44th Venice International Film Festival

44th Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: Au revoir les enfants
Festival date29 August – 9 September 1987
WebsiteWebsite

The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987.[1][2]

Greek actress and singer Irene Papas was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1987 jury:[3]

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:[5]

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Au revoir les enfants Louis Malle France, West Germany, Italy
A Boy from Calabria Un ragazzo di Calabria Luigi Comencini Italy
Comedy! Comédie! Jacques Doillon France
Deaf to the City Le sourd dans la ville Mireille Dansereau Canada
Divine Words Divinas palabras José Luis García Sánchez Spain
The Ghost Valley La vallée fantôme Alain Tanner Switzerland
The Gold Rimmed Glasses Gli occhiali d'oro Giuliano Montaldo Italy
Hip Hip Hurrah! Hip hip hurra! Kjell Grede Sweden
House of Games David Mamet United States
If the Sun Never Returns Si le soleil ne revenait pas Claude Goretta France, Switzerland
Long Live the Lady! Lunga vita alla signora! Ermanno Olmi Italy
Made in Heaven Alan Rudolph United States
Maurice James Ivory United Kingdom
Motherland Hotel Anayurt Oteli Ömer Kavur Turkey
Mountains Of The Moon O Desejado Paulo Rocha Portugal
Oridathu G. Aravindan India
Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game Плюмбум, или опасная игра Vadim Abdrashitov Soviet Union
Quartiere Silvano Agosti Italy
Season of Monsters Szörnyek évadja Miklós Jancsó Hungary
The Surrogate Woman 씨받이 Im Kwon-taek South Korea
The Tale of Ruby Rose Roger Scholes Australia
A Taxing Woman マルサの女 Juzo Itami Japan
The Veiled Man L'homme voilé Maroun Bagdadi Lebanon, France

Out of Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Boyfriends and Girlfriends L'Ami de mon amie Éric Rohmer France
The Dead John Huston United Kingdom
Julia and Julia Giulia e Giulia Peter Del Monte Italy
The Untouchables Brian De Palma United States
The Witches of Eastwick George Miller
Special Bertolucci
Nostalgia di un colossal Paolo Brunatto Italy

Retrospectives

English title Original title Director(s) Year Production country
Tribute to Cinecittà
Le Amiche Michelangelo Antonioni 1955 Italy
Bellissima Luchino Visconti 1951
The Betrothed I promessi sposi Mario Camerini 1941
The Desert of the Tartars Il deserto dei tartari Valerio Zurlini 1976 Italy, France, West Germany, Iran
La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini 1960 Italy, France
General Della Rovere Il generale Della Rovere Roberto Rossellini 1959
The Iron Crown La corona di ferro Alessandro Blasetti 1941 Italy
Luciano Serra, Pilot Luciano Serra pilota Goffredo Alessandrini 1938
Teresa Venerdì Vittorio De Sica 1941
Tribute to Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1950 United States
The Barefoot Contessa 1954 United States, Italy
Carol for Another Christmas 1964 United States
Cleopatra 1963
Dragonwyck 1946
Escape 1948 United Kingdom, United States
5 Fingers 1952 United States
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
Guys and Dolls 1955
The Honey Pot 1967
House of Strangers 1949
Julius Caesar 1953
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1970
The Late George Apley Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1947
A Letter to Three Wives 1949
No Way Out 1950
People Will Talk 1951
The Quiet American 1958
Sleuth 1972 United Kingdom, United States
Somewhere in the Night 1946 United States
Suddenly, Last Summer 1959
There Was a Crooked Man... 1970

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Year
The Burglar Vzlomšcik Valerij Ogorodnikov Soviet Union
Dragon Chow Drachenfutter Jan Schütte West Germany, Switzerland
Hidden City Stephen Poliakoff United Kingdom
Italian Night Notte Italiana Carlo Mazzacurati Italy
Killing Time Poussière d'ange Edouard Niermans France
Sierra Leone Uwe Schrader West Germany
True and Faithful Account Relação fiel e verdadeira Margarida Gil Portugal

Official Awards

Main Competition

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Golden Ciak

'Commendatore al merito della Repubblica' Medal

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Elvira Notari Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

Cinecritica Award

Award of the Society for Psychology

References

  1. ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1987". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. ^ "44. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ^ "4th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Roger Scholes – writer, director, cinematographer". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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