Cannes kicks off with vision of apocalypse and kung-fu pandas
AFP, May, 2008
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CANNES, France (AFP) — Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicks off Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood blockbusters with arthouse fare.
The world release of the latest long-awaited episode of whip-cracking "Indiana Jones" is set to be the star act of the 12-day film bonanza, featuring now-well-over-60 Harrison Ford doing his own stunts.
But opening night red-carpet glory is for Brazil's two-time Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles, whose hard-hitting "Blindness", about a world where people have lost their sight, unrolls the world's biggest filmfest.
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The sombre film starring Julianne Moore, peppered with apocalyptic scenes of a chaotic world and stray lawless legions of people, is one of 22 competing for Cannes' prestigious Palme d'Or, to be awarded by a jury headed by Sean Penn.
It sombre ...
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