This is the moment when the famous Greek actress and politician Melina Mercouri embraced David Bowie in 1978.
The meeting of the two stars took place during the 31st Cannes film festival.
The rare pictures were brought back to life following the sadden death of Bowie on Sunday.
18 years earlier, in 1960, Mercouri won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards.
A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985.
She was a strong advocate for the return to Athens of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon, and are now displayed in the British Museum.
Photo source: cosmopoliti.com, wikipedia
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