Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its h ...

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Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

* '' Walking, Walking'' (''Cammina, cammina'') by

Ermanno Olmi Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Olmi was born to a Catholic ...

* '' Équateur'' by

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...

* '' Holtpont'' by

Ferenc Rofusz Ferenc Rofusz (born 19 August 1946) is a Hungarian animator. He is known for the 1980 Academy Award-winning animated short '' The Fly''. Biography Rofusz was born in 1946 in Budapest. His interest in animation and film making started relativel ...

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The Man in the Silk Hat ''The Man in the Silk Hat'' (french: L'homme au chapeau de soie) is a 1983 French documentary film about the films of the French silent film star Max Linder, directed by his daughter, Maud Linder. The film was screened out of competition at the ...

'' (''L'homme au chapeau de soie'') by

Maud Linder Maud-Lydié Marcelle Leuvielle, better known as Maud Linder (27 June 1924 – 25 October 2017), was a French journalist, film historian and documentary film director. Life Maud Linder was born in 1924 as the only daughter of silent film star ...

* '' Modori River'' (''Modori-gawa'') by

Tatsumi Kumashiro was a Japanese film director known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning ''Roman Porno'' films, such as ''Ichijo's Wet Lust'' (1972) and ''The Woman with Red Hair'' (1979). He was the most highly acclaimed director of the early Nikkatsu Ro ...

* '' Streamers'' by

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

* '' The Hunger'' by

Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''Day ...

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The Wicked Lady ''The Wicked Lady'' is a 1945 British costume drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Margaret Lockwood in the title role as a nobleman's wife who becomes a highwayman for the excitement. The film had one of the top audiences for a f ...

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Michael Winner Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was a British filmmaker, writer, and media personality. He is known for directing numerous Action film, action, Thriller films, thriller, and black comedy films in the 1960s, 1970s and ...

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Utu Utu (dUD "Sun"), also known under the Akkadian name Shamash, ''šmš'', syc, ܫܡܫܐ ''šemša'', he, שֶׁמֶשׁ ''šemeš'', ar, شمس ''šams'', Ashurian Aramaic: 𐣴𐣬𐣴 ''š'meš(ā)'' was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. ...

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Geoff Murphy Geoffrey Peter Murphy (12 October 1938 – 3 December 2018) was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His s ...

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Short film competition

The following short films competed for the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

: *''Ad astra'' by Ferenc Cakó *''Un Arrivo'' by Dominique De Fazio *''The Butterfly'' by Dieter Müller *''Don Kichot'' by Krzysztof Raynoch *''L'Égout'' by Maria Eugenia Santos *''La Fonte de Barlaeus'' by Pierre-Henry Salfati *''Haast een hand'' by

Gerrit van Dijk Gerrit van Dijk (5 December 1938 – 4 December 2012) was a Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter. Biography Gerrit van Dijk was born in a pious Catholic family in the village of Volkel, in the municipality of Uden. He studied as a fift ...

, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen *'' Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose'' by

Pierre Levy Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

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Charly Weller ''Charly'' (marketed and stylized as ''CHAЯLY'') is a 1968 American drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on ''Flowers for Algernon'', a science-fiction short story (1958) and subseque ...

*'' Too Much Oregano'' by Kerry Feltham

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 22nd

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

(22e Semaine de la Critique): * ''

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Ofte ...

'' (''Løperjenten'') by Vibeke Lokkeberg (Norway) * '' Carnival in the Night'' (''Yami no kānibaru'') by

Masashi Yamamoto (born 24 January 1956) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Ōita Prefecture, Yamamoto attended Meiji University but left early to concentrate on making independent 8mm films. His '' Carnival in the Night'' screened at the 1983 Berlin F ...

(Japan) * '' Le Destin de Juliette'' by

Aline Issermann Aline Issermann (born 16 November 1948 in Paris) is a French filmmaker. She began her career as an author and illustrator of comics, then became director of feature films and television films. Among her films are '' Le Destin de Juliette'' (1983), ...

(France) * ''

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Alain Bergala Alain Bergala (; born 8 August 1943), is a French film critic, essayist, screenwriter and director. Biography Former writer for ''Cahiers du cinéma'', he is best known as a specialist in the works of Jean-Luc Godard. He taught at the Universi ...

Jean-Pierre Limosin Jean-Pierre Limosin (; born 1949) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed seven films since 1983. His film '' Tokyo Eyes'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Fi ...

(France) * ''

Lianna ''Lianna'' is a 1983 drama film written and directed by John Sayles and starring Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, and Jon DeVries. Plot Lianna is married to a college professor in film and media at a university in a midsized New Jersey town and ...

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John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and ''L ...

(United States) * ''

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(Belgium, Netherlands) * '' The Princess'' (''Adj király katonát'') by Pal Erdöss (Hungary)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1983

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): * '' Anguelos'' by Georges Katakouzinos * '' Another Time, Another Place'' by

Michael Radford Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-known credits ...

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Barbarosa ''Barbarosa'' is a 1982 American Western film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey about a young cowboy on the run from the law who partners with a famous ''bandito'' and learns about life from him. "One of the best overlooked westerns of th ...

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Fred Schepisi Frederic Alan Schepisi ( ; Kael, Pauline (1984). ''Taking It All In''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 55. born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include ''The Chant of Jimmie B ...

* '' Bolwieser'' by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ...

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The Compass Rose ''The Compass Rose'' is a 1982 collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1983. It is organized into sections on the theme of directions, though not strictly compass-related as the ...

'' (''La rosa de los vientos'') by Patricio Guzman * '' Daniel Takes a Train'' (''Szerencsés Dániel'') by Pal Sandor * ''Dead End Street'' by Yaky Yosha * ''

Demons in the Garden ''Demons in the Garden'' ( es, Demonios en el jardín, links=no) is a 1982 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, starring Ángela Molina, Ana Belén and Imanol Arias. The film is about a dysfunctional family living in rural Spa ...

'' (''Demonios en el jardín'') by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon * ' (''Eisenhans'') by

Tankred Dorst Tankred Dorst (19 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was a German playwright and storyteller. Dorst lived and worked in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations were inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesco ...

* '' Grenzenlos'' by

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The House of the Yellow Carpet ''The House of the Yellow Carpet'' ( it, La casa del tappeto giallo) is a 1983 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Carlo Lizzani. Plot Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift from Franca's stepfather. One day, ...

'' (''La casa del tappeto giallo'') by

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's ''Germany Year Zero'', ...

* '' Just a Game'' (''Rien qu'un jeu'') by

Brigitte Sauriol Brigitte Sauriol (born 1945 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 1983 film '' Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu)'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 5th Geni ...

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Last Days of the Victim ''Last Days of the Victim'' ( es, Últimos días de la víctima) is a 1982 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi. It was written by Aristarain and José Pablo Feinmann, and based on Feinmann's ...

'' (''Últimos días de la víctima'') by

Adolfo Aristarain Adolfo Aristarain (born October 19, 1943) is an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter who is famous for his filmic sophistication and subtle examination of issues of political oppression. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' has deemed ...

* '' Local Hero'' by

Bill Forsyth William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films ''Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Ma ...

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Miss Lonelyhearts ''Miss Lonelyhearts'' is a novella by Nathanael West. He began writing it early in 1930 and completed the manuscript in November 1932. Published in 1933, it is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great Depression. It is ...

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Michael Dinner Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television. Biography Prior to his TV career, Dinner was a singer-songwriter and recording artist for Fantasy Records, where he released two albums, ''The ...

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No Trace of Sin ''No Trace of Sin'' ( pt, Sem Sombra de Pecado) is a 1983 Portuguese drama film directed by José Fonseca e Costa. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepte ...

'' (''Sem Sombra De Pecado'') by

José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH (27 June 1933 – 1 November 2015) was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one ...

* '' La rue étroite'' (''Xiao Jie'') by Yang Yanjin * ''

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A Woman in Flames ''A Woman in Flames'' (Die flambierte Frau, literally "The Flambéed Woman") is a German Drama (film and television), drama film from 1983, directed by Robert van Ackeren, starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, and Hanns Zischler. The film ...

'' (''Die flambierte Frau'') by

Robert van Ackeren Robert van Ackeren (born 22 December 1946) is a German movie director, actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...

:Short films * ''Alchimie'' by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark * ''Conte Obscur'' by Manuel Gómez * ''Dédicace'' by Marie Brazeau * ''The Life And Death of Joe Soap'' by Lewis John Cooper * ''Phalloctere'' by Manuel Gómez * ''Saudade'' by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1983 Official selection awards: *

: '' The Ballad of Narayama'' (''Narayama Bushiko'') by

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Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

(Grand prix du cinéma de création): **

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Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German ...

for ''

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Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor, including roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's '' For a Few Dollars More'' ( ...

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Jury Prize A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Juries developed in England duri ...

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Golden Camera *

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week The International ...

: '' The Princess'' by Pál Erdöss Short films *

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*Jury Prize - Best Short Film: ''

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& '' Too Much Oregano'' by Kerry Feltham

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes *''

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(In competition) *'' Daniel Takes a Train'' (''Szerencsés Dániel'') by

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(Directors' Fortnight) Commission Supérieure Technique * Technical Grand Prize: ''

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Ecumenical Jury *

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ...

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Award of the Youth *Foreign Film: ''

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References

Media

INA: Opening of the 1983 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1983Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983
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