On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe, selected as the icon of the 2012 Festival.

Fifty years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely contemporary.

Each of her screen appearances sparks the imagination. The Festival poster captures Marilyn by surprise in an intimate moment where myth meets reality – a moving tribute to the anniversary of her passing, which coincides with the Festival anniversary.

She enchants us with this promising gesture: a seductively blown kiss.

The Festival is a temple of glamour and Marilyn is its perfect incarnation. Their coming together symbolises the ideal of simplicity and elegance

娱乐快讯:第65届戛纳电影节发布了官方海报,本届海报延续了上几届的女性主题, 而相比于上一届的费·唐纳薇和上上届的朱丽叶·比诺什,本届的海报人物更加重量级,她就是永远的性感女神玛丽莲·梦露。在摄影师Otto L.Bettmann的镜头下,梦露吹蜡烛的形象似乎在为走过65年风雨的戛纳电影节庆生。

对于选择梦露作为海报人物,戛纳官方解释:“尽管梦露已经去世了半个世纪,但她似乎从未离开过人们的视线。她是电影史上不可替代的重要人物,是永远的时尚icon。时至今日,梦露的优雅、神秘、魅惑依旧让人深深着迷,而她在银幕上留下的光影则成为后世影人的灵感源泉。今年是梦露逝世五十周年,也是戛纳电影节六十五周年,为了表达纪念,我们特别选择了梦露手捧生日蛋糕,吹灭蜡烛的瞬间,这一刻美得叫人屏气凝神,仿佛梦想照进了现实。戛纳电影节是一次充满魔力与荣光的盛会,而玛丽莲·梦露是最完美的代言。戛纳+梦露象征着优雅与简约。”

其实,这并不是戛纳电影节第一次在海报上致敬梦露,早在1980年第34届戛纳的海报就借用了梦露的形象。第65届电影节将于5月16日至27日举行,意大利籍电影演员、导演南尼·莫莱蒂被任命为本届戛评委会主席。