10 Films Booed At Cannes That Went On To Win Many Awards

One of the great masters of film, a man who influenced many of the great filmmakers working today, getting booed? Yup, only at Cannes could an audience be confronted with a film by one of the greats and boo it if it did not meet the standards they expected.

That somebody would boo such a respected member of the film industry is hard to comprehend until we look at where in his career L’Avventura came. It was his first big film, certainly the first film he had done that seemed to enjoy wider success.

But that success did not seem so likely at Cannes, where the audience disdain towards the film was so heated that lead actress Monica Vitti was forced to leave the auditorium early. It was the turn of the sixties, which had certainly not got to swingin’ at that point, and the complex eroticism for that time was not something people seemed ready to accept.

Notable Accolades:

The Palme d’Or would remain elusive to Antonioni, despite a number of nominations, until 1967’s Blow Up. However the film was somewhat vindicated at Cannes when the Jury Prize was awarded to it.