Cannes 1993 - Competition
by tibojakin | created - 28 Oct 2014 | updated - 29 Oct 2014 | PublicJury présidé par Louis Malle
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1. The Piano (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
Votes: 95,201 | Gross: $40.16M
Palme d'or Ex-aequo Prix d'interprétation féminine pour Holly Hunter
2. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge
Votes: 33,175 | Gross: $5.22M
Palme d'or Ex-aequo Prix de la Critique Internationale - F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.
3. Naked (1993)
Not Rated | 131 min | Comedy, Drama
An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell
Votes: 43,968 | Gross: $1.77M
Prix de la mise en scène Prix d'interprétation masculine pour David Thewlis
4. Faraway, So Close! (1993)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 9,123 | Gross: $0.81M
Grand Prix du Jury
5. The Puppetmaster (1993)
142 min | Biography, Drama, War
Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tien-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Chien-ru Huang
Votes: 2,072
Prix du Jury Ex-aequo
6. Raining Stones (1993)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson
Votes: 4,919 | Gross: $0.09M
Prix du Jury Ex-aequo
7. Friends (1993)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers
Votes: 140
Mention spéciale - Caméra d'Or
8. Mazeppa (1993)
111 min | Drama
Based on Lord Byron's poem "Mazeppa" from 1819 and revolving around the painter Théodore Géricault, this unclassifiable equestrian piece by famous horse trainer and equestrian spectacle showrunner Bartabas takes art to another level.
Director: Bartabas | Stars: Miguel Bosé, Bartabas, Brigitte Marty, Eva Schakmundes
Votes: 283
Grand Prix de la Commission Supérieure Technique
9. Body Snatchers (1993)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney, Reilly Murphy
Votes: 21,262 | Gross: $0.43M
10. Broken Highway (1993)
98 min | Drama
Characters adrift in an isolated landscape collide with the past and each other as they unravel the secrets of a dead man's dreams. A moody meditation on anti-heroism, the film pays tribute to the black and white style of cinema noir.
Director: Laurie McInnes | Stars: Aden Young, David Field, Bill Hunter, Claudia Karvan
Votes: 49
11. Dyuba-Dyuba (1992)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A student of a scriptwriting course of Moscow Film Institute finds out that his ex-girlfriend has been imprisoned and decides to help her escape... Starring Oleg Menshikov.
Director: Aleksandr Khvan | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Anzhela Belyanskaya, Aleksandr Negreba, Grigoriy Konstantinopolskiy
Votes: 139
12. Falling Down (1993)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 206,748 | Gross: $40.90M
13. Fiorile (1993)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama
While traveling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted 200 years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio
Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $0.43M
14. Frauds (1993)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Roland has made decisions with a die since his 8th birthday. Now an insurance investigator, he uses it at work.
Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Mitchell McMahon, Andrew McMahon, Rebel Penfold-Russell, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 1,153 | Gross: $0.00M
15. King of the Hill (1993)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, History
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen
Votes: 8,830 | Gross: $1.30M
16. La scorta (1993)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A dedicated, tightly-knit group of bodyguards take on additional duties while safeguarding an honest judge designated to investigate official corruption in Sicily.
Director: Ricky Tognazzi | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Enrico Lo Verso, Claudio Amendola, Ricky Memphis
Votes: 952 | Gross: $0.15M
17. The Man on the Shore (1993)
106 min | Drama, History, War
Haiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Patrick Rameau, Jean-Michel Martial
Votes: 132
18. Libera me (1993)
75 min | Drama
Exploring a dystopian future which has parallels to those found in Brazil, Fahrenheit 451, and 1984, this film, tells of a place where a military junta has taken control and requires people... See full summary »
Director: Alain Cavalier | Stars: Ange Andréani, Alexandra Arnould, Claude-Maurice Baille, Hervé Banchs
Votes: 169
19. Louis: The Child King (1993)
160 min | Biography, Drama, History
The title of this major French costume drama means "Louis, child-king", and indeed it's a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Planchon | Stars: Carmen Maura, Maxime Mansion, Paolo Graziosi, Jocelyn Quivrin
Votes: 301
20. My Favorite Season (1993)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Old woman Berthe leaves her house to live in her daugter Emilie's one. Emilie and her brother Antoine have fallen out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites ... See full summary »
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Votes: 2,232 | Gross: $0.76M
21. Magnificat (1993)
95 min | Drama, History
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Luigi Diberti, Arnaldo Ninchi, Massimo Bellinzoni, Dalia Zagni
Votes: 201
22. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 52,019 | Gross: $22.55M
23. Splitting Heirs (1993)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 4,588 | Gross: $3.25M
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