The 43rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1990 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival had 112,000 people attend, of which 70,000 people attended screenings at the Piazza grande, the open-air theater constructed in the town center. Wild at Heart directed by David Lynch drew a record crowd of 10,500 people. The festival hosted a section of Eastern European films banned by their governments the 1960s. Two banned films premiered for the first time at the festival, Born in '45 directed by Jürgen Böttcher and Egon Günther's Wenn Du Gross Bist, Lieber Adam (When You Are Grown Up, Dear Adam). Over half the films at Locarno this year were from Eastern Europe. A retrospective of pioneering Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov, was also shown that included 34 out of his total 50 films.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Accidental Waltz directed by Svetlana Proskurina.
Jury International Jury – Main Competition Nastassja Kinski, German actress Michel Ciment, French critic Werner Duggelin, Swiss director Grytzko Mascioni, Swiss writer Nanni Moretti, Italian director Mrinal Sen, Indian director Alexander Sokurov, Russian director
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Competition
Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Alicinte Anweshanam T. V. Chandran 1989 India Badis Mohamed Abderrahman Taz 1988 Morocco Dao Wen The Story of a Gangster Hung-Wei Yeh 1989 Taiwan Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer John McNaughton 1985 USA Hush-A-Bye Baby Margo Harkin 1989 Iceland Konechnaya Ostanovka The Final Stop Serik Aprimov 1989 Russia L'Aria Serena Dell'Ovest The Peaceful Air of the West Silvio Soldini 1990 Switzerland, Italy L'Homme Imagine A Man Imagines Patricia Barton 1989 France La Capatul Liniei At the End of the Line Dinu Tanase 1983 Romania La Sposa Di San Paolo The Bride of San Paolo Gabriella Rosaleva 1990 Italy Leb Wohl, Joseph Farewell, Joseph Andreas Kleinert 1989 Germany Leningrad, November Andreas Schmidt 1990 Germany, Russia Metropolitan Whit Stillman1990 USA Reise Der Hoffnung Journey of Hope Xavier Koller 1990 Switzerland, Italy Slouchainij ValsAccidental Waltz Svetlana Proskurina 1989 Russia Szürkület Twilight György Fehér 1990 Hungary The Reflecting Skin Philip Ridley 1990 Great Britain Zeit Der Rache Time of Revenge Anton Peschke 1990 Austria
Out of Competition
Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country A AyOh Moon! Reha Erdem 1989 Turkey Angels Jacob Berger 1989 Switzerland, Spain Boda Secreta Secret Wedding Alejandro Agresti 1989 Argentina, Netherlands Daddy Nostalgie Bertrand Tavernier 1990 France Homo Novus A New Man Pál Erdőss 1990 Russia Il Sole Anche Di Notte The Sun Even at Night Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani 1990 Italy Ju Dou Judo U Zhang Yimon 1989 China Karaul Guard Alexandr Rogozhkin 1989 Russia Kindergarten Jorge Polaco 1989 Argentina La Nacion Clandestina The Clandestine Nation Jorge Sanjinés 1989 Bolivia Nama-Ye Nazdik Nama-Nadik Abbas Kiarostami 1990 Iran Nouvelle Vague New Wave Jean-Luc Godard 1990 Switzerland, France Pink Ulysses Eric de Kuyper 1990 Netherlands Porte Aperte Open Doors Gianni Amelio 1990 Italy Ser (Svoboda Eto Rai) Sir (Freedom Here is Paradise) Sergueï Bodrov 1989 Russia Spasi I Sokrani Save and Socran Aleksandr Sokurov 1989 Russia The Comfort Of Strangers Paul Schrader 1990 USA Tilaï Idrissa Ouédraogo 1990 Burkina Faso Wild At Heart David Lynch 1989 USA À La Recherche Du Lieu De Ma Naissance In Search of the Place of My Birth Boris Lehman 1990 Belgium, Switzerland
