The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988.
Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Legend of the Holy Drinker directed by Ermanno Olmi.
Jury The following people comprised the 1988 jury: Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and producer María Julia Bertotto, Argentine production and costume designer Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer Klaus Eder, West German film critic Hannah Fischer, West German psychologist Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian filmmaker Lena Olin, Swedish actress Natalya Ryazantseva, Soviet screenwriter Harry Dean Stanton, American actor and musician Lina Wertmüller, Italian filmmaker
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Black Monk Чёрный монах Ivan Dykhovichny Soviet Union Burning Secret Andrew Birkin United Kingdom The Camp at Thiaroye Camp de Thiaroye Ousmane Sembène Senegal Chess King 棋王 Teng Wenji China Dear Gorbachev Caro Gorbaciov Carlo Lizzani Italy Dedé Mamata Rodolfo Brandão Brazil Eldorado Eldorádó Géza Bereményi Hungary Once MoreEncore - Once More Paul Vecchiali France Hard Times Tempos dificeis João Botelho Portugal Haunted Summer Ivan Passer United States The Invisible Ones Gli invisibili Pasquale Squitieri Italy Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη 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 United Kingdom The Moderns Alan Rudolph United States 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 United States 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 Special Events English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ashik Kerib აშიკ-ქერიბი Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese United States A Little Monastery in Tuscany Un petit monastère en Toscane Otar Iosseliani France The Loves of Casanova (1927) Casanova Alexandre Volkoff France Mr. North Danny Huston United States Private Access Codice privato Francesco Maselli Italy A Tale of the Wind Une histoire de vent Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens France Young Toscanini Il giovane Toscanini Franco Zeffirelli Italy, France Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis United States
Orizzonti English title Original title Director(s) Production country Appointment in Liverpool Appuntamento a Liverpool Marco Tullio Giordana Italy Boulevards d'Afrique Jean Rouch, Tam-Sir Doueb France The Children of the Swallow Τα παιδιά της Χελιδώνας Costas Vrettakos Greece Cream Train Treno di panna Andrea De Carlo Italy El color escondido Raúl de la Torre Argentina Fiori di zucca Stefano Pomilia Italy The Garden of Desires Сад желаний Ali Khamraev Soviet Union Iguana Monte Hellman Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States Komitas Don Askarian West Germany Monologue Anantaram Adoor Gopalakrishnan India My Dreams, My Love and You Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen Atif Yilmaz Turkey ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord Gian Vittorio Baldi Italy Venezia Notte English title Original title Director(s) Production country Big Penny Marshall United States Dominick and Eugene Robert M. Young A Fish Called Wanda Charles Crichton United Kingdom Good Morning, Vietnam Barry Levinson United States Hitting Home Robin Spry Canada Life Is a Long Quiet River La vie est un long fleuve tranquille Étienne Chatiliez France Manifesto Dusan Makavejev United States Vampire in Venice Nosferatu a Venezia Augusto Caminito Italy
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Kiss of Judas Il bacio di Giuda Paolo Benvenuti Italy The Glass Sky Der gläserne Himmel Nina Grosse West Germany Ghosts... of the Civil Dead John Hillcoat Australia High Hopes Mike Leigh United Kingdom Let's Get Lost Bruce Weber United States Little Vera Malenkaya Vera Vasili Pichul Soviet Union Mortu Nega Mortu Nega Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau Off Season Nachsaison Wolfram Paulus Austria, West Germany
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: The Legend of the Holy Drinker by Ermanno Olmi Grand 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 for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Best Cinematography: Vadim Yusov for The Black Monk Best Score: José María Vitier, Gianni Nocenzi, Pablo Milanés for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Best Art Direction and Costumes: Bernd Lepel for Burning Secret Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Joe Mantegna & Don Ameche for Things Change Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka Isabelle Huppert for Story of Women Volpi Cup Special Mention: David Eberts for Burning Secret
Source
Career Golden Lion Joris Ivens
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal Caro Gorbaciov by Carlo Lizzani (awarded by the jury) Independent Awards
New Cinema Award Camp de Thiaroye by Ousmane Sembene & Thierno Faty Sow Gli invisibili by Pasquale Squitieri Special Mention: Un petit monastère en Toscane by Otar Ioseliani
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 for Burning Secret Best Actress: Carmen Maura for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Fipresci Critics Prize Shared by Little Vera and High Hopes Italian Critics Prize Let's Get Lost
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1988 Awards on IMDb