Cannes '92

Cannes is the place where art meets schlock on the French Riviera. A year before Jane Campion's The Piano shared the festival's top prize, NZ-made documentary Cannes '92 managed to snare almost everyone standing, from Voight to Van Damme — including NZ entrants Alison Maclean (with her movie Crush) and Nicky Marshall (Mon Desir). Vincent Ward mentions the 14 companies involved in his Map of the Human Heart. Baz Luhrmann promotes Strictly Ballroom; Paul Verhoeven completely forgets the question after his Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone interrupts proceedings with a kiss.

You don't have to sell your soul, I don't think — but you certainly have to expand it a little to accommodate the international requirements of international money.

– Ian Mune on making films with international finance

Key Cast & Crew

Alison Maclean

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Tony Watts

Location Director, Producer

Carole Nicholson

Compilation Director, Producer

Marcia Gay Harden

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Vincent Ward

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Nicky Marshall

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