1988 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

• Ettore Scola
• Claude Berri
  Claude Berri
  Claude Berri , born Claude Berel Langmann, was one of the great all-rounders of French cinema: an actor, writer, producer, director and distributor. "Out of my failure as an actor was born my desire to direct. Then my relative failure as a director forced me to become a producer. In order to get my...
  
  
• David Robinson
  David Robinson (film critic and author)
  David Robinson is a British film critic and author. He started writing for Sight and Sound and the Monthly Film Bulletin in the 1950s, becoming Assistant Editor of Sight and Sound and Editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin in 1957-1958...
  
  
• Yelena Safonova
  Yelena Safonova
  -Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  
• George Miller
  George Miller (producer)
  George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is most well known for his work on the Mad Max movies, but has been involved in a wide range of projects, including the Oscar-winning Happy Feet and "Babe" family films.Miller is the older brother...
  
  
• Hector Olivera
  Héctor Olivera
  Héctor Olivera is a film director, producer and screenwriter.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has contributed to numerous films in the United States.-Biography:...
  
  
• Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films , as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris,...
  
  
• Philippe Sarde
  Philippe Sarde
  -Biography:Philippe Sarde was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.He is the brother of Alain Sarde. He was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Robby Muller
  Robby Müller
  Robby Müller is a cinematographer whose name is most often associated with film director Wim Wenders.-Life and work:...
  
  
• William Goldman
  William Goldman
  William Goldman is an American novelist, playwright, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
  
  

Feature film competition

• A World Apart
  A World Apart (film)
  A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where the movie was filmed...
  
  by Chris Menges
  Chris Menges
  Chris Menges BSC, ASC, is an English cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Arashi ga oka
  Wuthering Heights (1988 film)
  Wuthering Heights is a 1988 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, based on the novel by Emily Brontë. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Yusaku Matsuda - Onimaru* Yûko Tanaka - Kinu* Rentaro Mikuni - Takamaru...
  
  by Yoshishige Yoshida
  Yoshishige Yoshida
  is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi...
  
  
• Bird by Clint Eastwood
  Clint Eastwood
  Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
  
  
• Chocolat
  Chocolat (1988 film)
  Chocolat is a 1988 film directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens are the parents of France , a young girl who befriends Protée , a Cameroon native who is the family's household servant...
  
  by Claire Denis
  Claire Denis
  Claire Denis is a French film director and Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Early life:...
  
  
• Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany by Thomas Brasch
  Thomas Brasch
  Thomas Brasch was a German author, poet and film director.- Awards :1981 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director- Publications :* „Sie geht, sie geht nicht“, Theaterstück, 1970...
  
  
• Drowning by Numbers
  Drowning by Numbers
  Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film's plot centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband...
  
  by Peter Greenaway
  Peter Greenaway
  Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
  
  
• El Dorado
  El Dorado (1988 film)
  El Dorado is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:The film is about an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado...
  
  by Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
  
  
• El Lute II: mañana seré libre by Vicente Aranda
  Vicente Aranda
  Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...
  
  
• Hai zi wang
  King of the Children
  King of the Children is a 1987 drama film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Chen Shaohua. The film was based on a novella of the same name by Ah Cheng. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:...
  
  by Chen Kaige
  Chen Kaige
  Chen Kaige is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.-Early life:...
  
  
• Hanussen by István Szabó
  István Szabó
  István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
  
  
• Krótki film o zabijaniu
  A Short Film About Killing
  A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski expanded from the fifth episode in the Polish television series Dekalog...
  
  by Krzysztof Kieślowski
  Krzysztof Kieslowski
  Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
  
  
• L'enfance de l'art
  L'enfance de l'art
  L'enfance de l'art is a 1988 French drama film directed by Francis Girod. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Clotilde de Bayser – Marie* Michel Bompoil – Simon* Anne-Marie Philipe – Régine* Yves Lambrecht – Jean-Paul...
  
  by Francis Girod
  Francis Girod
  Francis Girod was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film L'enfance de l'art was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• L'oeuvre au noir
  The Abyss (1988 film)
  The Abyss is a 1988 drama film directed by André Delvaux. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar.-Cast:* Gian Maria Volonté – Zénon* Sami Frey – Prieur des Cordeliers...
  
  by André Delvaux
• Miles from Home
  Miles from Home
  Miles From Home is a 1988 film starring Richard Gere. It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers. The movie was directed by Gary Sinise and written by Chris...
  
  by Gary Sinise
  Gary Sinise
  Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor, film director and musician. During his career, Sinise has won various awards including an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1992, Sinise directed, and played the role of George Milton in the successful film adaptation of...
  
  
• Os Canibais
  The Cannibals (1988 film)
  The Cannibals is a 1988 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Luís Miguel Cintra - Viscount d'Aveleda* Leonor Silveira - Margarida* Diogo Dória - Don João* Oliveira Lopes...
  
  by Manoel de Oliveira
  Manoel de Oliveira
  Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
  
  
• Pascali's Island
  Pascali's Island (film)
  Pascali's Island is a 1988 British drama film, based on the novel by Barry Unsworth. It was written and directed by James Dearden. It stars Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance and Helen Mirren...
  
  by James Dearden
  James Dearden
  James Dearden is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999...
  
  
• Patty Hearst
  Patty Hearst (film)
  Patty Hearst is a 1988 biographical film directed by Paul Schrader and stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army leader Cinque...
  
  by Paul Schrader
  Paul Schrader
  Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter, film director, and former film critic. Apart from his credentials as a director, Schrader is most notably known for his screenplays for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull....
  
  
• Paura e amore
  Love and Fear
  Love and Fear is a 1988 drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Fanny Ardant as Velia* Greta Scacchi as Maria* Valeria Golino as Sandra Parini* Peter Simonischek as Massimo...
  
  by Margarethe von Trotta
• Pelle erobreren
  Pelle the Conqueror
  Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 Danish film by Bille August that tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves...
  
  by Bille August
  Bille August
  Bille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best...
  
  
• Sur
  Sur (film)
  Sur is an Argentine drama film written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz, Ulises Dumont among others....
  
  by Fernando Solanas
  Fernando Solanas
  Fernando Ezequiel 'Pino' Solanas is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and politician....
  
  
• The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
  The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
  The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey is a 1988 feature film, an official Australian-New Zealand co-production, directed by Vincent Ward. It won numerous New Zealand and Australian awards, including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, and several awards at European fantasy film festivals...
  
  by Vincent Ward
  Vincent Ward
  Vincent Ward, ONZM is a film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Vincent Ward was awarded an Order of New Zealand Merit in 2007 for his contribution to film making. He was born in Greytown, New Zealand. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream and trained as an artist at the...
  
  

Un Certain Regard

• A Song of Air by Merilee Bennett
• Antarjali Jatra by Gautam Ghose
  Gautam Ghose
  Goutam Ghose is one of the most acclaimed film directors of modern India. Born in Calcutta. Graduated from Calcutta University....
  
  
• De sable et de sang
  Blood and Sand (1987 film)
  Blood and Sand is a 1987 French drama film directed by Jeanne Labrune. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sami Frey - Manuel Vasquez* Patrick Catalifo* André Dussollier - Francisco Jimenez...
  
  by Jeanne Labrune
  Jeanne Labrune
  Jeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Domani accadrà
  It's Happening Tomorrow
  It's Happening Tomorrow is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Paolo Hendel - Lupo* Giovanni Guidelli - Edo* Margherita Buy - Vera...
  
  by Daniele Luchetti
  Daniele Luchetti
  Daniele Luchetti is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.He was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in Bianca and La messa è finita...
  
  
• Gece Yolculuğu by Ömer Kavur
  Ömer Kavur
  Ömer Kavur was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1974 and 2003. His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• Havinck
  Havinck
  Havinck is a 1987 Dutch drama film directed by Frans Weisz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Willem Nijholt - Lawyer Havinck* Will van Kralingen - Havinck's wife Lydia...
  
  by Frans Weisz
  Frans Weisz
  Frans Weisz is a Dutch film director. He has directed 22 films since 1964. His film Havinck was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• Hôtel Terminus
  Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
  Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie is a 1988 documentary film directed by Marcel Ophüls about the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie...
  
  by Marcel Ophüls
  Marcel Ophuls
  Marcel Ophüls is a documentary film maker and former actor.He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of the director Max Ophüls...
  
  
• Ved vejen
  Katinka (film)
  Katinka is a 1988 Danish-Swedish drama film directed by Max von Sydow. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Tammi Øst - Katinka* Ole Ernst - Bai* Kurt Ravn - Wilhelm Huus* Erik Paaske - Linde...
  
  by Max von Sydow
  Max von Sydow
  Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
  
  
• La maschera
  The Mask (1988 film)
  The Mask is a 1988 Italian romance film directed by Fiorella Infascelli. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard sectiona at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Helena Bonham Carter - Iris* Michael Maloney - Leonardo* Feodor Chaliapin, Jr...
  
  by Fiorella Infascelli
  Fiorella Infascelli
  Fiorella Infascelli is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films between 1980 and 2003. Her film The Mask was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
  
  
• La méridienne
  Lounge Chair (film)
  Lounge Chair is a 1988 Swiss-French drama film directed by Jean-François Amiguet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jérôme Anger - François* Kristin Scott Thomas - Marie* Sylvie Orcier - Marthe...
  
  by Jean-François Amiguet
  Jean-François Amiguet
  Jean-François Amiguet is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Lounge Chair was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Alexandre * La méridienne...
  
  
• Lamento by François Dupeyron
  François Dupeyron
  François Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Les Portes tournantes
  Les Portes tournantes
  Les Portes tournantes is a Canadian-French French-language drama film.-Cast:* Monique Spaziani - Céleste* Gabriel Arcand - Madrigal Blaudelle* Miou-Miou - Lauda* François Méthé - Antoine...
  
  by Francis Mankiewicz
  Francis Mankiewicz
  Francis Mankiewicz was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis would spend all his childhood. He was a relative of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Herman J...
  
  
• Mapantsula
  Mapantsula
  Mapantsula is a 1988 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Thomas Mogotlane - Panic* Marcel Van Heerden - Stander* Thembi Mtshali - Pat...
  
  by Oliver Schmitz
  Oliver Schmitz
  Oliver Schmitz is a South African film director and screenwriter.His film Mapantsula was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film Life, Above All was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards...
  
  
• Na srebrnym globie
  On the Silver Globe (film)
  On the Silver Globe is a Polish film released in 1987, directed by Andrzej Żuławski and adapted from a novel by Jerzy Żuławski.-Plot:A group of astronauts leaves Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes on the Earth-like unnamed planet. Astronauts, equipped with video-recording devices,...
  
  by Andrzej Żuławski
• Natalia
  Natalia (film)
  Natalia is a 1988 French drama film directed by Bernard Cohn. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pierre Arditi – Paul Langlade* Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu – Natalia Gronska...
  
  by Bernard Cohn
• Proc?
  Why? (film)
  Why? is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  by Karel Smyczek
  Karel Smyczek
  Karel Smyczek is a Czech film director, actor and screenwriter. His film Why? was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  
• Yuan nu by Fred Tan
• Slucaj Harms
  The Harms Case
  The Harms Case is a 1987 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Slobodan D. Pesic. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mladen Andrejevic - Zabolocki * Abdula Azinovic - Pijanac...
  
  by Slobodan D. Pesic
• Sredi serykh kamney
  Among Grey Stones
  Among Grey Stones is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Kira Muratova. The film suffered a lot from the Soviet censorship and was edited without the acceptance of Muratova, so she refused to release it under her name - it was attributed to "Ivan Sidorov" .It was screened in the Un Certain Regard...
  
  by Kira Muratova
  Kira Muratova
  Kira Muratova is a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress. She was born in 1934 in Soroca, Bessarabia, Romania . She was born to a Romanian mother and a Russian father. Muratova is known for her unusual and original directorial style...
  
