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The History of French Cinema: 1997 |
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26/3 - |
Raoul Ruiz 's Généalogies d'un crime (Genealogies of a Crime), starring Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli, is released. Melvil Poupaud and Andrzej Seweryn also feature. |
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18/5 - |
Abbas Kiarostami's Ta'm e guilass (Taste of Cherry) and Shohei Imamura 's Unagi (The Eel) share the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prize goes to Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, while Egyptian director Youssef Chahine receives the 50th Anniversary Prize Lifetime Achievement Award. [ADD] |
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28/5 - |
Alain Berliner's Ma vie en rose, the story of a small boy who wants to be a girl, is released. Georges Du Fresne stars as the gender-confused child. [ADD] |
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24/9 - |
Philppe Harel’s La Femme défendue (The Banned Woman), in which the camera is the literal point of view (i.e. vision) of the man with whom lead female Muriel (Isabelle Carré) has an affair, is released. [ADD] |
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15/10 - |
Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's al-Massir (Destiny) is released after winning acclaim at Cannes, Montréal and New York film festivals earlier this year. Nour El-Sherif stars in this film set in 12th Century Andalusia. [ADD] |
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3/12 - |
François Ozon’s atmospheric short film Regarde la mer (See the Sea) starring Sasha Hails and Marina de Van is released. [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1997 |
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Le bonheur est dans le pré (Etienne.Chatiliez) [ADD] |
