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 Lumiere 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 Cinematheque Francaise Serge Toubiana was Editor-in-Chief of Cahiers du cinema 1973-1991. He is now Director of the Cinematheque Francaise.