54th Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or (1-23) and Un Certain Regard (24-47) competitors (2001)
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- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiLaura MoranteJasmine TrincaA psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsHiroshi MikamiMaho ToyotaShûji KashiwabaraNagai, a software industry expert is an absolute slave to his work. It is no wonder that his personal life is a complete mess. His wife and daughter left him but he has kept a camera with him to preserve their memory.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraYûsuke IseyaSusumu TerajimaMembers of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsMichel PiccoliCatherine DeneuveJohn MalkovichThe comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBruno PutzuluCécile CampJean DavyAn author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.
- DirectorMohsen MakhmalbafStarsNelofer PaziraHassan TantaiIke OgutAfter an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
- DirectorJoel CoenStarsBilly Bob ThorntonFrances McDormandMichael BadaluccoA laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsShu QiJack KaoChun-hao TuanThe ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn LeguizamoA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip SovagovicBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.
- DirectorFrançois DupeyronStarsÉric CaravacaDenis PodalydèsGrégori DerangèreFrench lieutenant has been mutilated in the early days of World War I, so he is forced to adapt in hospital to a new life.
- DirectorMarc RechaStarsDavid SelvasNathalie BoutefeuMarieta OrozcoAfter his brother commits suicide, a man informs his mother and friends about the death.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertAnnie GirardotBenoît MagimelA young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
- DirectorSean PennStarsJack NicholsonBenicio Del ToroPatricia ClarksonA retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
- DirectorErmanno OlmiStarsChristo JivkovSergio GrammaticoDimitar RachkovThe history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in the war of Charles V against the Pope, in the first half of 1500.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsEmmanuelle BéartPascale BussièresDani LevyLouise and Nathalie's childhood friendship gets tangled in jealousy, unrest, relationships and tragedy after college. After seeing each other after 10 years the obsession and attraction between them becomes stronger.
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsStefano CassettiIsild Le BescoPatrick Dell'Isola'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonVicky JensonStarsMike MyersEddie MurphyCameron DiazA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsLeonid MozgovoyMariya KuznetsovaSergey RazhukJoseph Stalin (Sergei Razhuk) visits ailing Russian leader Vladimir Lenin (Leonid Mozgovoy) in 1923.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsJeanne BalibarSergio CastellittoMarianne BaslerQuick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKoji YakushoMisa ShimizuMitsuko BaishôA down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeShiang-chyi ChenYi-ching LuA watch salesman meets a young woman soon leaving for Paris and becomes infatuated, so he begins to change all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time.
- DirectorYves CaumonStarsMathieu AmalricLauryl BrossierFabrice CalsThis feature length entry from shorts director Caumon deals with a turbulent mother and son relationship in a rural setting.
- DirectorAlan CummingJennifer Jason LeighStarsAlan CummingJennifer Jason LeighPhoebe CatesLove is complex and relationships deteriorate.
- DirectorZacharias KunukStarsNatar UngalaaqSylvia IvaluPeter-Henry ArnatsiaqThe telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
- DirectorJacques DoillonStarsLou DoillonCaroline DuceyGuillaume SaurrelAlex becomes caught in a love triangle with two young girls in Paris.
- DirectorAktan Arym KubatStarsMirlan AbdykalykovDzylykcy DzakypovSergey GolovkinA teenager in a Kirgiz provincial town passes the time between his work at the railroad and hanging out with his friends before he has to join the military service.
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsOlivier GueritéeEmmanuelle BercotKevin GoffetteBenoit turns 13 and develops an intense crush on his godmother, Marion. As they lie on beaches in the summer, she humors him by talking about the mysteries of women
- DirectorMurali NairStarsK. Krishna KaimalMohan ThomasLakshmi RamanThe traditional ruling Lord grants democracy to a rural province. As a token of good will, the Lord gives royal dog Apu to his former obedient servant. Koran and his wife proudly care for the small dog, admired by all the village. But the dog becomes responsible for ironic incidents that result in political confusion.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsMisael SaavedraHumberto EstradaRafael EstradaA man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsRita BlancoAdriano LuzTeresa MadrugaDuring one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris. Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, decides to defy the code of silence of the Portuguese community and tries to find the truth. She losses her friends, her job and her family but gains a life.
