PARIS: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's “The Skin That I Inhabit” and British director Terrence Malick's “Tree of Life” are among 19 films competing at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, organizers said Thursday. “We have a special thought for Japan this year, but also for Tunisia and Egypt,” president Gilles Jacob said, adding that Egypt would be the festival's special guest at its 64th edition which begins on the French Riviera on May 11. Steering the Palme d'Or jury this year will be US actor and director Robert de Niro. Woody Allen's latest comedy “Midnight in Paris” – in which French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has a bit part – will open the festival.
