Cannes Cinema

By Serge Toubiana

A visual history of the world's greatest film festival, the Cannes festival, from its beginnings in 1939 to the present day.A beautiful collection of portraits of the greatest film stars, actors and directors from around the world.600 photographs taken by three generations of photographers from the Traverso familyFrom Louis Lumi re to Quentin Tarantino, Grace Kelly to Penelope Cruz, all the greatest film-makers and stars are immortalized hereA warm and personal approach to the development of the festival and that of cinemaEach portrait is accompanied by a short and anectotal text written by Serge Toubiana, Director of the Cin math que Fran aiseSerge Toubiana was Editor-in-Chief of Cahiers du cin ma 1973-1991. He is now Director of the Cin math que Fran aise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 286642705X
• ISBN13: 9782866427054
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary