1977 Cannes Film Festival
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The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-27. The Palme d'Or went to the Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.[1] A new non-competitive section, 'Le Passé composé', is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations.[2]
The festival opened with The Duellists, directed by Ridley Scott and closed with Slap Shot, directed by George Roy Hill.[3]
Contents
Jury
Roberto Rossellini, Jury President
- Roberto Rossellini (Italy) (president)
- N'Sougan Agblemagnon (author)
- Anatole Dauman (France)
- Jacques Demy (France)
- Carlos Fuentes (Mexico)
- Benoîte Groult (France)
- Pauline Kael (USA) (journalist)
- Marthe Keller (Switzerland)
- Yuri Ozerov (Soviet Union)
Feature film competition
- 3 Women by Robert Altman
- Bang! by Jan Troell
- Black Joy by Anthony Simmons
- Bound for Glory by Hal Ashby
- Budapesti mesék by István Szabó
- Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- Der Amerikanische Freund by Wim Wenders
- The Duellists by Ridley Scott
- Elisa, vida mía by Carlos Saura
- Gruppenbild mit Dame by Aleksandar Petrović
- Ifigeneia by Michael Cacoyannis
- J.A. Martin photographe by Jean Beaudin
- Kičma by Vlatko Gilic
- La Communion solennelle by René Féret
- La dentellière by Claude Goretta
- Le camion by Marguerite Duras
- Rock'n Roll Wolf by Elisabeta Bostan
- Oi kynigoi by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Podranki by Nikolai Gubenko
- Un borghese piccolo piccolo by Mario Monicelli
- Un taxi mauve by Yves Boisset
- Una giornata particolare by Ettore Scola
Short film competition
- Arte tairona by Francisco Norden
- Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
- Envisage by Peter Foldes
- Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Mao par lui-même by René Viénet
- Rumble by Jules Engel
- Stille Post by Ivan Steiger
- Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Awards
- Palme d'Or: Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Best Actor: Fernando Rey for Elisa, vida mía
- Best Actress:
- Best Music: Norman Whitfield for Car Wash
- Technical Grand Prize: Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- Best First Work: The Duellists by Ridley Scott (Unanimously)
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Parallel Section: Kilenc hónap by Márta Mészáros
- Competition: Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
