Danish director Lars von Trier said Wednesday he sympathised "a little bit" with Adolf Hitler at the Cannes film festival.
The makeup of this year’s Cannes jury, headed by United States actor Robert De Niro, means the coveted Palme d’Or’s winner will have global approval.
Temperamental, talented French footballer Eric Cantona scored a new triumph at Cannes on Monday.
The Cannes film festival marks a first on Wednesday when it opens with Up, an animation comedy that may lift some of the recessionary gloom.