Cannes 2007

Final touches at the Palais des Festivals building, where Bruce Willis looms large in the official Cannes 2007 festival poster which shows a host of stars jumping in the air. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP

Members of the public, hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars on the red carpet, reserve their prime spots with chairs and ladders. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

A view of the Festival Palace ahead of the opening ceremony. Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP

Security guards with dogs patrol the Festival Palace grounds. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

View of the front of the Hotel Carlton on the Croisette with posters promoting Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Thirteen. Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA

Visitors walk past a photograph of Grace Kelly, one of many vintage images dotted around the town during the festival. Photograph: Andrew Medichin/AP

Flags outside the Palais des Festivals building as preparations continue ahead of the opening night. Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

People look at a photo of actors Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas on the promenade at Cannes. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

A view of the sunny seaside resort as it waits for its annual influx of stars, celebrities, tourists and film lovers. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP