Here's a look at the films competing at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, along with a list of films appearing out of competition:
"My Blueberry Nights," directed by Kar Wai Wong
The first English-language film from the acclaimed director of "In the Mood for Love" stars Norah Jones as a woman traveling the U.S. as a contestant in pie-eating contests and who, like all of Wong's heroes, is looking for love. Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, and David Strathairn co-star.
"Auf der Anderen Seite (Edge of Heaven)," directed by Fatih Akin
This drama concerns a young Muslim living in Germany who tries to find the daughter of his father's Turkish girlfriend after the older woman passes away. He doesn't know that the daughter is already in Germany, facing deportation. Starring Baki Davrak, Nurgl Yescilay and Tuncel Kurtiz.
"Une Vieille Maitresse (An Old Mistress)," directed by Catherine Breillat
Breillat, best known for the controversial, sexually explicit films "Romance" and "Fat Girl," embarks on a different path with this period drama set in 19th-century Paris. A man becomes engaged to an aristocratic woman despite his longtime affair with a courtesan (Asia Argento), a secret arrangement that's sure to cause a scandal if revealed. With Fouad Ait Aattou, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau and Michael Lonsdale.
"No Country for Old Men," by Joel & Ethan Coen
The Coen brothers won Cannes' highest award in 1991 for their dark comedy "Barton Fink." This time they've adapted Cormac McCarthy's novel of the same title about a hunter (Josh Brolin) who finds several dead bodies and $2 million in drug money in the desert near the Rio Grande. The discovery puts him squarely in the sights of a ruthless killer (Javier Bardem) who has recently escaped prison and is putting a growing number of people into their graves. With Tommy Lee Jones, Stephen Root and Woody Harrelson.
"Zodiac," directed by David Fincher
This well-received film, released in the U.S. in March, is based on the true story of the killer who terrorized San Francisco in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "Zodiac" follows three men whose lives become intertwined with the case, which damages their lives in different ways as leads turn into dead ends and the pursuit of the killer becomes an obsession. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox and Chloe Sevigny.
"We Own the Night," directed by James Gray
Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall star in this crime drama about a nightclub owner in the 1980s who's caught in the middle of a war between New York cops and the bold, ruthless Russian mob. With Eva Mendes and Tony Musante.
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