Fan Bingbing.[Photo/SIPA]
The 68th Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off Wednesday evening in the southern French sea resort of Cannes. A total of 19 films, including two Chinese films, Jia Zhangke's Shan He Gu Ren and Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Nie Yinniang, were selected to compete for the top prize Palme d'Or. This year's Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13 to 24. |