1970 Cannes Film Festival

The 23rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1970. Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias served as jury president for the main competition.^[2]

1970 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 23rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.[1]
Opening film	The Things of Life
Closing film	Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Grand Prix: M*A*S*H[2]
No. of films	25 (In Competition)
Festival date	2 May 1970 (1970-05-02) – 16 May 1970 (1970-05-16)
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the fetival's main prize, was awarded to M*A*S*H by Robert Altman.^[3]

In this edition, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan (their flags were also omitted on the Croisette). He was supposedly tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.". The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov (head of Moscow puppet theater) and left the jury panel with only eight members.^[4][5]

The festival opened with The Things of Life by Claude Sautet and closed with Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel by Marc Allégret.^[6][7]

Juries

Main Competition

• Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan author, diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate - Jury President^[2][8]
• Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
• Kirk Douglas, American actor
• Christine Gouze-Rénal, French producer
• Vojtěch Jasný, Czechoslovakian filmmaker
• Félicien Marceau, French playwright
• Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppeteer
• Karel Reisz, Britsh filmmaker
• Volker Schlöndorff, West-German filmmaker

Short Films Competition

• Fred Orain, producer
• Jerzy Płażewski, Polish film critic
• Vincio Delleani, Italian

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:^[9]

English Title	Original Title	Director(s)	Production Country
The Alienist	O Alienista	Nelson Pereira dos Santos	Brazil
The Buttercup Chain		Robert Ellis Miller	United Kingdom
Don Segundo Sombra		Manuel Antín	Argentina
The Dreamer	Ha-Timhoni	Dan Wolman	Israel
Elise, or Real Life	Élise ou la vraie vie	Michel Drach	France
The Falcons	Magasiskola	István Gaál	Hungary
Fruit of Paradise	Ovoce stromu rajských jíme	Věra Chytilová	Czechoslovakia
Harry Munter		Kjell Grede	Sweden
Hoa-Binh	Hòa Bình	Raoul Coutard	France, South Vietnam
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto	Elio Petri	Italy
The Land	الأرض	Youssef Chahine	Egypt
Landscape After the Battle	Krajobraz po bitwie	Andrzej Wajda	Poland
Last Leap	Le dernier saut	Édouard Luntz	France
Leo the Last		John Boorman	United Kingdom
Long Live the Bride and Groom	¡Vivan los novios!	Luis García Berlanga	Spain
Malatesta		Peter Lilienthal	West Germany
M*A*S*H		Robert Altman	United States
Metello		Mauro Bolognini	Italy
The Palace of Angels	O Palácio dos Anjos	Walter Hugo Khouri	Brazil, France
The Pizza Triangle	Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca)	Ettore Scola	Italy, Spain
A Simple Story	Une si simple histoire	Abdellatif Ben Ammar	Tunisia
The Strawberry Statement		Stuart Hagmann	United States
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon		Otto Preminger
The Things of Life (opening film)	Les Choses de la vie	Claude Sautet	France, Italy, Switzerland
Tulips of Haarlem	I tulipani di Haarlem	Franco Brusati	Italy

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:^[9]

• The Ball of Count Orgel (Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel) by Marc Allégret
• Mictlan o la casa de los que ya no son by Raúl Kamffer
• The Territory of Others (Le territoire des autres) by Gérard Vienne, Jacqueline Lecompte, Michel Fano and François Bel
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Sydney Pollack
• Tristana by Luis Buñuel
• The Virgin and the Gypsy by Christopher Miles
• Voyage Chez Les Vivants by Henry Brandt
• Woodstock by Michael Wadleigh

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Prix du Jury:^[9]

• A Day With the Boys by Volker Schlöndorff
• Comme Larrons En Foire by Edmond Freess
• El diablo sin dama by Eduardo Calcagno
• Et Salammbo? by Jean-Pierre Richard
• Gipsy Pentecost (The Feast of St. Sara) by Laurence Boulting
• Kaleidoski by Jacques Ertaud
• L'autre silence by Nestor Matsas
• Light (Lumière) by Paul Cohen
• Magic Machines by Bob Curtis
• Smrtici vone (Le parfum mortel) by Vaclav Bedrich
• The Epitaph by Gurucharan Singh
• Un temps pour la mémoire by Georges Pessis

