In pictures: Curtain falls on Cannes

The closing night of the Cannes Film Festival is the climax to a fortnight of glamorous parties on the French Riviera. And there's the small matter of the Palme d'Or. BBC News Online gives a glimpse in pictures.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas arrives with his wife

Actress Juliette Binoche presented the Palme d'Or

The worlds of modelling, film and music are present

Director Paul Thomas Anderson won best director

The judges include David Lynch and Sharon Stone

Scottish scriptwriter Paul Laverty won for his screenplay

Roman Polanski is congratulated by chief judge Lynch

Polanski takes the applause for The Pianist