  
• Yaldei Stalin
  Stalin's Disciples
  Stalin's Disciples is a 1986 Israeli film directed by Nadav Levitan. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Aharon Almog* Ezra Dagan* Rahel Dobson* Doron Golan* Yossi Kantz* David Rona...
  
  by Nadav Levitan
  Nadav Levitan
  Nadav Levitan was an Israeli film director, screenwriter, writer and songwriter. He directed nine films between 1981 and 1999. His film Yaldei Stalin was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.. He was married to Israeli singer Chava Alberstein, who had recorded...
  
  
• The Raggedy Rawney
  The Raggedy Rawney
  The Raggedy Rawney is a 1988 British drama film starring Bob Hoskins, Dexter Fletcher, Zoe Nathenson, and Zoë Wanamaker. The story is about a young army deserter in an unspecified time and country, who disguises himself as a madwoman and joins a nomadic gypsy caravan...
  
  by Bob Hoskins
  Bob Hoskins
  Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...
  
  
• Vreme na nasilie by Ludmil Staikov
  Ludmil Staikov
  Ludmil Staikov is a Bulgarian film director. He directed six films between 1972 and 1988. His film Vreme na nasilie was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Obich...
  
  

Films out of competition

• Le Grand Bleu
  The Big Blue
  The Big Blue is a 1988 English-language film made by French director Luc Besson. The film stars Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno and depicts a fictionalized account of the sporting rivalry between two famed free divers.-Background:...
  
  by Luc Besson
  Luc Besson
  Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...
  
  
• The Blue Iguana
  The Blue Iguana
  The Blue Iguana is a 1988 crime film about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was directed by John Lafia and stars Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo...
  
  by John Lafia
  John Lafia
  John Lafia is an American film and television writer, director, and producer. He attended UCLA, where he received his Bachelors in Film. Lafia's first film was The Blue Iguana, which he wrote and directed...
  
  
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
  Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
  Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is an Emmy Award–winning 1987 documentary, inspired by the book of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. Using real letters written by US soldiers and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War...
  
  by Bill Couturié
  Bill Couturié
  Bill Couturié is a film director, best known for the Academy Award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt which he produced and his multi-Emmy Award Winning film Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, which he wrote, produced, and directed...
  
  
• Histoire(s) du cinéma
  Histoire(s) du cinéma
  Histoire du cinéma is a video project begun by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1980s and completed in 1998. The densest and undoubtedly one of the greatest of Godard's films, Histoire du cinéma is an examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century; in this...
  
  by Jean-Luc Godard
  Jean-Luc Godard
  Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
  
  
• The Milagro Beanfield War
  The Milagro Beanfield War
  The Milagro Beanfield War is a 1988 American drama film based on the John Nichols novel of the same name, the first book in a trilogy. It was directed by Robert Redford and the screenplay was written by Nichols and David S. Ward...
  
  by Robert Redford
  Robert Redford
  Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...
  
  
• Willow
  Willow (film)
  Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Patricia Hayes...
  
  by Ron Howard
  Ron Howard
  Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
  
  

Awards

• Palme d'Or
  Palme d'Or
  The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
  
  : Pelle erobreren
  Pelle the Conqueror
  Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 Danish film by Bille August that tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves...
  
  by Bille August
  Bille August
  Bille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best...
  
  
• Grand Prix
  Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or...
  
  : A World Apart
  A World Apart (film)
  A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where the movie was filmed...
  
  by Chris Menges
  Chris Menges
  Chris Menges BSC, ASC, is an English cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Jury Prize
  Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
  
  : Krótki film o zabijaniu
  A Short Film About Killing
  A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski expanded from the fifth episode in the Polish television series Dekalog...
  
  by Krzysztof Kieślowski
  Krzysztof Kieslowski
  Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...
  
  
• Best Actor
  Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....
  
  : Forest Whitaker
  Forest Whitaker
  Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...
  
   for Bird
• Best Actress
  Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
  
  : Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey , also known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema, in several genres including westerns and comedies...
  
  , Jodhi May
  Jodhi May
  Jodhi May is an English actress.-Early life:Born in Camden Town, London, May first acted at the age of 12 in 1988's A World Apart. The role earned her a Best Actress award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, shared with her co-stars Barbara Hershey and Linda Mvusi...
  
   and Linda Mvusi
  Linda Mvusi
  Linda Mvusi is an actress and architect. Mvusi took an award for best actress at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film A World Apart which was directed by Chris Menges. Mvusi was the first South African to get a best Actress award at Cannes...
  
   for A World Apart
  A World Apart (film)
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• Best Director
  Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
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  : Fernando Solanas
  Fernando Solanas
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   for Sur
  Sur (film)
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• Short Film Palme d'Or
  Short Film Palme d'Or
  The Short Film Palme d'Or is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the same jury of the Cinéfondation....
  
  : Vykrutasy
  Vykrutasy
  Vykrutasy is a comedy film with Milla Jovovich in the title role. The premiere was held on February 14, 2011. The film's director was Levan Gabriadze.- Cast :* Milla Jovovich — Nadya* Konstantin Khabensky — Slava Kolotilov...
  
  by Garri Bardin
  Garri Bardin
  Garri Bardin is a Russian animation director, screenwriter and producer and director. During Soviet times he was with Soyuzmultfilm, and in 1991 he founded his own studio, Stayer. In 2010, the studio finished making a feature-length animated film based on The Ugly Duckling, which Bardin directed...
  
  
• Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Greenaway
  Peter Greenaway
  Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
  
   for Drowning by Numbers
  Drowning by Numbers
  Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film's plot centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband...
  
  
• Technical Grand Prize: Bird, for the quality of the soundtrack
• Caméra d'Or
  Caméra d'Or
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  : Salaam Bombay!
  Salaam Bombay!
  Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator, Sooni Taraporevala. The film chronicles the day-to-day life of children living on the streets of Bombay...
  
  by Mira Nair
  Mira Nair
  Mira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
  
  
• Perspectives du Cinéma Award: Bisbille by Roch Stéphanik
• Audience Award: Salaam Bombay!
  Salaam Bombay!
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  by Mira Nair
  Mira Nair
  Mira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination...
  
  
• FIPRESCI Prize
  FIPRESCI
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  :
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives
    Distant Voices, Still Lives
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    by Terence Davies
  • Hôtel Terminus
    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
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    by Marcel Ophüls
    Marcel Ophuls
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  • Krótki film o zabijaniu
    A Short Film About Killing
    A Short Film About Killing is a 1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski expanded from the fifth episode in the Polish television series Dekalog...
    
    by Krzysztof Kieślowski
    Krzysztof Kieslowski
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• FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: Une femme pour l'hiver by Manuel Flèche
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
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  : A World Apart
  A World Apart (film)
  A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where the movie was filmed...
  
  by Chris Menges
  Chris Menges
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• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Les Portes tournantes
  Les Portes tournantes
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  by Francis Mankiewicz
  Francis Mankiewicz
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• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
  • French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
    Anne-Marie Miéville
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• Special Award of the Youth: De bruit et de fureur by Jean-Claude Brisseau
  Jean-Claude Brisseau
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External links

• 1988 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1988 at Internet Movie Database
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