On May 16, 2012, the grand opening of the International Cannes Film Festival was held. A red carpet was laid for eminent guests to the doors of the Palais des Festivals. Numerous eminent participants in the ceremony captivated the audience with amazing outfits.
The opening of the 65th film festival on the Cote d'Azur began with a solemn procession along the red carpet. The guests were greeted by a giant black and white streamer with the image of Marilyn Monroe blowing out a single candle on the cake. Thus, the organizers of the film festival decided to pay tribute to the actress. This year is the 50th anniversary of her death.
In the evening of the gala day, the red carpet at the foot of the Palais des Festivals sparkled from the light of the stars that flooded it. Eva Longoria, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Jean Paul Gaultier, Diana Kruger and other famous people showed their chic and original outfits in front of thousands of cameras.
Leading the opening of the 65th Cannes Film Festival was Berenice Bejo, who played in the film "Artist". She appeared on the stage in a crimson dress and for an instant seized power over a large audience. After a heated talk by the host about "silence in the cinema, " the audience was introduced to the short film by the chairman of the jury of the film festival, Italian director Nanni Moretti.
By tradition, all members of the Cannes Film Festival jury were invited to the stage one at a time. This year, Ewan McGregor, Diane Kruger, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alexander Payne, Andrea Arnold, Hiam Abbas, Emmanuel Devo and Raul Peck were appointed to responsible positions. As usual, the commission was assembled from representatives of various areas of art. The chairman of the jury, Nanni Moretti, thanked the country in French, "where they pay high tribute to cinema."
The 65th Cannes Film Festival opened with Wes Anderson’s film, The Kingdom of the Full Moon. The film involves Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and others. In total, 54 films will be presented at the festival, 22 of which were included in the competition program. The picture of the Belarusian director Sergei Loznitsa "In the Fog" will represent Russia.
It was noted that in the competition program there is not a single film directed by a woman. On this occasion, on the eve of the opening of the film festival, the jury members gathered a special press conference. Actress Diana Krueger actively answered the slippery questions of journalists, who noted that the fair sex was actively involved in parallel events of the festival.
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