Cannes, this year

Life Magazine has pictures of the annual Jorge Gallegos Boules Tournament, during the film festival.
Look at the fancy blue woven ribbon along the borders. It is certainly not to protect the wooden beams, nor the boules. Maybe to prevent boules from bouncing back into the play area? Or just to make it look pretty?

Life Magazine

Cannes, again

Cannes' Film Festival is always an occasion for petanque games. Some time ago, we had Elke Sommers, now here is our dear Charles Aznavour, with Pascale Petit and Mylene Demongeot in 1959.
Look at the size of those polka dots! Big as boules.

From the Life archives

And here is Robert Mitchum impressing Michele Morgan with his juggling talents in 1954.

Cannes 1962

Petanque: timeless.
Here's Elke Sommers playing during the Cannes Film Festival in May 1962.



From the LIFE archives