The Cannes Film Festival has been described as "the film festival equivalent of an
Olympic Gold medal event" by Kathleen Carroll and Mayra Langdon Riesman of
Film Scouts on the
Riviera (tm). Every May actors, directors, and agents descend upon the city of Cannes
in France to be witness to the Cannes Film Festival. Below are the winners in the major
catagories -- Actor, Actress, Directory, and Film.
1980
Actor: Michael Piccoli in "Salto Nel Vuoto"
Actress: Anouk Aimee in "Salto Nel Vuoto"
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi for "Constans"
Film: "All That Jazz"
and "Kagemusha"
1981
Actor: Ugo Tognazzi in "La Tragedia di un Uomo Ridicolo"
Actress: Isabelle Adjani in "Quartet"
and "Possession"
Director: no award
Film: "L'Homme de Fer"
1982
Actor: Jack Lemmon in "Missing"
Actress: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak in "Olelkezo Tekinetetek"
Director: Werner Herzog for "Fitzcarraldo"
Film: "Missing"
and "Yol"
1983
Actor: Gian Maria Volonte in "La Mort de Mario Ricci"
Actress: Hanna Schygulla in "Storia di Piera"
Director: no award
Film: "Narayama-Bushi-Ko"
1984
Actor: Alfredo Landa and Fancisco Rabal in "Los Santos Inocentes"
Actress: Helen Mirren in "Cal"
Director: Bertrand Tavernier for "Un Dimanche a la Campagne"
Film: "Paris, Texas"
1985
Actor: William Hurt in "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Actress: Norma Aleandro in "La Historia Oficial"
and Cher in "Mask"
Director: Andre Techine for "Rendez-Vous"
Film: "Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu"
1986
Actor: Michel Blanc in "Tenue de Soiree"
and Bob Hoskins in "Mona Lisa"
Actress: Barbara Sukowa in "Rosa Luxemburg"
and Fernanda Torres in "Eu Sei Que Vou Ta Amar"
Director: Martin Scorsese for "After Hours"
Film: "The Mission"
1987
Actor: Marcello Mastroianni in "Les Yuex Noirs"
Actress: Barbara Hershey in "Shy People"
Director: Wim Wenders for "Der Himmell Uber Berlin"
Film: "Sous Le Soleil de Satan"
1988
Actor: Forest Walker in "Bird"
Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi in "A World Apart"
Director: Fernando Solanas for "Le Sudi Kosaburo Yoshimura"
Film: "Pelle the Conqueror"
1989
Actor: James Spader in "sex, lies, and videotape"
Actress: Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark"
Director: Emir Kusturica for "Don Za Vesanje"
Film: "sex, lies, and videotape"
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