Cannes 2012: day two - in pictures

Director Jacques Audiard pulls a pipe out of his sleeve at the photocall for his film Rust and Bone Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Marion Cotillard, star of Rust and Bone, signs autographs at the film's press conference Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

Cotillard again, with Rust and Bone co-star Matthias Schoenaerts, at the photocall for Rust and Bone Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

French film director Michel Gondry demonstrates how you frame a shot Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images

After the press screening ... After the Battle director Yousry Nasrallah hugs actor Nahed El Sebai Photograph: Venturelli/WireImage

After the Battle's Menna Shalabi and Bassem Samra face the cameras. I don't think that means the same in Egypt as it does here Photograph: Anne-christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese actors Qi Xi and Hao Lei at the photocall for Mystery, the new film from Summer Palace director Lou Ye Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images

You get used this sort of thing at Cannes. Someone dressed as Charlie Chaplin walking mournfully along the beach Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Face it, not Cannes' most credible film. Ben Stiller and Chris Rock wave to fans at the Madagascar 3 photocall Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Sometimes you've just got to go with the flow. Jada Pinkett-Smith and Jessica Chastain try to ignore the giant lion at the Madagascar 3 photocall Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters