Bringing an end to the French Riviera festivities amidst thunder, lightning and heavy rain, the Closing Ceremony of the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival took place on Sunday evening, May 27th.
With Audrey Tautou and her castmates offering up the final premiere by showing their film titled "Therese Desqueyroux", stars such as Jean Dujardin, Andie MacDowell, Megan Gale, Alec Baldwin, Sonam Kapoor and Kylie Minogue glitzed up the Palais des Festivals red carpet screening before moving on to the awards presentation spectacle.
At the closing ceremony, big names like Berenice Bejo and Alec Baldwin joined jury members including Diane Kruger, Jean-Paul Gautier, Alexander Payne and Ewan McGregor in saluting the best films shown over the course of the twelve-day festival.
These are some photos in the closing ceremony of 2012 Cannes Film Festival:
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Jury members of 2012 Cannes Film Festival |
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Nicole Kidman, Diane Kruger and a coterie of top models lit up the red carpet
as the 2012 Cannes Film Festival drew to a stylish close. |
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Scottish actor Ewan McGregor - a jury member of 2012 Cannes Film Festival |
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French actress Audrey Tautou and the Therese Desqueyroux film delegation |
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Andie MacDowell (right) and Sarah Margaret Qualley |
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Pop princess Kylie Minogue went for a powder blue Roberto Cavalli gown
for her turn on the red carpet. |
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Actor Adrien Brody |
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British actor Tim Roth and his wife Niki Butler |
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Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Thomas and his fiancée |
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Indian actress Sonam Kapoor, the representative of L’Oréal at Cannes Film Festival |
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Famous French actor from the film “The Artist”, Jean Dujardin
and his wife Alexandra Lamy |
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Danish actor Mads Middelsen and Chinese actress Gong Li |
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Overview of the stage at the closing ceremony |
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Michael Haneke director and his team celebrate the victory of their film “Love” |