1987 Cannes Film Festival

The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don't like me? Well, let me tell you that I don't like you either!"

The festival opened with Un homme amoureux, directed by Diane Kurys and closed with Aria, directed by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple. The 1987 festival also paid tribute to Federico Fellini.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 feature film competition:
 * Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer - Jury President
 * Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director, screenwriter, and producer
 * Gérald Calderon, French director
 * Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
 * Elem Klimov, Soviet Russian director
 * Norman Mailer, American novelist
 * Nicola Piovani, Italian composer
 * Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director, screenwriter, and actor
 * Jeremy Thomas, British producer

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 Camera d'Or:
 * Maurice Leroux (composer) - Jury President
 * Freddy Buache (journalist)
 * Emmanuel Carriau (cinephile)
 * Michel Ciment (critic)
 * M. Hidalgo (journalist)
 * Bernard Jubard
 * Michael Kutza (cinephile)
 * Claude Weisz (director)

In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:


 * Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple
 * Barfly by Barbet Schroeder
 * The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway
 * Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Cronaca di una morte annunciata) by Francesco Rosi
 * Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie) by Nikita Mikhalkov
 * La famiglia by Ettore Scola
 * Field of Honor (Champ d'honneur) by Jean-Pierre Denis
 * The Glass Menagerie by Paul Newman
 * Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze
 * The Last Manuscript (Az utolsó kézirat) by Károly Makk
 * A Man in Love (Un homme amoureux) by Diane Kurys
 * Pierre and Djemila (Pierre et Djemila) by Gérard Blain
 * Prick Up Your Ears by Stephen Frears
 * Shinran: Path to Purity (Shinran: Shiroi michi) by Rentarō Mikuni
 * Shy People by Andrei Konchalovsky
 * Subway to the Stars (Um Trem para as Estrelas) by Carlos Diegues
 * Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) by Maurice Pialat
 * Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) by Wim Wenders
 * Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
 * Zegen by Shohei Imamura

Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


 * A Gathering of Old Men by Volker Schlöndorff
 * A Month in the Country by Pat O'Connor
 * And the Pursuit of Happiness by Louis Malle
 * Babette's Feast (Babettes Gaestebud) by Gabriel Axel
 * Blind Chance (Przypadek) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * The Distant Land (Das weite Land) by Luc Bondy
 * Epidemic by Lars von Trier
 * A Girl from Hunan (Xiangnu xiaoxiao) by Xie Fei and U Lan
 * Hôtel de France by Patrice Chéreau
 * The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba) by Mario Camus
 * Hud by Vibeke Løkkeberg
 * Iron Earth, Copper Sky (Yer demir gök bakir) by Zülfü Livaneli
 * Italian Postcards (Cartoline italiane) by Memè Perlini
 * Jenatsch by Daniel Schmid
 * The Serpent's Way (Ormens väg på hälleberget) by Bo Widerberg
 * A Simple Death (Prostaya smert) by Alexander Kaidanovsky
 * Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa) by Nana Djordjadze
 * Sofia by Alejandro Doria
 * Someone to Love by Henry Jaglom
 * A Successful Man (Un hombre de éxito) by Humberto Solás

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 * Aida by Clemente Fracassi
 * The Black Cannon Incident (Hēi Pào Shìjiàn) by Huang Jianxin
 * Boris Godunov by Vera Stroyeva
 * Caméra arabe by Férid Boughedir
 * Le cinéma dans les yeux by Laurent Jacob, Gilles Jacob
 * Don Quixote (Don Quichotte) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
 * Feathers by John Ruane
 * Intervista by Federico Fellini
 * Good morning Babilonia by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
 * Hôtel du Paradis by Jana Bokova
 * L'Inhumaine by Marcel L'Herbier
 * Louise by Abel Gance
 * Macbeth by Claude d'Anna
 * The Medium (Il medium) by Gian Carlo Menotti
 * Pagliacci by Franco Zeffirelli
 * Radio Days by Woody Allen
 * Raising Arizona by the Coen brothers
 * Return of a Citizen (Awdat mowatin) by Mohamed Khan
 * Slam Dance by Wayne Wang
 * Something Wild by Jonathan Demme
 * The Sentimental Bloke by Raymond Longford
 * The Whales of August by Lindsay Anderson
 * Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer
 * Wahnfried (Richard et Cosima) by Peter Patzak

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * Doigté by Gyula Nagy
 * Imagine by Zbigniew Rybczynski
 * L'homme Qui Plantait des Arbres by Frédéric Back
 * La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic
 * The Four Wishes (Les Quatre Vœux) by Michel Ocelot
 * Maestro by Alex Zamm
 * Palisade by Laurie McInnes
 * Pleines de Grâce by Nicole Van Goethem
 * Your Face by Bill Plympton
 * Transatlantique by Bruce Krebs
 * Academy Leader Variations by Martial Wannaz, Krzysztof Kiwerski, Stanislaw Lenartowicz, David Ehrlich, Jane Aaron, Skip Battaglia, Paul Glabicki, George Griffin, Al Jarnow, Piotr Dumala, Daniel Suter, Yan Ding Xian, A. D., Hu Jin Qing, Lin Wen Xiao, He Yu Men, Chang Guang Xi, Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Jerzy Kucia

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 26th International Critics' Week (26e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) by Konstantin Lopushansky (Soviet Union)
 * Du mich auch by, Dani Levy, (West Germany, Switzerland)
 * Ngati by Barry Barclay (New Zealand)
 * Yam Daabo by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
 * The Tree We Hurt (To dendro pou pligoname) by Dimos Avdeliodis (Greece)
 * Angelus novus by Pasquale Misuraca (Italy)
 * Où que tu sois by Alain Bergala (France)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * Diary of a Mad Old Man by Lili Rademakers
 * Dilan by Erden Kiral
 * Guardian Angel (Andjeo Cuvar) by Goran Paskaljevic
 * Heaven by Diane Keaton
 * Home of the Brave by Laurie Anderson
 * A Hungarian Fairy Tale (Hol Volt, Hol Nem Volt) by Gyula Gazdag
 * I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema
 * Made in U.S.A. by Ken Friedman
 * Malom a pokolban by Gyula Maar
 * Mascara by Patrick Conrad
 * Matewan by John Sayles
 * Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) by Jean-Claude Lauzon
 * Panorama du cinéma sud-africain indépendant (director not stated)
 * The Photograph (I Photographia) by Nicos Papatakis
 * Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Alan Clarke
 * Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) by Aki Kaurismäki
 * Street Smart by Jerry Schatzberg
 * The Surfer by Frank Shields
 * Wedding in Galilee (Urs al-Jalil) by Michel Khleifi
 * Wish You Were Here by David Leland

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1987 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films
 * Palme d'Or: Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) by Maurice Pialat
 * Grand Prix: Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze
 * Best Director: Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
 * Best Actress: Barbara Hershey for Shy People
 * Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for Dark Eyes (Oci ciornie)
 * Best Artistic Contribution: Stanley Myers (composer) for Prick Up Your Ears
 * Jury Prize:
 * Shinran: Path to Purity (Shinran: Shiroi michi) by Rentarō Mikuni
 * Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
 * 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
 * Caméra d'Or: Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa) by Nana Djordjadze
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Palisade by Laurie McInnes
 * Second Prize: Academy Leader Variations by David Ehrlich
 * Third Prize: La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. (Iznenadna i prerana smrt pukovnika K.K) by Milos Radovic

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth
 * Repentance (Monanieba) by Tengiz Abuladze (In competition)
 * Wedding in Galilee (Urs al-jalil) by Michel Khleifi (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Wish You Were Here by David Leland (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Le cinéma dans les yeux by Gilles Jacob, Laurent Jacob
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
 * Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Babettes gæstebud by Gabriel Axel & Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
 * Foreign Film: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema

Media

 * INA: Anniversary evening: the Festival is 40 years old (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1987 festival (commentary in French)