1970 Cannes Film Festival
Opening film | Les Choses de la vie |
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Closing film | Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (MASH)[2] |
No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 8 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 2 May 1970 | – 16 May 1970
Website | festival-cannes |
The 23rd Cannes Film Festival ran from 3 to 18 May 1970. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan (their flags were missing on the Croisette). He was tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.".[4][5] The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov (head of Moscow puppet theater) and left the jury panel with only eight members.
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Miguel Ángel Asturias was appointed as President of the Jury. At the time, he was serving as ambassador from Guatemala to France. The Palme d'Or went to the MASH by Robert Altman.[2][6] The festival opened with Les Choses de la vie, directed by Claude Sautet and closed with Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel, directed by Marc Allégret.[7][8]
Jury[]
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1970 film competition:[9][2]
Feature films
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (Guatemalan Nobel Prize) Jury President
- Guglielmo Biraghi, critic (Italy)
- Kirk Douglas, actor (USA)
- Christine Gouze-Rénal, producer (France)
- Vojtěch Jasný, director (Czechoslovakia)
- Félicien Marceau, playwright (France)
- Sergey Obraztsov, puppeteer (Soviet Union)
- Karel Reisz, filmmaker (UK)
- Volker Schlöndorff, filmmaker (West Germany)
Short films
- (producer)
- , critic (Poland)
- (Italy)
Official selection[]
In competition - Feature film[]
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- The Alienist (Azyllo Muito Louco) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- The Buttercup Chain by Robert Ellis Miller
- Don Segundo Sombra by Manuel Antín
- The Dreamer (Ha-Timhoni) by Dan Wolman
- Elise, or Real Life (Élise ou la vraie vie) by Michel Drach
- The Falcons (Magasiskola) by István Gaál
- Fruit of Paradise (Ovoce stromu rajských jíme) by Věra Chytilová
- Harry Munter by Kjell Grede
- Hoa-Binh by Raoul Coutard
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) by Elio Petri
- The Land (Al-Ard) by Youssef Chahine
- Landscape After the Battle (Krajobraz po bitwie) by Andrzej Wajda
- Last Leap (Le dernier saut) by Édouard Luntz
- Leo the Last by John Boorman
- Long Live the Bride and Groom (¡Vivan los novios!) by Luis García Berlanga
- Malatesta by Peter Lilienthal
- MASH by Robert Altman
- Metello by Mauro Bolognini
- The Palace of Angels (O Palácio dos Anjos) by Walter Hugo Khouri
- The Pizza Triangle (Dramma della gelosia - tutti i particolari in cronaca) by Ettore Scola
- A Simple Story (Une si simple histoire) by
- The Strawberry Statement by Stuart Hagmann
- Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Otto Preminger
- The Things of Life (Les Choses de la vie) by Claude Sautet
- Tulips of Haarlem (I tulipani di Haarlem) by Franco Brusati
Films out of competition[]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- The Ball of Count Orgel (Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel) by Marc Allégret
- by Raúl Kamffer
- The Territory of Others (Le territoire des autres) by , , Michel Fano and
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Sydney Pollack
- Tristana by Luis Buñuel
- The Virgin and the Gypsy by Christopher Miles
- by
- Woodstock by Michael Wadleigh
Short film competition[]
The following short films competed for the Prix du Jury:[3]
- A Day With the Boys by Volker Schlöndorff
- Comme Larrons En Foire by Edmond Freess
- El diablo sin dama by Eduardo Calcagno
- Et Salammbo? by Jean-Pierre Richard
- Gipsy Pentecost (The Feast of St. Sara) by Laurence Boulting
- Kaleidoski by Jacques Ertaud
- L'autre silence by Nestor Matsas
- Light (Lumière) by Paul Cohen
- Magic Machines by Bob Curtis
- Smrtici vone (Le parfum mortel) by Vaclav Bedrich
- The Epitaph by Gurucharan Singh
- Un temps pour la mémoire by Georges Pessis
Parallel sections[]
International Critics' Week[]
The following films were screened for the 9th International Critics' Week (9e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
- Camarades by Marin Karmitz (France)
- Eloge du chiac by Michel Brault (Canada)
- Kes by Ken Loach (United Kingdom)
- Misshandlingen by Lars Lennart Forsberg (Sweden)
- O Cerco by (Portugal)
- On voit bien que c’est pas toi by (France)
- Ramparts of Clay (Remparts d’argile) by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (France, Algeria)
- Soleil O by Med Hondo (Mauritania, France)
- Les Voitures d’eau by Pierre Perrault (Canada)
- Vrane by Gordan Mihić and (Yugoslavia)
- Warm in the Bud by (United States)
- Ice by Robert Kramer (United States)
Directors' Fortnight[]
The following films were screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
- A nous deux, France by (Ivory Coast, France)
- L'Araignée d'eau by (France)
- Arthur Penn: Themes, Variants, Images & Words [doc.) by Robert Hughes (United States)
- Bhuvan Shome by Mrinal Sen (India)
- Caliche sangriento by Helvio Soto (Chile)
- I Cannibali by Liliana Cavani (Italy)
- La Chambre Blanche by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- Cowards by Simon Nuchtern (United States)
- Des Christs par milliers by Philippe Arthuys (France)
- Détruisez-vous by (France)
- Dieu existe tous les dimanches by (Denmark)
- Don Giovanni by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
- End Of The Road by Aram Avakian (United States)
- by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx (Canada)
- L'Escadron Volapük by (France)
- L'Étrangleur by Paul Vecchiali (France)
- Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen) by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
- Un Film by (France)
- by Peter Del Monte (Italy)
- Handcuffs (Lisice) by Krsto Papić (Yugoslavia)
- La Hora de los niños by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
- The Howl (L'urlo) by Tinto Brass (Italy)
- (Os Herdeiros) by Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
- by Michel Soutter (Switzerland)
- Jänken by Lars Forsberg (Sweden)
- by Jaime Camino (Spain)
- Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
- Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil)
- A Married Couple (doc.) by Allan King (Canada)
- Molo by (Poland)
- Mon amie Pierrette by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- L'Odyssée du général José by (Cuba)
- L'Opium et le Bâton by Ahmed Rachedi (Algeria)
- Palaver by Emile Degelin (Belgium)
- Paradise Now (doc.) by (United Kingdom)
- Portrait by (United States)
- Une Pulsation by Carlos Paez Vilaro and (France, Uruguay)
- Putney Swope by Robert Downey Sr. (United States)
- Q-Bec My Love by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- Reason Over Passion by Joyce Wieland (Canada)
- Reconstituirea by Lucian Pintilie (Romania)
- Le Révélateur by Philippe Garrel (France)
- Right On by (United States)
- Ruchome piaski by (Poland)
- School Play by (United States)
- Som Natt Och Dag by (Sweden)
- Struktura kryształu by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland)
- Sweet Hunters (Ternos caçadores) by Ruy Guerra (Panama)
- Troupe d'élite, fleur de Marie by (West Germany)
- Valparaiso, mi amor by Aldo Francia (Chile)
- Wie Ich ein Neger wurde by (West Germany)
- Wind from the East (Le Vent d'est) by Jean-Luc Godard (Italy)
- Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet (West Germany)
- Short films
- 20 September by Kurt Kren (France)
- Aaa by Dieter Meier (France)
- Ai Love by Takahiko Limura (France)
- All My Life by Bruce Baillie (United States)
- American Woman by Bruce E. Meintjies (United States)
- Back And Forth by Michael Snow (United States)
- Bartleby 1970 by Jean-Pierre Bastid (France)
- Béjart by Atahualpa Lichy (France)
- Berkeley by Patrick Reynolds (United States)
- Bliss by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Cosinus Alpha by Kurt Kren (France)
- Das Sonnenbad by Bernd Upnmoor (West Germany)
- David Perry by Albie Thoms (Australia)
- Dimanche Après-midi by Stéphane Kurc (France)
- Disson. Zeitreih by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France)
- Eros, O Basil by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Faces by John Moore and Takahiko Limura (France)
- Fenstergucker by Kurt Kren (France)
- Film Oder Macht by Vlado Kristl (France)
- Georges Albert, Aventurier by Daniel Edinger (France)
- In The Void by Ronald Bijlsma (Netherlands)
- It's So Peaceful by Fritz André Kracht (France)
- La Bergère En Colère by Francis Warin (France)
- La Cazadora Inconsciente by Rafael R. Balerdi (Spain)
- La Question ordinaire by Claude Miller (France)
- La Tête Froide by Patrick Hella (Belgium)
- Labyrinthe by Piotr Kamler (France)
- Le Coo by Paul Dopff (France)
- Le Voyage De M. Guitton by Pascal Aubier (France)
- Les Trois Cousins by René Vautier (France)
- Manha Cinzenta by Olney A. Sau Paulo (Brazil)
- Mauern by Kurt Kren (France)
- Messages, Messages by Steven Arnold (United States)
- One More Time by Daniel Pommereulle (France)
- Papa und Mama by Kurt Kren (France)
- Park Rape by Jon Beckjord (United States)
- Piece Mandala by Paul Sharits (France)
- Play 4 + 5 by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Portrait D. Cor by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Portraits by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- S.W.B. by Gérard Pires (France)
- Scenes From by Stan Brakhage (France)
- Selbst Verst by Selbst Verst (France)
- Sodoma by Otto Muehl (France)
- Some Won't Go by Gil Toff (United States)
- Still Nacht by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France)
- Stock Exchange Transplant by Douglas Collins (United States)
- T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G by Paul Sharits (France)
- Talla by Malcolm Le Grice (France)
- The Mechanical Man by Ronald Fritz (United States)
- Underground Explosion by Kurt Kren (France)
- Vite by Daniel Pommereulle (France)
- Work In Progress by W. Hein and G. Hein (France)
- Zelenka by Robert Rosen (United States)
Awards[]
Official awards[]
The following films and people received the 1970 Official selection awards:[2][6]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: MASH by Robert Altman
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) by Elio Petri
- Best Director: John Boorman for Leo the Last
- Best Actress: Ottavia Piccolo for Metello
- Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for The Pizza Triangle (Dramma della gelosia - tutti i particolari in cronaca)
- Jury Prize (Tied as the jury was bitterly divided with half of its members wanting the film to receive the Golden Palm):
- The Falcons (Magasiskola) - István Gaál
- The Strawberry Statement - Stuart Hagmann
- Best First Work: Hoa-Binh by Raoul Coutard
Short films
- Prix du Jury: The Magic Machines by
- Special Mention: by
Independent awards[]
- FIPRESCI Prize: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) by Elio Petri
Commission Supérieure Technique[13]
- Technical Grand Prize: Le Territoire des autres by
References[]
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- ^ Rex Reed (1970, June 21). How I went to the Cannes Film Festival and hated every minute of it. Los Angeles Times, p. o32. Retrieved June 24, 2008
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- ^ "9e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1970". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1970". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1970". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
Media[]
- INA: Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
External links[]
- 1970 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1970
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970 at Internet Movie Database
- 1970 film festivals
- 1970 in French cinema
- Cannes Film Festival