In 1983, Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver made the pilgrimage to the Croisette to support Peter Weir‘s The Year of Living Dangerously. The drama, set in mid-60s Indonesia, a country in a political crisis that would soon overthrow president Sukarno. No Palme d’Or for the film or its cast and creators, but later Living Dangerously would be showered with accolades, including a Golden Globe nomination for the phenomenal performance of Linda Hunt as a (male) photographer, and six Academy Awards nominations.