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1971 Cannes Film Festival
The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey.[4][5]
Official poster of the 24th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.[1] | |
| Opening film | Gimme Shelter |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Les mariés de l'an II |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (The Go-Between)[2] |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[3] 8 (Out of Competition) 15 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 12 May 1971 – 27 May 1971 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Gimme Shelter, a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with Les mariés de l'an II, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau.[6][7] The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.[8][9]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1971 film competition:[10][4]
Feature films
- Michèle Morgan (France) Jury President
- Pierre Billard (France)
- Michael Birkett (UK)
- Anselmo Duarte (Brazil)
- István Gaál (Hungary)
- Sergio Leone (Italy)
- Aleksandar Petrović (Yugoslavia)
- Maurice Rheims (France)
- Erich Segal (USA)
Short films
- Véra Volmane (France) (journalist) President
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
- Etienne Novella (France)
Official selection
In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- Apokal by Paul Anczykowski
- Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) by Nino Manfredi
- The Boat on the Grass (Le Bateau sur l'herbe) by Gérard Brach
- La califfa by Alberto Bevilacqua
- Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) by Luchino Visconti
- Drive, He Said by Jack Nicholson
- Family Life (Życie rodzinne) by Krzysztof Zanussi
- The Flight (Beg) by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov
- The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
- Goya, a Story of Solitude (Goya, historia de una soledad) by Nino Quevedo
- Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
- Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
- Loot by Silvio Narizzano
- Love (Szerelem) by Károly Makk
- The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les mariés de l'an II) by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Mira by Fons Rademakers
- Murmur of the Heart (Le souffle au cœur) by Louis Malle
- The Panic in Needle Park by Jerry Schatzberg
- Pindorama by Arnaldo Jabor
- Raphael, or The Debauched One (Raphaël ou le débauché) by Michel Deville
- Sacco & Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti) by Giuliano Montaldo
- Sick Animals (Animale bolnave) by Nicolae Breban
- A Soul to Devils (Yami no naka no chimimoryo) by Kō Nakahira
- Taking Off by Miloš Forman
- Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff
- Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Le Chasseur by François Reichenbach
- The Deadly Trap (La Maison sous les Arbres) by René Clément
- The Friends (Les amis) by Gérard Blain
- Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
- The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
- Narcissus by Peter Foldes
- The Sacred Fire (Le feu sacré) by Vladimir Forgency
- The Trojan Women by Michael Cacoyannis
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Astronaut Coffee Break by Edward Casazza
- Centinelas del silencio by Robert Amram
- Fair Play by Bronislaw Zeman
- Hans Hartrung by Christian Ferlet
- I mari della mia fantasia by Ernesto G. Laura
- Jardin by Claude Champion
- La fin du jeu by Renaud Walter
- Le coeur renverse by Maurice Frydland
- Memorial by James Allen
- Mixed-Double by Bent Barfod
- Patchwork by Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Daniel Suter, Manolo Otero, Gérald Poussin
- Paul Delvaux, ou les femmes défendues by Henri Storck
- Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
- Stuiter by Jan Oonk
- Une statuette by Carlos Vilardebo
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
- Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family by Morley Markson (Canada)
- Bronco Bullfrog by Barney Platts-Mills (United Kingdom)
- Expédition punitive by Magyar Dessö (Hungary)
- Ich liebe dich, ich töte dich by Uwe Brandner (West Germany)
- Loving Memory by Tony Scott (United Kingdom)
- A Matter of Life (Question de vie) by André Théberge (Canada)
- Le Moindre geste by Jean-Pierre Daniel, Fernand Deligny (France)
- Les Passagers by Annie Tresgot (Algeria)
- Trash by Paul Morrissey (United States)
- Viva la muerte by Fernando Arrabal (Tunisia, France)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- A Fable by Al Freeman Jr. (United States)
- Are You Afraid? (Er i bange?) (doc.) by Henning Carlsen (Denmark)
- Badou Boy by Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
- Bang Bang by Andréa Tonacci (Brazil)
- Birds, Orphans and Fools (Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni) by Juraj Jakubisko (France, Czechoslovakia)
- Bröder Carl by Susan Sontag (Sweden)
- The Ceremony (Gishiki) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Cleopatra by Michel Auder (United States)
- The Cow (Gāv) by Dariush Mehrjui (Iran)
- Cuadecuc, vampir by Pere Portabella (Spain)
- Don't Deliver Us from Evil (Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) by Joël Séria (France)
- Du Cote D'Orouet by Jacques Rozier (France)
- Dziura w ziemi by Andrzej Kondratiuk (Poland)
- Agnus dei (Égi bárány) by Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
- Equinox (Equinozio) by Maurizio Ponzi (Italy)
- Fata Morgana by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
- Festival panafricain d'Alger 1969 (doc.) by William Klein (Algeria)
