The 64th Cannes Film Festival, one of the most celebrated events in the movie world, has opened on the French Riviera.
The 64th Cannes Film Festival, one of the most celebrated events in the movie world, has opened on the French Riviera. Photo: director Claude Lelouch with a companion at the opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.
According to tradition, the festival begins with visitors ascending to the Palais des Festivals via the red carpet. Photo: model, actress and TV presenter Hofit Golan.
Robert De Niro (pictured here with Uma Thurman and Martina Gusman) is the president of the jury for this year’s festival.
The Croisette this morning was noisy and crowded. Stars posed for photographers and signed autographs, while fans had a chance to admire their idols and their outfits. Photo: Jury members Jude Law and Uma Thurman pose for a photos at the 64th Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes Film Festival regular Woody Allen brought his latest film, “Midnight in Paris,” a story about a writer who goes to Paris with his fiancee to visit the places where his idols – F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway – lived and worked in the 1920's. Photo: Woody Allen and actress Rachel McAdams, who played the female lead in “Midnight in Paris.”
Owen Wilson played the male lead in the film.
Adrien Brody plays a young Salvador Dali in “Midnight in Paris.”
Festival directors greet the film's director and actors on the red carpet. From left: actors Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Lea Seydoux, director Woody Allen, French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand, actors Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen at the Palais des Festivals.
Claudia Cardinale...
…Salma Hayek...
...and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai all ascended the steps of the Palais des Festivales
Faye Dunaway (right), whose image was used on the poster for the 64th festival, graced the first evening of the festival with her presence. Antonio Banderas appeared on the red carpet with his beloved wife of many years Melanie Griffith.
Director Emir Kusturica heads this year's Un Certain Regard jury, which features two Russian films – Bakur Bakuradze's “The Hunter” and Andrei Zvyagintsev’s “Yelena.”
