George Clooney

Heading the cast of O Brother Where Art Thou? by the Coen brothers is George Clooney, wryly sending up his matinee-idol image as the film's Clark Gable-style hero, Everett Ulysses McGill (whose fondness for hairnets and Dapper Dan hair grease is a running joke throughout).

• George Clooney

Faye Dunaway

Set in the vast New York City subway yards, The Yards is James Gray's second feature, his first being the critically acclaimed Little Odessa (winner of the Venice Film Festival's Silver Lion Award in 1994), a film that established him as an observer of the harshest, grittiest side of life. Present at the Club representing the film were Faye Dunaway, James Gray, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn.

• The Yards' team

Im Kwon Taek

For the the first time Korea had a film in competition. Im Kwon Taek spoke about his film Chunhyang and the filmmaking industry in Korea, while the cast posed for photos in native attire.

• Im Kwon Taek

Lars Von Trier

The team from the Palme d'Or winner Dancer in the Dark - Lars Von Trier, Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Marc Barr - stopped by the club on their way to the press conference.

• Lars Von Trier

Ang Lee

• Ang Lee

Emmanuelle Beart

True to the tradition, the film stars Emmanuelle Beart and Charles Berling stopped by the Club for a coup of champagne, while director of the Les destinees sentimentales, Olivier Assayas, enlightened us on his film... in French.

• Emanuelle Beart

Morgan Freeman

Born in Tennessee in 1937, this actor made his Broadway debut in 1968 in the Black revival of "Hello Dolly." In 1989 he earned an Oscar nomination for Driving Miss Daisy. He is in Cannes with co-star Gene Hackman to promote Under Suspicion.

• Morgan Freeman

Brian de Palma

Stopping by for a bubbly moment was Brian de Palma for Mission to Mars (out of competition) and Niel LaBute and the actors in his film Nurse Betty.

• Brian de Palma

Jury

President Luc Besson. Jury members: Nicole Garcia (France), Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Spain), Kristin Scott Thomas, Barbara Sukowa (Germany), Jeremy Irons (UK), Arundhati Roy (India), Patrick Modiano (France), Mario Martone (Italy), Jonathan Demme (US).
Jeremy Irons filled us in on his first jury experience and the groups' cohesion.

• Jury

Vatel

A bubbly moment with the stars each day before the film teams enter the firing line of journalist at the press conferences.
Vatel
Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Julian Glover, Timothy Spall, Arielle Dombasle, Jeanne Labrune, Roland Joffe...

• International Symposium