 Official poster of the 25th Cannes Film Festival.[1] | |
| Opening film | L'aventure c'est l'aventure |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Frenzy |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (La classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei)[2] |
| No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 20 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 4 May 1972 – 19 May 1972 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films The Working Class Goes to Heaven by Elio Petri and The Mattei Affair by Francesco Rosi.[2][4]
The festival opened with the French film L'aventure, c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch[5][6] and closed with the British film Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock.[7]
- ^ "Posters 1972". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b "25ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
selectionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "1972 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "L'Aventure c'est l'aventure". festival-lumiere.org (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "L'Aventure c'est l'aventure: Sea, sex & classe!". cinecomedies.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.