- DirectorNobuhiro SuwaStarsBéatrice DalleKou MachidaHiroaki UmanoA European actress is remaking the 1959 classic film "Hiroshima Mon Amour" forty years after its premiere. We can witness her fatigue and inability to remember the lines.
- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsTony KgorogeRapulana SeiphemoPercy MatsemelaA young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.
- DirectorAleksandr VeledinskiyStarsAleksandr AulovVarvara KalganovaElena KollegovaA story about love, hate and loneliness, depicting several days from the life of two brothers. They work as track walkers on a railway somewhere in rural Russia. It is an screen adaptation of the short story "Two Guys from the Track Walkers' Hut on the 9th km". The author of the story, Vyacheslav Pietsukh, is a well-known contemporary Russian writer. He writes mostly about ordinary Russians.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsHaruhiko KatôKumiko AsôKoyukiTwo groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsYe LiuJun HuHe DuA young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
- DirectorDover KoshashviliStarsLior AshkenaziRonit ElkabetzMoni MoshonovZaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsBarbara OsikaChristoph BauerPeter FialaRita is an outcast teenager in suburban Austria, misunderstood both at school and at home. When Rita sets out to seduce her school bus driver, she sets in motion a series of events that changes everyone's lives irrevocably.
- DirectorMasahiro KobayashiStarsKen OgataYasufumi HayashiTeruyuki KagawaScene: Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsSarah PolleyRobert John BurkeMargrét ÁkadóttirA young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsDrea de MatteoLillo BrancatoLisa ValensA New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
- DirectorDarezhan OmirbayevStarsJamshed UsmonovSaule ToktybayevaAlnur TurgambayevaA film director takes to the road on a trip to visit his sick mother and we follow his thoughts and human encounters along the way.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsSelma BlairLeo FitzpatrickRobert WisdomCollege and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
- DirectorWisit SasanatiengStarsChartchai NgamsanStella MalucchiSupakorn KitsuwonWith its loud acting style, exuberant sets and stunning shots in pastel colours, this Thai cult film is as much a parody as an homage to the Western and the romantic tearjerker.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsMarco BalianiOrnella MutiValerio MastandreaThis ensemble drama details the friendships that grow between survivors of the 1997 Umbria earthquake. The original story, a fiction about the historic earthquake was written by middle school students. The story was adapted for the film. Francesca Archibuga is the first person to tackle the aftermath of Italy's devastating earthquakes especially in this medieval town in Umbria. This film divides its time between the children and adult survivors of this calamity. The townsfolk deal with various issues as they try to resume normal lives in a homeless situation. Adding aesthetic interest is a priceless Fra Angelico fresco endangered in the church, which English art expert Andrew Spender (James Purefoy) is sent to restore. A relationship develops between handsome Andrew and the plain school teacher. Sides are taken in the community concerning the necessity of protecting the fresco when there are more urgent needs. The story is laid out in a series of existential jolts: a young boy sees a crack appear in his warm home life, a slightly impaired teacher encounters a love fallen from the muddy rain, two formerly inseparable girls become estranged. The movie asks who you really are when you are stripped of the normal trappings of life-house, job, shoes, backpack. Relationships develop that would not have happened under normal conditions. After a devastation like an earthquake, all that defines you are your relationships.
- DirectorFrancesca ComenciniStarsFabrizio RongioneChiara MastroianniMimmo CaloprestiAt 30, Zeno's father dies, and he realizes that his youth is almost over. Meeting Giovanni Malfenti, a successful gallery owner with four daughters, he's impressed by Malfenti's energy, and falls in love with one of his daughters. This relationship helps Zeno find peace and direction.