Claudia Cardinale © AFP / Philippe Merle
The reveal of the official poster for the 70th edition of the Festival de Cannes, originally met with enthusiasm for its esthetically pleasing design, has sparked a lively controversy on the Web and social media. Claudia Cardinale, the muse for the 2017 Festival, expressed herself in a statement given to the AFP last night. The Festival thanks her for her statement and fully agrees with her remarks.
I would like to respond to the false controversy that I have heard concerning the festival’s poster and the remarks some have made regarding the alterations of the image.
I have no comment to make about the artistic work done on this image. It is a poster that, beyond representing me, represents a dance, a flight. This image has been retouched to accentuate the effect of gracefulness and to transform me into a dream; it is sublimation. The concern for realism does not have to be here, and as a convinced feminist, I see no disrespect to women’s bodies.
There are many more important things to discuss in our world. It is only cinema, let us not forget.
Claudia Cardinale
Indeed, it is not a photo, it is a poster and a graphic design. The Festival thanks the Agence Bronx (Paris) for its beautiful creation and reiterates its full support for them.
