In 2012, the famous Cannes red carpet leading from the Croisette to the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès will welcome celebrity guests for the 65th time. The symbol of the festival, which will last from May 16 to May 27, is the icon of cinema, Marilyn Monroe, whose 50th anniversary will have passed since her death in August 2012.
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As part of the main competition, viewers will have the opportunity to see their favorite actors play in Leo Carax's film Divine Motors (starring Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue), Jacques Odinard's Rust and Bone (starring Marion Cotillard). You will be able to admire Brad Peet in the title role while watching the picture “The Robbery” by Andrew Dominic. In the movie "Cosmopolis" by David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson will continue to try to escape the image of the vampire Edward. A bright host of stars (Guy Pearce, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Shia LaBeouf) is collected in the film "Lawless" by John Hillcote.
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Other Grand Prix contenders include Love by director Michael Haneke, Newspaper by Lee Daniels, Reality by Matteo Garrone, Ken Loach's Share of Angels, Taste of Money and In Another Country by Korean directors Ima Sang Soo and Hong Sang Soo, "Like a Lover" by Abbas Kiarostami, "Beyond the Hills" by Christian Munjiu, "The Dirt" by Jeff Nichols,
After the Battle by Yusri Nasrall, the film by Carlos Reygadas “Light After Dark”, “Paradise” by Ulrich Seidl, “On the Road” by Walter Sallesh and “The Hunt” by Thomas Winterberg. Sergei Loznitsa, the director of the film In the Fog, will represent Russia.
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In another major competition program, "A Special Look", the films "Confessions of the Son of the Century" by Sylvie Vereid, "The Big Evening" by Benoit Delepin and Gustave de Querverne, "Three Worlds" by Catherine Corsini, "Laurence Anyway" by Xavier Dolan, " Antiviral "by Brandon Cronenberg," White Elephant "by Pablo Trapero," Cutie "by Ashim Ahluwaliya," Beasts of the Wild South "by Ben Zeitlin," After Lucia "by Michel Franco," Mad Love "by Joachim Lafosse," Mystery "by Yu Le," 11.25 Afternoon, when he chose his destiny "Koji Wakamatsu," Beach "by Juan Andres Arango," Divine Horses "by Nabil Ayush," Student "by Darezhan Omirbayev and" 7 Days in Havana "- a joint work of Benicio Del Toro, Gaspar Noe, Juan Carlos Tabio, Pablo Trapero, Laurent Kante, Elia Suleiman and Julio Medema.
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The opening of the anniversary festival will feature Wes Anderson's Moonlight Kingdom, starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray. The festival will close with the painting by Claude Miller "Teresa Dequeiro" (starring Gilles Lelouch and Audrey Tautou). Outside of the competition program, screenings of the films Hemingway and Gellhorn with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the lead roles, Madagascar-3 and the Italian film Me and You will be screened.