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The History of French Cinema: 1990 |
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20/1 - |
Rain Man was financially the most successful film at the box office in Paris in 1989, selling 1,509,707 tickets. [ADD] |
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24/1 - |
Louis Malle’s Milou en mai (Milou in May), set in the turbulent month of May 1968, is released. Michel Piccoli heads an ensemble cast. [ADD] |
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21/2 - |
Luc Besson’s Le femme Nikita is released. Anne Parillaud stars as a junkie, imprisoned for life for murder, who is transformed into a slick assassin by the French secret service. Jeanne Moreau also appears. [ADD] |
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28/2 - |
Actress Marie-France Pisier makes her directing debut with Le Bal du gouverneur (The Governor's Ball), based on her own novel. Kristin Scott Thomas stars. [ADD] |
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4/3 - |
Serge Gainsbourg's film Stan the Flasher is broadcast on Canal Plus three days before it goes on general release. [ADD] |
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20/3 - |
Brigitte Bardot's lawyer, Maître Gilles Dreyfus denies rumours that his client is scheduled to play Romanian dictator’s wife Elene Ceaucescu in a forthcoming film. [ADD] |
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28/3 - |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Gérard Depardieu as the army officer with the prominent proboscis, is released. Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez and Jacques Weber also star. [ADD] |
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9/4 - |
Agnès Varda begins shooting an as yet untitled film based upon the childhood of her husband, Jacques Demy. [ADD] |
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21/5 - |
David Lynch’s quirky road movie, Wild at Heart, wins the Golden Palm at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, while the Special Jury Prize goes to Idrissa Ouedraogo's Tilai. [ADD] |
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20/6 - |
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, in Paris promoting his latest film, ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down) co-starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas, is angered by the MPAA’s decision to award the film an X-rating. [ADD] |
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26/10 - |
Yves Robert’s Le Château de ma mère (My Mother's Castle), the second part of Marcel Pagnol's childhood memories (after La Gloire de mon père) is released. Julien Ciamaca plays Marcel, spending idyllic summers in Provençal with his family. [ADD] |
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10/12 - |
A Jean Gabin museum is opened in the small district borough of Mériel in the Val d'Oise, and a bust of the actor, donated by Jean Marais, is erected in the village square. [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1990 |
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Le captive du desert (Raymond Depardon) [ADD] |
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Conte de printemps (Eric Rohmer) [ADD] |
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Daddy Nostalgie (Bertrand Tavernier) [ADD] |
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The Hairdresser’s Husband (Patrice Leconte) [ADD] |
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Uransu (Claude Berri) [ADD] |
