 Official poster of the 25th Cannes Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | L'aventure c'est l'aventure |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Frenzy |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (La classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei)[2] |
| No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 20 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 4 May 1972 – 19 May 1972 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films The Working Class Goes to Heaven by Elio Petri and The Mattei Affair by Francesco Rosi.[2][4]
The festival opened with the French film L'aventure, c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch[5][6] and closed with the British film Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock.[7]
Jury[edit]
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1972 feature film competition:[8]
Feature films
- Joseph Losey (UK) - Jury President
- Bibi Andersson (Sweden)
- Georges Auric (France)
- Erskine Caldwell (USA)
- Mark Donskoi (Soviet Union)
- Miloš Forman (USA)
- Giorgio Papi (Yugoslavia)
- Jean Rochereau (France) (journalist)
- Alain Tanner (Switzerland)
- Naoki Togawa (Japan)
Short films
- Frédéric Rossif (France) - Jury President
- Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (Cinématographie official)
- Vicente Pineda (Italy) (journalist)
Official selection[edit]
In competition - Feature film[edit]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Dear Louise (Chère Louise) by Philippe de Broca
- A Fan's Notes by Eric Till
- Havoc (Das Unheil) by Peter Fleischmann
- Hearth Fires (Les Feux de la Chandeleur) by Serge Korber
- I Love You Rosa (Ani Ohev Otach Rosa) by Moshé Mizrahi
- Images by Robert Altman
- Jeremiah Johnson by Sydney Pollack
- King, Queen, Knave by Jerzy Skolimowski
- Malpertuis by Harry Kümel
- The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) by Francesco Rosi
- Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy) by Juraj Herz
- Pearl in the Crown (Perła w koronie) by Kazimierz Kutz
- Red Psalm (Még kér a nép) by Miklós Jancsó
- The Ruling Class by Peter Medak
- The Seduction of Mimi (Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore) by Lina Wertmüller
- Silence (Chinmoku) by Masahiro Shinoda
- Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
- Solaris (Solyaris) by Andrei Tarkovsky
- The Surveyors (Les arpenteurs) by Michel Soutter
- To Find a Man by Buzz Kulik
- Trotta by Johannes Schaaf
- The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette) by Gilles Carle
- The Visitors by Elia Kazan
- We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble) by Maurice Pialat
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) by Elio Petri
Films out of competition[edit]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Asta Nielsen by Asta Nielsen
- Bröder Carl by Susan Sontag
- Faustine et le bel été by Nina Companéez
- Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock
- L'aventure c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch
- La dérive by Paula Delsol
- La Génération du désert by Nicole Stéphane
- Une guerre pour une paix by Nicole Stéphane
- Lisa and the Devil by Mario Bava
- Den gale dansker by Kirsten Stenbæk
- Le lys de mer by Jacqueline Audry
- Hvezda Betlémská by Hermína Týrlová
- Alye maki Issyk-Kulya by Bolotbek Shamshiyev
- Les Jeunes Filles En Fleurs by David Hamilton, Philippe Leroi
- Macbeth by Roman Polanski
- Marie by Márta Mészáros
- Merry-Go-Round by Kirsten Stenbæk
- Papa, les petits bateaux by Nelly Kaplan
- Roma by Federico Fellini
- Serata by Malvina Ursianu
- Sziget a szárazföldön by Judit Elek
Short film competition[edit]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Atlantyda by Piotr Szpakowicz
- The Birth of Aphrodite by Leland Auslender
- Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
- Giovanni Michelucci by Fernando Cerchio
- Hundertwasser's Rainy Day by Peter Schamoni
- Jour de classe by Henri Jouf
- Magic Graz by Curt Faudon
- Malka dnevna muzika by Ivan Vesselinov
- Mini by Stoian Doukov
- I Omorfia tou thanatou by Nestoras Matsas
- Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais
- Pour solde de tout compte by Louis Pitzele
- Een Zeer zonnige wereld by Pieter De Groot
- Zikkaron by Laurent Coderre
Parallel sections[edit]
International Critics' Week[edit]
The following feature films were screened for the 11th International Critics' Week (11e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
- Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès by René Vautier (France)
- Fritz the Cat by Ralph Bakshi (United States)
- The Hamburg Uprising of 1923 (Der Hamburger Aufstand Oktober 1923) by Reiner Etz, Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Klaus Wildenhahn (West Germany)
- Dirty Money (La Maudite Galette) by Denys Arcand (Canada)
- Pilgrimage by Beni Montreso (United States)
- The Trial of Catonsville Nine by Gorgon Davidson (United States)
- Winter Soldier (Anonymous) (United States)
- Prata Palomares by André Faria (Brazil) (screening was canceled at the request of the Brazilian government)
Directors' Fortnight[edit]
The following films were screened for the 1972 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]
- Alianza para el progreso by Julio César Ludueña (Argentina)
- All the Advantages by Christopher Mason (United Kingdom)
- The Birch Wood (Brzezina) by Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
- Confessions Among Actresses (Kokuhakuteki joyûron) by Yoshishige Yoshida (Japan)
- The Days of Water (Los días del agua) by Manuel Octavio Gómez (Cuba)
- Diary of a Suicide (Le journal d'un suicidé) by Stanislav Stanojevic (France)
- Los dias del amor by Alberto Isaac (Mexico)
- The Dupes (Al-makhdu'un) by Tewfik Saleh (Syria)
- Emitai by Ousmane Sembene (Senegal)
- Faire la déménageuse by José Varela (France)
- Family Life by Ken Loach (United Kingdom)
- Film Portrait [doc.) by Jerome Hill (United States)
- Il gesto by Marcello Grottesi (Italy)
- Hail by Fred Levinson (United States)
- Heat by Paul Morrissey (United States)
- Homolka a tobolka by Jaroslav Papoušek (Czechoslovakia)
- Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) (doc.) by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
- Luminous Procuress by Steven Arnold (United States)
- Marjoe by Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan (United States)
- The People by John Korty (United States)
- Postchi by Dariush Mehrjui (Iran)
- ¡Qué hacer! by Saul Landau, Raoul Ruiz, James Becket, Bill Yarhaus, Nina Serrano (Chile, United States)
- Reed: Insurgent Mexico (Reed, México insurgente) by Paul Leduc (Mexico)
- Le Sang by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
- São Bernardo by Leon Hirszman (Brazil)
- Savages by James Ivory (United Kingdom)
- Shura by Toshio Matsumoto (Japan)
- St. Michael Had a Rooster (San Michele aveva un gallo) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
- Summer Soldiers by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
- La tecnica e il rito by Miklós Jancsó (Italy)
- Der Tod der Maria Malibran by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
- Week-end à Sochaux by Groupe Medvedkine (France)
- Wezwanie by Wojciech Solarz (Poland)
- The Wise Guys (Les smattes) by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
- Die Zelle by Horst Bienek (West Germany)
- Short films
- Autoportrait d'un pornographe by Robert Swaim (France)
- Camille ou la comédie catastrophique by Claude Miller (France)
- Celui qui venait d'ailleurs by Atahualpa Lichy, J.P. Torok (France)
- Das Kaputte Kino by H.H.K. Schoenherr (Switzerland)
- Death of a Sandwichman by G. Henderickx, Robbe De Hert (Belgium)
- Drug Abuse by Pat Lehman (United States)
- Empereur Tomato-Ketchup by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
- Homo Augens by Ante Zaninovic (Yougoslavie)
- Kamasutra Rides Again by Bob Godfrey (United Kingdom)
- La Chute by Paul Dopff (France)
- Le Cabot by P. Letellier J. (France)
- Le Sourire by Paul Dopff (France)
- Légendes et chateaux by Patrick Hella (Belgium)
- Luger by Georges Bensoussan (France)
- Saint-Denis sur Avenir by Sarah Maldoror (France)
- Yunbogi no nikki by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
Awards[edit]
Official awards[edit]
The following films and people received the 1972 Official selection awards:[2][4]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) by Elio Petri
- The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) by Francesco Rosi
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Solaris (Solyaris) by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Best Director: Miklós Jancsó for Red Psalm (Még kér a nép)
- Best Actress: Susannah York for Images
- Best Actor: Jean Yanne for We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble)
- Jury Prize: Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
Short films
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
- Prix spécial du Jury: Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais
Independent awards[edit]
Commission Supérieure Technique
Other awards[12]
- Special Mention: Gian Maria Volonté for La Classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei
References[edit]
- ^ "Posters 1972". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "25ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1972: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b "1972 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "L'Aventure c'est l'aventure". festival-lumiere.org (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "L'Aventure c'est l'aventure: Sea, sex & classe!". cinecomedies.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1972: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "11e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1972". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1972". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1972". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1972". imdb.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
Media[edit]
- INA: Atmosphere at the 1972 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Groucho Marx and Alfred Hitchcock at Cannes (interview in French and English)
- INA: Présentation du film "Malpertuis" (commentary in French)
- INA: The winners (commentary in French)