World cinema heavyweights head to Cannes

The 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival opens on Wednesday night with a screening of Disney and Pixar Animation's 'Up'.

It's the story of a curmudgeonly widower who sets off to South America in a house carried aloft by thousands of helium balloons. Not only is it the first animated movie to open Cannes, it's also the first 3-D experience as well.

Tarantino returns with 'Inglourious Basterds', starring Brad Pitt in a 'Dirty Dozen'-style World War II saga.

And, Campion's period drama 'Bright Star' has Ben Whishaw as British poet John Keats.

Von Trier's 'Antichrist' features Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in the story of a troubled marriage that turns for the worst during a trip to the woods.

Loach is back with 'Looking for Eric', in which former soccer star Eric Cantona plays himself as the personal hero of a postman whose life is spinning downhill.

Also in the competition, Ang Lee offers 'Taking Woodstock', with Emile Hirsch and Liev Schreiber. It's a music-soaked romp centered on the famous 1969 rock festival.

Almodovar reteams with Penelope Cruz for 'Broken Embraces', the story of a writer recounting a tragedy that cost him his sight and the love of his life.

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival runs until May the 24th.