History
1997 • 23rd edition
From 5th to 14th September 1997.
The Festival offered a “Carte Blanche” to director William Friedkin, and paid tribute to Morgan Freeman, John Waters, and Arnold Kopelson. Sylvester Stallone made an appearance in Deauville as a surprise guest! Those he joined included Harrison Ford, Roy Schneider, Ray Liotta, Claudia Cardinale, William Hurt, Rupert Everett, John Woo…
Jury
Sophie Marceau (President), Élodie Bouchez, Philippe Carcassonne, Étienne Chatiliez, Alain
Finkielkraut, John Hurt, Michèle Laroque, Nathalie Quintane, Inès Sastre, Lambert Wilson
Palmarès
The Grand Prize
SUNDAY Jonathan Nossiter
The jury Prize (ex-aequo)
In the Company of Men
Neil LaBute & ULEE’S GOLD Victor Nunez