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Actress Blake Lively http://www.espanaairmax90baratas.com/ , from left, director Woody Allen, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film Cafe Society and the Opening Ceremony at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France Nike Air Max 90 Baratas , Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP PhotoJoel Ryan)
CANNES, France — The 69th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with stormy skies, heightened security Air Max 90 Niño Baratas , the premiere of a new Woody Allen film and resurrected sex abuse allegations against the 80-year-old director regarding his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow.


Allen brought his 1930s Hollywood romance "Cafe Society," along with stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, to Cannes to kick off the French Riviera festival. But just minutes before their press conference, a column by Allen's son Ronan Farrow was posted online by The Hollywood Reporter in which he reiterated sexual abuse allegations against his father. Farrow questioned Cannes' continued embrace of Allen and chastised the press Air Max 90 Mujer Baratas , who he said don't ask "the tough questions."


"That kind of silence isn't just wrong. It's dangerous," wrote Farrow. "It sends a message to victims that it's not worth the anguish of coming forward. It sends a message about who we are as a society, what we'll overlook, who we'll ignore, who matters and who doesn't."


No reporters asked Allen about Farrow's column or the decades-old sex abuse allegations at the press conference and Allen's publicist didn't return an email requesting comment Wednesday. Allen has previously denied that he molested Dylan Air Max 90 Hombre Baratas , allegations first leveled in 1992 when Dylan was seven and Allen and Mia Farrow were in the midst of a bitter divorce.


The high-profile placement of Allen's latest comedy as the Cannes opener was perhaps too glaring a spotlight not to escape controversy. Allen, a Cannes regular, came to the festival with 2015's "Irrational Man," although that film played in a less prestigious slot out of competition.


At the black-tie opening ceremony Wednesday, French comic Laurent Lafitte drew groans for a joke directed at Allen.


"You've shot so many of your films here in Europe and yet in the U.S. you haven't even been convicted of rape Zapatillas Air Max 90 Baratas ," said Lafitte, referencing filmmaker Roman Polanski, who fled the U.S. after pleading guilty in 1977 to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles.


The famed festival is coming six months after the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people and as France remains in a state of emergency. Security has been elevated, with increased bag checks and bomb sweeps. Festival president Pierre Lescure says about 500 highly-trained security agents will be on guard around Cannes' red-carpeted headquarters, the Palais des Festivals.


Opening day was still a starry affair. Along with Stewart Air Max 90 Baratas Outlet , "Cafe Society" brought Blake Lively to the Croisette. Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick also serenaded festivalgoers with an acoustic performance of Cindi Lauper's "True Colors" in a promotion for the upcoming DreamWorks Animations release "Trolls," in which they voice the main characters.


"We are Anna and Garfunkel," Timberlake announced.


The jury that will decide Cannes' prestigious Palme d'Or award was also introduced. Led by "Mad Max" director George Miller, it includes Donald Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst and "Son of Saul" director Laszlo Nemes. Over the next 10 days Air Max 90 Baratas España , they will screen an especially strong slate of films vying for the Palme, including new releases from Pedro Almodovar, Jim Jarmusch, Asghar Farhadi, Andrea Arnold Air Max 90 España , Sean Penn and the Dardenne brothers.


"Without film festival like this, we wouldn't see movies and they wouldn't become famous like 'Son of Saul,'" said Dunst. "We need these festivals to promote filmmakers. Without them, we probably wouldn't be working. We'd just b