France, April 23 -- For the first time in its history, the Cannes Film Festival is featuring a double poster. Bathed in soft, pastel colours, the scenes of two lovers embracing on a beach comes from the 1966 Palme d'Or winner Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by French director Claude Lelouch.

Festival organisers said the special double poster for the 2025 event is intended to celebrate a moment of tenderness, simplicity and beauty during difficult times.

"To (re)unite; to bring bodies, hearts and souls closer together; to encourage freedom and portray movement in order to perpetuate it; to embody the whirlwind of life to celebrate it, again and again," they said in a statement this week.

The scenes are snapshots from the roman...