皮克斯新作《飛屋環游記》破天荒成為第62屆戛納電影節開幕影片，這也是該電影節史上首度以動畫片開幕。《飛屋環游記》(Up) 講述的是一位年邁氣球商與八歲胖男孩,攜手展開一場傻氣十足的拉美探險之旅的故事。

此次共有三部英國電影參展。英國導演肯·洛克的新片《尋找埃里克》蠻描范寫一敵位郵遞員涌落洽在瀕臨生活崩潰誹敢時霄，繞決搭定接信受湃吱新的生艘活方式繹，扮攜成他的足球偶像巳埃里吟克肺·魯坎歹通納的故事算朽。《明亮的星》講述的是19世紀著名詩人濟慈與芬妮·勃勞恩短暫卻感動世人的愛情故事。英國新銳女導演的新作《魚缸》也進入了競賽單元。

奧斯卡得主英國女星蒂爾達·斯文頓出席了開幕式，到場的還有布萊德·彼特、 佩內洛普·克魯茲和約翰尼·德普等巨星。

這場以耀眼豪奢出名的盛會，因今年經濟危機打擊已收斂了華麗場面。但這并不是一個壞消息，人們可以更關注電影本身而非電影以外的東西了。

Up launches Cannes film festival

Pixar film Up has opened the 62nd Cannes Film Festival - the first time an animation has launched the event on the French Riviera.

A host of celebrities donned 3D glasses for the film, not in competition, about a curmudgeonly man who ties balloons to his house in order to get airborne.

Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton was among those on the red carpet. Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Johnny Depp are also all due in town, with new films to promote. The event runs until 24 May, when the Palme d'Or prize will be announced.

UK hopefuls

Three UK films are also competing for the prestigious prize including Ken Loach's Looking for Eric, in which former footballer Eric Cantona plays himself as the personal hero of a postman whose life is spinning downhill.

Bright Star - a period drama about poet John Keats - and Fish Tank, a domestic drama starring Michael Fassbender, complete the British contingent in the main competition.

Behind the smiles and flashing cameras, the mood along the palm-lined Croisette waterfront has been an uncertain one, with economic worries balanced by a feeling among festival purists that films, not parties, would once again be the main focus, Reuters reports.

"This year perhaps we can think about the cinema, not the stars and the starlets and the excessiveness of Cannes but the emphasis on the films," festival director Thierry Fremaux told the news agency.

（Source: BBC，英國使館文化教育處提供）