 Official poster of the 23rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.[1] | |
| Opening film | Les Choses de la vie |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (MASH)[2] |
| No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 8 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 2 May 1970 – 16 May 1970 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 23rd Cannes Film Festival ran from 3 to 18 May 1970. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan (their flags were missing on the Croisette). He was tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.".[4][5] The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov (head of Moscow puppet theater) and left the jury panel with only eight members.
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Miguel Ángel Asturias was appointed as president of the jury. At the time, he was serving as ambassador from Guatemala to France. The Palme d'Or went to the MASH by Robert Altman.[2][6] The festival opened with Les Choses de la vie, directed by Claude Sautet and closed with Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel, directed by Marc Allégret.[7][8]
- ^ "Posters 1970". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
- ^ a b "23ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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selectionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (May 18, 2013). "Cannes: Todd McCarthy Recalls Altman and Blind Date With Margot Kidder". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "1970 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "What is Cannes for you?". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.