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Woody Allen's 'Midnight in Paris' to Open Cannes Film Festival

The film "is a wonderful love letter to Paris," festival director Thierry Fremaux said of the selection.

PARIS – Start spreading the news: the 64th annual Festival de Cannes will bring the Big Apple to the Croisette when famed New York director Woody Allen presents Midnight in Paris on the festival's opening night May 11, organizers said Wednesday.