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45th Venice International Film Festival
1988 film festival in Italy
1988 film festival in Italy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 45th Venice International Film Festival |
| image | VeniceFilmFestival45poster.jpg |
| image_size | 210px |
| caption | Festival poster |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker |
| date | 29 August – 9 September 1988 |
| website | Website |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | 44th |
| followed_by | 46th |
The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.
Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Legend of the Holy Drinker directed by Ermanno Olmi.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1988 jury:
- Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and producer
- María Julia Bertotto, Argentine production and costume designer
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
- Klaus Eder, West German film critic
- Hannah Fischer, West German psychologist
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian filmmaker
- Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- Natalya Ryazantseva, Soviet screenwriter
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor and musician
- Lina Wertmüller, Italian filmmaker
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Monk | Чёрный монах | Ivan Dykhovichny | Soviet Union |
| Burning Secret | Andrew Birkin | United Kingdom | |
| The Camp at Thiaroye | Camp de Thiaroye | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
| Chess King | 棋王 | Teng Wenji | China |
| Dear Gorbachev | Caro Gorbaciov | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| Dedé Mamata | Rodolfo Brandão | Brazil | |
| Eldorado | Eldorádó | Géza Bereményi | Hungary |
| Once More | Encore - Once More | Paul Vecchiali | France |
| Hard Times | Tempos dificeis | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Haunted Summer | Ivan Passer | United States | |
| The Invisible Ones | Gli invisibili | Pasquale Squitieri | Italy |
| Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* | *La leggenda del santo bevitore* | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Lights and Shadows | Luces y sombras | Jaime Camino | Spain |
| Madame Sousatzka | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom | |
| The Moderns | Alan Rudolph | United States | |
| Story of Women | Une affaire de femmes | Claude Chabrol | France |
| Straight for the Heart | À corps perdu | Léa Pool | Canada, Switzerland |
| Things Change | David Mamet | United States | |
| The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober | Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera | Wojciech Has | Poland |
| A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes | Fernando Birri | Cuba |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
Special Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashik Kerib | აშიკ-ქერიბი | Sergei Parajanov | Soviet Union |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| A Little Monastery in Tuscany | Un petit monastère en Toscane | Otar Iosseliani | France |
| The Loves of Casanova (1927) | Casanova | Alexandre Volkoff | France |
| Mr. North | Danny Huston | United States | |
| Private Access | Codice privato | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| A Tale of the Wind | Une histoire de vent | Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens | France |
| Young Toscanini | Il giovane Toscanini | Franco Zeffirelli | Italy, France |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Robert Zemeckis | United States |
[[Orizzonti]]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appointment in Liverpool | Appuntamento a Liverpool | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| Boulevards d'Afrique | Jean Rouch, Tam-Sir Doueb | France | |
| The Children of the Swallow | Τα παιδιά της Χελιδώνας | Costas Vrettakos | Greece |
| Cream Train | Treno di panna | Andrea De Carlo | Italy |
| El color escondido | Raúl de la Torre | Argentina | |
| Fiori di zucca | Stefano Pomilia | Italy | |
| The Garden of Desires | Сад желаний | Ali Khamraev | Soviet Union |
| Iguana | Monte Hellman | Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States | |
| Komitas | Don Askarian | West Germany | |
| Monologue | Anantaram | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India |
| My Dreams, My Love and You | Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen | Atif Yilmaz | Turkey |
| ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord | Gian Vittorio Baldi | Italy |
Venezia Notte
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big | Penny Marshall | United States | |
| Dominick and Eugene | Robert M. Young | ||
| A Fish Called Wanda | Charles Crichton | United Kingdom | |
| Good Morning, Vietnam | Barry Levinson | United States | |
| Hitting Home | Robin Spry | Canada | |
| Life Is a Long Quiet River | La vie est un long fleuve tranquille | Étienne Chatiliez | France |
| Manifesto | Dusan Makavejev | United States | |
| Vampire in Venice | Nosferatu a Venezia | Augusto Caminito | Italy |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
- The Kiss Of Judas (Il bacio di Giuda) by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy)
- The Gassy Sky (Der gläserne Himmel) by Nina Grosse (West Germany)
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat (Australia)
- High Hopes by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)
- Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber (United States)
- Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera) by Vasili Pichul (Soviet Union)
- Mortu Nega (en. Death Denied or Those Whom Death Refused) by Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
- Off Season (Nachsaison) by Wolfram Paulus (Austria, West Germany)
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
- Silver Lion: Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Best Cinematography: Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk
- Best Score: José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
- Best Set Design: Bernd Lepel for Burning Secret
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
- Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka
- Isabelle Huppert for Story of Women
- Volpi Cup Special Mention: David Eberts for Burning Secret
[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|Career Golden Lion]]
- Joris Ivens
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
- Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani
New Cinema Award
- Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
- Gli invisibili by Pasquale Squitieri
- Special Mention: Un petit monastère en Toscane by Otar Ioseliani
Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza'
- Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat
Golden Ciak
- Best Film: Story of Women by Claude Chabrol
- Best Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Burning Secret
- Best Actress: Carmen Maura for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
References
References
- "VENICE 1988 – THE 45TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL".
- "The 1980s".
- "Juries for the 1980s".
- "45. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema".
- "5th International Film Critics’ Week". sicvenezia.it.
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