From left, Indian actress and model Aishwarya Rai, American actress Eva Longoria and actress Rachida Brakni pose for photographers as they arrive at the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actress Faye Dunaway arrives to the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actress Eva Longoria, right, poses as she climbs the stairs of the Palais du Festival for the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actor Sean Penn take the stage at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Penn, who heads the festival jury, is joined by the likes of Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuaron in deciding the winner of the 2008 Palme D'Or.
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman on stage at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actor and director Dennis Hopper, center, arrives with his wife Victoria Duffy, right, and his son Henry Hopper to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Hopper's film, "Palermo Shooting," is in competition at the festival.
Actresses Yoshino Kimura, Julianne Moore and Alice Braga arrive to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 14, 2008. Starring Moore, the film is an adaptation of the 1995 book of the same name by Jose Saramago which tells the story of a city suffering an epidemic of blindness.
Actress Mischa Barton arrives to the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Actresses and L'Oreal models Eva Longoria and Aishwarya Rai arrive to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Actors Don McKellar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Yoshino Kimura, Julianne Moore, Alice Braga, Danny Glover, the wife of Fernando Meirelles, Cica Meirelles, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles and actor Yusuke Iseya, from left, arrive to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of their film, "Blindness," directed by Meirelles, at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, France on May 14, 2008.
American actress Eva Longoria, left, laughs as she arrives with Indian actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actress Eva Longoria arrives to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
From left to right, actresses Rachida Brakni, Eva Longoria and model Aishwarya Rai arrive to the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Actress Mischa Barton arrives to the opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
The Cannes red carpet was a melee of celebrities, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, who stars in the most hotly anticipated film due to launch at the festival, "Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
Actress Julianne Moore arrives to the opening night ceremony and premiere of her new film, "Blindness," at the cannes Film Festival, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Moore stars as the only sighted woman in a mental hospital full of people stricken with sudden blindness. She alone sees the accompanying social destruction and mayhem as society loses its sight.
Jury members pose as they arrive to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman walks on stage at the opening night ceremony during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
American actor, director and jury president Sean Penn, foreground, is photographed by president of the international Cannes film festival Gilles Jacob, rear left, as he arrives to the opening night ceremony and the premiere of the film "Blindness," at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
The opening night ceremony and premiere of the film "Blindness" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The world's biggest film festival runs through May 25.