Showing at Cannes: Sean Penn and His Three Women
CANNES, France (AFP) - Scowling US actor-director Sean Penn, who this year is head of the Cannes festival jury, comes to the film extravaganza bringing his own romantic plot.
It might be titled "Three Women and a Fest", or words to that effect, with Penn facing his current wife, ex-wife and 2008 Oscar date all in the space of a week.
Penn's on-again second wife Robin Wright Penn is in Cannes as the co-star with Robert De Niro of "What Just Happened" by Barry Levinson, which closes the festival May 25.
The couple filed for divorce months ago but recently got back together.
Penn's first wife Madonna is also arriving in Cannes to show her documentary about Malawi AIDS orphans, "I Am Because We Are", screening this week.
Meanwhile the actor's current pet project "The Third Wave", a film about volunteer aid workers during the 2004 tsunami, got a special festival screening with an introduction by the woman who introduced Penn to the film -- Czech model Petra Nemcova.
Nemcova, who famously survived the tsunami clinging to a tree in Thailand as her fiancé was swept away to his death, was Penn's 2008 Oscar night party date.
The Los Angeles Times said "they met through their joint humanitarian efforts and are reportedly just friends. Oh-kay".
CANNES, France (AFP) - Scowling US actor-director Sean Penn, who this year is head of the Cannes festival jury, comes to the film extravaganza bringing his own romantic plot.
It might be titled "Three Women and a Fest", or words to that effect, with Penn facing his current wife, ex-wife and 2008 Oscar date all in the space of a week.
Penn's on-again second wife Robin Wright Penn is in Cannes as the co-star with Robert De Niro of "What Just Happened" by Barry Levinson, which closes the festival May 25.
The couple filed for divorce months ago but recently got back together.
Penn's first wife Madonna is also arriving in Cannes to show her documentary about Malawi AIDS orphans, "I Am Because We Are", screening this week.
Meanwhile the actor's current pet project "The Third Wave", a film about volunteer aid workers during the 2004 tsunami, got a special festival screening with an introduction by the woman who introduced Penn to the film -- Czech model Petra Nemcova.
Nemcova, who famously survived the tsunami clinging to a tree in Thailand as her fiancé was swept away to his death, was Penn's 2008 Oscar night party date.
The Los Angeles Times said "they met through their joint humanitarian efforts and are reportedly just friends. Oh-kay".
