Cannes film festival: Polanski and Biutiful people

Day 7 at the 63rd Cannes film festival and the frenetic round of screenings, schmoozings and erm, Polanski protest is at fever pitch. Here are the key pictures from the Croisette
  
  


Cannes 2010 day 7: Director Xavier Beauvois with a T-shirt supporting Roman Polanski at Cannes
At the Cannes film festival photocall for Palme d'Or contender Des Hommes et Des Dieux (Of Gods and Men), French director Xavier Beauvois holds a T-shirt to show his support for Roman Polanski, who has been under house arrest in Switzerland since last December
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Photograph: Sean Gallup/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: (From L) French actress Sabrina Ouazani
It appears Beauvois's actors have less weighty matters on their minds – Des Hommes et Des Dieux (Of God and Men) actor Lambert Wilson, who plays a Cistercian monk confronting fundamentalist violence in the film, kisses co-sar Sabrina Ouazani at a Cannes film festival photocall
Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Valery Hache/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Lambert Wilson kisses director Xavier Beauvois at 63rd Cannes film festival
Lambert Wilson outs himself as a serial smacker as he plants a kiss on director Xavier Beauvois at the Cannes film festival photocall for Des Hommes et Des Dieux (Of Gods and Men)
Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/guardian.co.uk
Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche and William Shimell at Certified Copy Cannes photocall
At a slightly more buttoned-up photocall, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami and actors Juliette Binoche and William Shimell promote Copie Conforme (Certified Copy). The film is the first straight acting job for Shimell, better known in the opera world as a respected bass-baritone
Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Loic Venance/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Javier Bardem and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu at Biutiful Cannes premiere
Javier Bardem and Alejandro González Iñárritu continue their fine bromance at the premiere of Biutiful at Cannes's Palais des Festivals
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Photograph: Sean Gallup/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Cannes jury members Alexandre Desplat and Benicio del Toro at Biutiful
Also on the red carpet at the premiere of Biutiful were Cannes jury members Alexandre Desplat and Benicio del Toro …
Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA Photograph: Christophe Karaba/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: French artist Ben (left) holds a banner at Cannes film festival
… French artist Ben (left), who holds a banner with the slogan 'Our life is our film' …
Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Valery Hache/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Isabelle Huppert and Tim Burton at Cannes festival premiere of Biutiful
… 2009 jury president Isabelle Huppert and her successor Tim Burton …
Photograph: Matt Sayles/AP Photograph: Matt Sayles/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Quentin Dupieux and Rubber crew at Biutiful premiere at Cannes
… Quentin Dupieux (second from left), aka Mr Oizo who gave the world Flat Eric, with an entourage publicising his new film, Rubber …
Photograph: Picture Perfect/Rex Features Photograph: Picture Perfect/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Ursula Andress at the premiere of Biutiful at Cannes film festival
… and the one and only Ursula Andress
Photograph: Picture Perfect/Rex Features Photograph: Picture Perfect/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Emmanuelle Beart at the Chopard 150th anniversary party at Cannes
Elsewhere at the 63rd Cannes film festival, actor Emmanuelle Beart attends the 150th anniversary party for Chopard, the jewellers which produce the Palme d'Or trophy. However, her new film has not been selected for a screening at Cannes
Photograph: Matt Sayles/AP Photograph: Matt Sayles/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Takeshi Kitano and Masayuki Mori at Cannes premiere of Outrage
At the Cannes premiere of Outrage, actor-director Takeshi Kitano and producer Masayuki Mori trot out their best impressions of sober-suited salarymen …
Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Guests at the screening of Outrage at Cannes film festival
… but their guests feel no such need to restrain themselves
Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Valery Hache/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Mark Hamill announces his new film The Black Pearl at Cannes film festival
In a galaxy far, far, away, Mark Hamill was young Luke Skywalker. Now, the Star Wars star is in Cannes to announce his new film, The Black Pearl, which he co-wrote and will direct
Photograph: Ian West/PA Photograph: Ian West/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Mick Jagger and Harvey Weinstein at a dinner at the Hotel du Cap, Cannes
Film & music … Mick Jagger gets together with Harvey Weinstein at a dinner at the Hotel du Cap in Cannes. Jagger – or his younger 1970s self, to be accurate – appears onscreen at the festival in Stones in Exile, Stephen Kijak's documentary about the making of the Rolling Stones' seminal Exile on Main St album
Photograph: Dave M Benett/Getty Images Photograph: Dave M Benett/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: A billboard for Gulliver's Travels at the 63rd Cannes film festival
On the Croisette, passersby walk past a billboard for Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black, at the 63rd Cannes film festival
Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Photograph: Christian Hartmann/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: Christian Louboutin at the 63rd Cannes film festival
Designer Christian Louboutin is down at heels at a Cannes film festival fashion event at the Palm Beach Casino
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Photograph: Sean Gallup/guardian.co.uk
Cannes 2010 day 7: View of the beach and the Croisette at Cannes film festival
And the whirl of the 63rd Cannes film festival continues unabated
Photograph: Tony Barson/Getty Images Photograph: Tony Barson/guardian.co.uk
 

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