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 9th International Critics' Week (9e Semaine de la Critique):^[10]

• Camarades by Marin Karmitz (France)
• Eloge du chiac by Michel Brault (Canada)
• Kes by Ken Loach (United Kingdom)
• Misshandlingen by Lars Lennart Forsberg (Sweden)
• O Cerco by Antonio Cunha Telles (Portugal)
• On voit bien que c’est pas toi by Christian Zarifian (France)
• Ramparts of Clay (Remparts d’argile) by Jean-Louis Bertucelli (France, Algeria)
• The River Schooners (Les Voitures d’eau) by Pierre Perrault (Canada)
• Soleil O by Med Hondo (Mauritania, France)
• Vrane by Gordan Mihić and Ljubiša Kozomara (Yugoslavia)
• Warm in the Bud by Rudolph Caringi (United States)
• Ice by Robert Kramer (United States)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):^[11]

• A nous deux, France by Désiré Ecaré (Ivory Coast, France)
• The Age of the Fish by Roland Gall (West Germany)
• L'Araignée d'eau by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (France)
• Arthur Penn: Themes, Variants, Images & Words [doc.) by Robert Hughes (United States)
• Bhuvan Shome by Mrinal Sen (India)
• Caliche sangriento by Helvio Soto (Chile)
• I Cannibali by Liliana Cavani (Italy)
• Cowards by Simon Nuchtern (United States)
• Des Christs par milliers by Philippe Arthuys (France)
• Détruisez-vous by Serge Bard (France)
• Don Giovanni by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
• Eika Katappa [fr] by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
• End Of The Road by Aram Avakian (United States)
• Entre tu et vous by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx (Canada)
• L'Escadron Volapük by René Gilson (France)
• L'Étrangleur by Paul Vecchiali (France)
• Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen) by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
• Un Film by Sylvina Boissonnas (France)
• Fuoricampo by Peter Del Monte (Italy)
• Give God a Chance on Sunday (Dieu existe tous les dimanches) by Henrik Stangerup (Denmark)
• Handcuffs (Lisice) by Krsto Papić (Yugoslavia)
• La Hora de los niños by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
• The House of Light (La Chambre Blanche) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
• The Howl (L'urlo) by Tinto Brass (Italy)
• The Inheritors (Os Herdeiros) by Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
• James ou pas by Michel Soutter (Switzerland)
• Jänken by Lars Forsberg (Sweden)
• Jutrzenka by Jaime Camino (Spain)
• Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
• Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil)
• A Married Couple (doc.) by Allan King (Canada)
• Molo by Wojciech Solarz (Poland)
• My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
• L'Odyssée du général José by Jorge Fraga (Cuba)
• L'Opium et le Bâton by Ahmed Rachedi (Algeria)
• Palaver by Emile Degelin (Belgium)
• Paradise Now (doc.) by Sheldon Rochlin (United Kingdom)
• Portrait by Jérôme Hill (United States)
• Une Pulsation by Carlos Paez Vilaro and Gérard Levy-Clerc (France, Uruguay)
• Putney Swope by Robert Downey Sr. (United States)
• Q-Bec My Love by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
• Reason Over Passion by Joyce Wieland (Canada)
• Reconstituirea by Lucian Pintilie (Romania)
• Le Révélateur by Philippe Garrel (France)
• Right On by Herbert Danska (United States)
• Ruchome piaski by Władysław Ślesicki (Poland)
• School Play by Charles Rydell (United States)
• Som Natt Och Dag by Jonas Cornell (Sweden)
• Struktura kryształu by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland)
• Sweet Hunters (Ternos caçadores) by Ruy Guerra (Panama)
• Troupe d'élite, fleur de Marie by Oimel Mai (West Germany)
• Valparaiso, mi amor by Aldo Francia (Chile)
• Wind from the East (Le Vent d'est) by Jean-Luc Godard (Italy)
• Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet (West Germany)

