We often talk about the masters of ceremony of the Cannes festival . The international Diane Kruger, the iconic Kristin Scott Thomas or the beautiful Monica Bellucci who takes this role for the second time on the occasion of the 70th edition of the festival this year. Overview of the different masters of ceremony that have marked.

Laurent Lafitte, master of ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

It is Laurent Laffite whose mission last year was to open the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Versatile, we could see the actor sometimes in family comedies ( Papa or Mom) , psychological thriller ( She adores with Sandrine Kiberlain) or in the worst drama ( The small handkerchiefs of Guillaume Canet ) .

A troublemaker for the first time, he opened the festivities by kissing Catherine Deneuve full-blown and is already at the heart of the scandal, evoking the troubled past of Roman Polanski. Just that.

Lambert Wilson, master of ceremonies at the 2014 and 2015 Cannes Film Festival

The charismatic Lambert Wilson has inherited the status of master of ceremonies at the Cannes Film Festival for the past two years. The Merovingian of the hit saga Matrix also took the opportunity to enjoy a little dance with Nicole Kidman. What give ideas to his future successors!

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Edouard Baer, ​​master of ceremonies at the 2008 and 2009 Cannes Film Festival

The dandy very cocorico was master of ceremonies not one, but two consecutive years. Nothing more surprising when you know the humor and eloquence of Edouard Baer popularized with Asterix. Even today, his speech in 2008 is considered one of the most memorable.

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Vincent Cassel, master of ceremonies at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival

Not choosing a woman could surprise at the time, and yet. The great Vincent Cassel was the first man to animate the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival. Icon from Hate, Caesarized for the role of Jacques Mesrine , sex symbol almost in spite of himself in Black Swan ... With such a career, difficult to find more legitimate.

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A troublemaker for the first time, he opened the festivities by kissing Catherine Deneuve full-blown and is already at the heart of the scandal, evoking the troubled past of Roman Polanski. Just that.