- La fin des Pyrénées by Jean-Pierre Lajournade (France)
- Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur) by Robert Bresson (France)
- Goin' Down the Road by Donald Shebib (Canada)
- How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como era gostoso o meu francês) by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Brazil)
- It Is Necessary to Be Among the Peoples of the World to Know Them (Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir) by Fernand Dansereau (Canada)
- Lea in Winter (Léa l'hiver) by Marc Monnet (France)
- Lenz by George Moorse (West Germany)
- The Machine by A. Shermann, J. Rozenberg (Switzerland)
- Le Maître du temps (doc.) by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
- Makin' It by Simon Hartog (United Kingdom)
- Mare's Tail by David Larcher (United Kingdom)
- Mathias Kneissl by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
- México, la revolución congelada by Raymundo Gleyzer (Argentina)
- O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (Moi, Schizo) by Antônio Calmon (Brazil)
- Ni vainqueurs, ni vaincus by A. Cabado, N. Spoliansky (Argentina)
- Of Gods and the Undead (Os Deuses e os Mortos) by Ruy Guerra (Brazil)
- The Past That Lives by Philo Bregstein (Netherlands)
- Prea mic pentru un razboi atît de mare by Radu Gabrea (Romania)
- Puntos suspensivos o Esperando a los bárbaros by Edgardo Cozarinsky (Argentina)
- Rape (Voldtekt) by Anja Breien (Norway)
- The Salamander (La salamandre) by Alain Tanner (Switzerland, France)
- Sex Jack (Seikozu) by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
- Staféta by András Kovács (Hungary)
- The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach) by Volker Schlöndorff (West Germany)
- Los testigos by Charles Elsesser (Chile)
- Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- THX 1138 by George Lucas (United States)
- Tokyo senso sengo hiwa by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Umut by Yılmaz Güney (Turkey)
- Valparaiso, Valparaiso by Pascal Aubier (France)
- Voto mas fusil by Helvio Soto (Chile)
- W.R. - Misterije organizma by Dušan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
- Wanda by Barbara Loden (United States)
- Short films
- Apotheosis by John Lennon, Yoko Ono (United Kingdom)
- Cannes, 70... by Jean-Paul Jaud (France)
- Essai à la mille by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
- Estado de sitio by Jaime Chávarri (Spain)
- Grumes by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
- Habitude by Dan Wolman (Israel)
- La belleza by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
- La Pierre qui flotte by Jean-Jacques Andrien (Belgium)
- Le Cri by Paul Dopff (France)
- Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (Belgium)
- Le voyage du Lieutenant Le Bihan by László Szabó (France)
- Les bulles du cardinal by Ody Roos (Luxembourg)
- Meatdaze by Jeff Keen (United Kingdom)
- Mégalodrame by Alain Colas (France)
- Moment by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- Monangambeee by Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
- Mortem by Adam Schmedes (Denmark)
- Okasareta hakui by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
- Please Don't Stand On My Sunshine by Ned McCann (Australia)
- R.S.V.P. by W. Pinkston, J. Mason V. (United States)
- Rosée Du Matin by Jean Dasque (France)
- Sex by David Avidan (Israel)
- Sur les traces de Baal by Abdellatif Ben Ammar (Tunisia)
- Underground Again by Laure Guggenheim (France)
- Venceremos] by Pedro Chaskel (Chile)
- Viva Cariri by Geraldo Sarno (Brazil)
Awards
Michèle Morgan, Jury President
Joseph Losey, Palme d'Or winner
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1971 Official selection awards:[2][4][5]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
- Best Actress: Kitty Winn for The Panic in Needle Park
- Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla for Sacco e Vanzetti
- Jury Prize:
- Best First Work: Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) by Nino Manfredi
- 25th Anniversary Prize: Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) by Luchino Visconti (also for his whole work)
Short films
- Prix spécial du Jury: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
- Special mention (or Jury Prize):
- Stuiter by Jan Oonk
- Une Statuette by Carlos Vilardebó
Independent awards
Commission Supérieure Technique[14]
Other awards[14]
- Special Mention: Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik, the lead actresses in Szerelem
References
- ^ . festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b . festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
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- ^ a b c d "24ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ a b "1971 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Charlie Chaplin Stole the Show at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ . ina.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "10e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1971". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1971". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1971". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1971". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
Media
- (commentary in French)
- INA: Michèle Morgan, president of the 1971 jury (commentary in French)
- INA: About the film The Go-Between by Joseph Losey (interview in French and English)
External links
- (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1971 2019-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1971 at Internet Movie Database