“La Dolce Vita,” by Federico Fellini (1960) And here we are. Here's a look back at the highlights. Even more surprising, some directors with two Palmes—Alf Sjöberg (1946’s Torment and 1951’s Miss Julie), Emir Kusturica (1985’s When Father Was Away on Business and 1995’s Underground), and, most notably, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (1999’s Rosetta and 2005’s L’enfant)— failed to land a single vote. 28. My personal rankings of the Palme d'Or winning films from the Cannes film festival. “Keeper of Promises” is astounding. The film follows alcoholic writer Don Birnam as a weekend with his girlfriend and his brother falls apart. The story of a titular young novitiate whose life is upended by a visit to her estranged uncle is classic Buñuel, a scathing indictment of both religion and the bourgeoisie. They cannot coexist. Claude Lelouch’s romance is an ode to samba, walks on the beach and charismatic coloration, all set to Francis Lai’s earworm musical score. All data collected through our Website is stored on servers located in the United States. Stars: $83.47M, R Palme d'Or Winners by iKickstand | created - 14 Nov 2016 | updated - 20 Oct 2017 | Public Since 1975 Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Robert Duvall, | and will notify you as required by all applicable laws. Güney died of stomach cancer in 1984. Stars: 60. It turns out that they’re not the Corleones. $2.20M, Not Rated Holly Hunter completely revitalized her career as mute Scottish woman Ada McGrath, who brings her own willpower and willful, inventive child (Anna Paquin) to New Zealand where she has agreed to be a mail-order bride to Alisdair (Sam Neill). Leigh never gets drawn too far into despair and keeps “Secrets & Lies” in a sweet spot of brutal honesty and real love. The real story here is Ennio Morricone’s score, which raises the final battle for the freedom of the Guaranì  to an almost divine feeling. – CS, Jane Campion became the first and, so far, only woman to win the Cannnes’ Palme d’Or when her sensational romantic drama shared the prize with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine in 1993. 13. It’s daring and defiant, and Krystyna Janda is wonderful. Yet this family values the education, to the point that the father will later cut down a tree to make new clogs for his son so that he can continue going to school. Lindsay Anderson Stars: It may have been a dry year for the Oscars, but the Marcel Pagnol-led Cannes Jury’s decision to award “Marty” over “Rififi” continues to baffle me. What we haven’t seen before are images of the border fence between Greece and Albania, obscured by fog but still clearly the resting place of a number of refugees, suspended forever by presumably electric wires at an impossibly high voltage. A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood. (Admittedly, Cannes has a much better record than the Oscars in this respect.) $6.74M, R Crime, Drama, Thriller. During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape. Fuelled by excellent performances from James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, and a never better Andie MacDowell, the film’s accolades include three Independent Spirit Award wins and an Oscar nomination for Soderbergh’s screenplay. 125,599 | Make of that what you will. 180 min The husband and wife in question are the parents of Ingmar Bergman, and the screenplay is his as well. That film was based on a 1956 novella by Shichirō Fukazawa. $0.26M, Approved Robert De Niro brings the unaware psychopath to life, but the character is so large he spills out into voice-overs and spreads over every scene. La dolce vita is also immortalised in the name of my cat, Fellini. Missing explores the personal conflicts of its characters and it works brilliantly as a detective thriller. Francesco Rosi sent a reporter down to Sicily to reconstruct Mattei’s last days, and the reporter also died under mysterious circumstances. 48. In theatres September 18! Parasite’s playful treatise on class warfare will be studied for years to come. “The Hireling,” by Alan Bridges (1973). We comply with the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework. Many of them are quite long, too. The highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival was called "Grand Prix du Festival" from 1946 to 1954 and again from 1964 to 1974. | correction and/or deletions of your personal information. “The Mattei Affair,” by Francesco Rosi (1972). Contact Abbas Kiarostami's most controversial and divisive film (Ebert rather famously awarded it one star) is also perhaps Kiarostami's simplest. It’s time we look at it again. The list of winners in the decades following the Cousteau/Malle duo is impressive: Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi and the Taviani brothers made a strong showing for Italian cinema in the early decades in Cannes. The winners of this year’s Cannes Film Festival have been announced, with Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan taking home the Palme D'Or for Winter Sleep.