British film Antonement opened the festival. Keira Knightley turned up in a pink gown by Chanel. She was joined outside the Palazzo del Cinema by co-star James McAvoy.
Richard Gere plays Simon, a TV news reporter who's worked in the most dangerous war zones in the world. It's out in the UK on 23 November. Heath Ledger's there to promote new Bob Dylan film I'm Not There.