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1979 Cannes Film Festival

1979 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 32nd Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original illustration by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.
Opening film Hair
Closing film À nous deux
Location Cannes, France
Founded 1946
Awards Palme d'Or (Apocalypse Now and Die Blechtrommel)
Number of films 21 (In Competition)
12 (Un Certain Regard)
8 (Out of Competition)
11 (Short Film)
Festival date 10 May 1979 (1979-05-10) – 24 May 1979 (1979-05-24)
Website festival-cannes.com/en

The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24. The Palme d'Or went to the Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola and Die Blechtrommel by Volker Schlöndorff.

The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch.


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