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In photos: 'Cannes Film Festival 2008 May 14th'

By M&C News May 14, 2008, 19:31 GMT

US actor / director and President of the Jury Sean Penn (4thL) poses with the members of the Jury (L-R) Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitto, Iranian author and director Marjane Satrapi, French actress Jeanne Balibar, French director Rachid Bouchareb, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Israeli-US actress Natalie Portman and German actress Alexandra Maria Lara as they arrive for the opening ceremony and the gala screening of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

US actress Julianne Moore arrives for the opening ceremony and the gala screening of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

US actor / director and President of the Jury, Sean Penn, arrives for the opening ceremony and the gala screening of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

Italian actor / director and jury member Sergio Castellitto poses for photographers during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

epa (L-R) Jury members Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Rachid Bouchareb, Natalie Portman, Marjane Satrapi, Jeanne Balibar, Sean Penn, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sergio Castellitto and Alfonso Cuaron pose for photographers during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, 14 May 2008, in Cannes, France. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

German actress and jury member Alexandra Maria Lara poses for photographers during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, 14 May 2008, in Cannes, France. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

US actor / director and President of the Jury, Sean Penn, poses for photographers during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, 14 May 2008, in Cannes, France. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

German actress and jury member Alexandra Maria Lara poses for photographers during a photocall at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, 14 May 2008, in Cannes, France. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles poses for photographers during a photocall for his film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

(L-R) Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, US actress Julianne Moore and Brazilian actress Alice Braga pose for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

(L-R) Japanese actor Yusuke Iseya, US actor Danny Glover and Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles pose for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Canadian actor Don Mc Kellar poses for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Japanese actors Yusuke Iseya (L) and Yoshino Kimura (R) pose for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Brazilian actress Alice Braga poses for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

(L-R) US actress Julianne Moore, Brazilian actress Alice Braga and Japanese actress Yoshino Kimura pose for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

US actress Julianne Moore poses for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal (L) and US actress Julianne Moore (R) pose for photographers during a photocall for Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film 'Blindness' running in competition at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 14 May 2008. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO