Europe will see the begging of the most glamorous world movie festival in Cannes in just 13 days. The Golden Palm will start May 12 and is expected to be attended a many Hollywood and European movie stars, directors and film critics.

Major director Wolfgang Petersen will show its blockbuster Troy, with an all-star cast including Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole and Sean Bean. Many Bulgarian supplementary actors, who bravely survived the Mexican heat, supported all these major stars in the Warner Bros production.

Publicised as an action adventure, the film will be a Hollywood version of Homer's Iliad. Paris, a prince of Troy stole Helen, Queen of Sparta, away from her husband, Menelaus, setting the kingdoms of Mycenaean Greece at war with Troy. The Greeks began a bloody siege at Troy that lasted over ten years. Achilles was the greatest hero among the Greeks, while Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, embodied the hopes of the people of his city.

Some more Bulgarian spice will be added in Cannes, as major Hollywood star Tom Hanks will say two lines in Bulgarian language in "The Ladykillers" of Joel and Ethan Coen.

Emir Kusturica with his "Zivot Je Cudo" will also add some Balkan taste to the grand event.

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