Cannes Cinema

• 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 family
• From Louis Lumière to Quentin Tarantino, Grace Kelly to Penelope Cruz, all the greatest film-makers and stars are immortalized here
• A warm and personal approach to the development of the festival and that of cinema
• Each portrait is accompanied by a short and anectotal text written by Serge Toubiana, Director of the Cinémathèque Française

Serge Toubiana was Editor-in-Chief of Cahiers du cinéma 1973–1991. He is now Director of the Cinémathèque Française.