Special Sessions Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Al Gatun Kali Kali 1990 Switzerland L'Atalante Jean Vigo 1934 France Meghe Dhaka Tara Ritwik Ghatak 1960 India Titash Ekti Nadir Naam A River Called Titas Ritwik Ghatak 1973 Bangladesh
Tribute To – Cesare Zavattini Tribute To Cesare Zavattini Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Il Giudizio Universale The Universal Judgment Vittorio De Sica 1961 Italy La Veritàaa The Truth Cesare Zavattini 1982 Italy Parliamo Di Te Let's Talk About you Fabio Carpi Carpi 1968 Italy Storia Di Caterina History of Caterina Francesco Maselli, Cesare Zavattini 1953 Italy Zavattini Regista, Zavattini Sceneggiatore Zavattini Director, Zavattini Screenwriter Luigi Di Gianni 1989 Italy
Banned Films From the 60s Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Das Kaninchen Bin Ich I Am the Rabbit Kurt Maetzig 1965 Germany Dolgada Scastivaja Zhizn Dolgada is a Happiness Life Gennady Shpalikov 1966 Russia Jahrgang 45 Born in '45 Jürgen Böttcher 1965 Germany Meandre Meander Mircea Saucan 1966 Romania O Slavnosti A Hostech About the Festivities and Guests Jan Nemec 1968 Czech Republic Ponedelnik Sutrin Monday Morning Irina Aktascheva, Christo Piskov Bulgaria Skrivanci Na Nitich The Hidden on Nihich Jiri Menzel 1969 Czech Republic Spur Der Steine Trade of the Stones Frank Beyer 1966 Germany Vsichni Dobri Rodaci All Good Rods Vojtěch Jasný 1968 Czech Republic Wenn Du Gross Bist, Lieber Adam When You Are Grown Up, Dear Adam Egon Günther 1965 Germany Zastava Ilica Flag Ilica Marlen Khutziev 1964 Russia
Retrospective – Lev Kuleshov {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Original Title ! English Title ! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |- | Albidum | White | Leonid Obolenskij | 1929 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Chakhmantnaïa | Vsevolod Poudovkine | 1925 | Russia |- | Delo Zastiojkami | Work | Alexandra Khokhlova | 1929 | Russia |- | Dva-Bouldi-Dva | Two-Bouldi-Two | Lev Kuleshov | 1929 | Russia |- | Gorizont | Horizon | Lev Kuleshov | 1933 | Russia |- | Iounye Partizany | Yuna Partisans | Lev Kuleshov | 1943 | Russia |- | Journalistka | Journalist | Lev Kuleshov | 1927 | Russia |- | Kirptchiki | Equipment RPT Chiki | Leonid Obolenskij | 1925 | Russia |- | Kliatva Timoura | Cliaba Timoura | Lev Kuleshov | 1942 | Russia |- | Korol' Parija | Korol 'Parija | Evgueni Bauer | 1917 | Russia |- | Koukla S Millionami | A Doll with Millions | Sergueï Komarov | 1928 | Russia |- | Liedolom | Ladolome | Boris Barnet | 1931 | Russia |- | Loutch Smerti | Ray of Death | Lev Kuleshov | 1925 | Russia |- | Mekhanika Golovnogo Mozga | Brain Mechanics | Vsevolod Poudovkine | 1926 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Miss Mary | Boris Tchaïkovski | 1918 | Russia |- | Moskva V Oktiabre | Moscow in Oktiabre | Boris Barnet | 1927 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | My S Ourala | Lev Kuleshov | 1943 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Nabat | Evgueni Bauer | 1917 | Russia |- | Neobytchaïnye Priklioutchénia Mistera Vesta V Strane Bolchevikov | Neobytcharnye Priklioutchenia Mister Vest in the Party Bolchevikov | Lev Kuleshov | 1924 | Russia |- | Po Zakonou | After the Law | Lev Kuleshov | 1926 | Russia |- | Potselouï Meri Pikford | Potselouï Sea Pikford | Sergueï Komarov | 1927 | Russia |- | Proekt Injeniera Praïta | Proekt Injeeniera Praota | Lev Kuleshov | 1918 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Sacha | Alexandra Khokhlova | 1930 | Russia |- | Serp I Molot | Serp I Move | Vladimir Gardine | 1921 | Russia |- | Sibiriaki | Silemari | Lev Kuleshov | 1940 | Russia |- | Sloutchaï Na Voulkanie | Sloutcharis for a Bullshit | Evgueni Schneider | 1940 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Smeltchak | Mikhaïl Narokov | 1919 | Russia |- | Son Tarassa | I'm Tarassa | Iouri Jeliaboujski | 1919 | Russia |- | Sorok Serdets | Forty Hearts | Lev Kuleshov | 1930 | Russia |- | Steklianny Glaz | Glass Eyes | Lili Brik | 1929 | Russia |- | colspan="2" | Torgovstsy Slavoï | Leonid Obolenskij | 1929 | Russia |- | Velki Outiechitel| Veil | Lev Kuleshov | 1933 | Russia |- | Vessiolaïa Kanareïka | Vessiolaïa Canareïka | Lev Kuleshov | 1929 | Russia |- | Za Stchastiem | For Stagnant | Evgueni Bauer | 1917 | Russia |- | Znakomoe Litso | A Familiar Face | Nikolaï Chpikovski | 1929 | Russia
A Look At Italian Cinema Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Il Gioco Delle Ombre The Game of Shadows Stefano Gabrini 1990 Italy Les Cinque Rose Di Jennifer The Cinque Rose Di Jennifer Tommaso Sherman 1989 Italy Lungo Il Fiume Along the River Vanna Paoli 1990 Italy Roma, Paris, Barcelona Rome, Paris, Barcelona Paolo Grassini, Italo Spinelli 1989 Italy Turné On Tour Gabriele Salvatores 1990 Italy
Out of Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Production Country Joseph Czapski Emanuel Kowalski Switzerland
Independent Sections Critics Week The Semaine de la Critique is an independent section, created in 1990 by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in partnership with the Locarno Film Festival. Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Contretemps Setback Jean-Daniel Pollet 1988 France Der Grüne Berg The Green Mountain Fredi M. Murer 1990 Switzerland Good News - Von Kolporteuren, Toten Hunden Und Anderen Wienern Good News - From Kolporte, Dead Dogs and Other Viennese Ulrich Seidl 1989 Austria Lung-Ta Franz-Christoph Giercke, Marie Jaoul de Poncheville 1990 France Nachid El-Hajar We Commend the Stone Michel Khleifi 1990 Belgium The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris 1988 USA
Swiss Information New Swiss Feature Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Bingo Markus Imboden 1990 Switzerland Grimsel - Ein Augenschein Grimsel - An Inspection Peter Liechti 1990 Switzerland L'Assassina The Assassin Beat Kuert 1990 Switzerland La Femme De Rose Hill Rose Hill's Wife Alain Tanner 1989 Switzerland, France Leo Sonnyboy Rolf Lyssy 1989 Switzerland Lynx Franz Reichle 1990 Switzerland Step Across The Border Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel 1989 Switzerland, Germany Stille Betrüger Silent Fraudsters Beat Lottaz 1989 Switzerland, Germany Touchol Touch Alvaro Bizzarri 1990 Switzerland New Swiss Short Films Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Alois Camenzind Klauenschneider Bernard Weber 1989 Switzerland Encore Une Histoire D'Amour Another Love Story Pierre-Yves Borgeaud 1989 Switzerland L'Autre The Other Juliette Frey 1990 Belgium La Mano Senza Volto The Faceless Hand Adriano Kestenholz 1989 Switzerland Le Decoupage Tobias Ineichen 1989 Switzerland Syndrom Syndrome Jörg Bühlmann 1989 Poland À Tire-Coeur Firing Marie-Luce Felber 1990 Switzerland
Official Awards Official JuryGolden Leopard: Accidental Waltz directed by Svetlana ProskurinaSilver Leopard: The Reflecting Skin directed by Philip Ridley, Metropolitan directed by Whit StillmanBronze Leopard: Journey of Hope directed by Xavier Koller, to Miklos Gurban cinematographer for Szürkület directed by György FehérBronze Leopard (Best Actor or Actress):''' Emer McCourt in Hush-A-Bye Baby'' directed by Margo Harkin Source:
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