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Woody Allen's Café Society to open the 69th Festival International du Film de Cannes

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Cafe Society
Cafe Society

The 69th Festival International du Film de Cannes will launch with a screening of Woody Allen’s new film, Café Society, on Wednesday 11 May in the Palais des Festivals’s Grand Théâtre Lumière as an Official Selection Out of Competition title.
It’s a record-breaking coup for the New York director who has already opened the Festival twice, in 2002 with Hollywood Ending, and again in 2011 with Midnight in Paris.
The film tells the story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
Café Society features two rising stars from Hollywood’s up-and-coming generation, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg alongside a stellar cast of acclaimed actors including Blake Lively, Parker Posey and Steve Carell.

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PHOTOS + VIDEOS: Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda, Kendall Jenner, Zoe Saldana, Blake Lively, Actress Zhang Ziyi & Others Attend the Opening of 67th Cannes Film Festival

Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman

The opening of the 67th Cannes Film festival last night was as usual full of its annual star power, with Nicole Kidman leading the stars for the opening film premiere for ‘Grace of Monaco’.

The opening of this year’s festival featured guests included French culture minister Aurelie Filipetti, Metropolitan Filmexport’s co-founder Samuel Hadida, French producer Eric Altmayer, Gaumont’s chairman Sidonie Dumas and president Nicolas Seydoux. Stars such as Jane Fonda, Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, Kendal Jenner, Blake Lively and others brought glam to the opening as they graced the red carpet.

The Opening Ceremony of the 67th Festival de Cannes took place in the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

After the theme of the film The Piano by Jane Campion performed by Michael Nyman, Lambert Wilson welcomed on stage the Feature films Jury: Nicolas Winding Refn, Jia Zhangke, Gael Garcia Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Jeon Do-yeon, Leila Hatami, Sofia Coppola, Carole Bouquet and her President, Jane Campion.

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