1997 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner
![Taste of Cherry Abbas Kiarostami](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/taste-of-cherry-image.jpg)
Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami
An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
![The Eel Shôhei Imamura](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-eel-shohei-imamura-image.jpg)
The Eel
Shôhei Imamura
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
1997 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Nominees
![Assassin(s) Mathieu Kassovitz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/assassins-mathieu-kassovitz-image.jpg)
Assassin(s)
Mathieu Kassovitz
![Destiny Youssef Chahine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/destiny-youssef-chahine-image.jpg)
Destiny
Youssef Chahine
![Funny Games Michael Haneke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/funny-games-michael-haneke-image.jpg)
Funny Games
Michael Haneke
![Happy Together Kar-Wai Wong](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/happy-together-kar-wai-wong-image.jpg)
Happy Together
Kar-Wai Wong
![Kini & Adams Idrissa Ouedraogo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kini-and-adams-idrissa-ouedraogo-image.jpg)
Kini & Adams
Idrissa Ouedraogo
![L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
![Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nil-by-mouth-gary-oldman-image.jpg)
Nil by Mouth
Gary Oldman
![She's So Lovely Nick Cassavetes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shes-so-lovely-nick-cassavetes-image.jpg)
She’s So Lovely
Nick Cassavetes
![The Banned Woman Philippe Harel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-banned-woman-philippe-harel-image.jpg)
The Banned Woman
Philippe Harel
![The Brave Johnny Depp](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-brave-johnny-depp-image.jpg)
The Brave
Johnny Depp
![The End of Violence Wim Wenders](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-end-of-violence-wim-wenders-image.jpg)
The End of Violence
Wim Wenders
![The Ice Storm Ang Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-ice-storm-image.jpg)
The Ice Storm
Ang Lee
![The Prince of Homburg Marco Bellocchio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-prince-of-homburg-marco-bellocchio-image.jpg)
The Prince of Homburg
Marco Bellocchio
![The Serpent's Kiss Philippe Rousselot](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-serpents-kiss-philippe-rousselot-image.jpg)
The Serpent’s Kiss
Philippe Rousselot
![The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sweet-hereafter-image.jpg)
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan
![The Truce Francesco Rosi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-truce-francesco-rosi-image.jpg)
The Truce
Francesco Rosi
![The Well Samantha Lang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-well-samantha-lang-image.jpg)
The Well
Samantha Lang
![Welcome to Sarajevo Michael Winterbottom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/welcome-to-sarajevo-michael-winterbottom-image.jpg)
Welcome to Sarajevo
Michael Winterbottom
![Western Manuel Poirier](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/western-manuel-poirier-image.jpg)