The 63rd Cannes Film Festival, which is the world’s leading movie festival, opens today on the French Riviera.
The event opens with British-born director Ridley Scott’s new take on the Robin Hood legend, starring Russell Crowe as the English folk hero who took from the rich to give to the poor.
A total of 19 movies from 15 countries will be competing for the prestigious Palme D’Or (Golden Palm) award for best picture.
Other highlights of the 12-day festival include Woody Allen’s You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, which stars Naomi Watts, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto and Anna Friel, and Oliver Stone’s Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps, both of which will also be shown out of competition.
British hopes are pinned on new films from Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, both previous winners of the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top prize.
Leigh, who won the award in 1996 for Secrets And Lies and was nominated in 2002 for All Or Nothing, will be screening Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville and Imelda Staunton.
The ensemble comedy drama tells the story of a married couple, their friends and family over the course of a year.
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