Jean Cocteau, 20th Century Fox, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, the World Cinema Foundation, a 1964 Palme d’or, Ted Kotcheff and Duddy Kravitz, anniversaries, birthdays and celebrations, Yasujirō Ozu, the return of Lino Brocka and Sembène Ousmane to Cannes, the Munich Olympic Games, a meet up with Alain Resnais, a Grande Bouffe and a bit of Saké will be the ingredients for Cannes Classics 2013.

As cinema’s link to its own history was about to be turned upside down by the arrival of digital and because films from the past are an integral part of the Festival de Cannes, 2004 saw the creation of Cannes Classics, a programme presenting old films and masterpieces from cinematographic history that have been carefully restored. A natural, vital part of the Official Selection – and an idea which has made its way into other international festivals – Cannes Classics is also a way to pay tribute to the essential work being down by copyright holders, film libraries, production companies and national archives throughout the world.

Thus, Cannes Classics lends the prestige of the Festival de Cannes to great works from the past, accompanying their release in theatres or on DVD.

The films selected for the 2013 edition will be screened in the company of those who restored the films as well as those directors that are still with us today.

This year’s programme of Cannes Classics is made up of twenty feature-length films and three documentaries. The films will be screened according to the wishes of copyright holders in 35mm, DCP 2K or DCP 4K.

As announced previously, Kim Novak will come to present the restored print of Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock. Furthermore, the Cannes Classics 2013 program will be placed under the sign of a movie having marked the history of the Festival de Cannes La Grande Bouffe by Marco Ferreri, who aroused during her presentation in 1973 one of the biggest scandals of Croisette.

RESTORED PRINTS

BOROM SARRET (1963, 20’) by Ousmane Sembène

CHARULATA (CHARLUTA: THE LONELY WIFE) (1964, 1:57) by Satyajit Ray

CLEOPATRA (1963, 4:03) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

FEDORA (1978, 1:50) by Billy Wilder

GOHA (1957, 1:18) by Jacques Baratier

HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959, 1:32) by Alain Resnais

IL DESERTO DEI TARTARI (THE DESERT OF TARTARS) (1976, 2:20) by Valerio Zurlini

LA GRANDE ABBUFFATA (LA GRANDE BOUFFE) (1973, 2h05) de Marco Ferreri

LA REINE MARGOT (1994, 2:39) by Patrice Chéreau

LE JOLI MAI (1963, new 2013 cut: 2:25) by Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme

LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG (THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG) (1964, 1:31) by Jacques Demy

LUCKY LUCIANO (1973, 1:55) by Francesco Rosi

MAYNILA: SA MGA KUKO NG LIWANAG (THE NAIL OF BRIGHTNESS) (1975, 2:04) by Lino Brocka

PLEIN SOLEIL (BLAZING SUN) (1960, 1:55) by René Clément

SANMA NO AJI (AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON) (1962, colour, 2:13) by Yasujirō Ozu 

THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ (1974, 2:00) by Ted Kotcheff

THE LAST DETAIL (1973, 1:44) by Hal Ashby

THE LAST EMPEROR 3D (1987, 2h43) by Bernardo Bertolucci

VISIONS OF EIGHT (1973, 1:49) by Youri Ozerov, Milos Forman, Mai Zetterling, Claude Lelouch, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Kon Ichikawa.

In honour of the 50^th anniversary of Cocteau’s death, LA BELLE ET LA BETE by Jean Cocteau (1946, 1:34) as well as OPIUM (2013, 1:15), a musical comedy directed by par Arielle Dombasle, will be shown during a very special evening.

Euzhan Palcy’s film, SIMEON (1992, 1:55) will be screened in honour of the 100^th birthday of Aimé Césaire.

Two documentaries about the world of cinema:

CON LA PATA QUEBRADA (2013, 1:23) by Diego Galán (Spain)

A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM (2013, 1:40) by Mark Cousins (Great Britain)

Finally, in tribute to Joanne Woodward (presence to be confirmed), who can be seen with husband Paul Newman on the poster of the 66^th edition, the Festival will screen the final film she produced: SHEPARD & DARK by Treva Wurmfeld (2013, 1:29).

In addition, Cannes Classics will also be part of Cinéma de la plage where the following restored films will be shown:

JOUR DE FETE (France, 1949, 1:27) by Jacques Tati

THE GENERAL (1926, 1:18) by Buster Keaton

THE BIRDS (1963, 2:09) by Alfred Hitchcock

LE GRAND BLEU (THE BIG BLUE) (1988, 2:16) by Luc Besson

THE LADIES’ MAN (1961, 1:35) by Jerry Lewis

L’HOMME DE RIO (THE MAN FROM RIO) (France, 1964, 1:52) by Philippe de Broca

SAFETY LAST (1923, 1:13) by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

Tomorrow all the details concerning the restorations and the copyright holders of this programme will appear on the Festival de Cannes website.