Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe brought some red carpet glamour to the south of France as Robin Hood opened the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
The latest retelling of the legendary outlaw, from director Sir Ridley Scott, is not competing for an award.
Other highlights at the 12-day event include Oliver Stone’s Wall Street sequel called Money Never Sleeps.
Nineteen films will compete for the Palme d’Or, including entries from UK directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach.
New Zealand-born Crowe, who plays the title role in Robin Hood, said: “There isn’t a Robin Hood that’s been done that gives me a satisfying feeling that I know the motivations of the individual, so that’s what we attempted to do.
“There were many, many hours of discussion before we came to the fact that we’d better start at the beginning of the story and see how we do.”
