Director Pedro Almodovar, Jury President of the 70th Cannes Film Festival and Jury members Maren Ade, Jessica Chastain, Fan Bingbing, Agnes Jaoui, Park Chan-wook, Will Smith, Paolo Sorrentino and Gabriel Yared pose during the opening ceremony and screening of the film "Les fantomes d'Ismael" (Ismael's Ghosts) out of competition. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

Actresses Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, and Vanessa Redgrave worked the Cannes red carpet on Thursday.

Thurman, who is president of the jury for the 'Un certain Regard' category this year, walked the red carpet along with Sarandon and Redgrave for the premiere of Loveless. She embraced the festival's elegance wearing a full-length pink satin skirt and jewelled black sandals.

70-year-old Sarandon, on the other hand, donned her trademark black sunglasses, opted for a floor-length black leather skirt, a white shirt, and a cropped black tuxedo jacket.

And sporting a pair of trainers, Vanessa Redgrave, made her directorial debut in Cannes with Sea Sorrow, which screens out of competition, went for the comfortable option and stepped out in a pair of white trainers.

Cast members Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore pose before the screening of the film "Wonderstruck" in the competition. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

 

Susan Sarandon poses before the screening of the film "Nelyubov" (Loveless) in the competition. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

Model Winnie Harlow poses before the screening of the film "Nelyubov" (Loveless) in the competition. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

A bleary-eyed audience at the 8.30-AM screening gave Wonderstruck a hearty applause, enjoying its intertwined storylines, one of which plays as a black and white silent movie of the period, the other bathed in the warm colours of 1970s American movies.

Cutting between black and white and colour, silent and talkie, the movie was warmly received at Cannes on Thursday where it is already hotly tipped for awards.

Model Emily Ratajkowski poses before the screening of the film "Nelyubov" (Loveless) in the competition. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

 

Model Lily Donaldson poses before the screening of the film "Nelyubov" (Loveless) in the competition. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

Actress Sandrine Kiberlain, President of the Camera d'Or Jury, poses. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

 

Following on from Carol, which competed at the film festival two years ago, director Todd Haynes once again gives viewers an evocative vision of period New York ? or in this case two: one in the 1920s and one in the 1970s.

Haynes used the same technique for Wonderstruck, which tells the two stories ? that eventually meet ? of a deaf girl and boy who run away from their troubled homes.

Director Takashi Miike poses with cast members Hana Sugisaki and Takuya Kimura during a photocall for the film "Mugen no junin" (Blade of the Immortal) out of competition. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

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Cast member Michelle Williams poses during a photocall for the film "Wonderstruck" in the competition. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

 

Cast members Jaden Michael poses during a photocall for the film "Wonderstruck" in the competition. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

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Julianne Moore, whose first leading movie role was in Haynes' Safe in 1995, plays two characters ? a 1920s silent movie star who is the neglectful mother of her deaf daughter Rose, and, in the 1970s, Rose herself in her dotage.

Jury members Will Smith and Jessica Chastain pose. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Cast member Jeanne Balibar poses during a photocall for the film "Barbara" in competition for the category "Un Certain regard". REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

Elsa Zylberstein poses on the red carpet during the opening ceremony and screening of the film "Les fantomes d'Ismael" (Ismael's Ghosts) out of competition. REUTERS/Regis Duvingau. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

Loveless

The makers of acclaimed Russian tragedy Leviathan screened their new movie at Cannes on Thursday, another personal drama with political overtones that the producer says politicians are sure to hate.

Loveless is the story of a couple on the point of a bitter divorce when their 12-year-old son goes missing. Spoiler alert: the crisis does not bring the husband and wife any closer and things go from grim to horrific in a drama lightened by flecks of black humour.

Cast member Marion Cotillard poses during a photocall for the film "Les fantomes d'Ismael" (Ismael's Ghosts) out of competition. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

Mistress of Ceremony actress Monica Bellucci poses. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

 

Singer Benjamin Biolay poses on the red carpet during the opening ceremony and screening of the film "Les fantomes d'Ismael" (Ismael's Ghosts) out of competition. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

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The 70th edition of the film festival kicked off on Wednesday and runs until May 28.