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The History of French Cinema: 1988 |
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6/1 - |
Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault’s theatre company presents a play in Paris written and directed by filmmaker Eric Rohmer. [ADD] |
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24/1 - |
Jack Sholder’s The Hidden wins top prize at this year’s Fantastic Film Festival in Avoriaz. [ADD] |
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3/2 - |
Étienne Chatiliez feature debut, a comedy called La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille (Life Is a Long Quiet River), is released. [ADD] |
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7/2 - |
The Vidéothèque de Paris (Paris Video Library) opens. [ADD] |
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16/3 - |
In Paris, construction begins on the Palais de Tokyo, which will eventually become the Maison de l’image. [ADD] |
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20/3 - |
Over 100 films from 20 countries.are shown at this year's Women's Film Festival in Crétil. [ADD] |
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11/5 - |
29-year-old Luc Besson’s Le Grand bleu (The Big Blue) is released. Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno and Rosanna Arquette star in a story inspired by the life of Jacques Mayol, who would deep-sea dive without the aid of an aqualung. [ADD] |
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23/5 - |
Bille August’s Pelle erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror) wins the Golden Palm at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, while the Special Jury Prize goes to Chris Menges' British film A World Apart. [ADD] |
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7/6 - |
Canal Plus signs an agreement with cinema exhibitors which puts back the restriction on the screening of films from 10pm to 11 pm. [ADD] |
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23/6 - |
Producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier is elected head of Unifrance Film, the organisation charged with promoting French films. [ADD] |
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19/10 - |
Jean-Jacques Annaud's L'Ours (The Bear) is released. 3.5 million people see it in its first week of release. [ADD] |
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31/10 - |
Bertrand Blier begins filming Trop belle pour toi! (Too Beautiful for You) with Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko and Carole Bouquet. [ADD] |
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19/11 - |
Eric Serra's score for Luc Besson 's Le Grand bleu (The Big Blue) wins the prize for the best film music at the Victoires de la musique. [ADD] |
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23/11 - |
The law courts refuse permission for Turner Entertainments to transmit a colourised version of John Huston’s 1950 classic The Asphalt Jungle. [ADD] |
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7/12 - |
Cinematographer Bruno Nuytten's directorial debut, Camille Claudel, is released. Isabelle Adjani stars in the title role as a budding artist driven to madness by 19th-century bourgeois social codes. Gérard Depardieu appears as Auguste Rodin, Camille’s teacher and lover. [ADD] |
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8/12 - |
Michel Deville's La Lectrice wins this year’s Louis Delluc Prize. [ADD] |
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30/12 - |
In an interview published in Le Monde, Jean-Luc Godard is quoted as saying ‘the cinema is dead.’ [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1988 |
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Une Affaire de femmes (Claude Chabrol) [ADD] |
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Bernadette (Jean Delannoy) [ADD] |
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Dandin (Roger Planchon) [ADD] |
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Une histoire de vent (Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan) [ADD] |
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Jane B. par Agnes V. (Agnes Varda) [ADD] |
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Le Petit Voleuse (Claude Miller) [ADD] |
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Quelques jour avec moi (Claude Sautet) [ADD] |
