Das Cannes-Poster 2024 ist zum Aufhängen schön

Das Cannes-Poster 2024 ist zum Aufhängen schön
(c) Shochiku Co., Ltd. / Kurosawa Prod. – Graphic design: (c) Hartland Villa

Die Festivalsleitung von Cannes hat das Poster der diesjährigen Ausgabe veröffentlicht. Mir gefällt der absolut melancholische und trotz der kalten Farben warmherzige Vibe des Motivs, das einen Moment aus Akira Kurosawas RHAPSODIE IM AUGUST (1991) zeigt.

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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.

Mirroring the movie theater, this poster celebrates the Seventh Art, with naivety and wonder. Because it gives everyone a voice, it enables emancipation. Because it remembers wounds, it combats oblivion. Because it bears witness to perils, it calls for union. Because it soothes trauma, it helps repair the living.

In a fragile world that constantly questions otherness, the Festival de Cannes reaffirms a conviction: cinema is a universal sanctuary for expression and sharing. A place where our humanity is written as much as our freedom.
The Official Poster of the 77th Festival de Cannes - Festival de Cannes
All the poetic beauty, hypnotic magic and apparent simplicity of the cinema emerge in this scene from Rhapsody in August, authored by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the…