1977 Cannes Film Festival
The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1977. The Palme d'Or went to the Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. A new non-competitive section, "Le Passé composé", is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations. This section, along with sections "Les Yeux fertiles" and "L'Air du temps" of the previous two years, were integrated into Un Certain Regard in 1978.
The festival opened with The Bishop's Bedroom, directed by Dino Risi and closed with Slap Shot, directed by George Roy Hill.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1977 feature film competition:Feature films
- Roberto Rossellini Jury President
- N'Sougan Agblemagnon
- Anatole Dauman
- Jacques Demy
- Carlos Fuentes
- Benoîte Groult
- Pauline Kael
- Marthe Keller
- Yuri Ozerov
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- 3 Women by Robert Altman
- The American Friend by Wim Wenders
- An Average Little Man by Mario Monicelli
- Backbone by Vlatko Gilić
- Bang! by Jan Troell
- Black Joy by Anthony Simmons
- Bound for Glory by Hal Ashby
- Budapest Tales by István Szabó
- Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- The Duellists by Ridley Scott
- Elisa, vida mía by Carlos Saura
- Group Portrait with a Lady by Aleksandar Petrović
- The Hunters by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Iphigenia by Michael Cacoyannis
- J.A. Martin Photographer by Jean Beaudin
- The Lacemaker by Claude Goretta
- The Lorry by Marguerite Duras
- Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- The Purple Taxi by Yves Boisset
- Solemn Communion by René Féret
- A Special Day by Ettore Scola
- Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Wounded Game by Nikolai Gubenko
Films out of competition
- Aïda by Pierre Jourdan
- All This and World War II by Susan Winslow
- Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben by Horst Seemann
- La Bible by Marcel Carné
- The Bishop's Bedroom by Dino Risi
- Black Shadows On a Silver Screen by Ray Hubbard
- Bogart by Marshall Flaum
- Camelamos Naquerar by Miguel Alcobendas
- Carrara by Christian Paureilhe
- Catherine by Paul Seban
- The Children of Theatre Street by Robert Dornhelm
- Cine Folies by Philippe Collin
- Un Cuore Semplice by Giorgio Ferrara
- Dearest Executioners by Basilio M. Patino
- Des femmes et des nanas by Jean Pierre Marchand
- Il gabbiano by Marco Bellocchio
- Ha-Gan by Victor Nord
- Harlan County, USA by Barbara Kopple
- Heinrich by Helma Sanders-Brahms
- Les Lieux d'une fugue by Georges Perec
- Life Goes to the Movies by Mel Stuart
- Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? by Coline Serreau
- Meanwhile Back at the Ranch by Richard Patterson
- Moi Tintin by Gérard Valet, Henri Roanne
- Mozart - Aufzeichnungen Einer Jugend by Klaus Kirschner
- El mundo de Pau Casals by Jean Baptiste Bellsolell
- The Naked Civil Servant by Jack Gold
- News from Home by Chantal Akerman
- One Man by Robin Spry
- Paradistorg by Gunnel Lindblom
- The Passionate Industry by Joan Long
- The Pictures That Moved by Paul Andersen
- Le Portrait de Dorian Gray by Pierre Boutron
- Pumping Iron by George Butler, Robert Fiore
- Le ragioni del successo by Luca Verdone
- Raoni by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux
- Rhinoceros by Tom O'Horgan
- Le Roi Pelé by François Reichenbach
- San Gottardo by Villi Hermann
- Scott Joplin by Jeremy Paul Kagan
- Slap Shot by George Roy Hill
- That's Action by G. David Schine
- Torre Bela by Thomas Harlan
- An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano by Nikita Mikhalkov
- La vie au ralenti by Jean-Christophe Rose
Short film competition
- Arte tairona by Francisco Norden
- Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
- Envisage by Peter Foldes
- Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Mao, by himself by René Viénet
- Rumble by Jules Engel
- Stille Post by Ivan Steiger
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 16th International Critics' Week :- Ben et Benedict by Paula Delsol
- Caminandos pasos… Caminando by Federico Weingartshofer
- Ethnocide by Paul Leduc
- Liebe dans leben by Lutz Eisholz
- Le Meurtrier de la jeunesse by Kazuhizo Hasegawa
- Omar Gatlato by Merzak Allouache
- Twenty Days Without War by Aleksey German
Directors' Fortnight
- 25 by Jose Celso Correa, Celso Luccas
- Aftenlandet by Peter Watkins
- Ceddo by Ousmane Sembene
- Closet Children by Benoît Jacquot
- The Devil Probably by Robert Bresson
- The Earth Is Flat by Henrik Stangerup
- Fuera de aquí! by Jorge Sanjinés
- Gizmo! by Howard Smith
- La Historia Me Absolvera by Gaetano Pagano
- The Hyena's Sun by Ridha Behi
- The Indians Are Still Far Away by Patricia Moraz
- Kilenc hónap by Marta Meszaros
- Living On by António da Cunha Telles
- La muerte de Sebastián Arache y su pobre entierro by Nicolas Sarquis
- Near and Far Away by Marianne Ahrne
- Nós por cá Todos Bem by Fernando Lopes
- Ors Zein by Khaled Siddik
- Peking Duck Soup by René Vienet
- Prata Palomares by André Faria
- Why Shoot the Teacher? by Silvio Narizzano
- Zero Hour by Edgar Reitz
- Claude Chauvy, l'art du tournage en bois by Jean-Pierre Bonneau
- Eggs by John Hubley
- Hors-jeu by Georges Schwisgebel
- Nights by Georges Katakouzinos
- Sauf dimanches et fêtes by François Ode
- Windy Day by John Hubley, Faith Hubley
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1977 Official selection awards:- Palme d'Or: Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Best Actress:
- *Shelley Duvall for 3 Women
- *Monique Mercure for J.A. Martin photographe
- Best Actor: Fernando Rey for Elisa, vida mía
- Best First Work: The Duellists by Ridley Scott
- Best Music: Norman Whitfield for Car Wash
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Jury Prize: Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
Independent awards
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- * Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- * Kilenc hónap by Marta Meszaros
- Technical Grand Prize: Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
- *The Lacemaker by Claude Goretta
- *J.A. Martin Photographer by Jean Beaudin
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