Poster for the 77th Cannes Film Festival: A scene from “Rhapsody in August” by Akira Kurosawa

he Cannes Film Festival It unveiled the propaganda poster for its 77th session, which will be held from May 14 to 25. This is a picture of Rhapsody in Augustthe great Japanese teacher film Akira Kurosawa. The official announcement of the Cannes Film Festival states that this film, which was screened out of competition in 1991, shows how “a grandmother who was a victim of the bombing of Nagasaki transmits to her grandchildren and her American nephew her belief in love and integrity as a bulwark against war.” This feature film, the penultimate film of the director who died in 2010, is an ode to “the importance of coming together and seeking harmony in everything”: “This poster, a reflection of cinema, celebrates the seventh art with wonder. Because it gives a voice to everyone, cinema It allows for liberation, because it remembers wounds, fights forgetfulness, because it bears witness to dangers, because it relieves trauma, and helps in repairing life.

The head of the jury for this 77th session is the American director Greta GerwigYou should appreciate it: As the FilmsInFilms Twitter account discovered, they included a poster for one of Akira Kurosawa's films, Kagemusha, Shadow Warriorin his movie Ladybug (2017). The Japanese director won Oscars, the Venice Film Festival and the Berlinale, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for this film in 1980.

In the 2023 edition, the Cannes Film Festival honored one of the great French actresses: Catherine Deneuve. This year, the actress will be on the Croisette presenting the show Marcelo MeoWritten by Christophe Honoré Marcello Mastroianni. His daughter Chiara Mastroianni He is part of the cast.

The article was published in Vanity Fair France and translated. Access to the original here.