Short films

• 20 September by Kurt Kren (France)
• Aaa by Dieter Meier (France)
• Ai Love by Takahiko Limura (France)
• All My Life by Bruce Baillie (United States)
• American Woman by Bruce E. Meintjies (United States)
• Back And Forth by Michael Snow (United States)
• Bartleby 1970 by Jean-Pierre Bastid (France)
• Béjart by Atahualpa Lichy (France, Venezuela)
• Berkeley by Patrick Reynolds (United States)
• Bliss by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
• Cosinus Alpha by Kurt Kren (France)
• Das Sonnenbad by Bernd Upnmoor (West Germany)
• David Perry by Albie Thoms (Australia)
• Dimanche Après-midi by Stéphane Kurc (France)
• Disson. Zeitreih by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France)
• Eros, O Basil by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
• Faces by John Moore and Takahiko Limura (France)
• Fenstergucker by Kurt Kren (France)
• Film Oder Macht by Vlado Kristl (France)
• Georges Albert, Aventurier by Daniel Edinger (France)
• In The Void by Ronald Bijlsma (Netherlands)
• It's So Peaceful by Fritz André Kracht (France)
• La Bergère En Colère by Francis Warin (France)
• La Cazadora Inconsciente by Rafael R. Balerdi (Spain)
• La Question ordinaire by Claude Miller (France)
• La Tête Froide by Patrick Hella (Belgium)
• Labyrinthe by Piotr Kamler (France)
• Le Coo by Paul Dopff (France)
• Le Voyage De M. Guitton by Pascal Aubier (France)
• Les Trois Cousins by René Vautier (France)
• Manha Cinzenta by Olney A. Sau Paulo (Brazil)
• Mauern by Kurt Kren (France)
• Messages, Messages by Steven Arnold (United States)
• One More Time by Daniel Pommereulle (France)
• Papa und Mama by Kurt Kren (France)
• Park Rape by Jon Beckjord (United States)
• Piece Mandala by Paul Sharits (France)
• Play 4 + 5 by Klaus Schönherr (France)
• Portrait D. Cor by Klaus Schönherr (France)
• Portraits by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
• S.W.B. by Gérard Pires (France)
• Scenes From by Stan Brakhage (France)
• Selbst Verst by Selbst Verst (France)
• Sodoma by Otto Muehl (France)
• Some Won't Go by Gil Toff (United States)
• Still Nacht by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France)
• Stock Exchange Transplant by Douglas Collins (United States)
• T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G by Paul Sharits (France)
• Talla by Malcolm Le Grice (France)
• The Mechanical Man by Ronald Fritz (United States)
• Underground Explosion by Kurt Kren (France)
• Vite by Daniel Pommereulle (France)
• Work In Progress by W. Hein and G. Hein (France)
• Zelenka by Robert Rosen (United States)

Official Awards

Miguel Ángel Asturias, Jury President

Robert Altman, Palme d'Or winner

Main Competition

• Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: M*A*S*H by Robert Altman^[2][3]
• Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petri
• Best Director: John Boorman for Leo the Last
• Best Actress: Ottavia Piccolo for Metello
• Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for The Pizza Triangle
• Jury Prize:
  • The Falcons by István Gaál
  • The Strawberry Statement by Stuart Hagmann
• Best First Work: Hoa-Binh by Raoul Coutard

Short Films Competition

• Prix du Jury: The Magic Machines by Bob Curtis
  • Special Mention: Et Salammbo? by Jean-Pierre Richard

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petri^[2][12]

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize: Le Territoire des autres by François Bel^[13]

References

1. "Posters 1970". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
2. "23ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
3. "1970 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
4. Rex Reed (1970, June 21). How I went to the Cannes Film Festival and hated every minute of it. Los Angeles Times, p. o32. Retrieved June 24, 2008
5. McCarthy, Todd (May 18, 2013). "Cannes: Todd McCarthy Recalls Altman and Blind Date With Margot Kidder". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
6. "Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
7. "What is Cannes for you?". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
8. "Juries 1970: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
9. "Official Selection 1970 : All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
10. "9e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1970". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
11. "Quinzaine 1970". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
12. "FIPRESCI Awards 1970". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
13. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

Media

• INA: Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)

External links

• 1970 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
• Official website Retrospective 1970 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970 at Internet Movie Database