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Claire Rosemberg is in Cannes for the latest film bonanza. On opening night real world disasters taking place on the other side of the globe peeked in. The Cannes film festival on Wednesday officially unrolled its red carpet with a star-studded ceremony kicking off the 12-day frenzy of movies, parties and deals.
But as the curtain went up, real world disasters taking place on the other
side of the globe peeked in.
Opening night red-carpet glory was for Brazil's two-time Oscar-nominated
director Fernando Meirelles, whose hard-hitting "Blindness" about a world
where people have lost their sight highlights a near-apocalypse and a
government unable to deal with a human disaster.
Its sombre note struck a chord with Sean Penn, who heads this year's Cannes
jury and who said human disasters such as those unravelling in China and
Myanmar could not be forgotten.
Penn and his co-jurors will award Cannes's coveted Palme d'Or prize for
best film when the festival ends May 25.
Attending the opening ceremony were stars Julianne Moore, Eva Longoria and
Faye Dunaway, who swirled up Cannes' famed red carpet for the premiere of the
hard-hitting Meirelles movie.
Crowds of film-buffs and a jungle of cameras thronged the entrance as a
fleet of black limousines flying the festival's blue flag ferried VIPs and
wannabes in evening wear to the 26-step red carpet for the opening bash.
"And now I declare the 61st festival of Cannes open," said French director
Claude Lanzmann.
Among other screen names stepping up for the opening soiree of the world's
most prestigious filmfest were Dennis Hopper, Cate Blanchett, Gillian
Anderson, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal.
A last-minute surprise was 1960s US rock-folk star Richie Havens singing
his 1969 Woodstock festival hit "Freedom" on stage.
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