The 77th Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Poster featuring a scene from the film Rhapsody in August, directed by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the time.
In this film, presented Out of Competition in Cannes in 1991, a grandmother who was a victim of the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, 1945, passes on her faith in love and integrity as a bulwark against war to her grandchildren and her American nephew, with tenderness and contemplation. The next-to-last film by the director of Sanshiro Sugata, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Dersu Uzala and Dodes’ka-den reminds us of the importance of coming together, and seeking harmony in all things.
The Official Poster was designed by Hartland Villa (Lionel Avignon and Stefan de Vivies).
The festival also revealed the final films that complete the official selection including When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson set to open the Un Certain Regard section.
UN CERTAIN REGARD
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS by Rúnar Rúnarsson
NIKI by Céline Sallette | 1st film
FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis
CANNES PREMIERE
VIVRE, MOURIR, RENAITRE by Gaël Morel
MARIA by Jessica Palud
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
SPECTATEURS by Arnaud Desplechin
NASTY by Tudor Giurgiu
LULA by Oliver Stone
AN UNFINISHED FILM by Lou Ye
OUT OF COMPETITION
LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO by Alexandre De La Patellière et Matthieu Delaporte
COMPETITION
LA PLUS PRÉCIEUSE DES MARCHANDISES by Michel Hazanavicius
TREI KILOMETRI PANA LA CAPATUL LUMII (Trois kilomètres jusqu’à la fin du monde) by Emanuel Parvu
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof