Louise Jury in Cannes

It is in some ways astonishing how well represented the Brits are in Cannes,
In addition to the films in competition, British talent appears in legions of films being bought and sold.
Lily Cole is to star in a vampire film, The Moth Diaries, from the people behind American Psycho.
Carey  Mulligan, rising star, is to appear n a new adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel Brighton Rock alongside Sam Riley, who played the musician Ian Curtis in Control..
.Michael Sheen is breaking out of the biopic mould to take part in a coming of age drama by Richard Ayoade, star of The It Crowd, and ultra cool.
And Ralph Fiennes is to star and direct himself in a film version of Shakespeare’s bloody drama, Coriolanus  with Vanessa Redgrave among others.