French actors at 60th Cannes Film Festival

Cast member Clotilde Hesme laughs at a photocall for French director Christophe Honore's in-competition film "Les Chansons d'Amour" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)   French actress Ludivine Sagnier poses during a photocall for French director Christophe Honore's in-competition film "Les Chansons d'Amour" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)         French actress Ludivine Sagnier (C) arrives for a photocall for French director Christophe Honore's in-competition film "Les Chansons d'Amour" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) (L-R) Cast members Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme, Chiara Mastroianni and Louis Garrel pose during a photocall for French director Christophe Honore's in-competition film "Les Chansons d'Amour" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 18, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Jury president Stephen Frears (8th L) stands on stage with (L-R) Abderrahmane Sissako, Sarah Polley, Orhan Pamuk, Toni Collette, Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, actress Shu Qi, Master of Ceremonies Diane Kruger, Maggie Cheung, Michel Piccoli, Maria De Medeiros, Marco Bellocchio during the opening ceremony of the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.    (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)     CANNES, France, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The 60th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with top Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai premiering his latest movie.     The screen's well-known faces -- Luc Besson, Juliette Binoche, David Lynch and Andie MacDowell -- stepped up the red carpet to attend the opening ceremony. Other stars at the party included China's Gong Li and India's Aishwarya Rai.     Stars slated for appearances include George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino and Angelina Jolie.     Germany's Diane Kruger, of Hollywood blockbuster "Troy," presided over the opening ceremony.     Actress Shu Qi from China's Taiwan and 98-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira declared the May 16-27 festival open.     "My Blueberry Nights," a film by Wong Kar-Wai set in the United States -- his first in English, was screened at the opening ceremony as the first of the 22 films in competition for the prestigious Palme d'Or.     Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1939 but almost as soon as it opened, the festival was canceled because World War II broke out. The festival is held annually, with a few exceptions.

Anna Nicole SmithActresses Andie MacDowell (L), Gong Li (C), and Kerry Washington arrive for the evening gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.  (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters) British actress Liz Hurley arrives for the evening gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007. (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters) Cast members Jude Law and Norah Jones arrive for an evening gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.   (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters) Jury member actress Maggie Cheung almost falls as she arrives on stage for the opening ceremony of the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.   (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters) Actress Shu Qi arrives for the evening gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.    (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Jury president British director Stephen Frears arrives on stage for the opening ceremony of the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.   (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Chinese director Wong Kar Wai (L) arrives with his wife Esther (2nd L) and cast members Jude Law (3rd L) and Norah Jones for an evening gala screening of their in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.    (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Actress Andie MacDowell arrives for an evening gala screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007. (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Actress Shu Qi arrives on stage for the opening ceremony of the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.  (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Cast members Jude Law (R) and Norah Jones (C) pose with director Wong Kar Wai during a photocall for his in-competition film "My Blueberry Nights" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007.  (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters) Jury president Stephen Frears (C) poses during a photocall with fellow jury members, from L-R, Maggie Cheung, Sarah Polley, Maria de Medeiros and Toni Collette during a photocall at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2007. (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)