45th Venice International Film Festival

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The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1988 jury:

• Sergio Leone (Head of Jury)
• Maria Julia Bertotto
• Klaus Eder
• Hannah Fischer
• Gilbert de Goldschmidt
• Adoor Gopalakrishnan
• Lena Olin
• Natalya Ryazantseva
• Harry Dean Stanton
• Lina Wertmüller

Official selection

In competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The Black Monk	Chyornyy monakh	Ivan Dykhovichnyy	USSR
Burning Secret		Andrew Birkin	UK
(aka) The Camp at Thiaroye	Camp de Thiaroyé	Ousmane Sembène	Senegal
Chess King	Qi wang	Teng Wenji	China
Dear Gorbachev	Caro Gorbaciov	Carlo Lizzani	Italy
Dedé Mamata		Rodolfo Brandão	Brazil
Eldorado	Eldorádó	Géza Bereményi	Hungary
Encore - Once More		Paul Vecchiali	France
Hard Times	Tempos dificeis	João Botelho	Portugal
Haunted Summer		Ivan Passer	USA
The Invisible Ones	Gli invisibili	Pasquale Squitieri	Italy
Landscape in the Mist	Topio stin omichli	Theo Angelopoulos	Greece
The Legend of the Holy Drinker	La leggenda del santo bevitore	Ermanno Olmi	Italy
Lights and Shadows	Luces y sombras	Jaime Camino	Spain
Madame Sousatzka		John Schlesinger	UK
The Moderns		Alan Rudolph	USA
Story of Women	Une affaire de femmes	Claude Chabrol	France
Straight for the Heart	À corps perdu	Léa Pool	Canada, Switzerland
Things Change		David Mamet	USA
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober	Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera	Wojciech Has	Poland
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes	Fernando Birri	Cuba
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:

• The Kiss Of Judas (Il bacio di Giuda) by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy)
• The Gassy Sky (Der gläserne Himmel) by Nina Grosse (West Germany)
• Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat (Australia)
• High Hopes by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)
• Let's Get Lost by Bruce Weber (United States)
• Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera) by Vasili Pichul (Soviet Union)
• Mortu Nega (en. Death Denied or Those Whom Death Refused) by Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
• Off Season (Nachsaison) by Wolfram Paulus (Austria, West Germany)

Awards

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Ermanno Olmi, winner of Golden Lion at 45th Venice International Film Festival

• Golden Lion:
  • The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi
• Special Jury Prize:
  • Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
• Silver Lion:
  • Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
• Golden Osella:
  • Best Screenplay - Pedro Almodóvar (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)
  • Best Cinematography - Vadim Yusov (The Black Monk)
  • Best Score - José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés (A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings)
  • Best Set Design - Bernd Lepel (Burning Secret)
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor - Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche (Things Change)
  • Best Actress - Shirley MacLaine (Madame Sousatzka) & Isabelle Huppert (Story of Women)
• Special Mention:
  • David Eberts (Burning Secret)
• The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
  • Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani
• New Cinema Award
  • Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow
  • Gli invisibili by Pasquale Squitieri
• New Cinema Award - Special Mention
  • Un petit monastère en Toscane by Otar Ioseliani
• Career Golden Lion:
  • Joris Ivens
• Prize of the Students of the University 'La Sapienza'
  • Landscape in the Mist by Theodoros Angelopoulos
  • Ghosts... of the Civil Dead by John Hillcoat
• Golden Ciak
  • Best Film - Story of Women by Claude Chabrol
  • Best Actor - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Burning Secret)
  • Best Actress - Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1988 Awards on IMDb