1990 Cannes Film Festival

1990 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 43rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Castella Traquandi.[1]
Opening filmDreams
Closing filmThe Comfort of Strangers
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Wild at Heart[2]
No. of films18 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date10 May 1990 (1990-05-10) – 21 May 1990 (1990-05-21)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 43rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 21 May 1990. Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci served as jury president for the main competition.[4][5]

American filmmaker David Lynch won the Palme d'Or, for the drama film Wild at Heart.[6]

The festival opened with Dreams by Akira Kurosawa,[7][8] and closed with The Comfort of Strangers by Paul Schrader.[9]

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  4. ^ "43ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Reflects World Change". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "David Lynch's 'Wild at Heart' Wows Cannes : Film: The director intends to cut his violent, profane and erotic movie to get an R rating". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Kurosawa's "Dreams" Opens Cannes Festival". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cannes Festival Opens With Showing Of 'Dreams'". orlandosentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Harold Pinter 1930-2008". focusfeatures.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.