Cannes 2011: The Contenders

Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris is the festival opener. Here is the great man himself on set with two of his stars, Carla Bruni and Owen Wilson

Ebizo Ichikawa in Takashi Miike’s Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, a 3D contender in the main competition

Italy’s former Palme D’Or winner Nanni Moretti is in the running for the big prize again for Habemus Papam

Danish director Lars von Trier brings Melancholia to the competition

Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia

Sean Penn shows an interesting new look in Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place

Terrence Malick’s long-awaited The Tree of Life, featuring Brad Pitt, gets the nod for the main competition

Tilda Swinton stars in the British Palme D’Or contender Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin

Na Hong-jin’s The Yellow Sea is part of the selection for the festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar

As is Gerardo Naranjo’s Miss Bala

Posted on April 15, 2011 | Filed Under Movies

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