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.
Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and director Wes Anderson are the latest Hollywood stars to arrive by water taxi. They're in Venice with The Darjeeling Limited. But there was no Owen Wilson after his suicide attempt.