Sharon Stone, posing for the paparazzi again and again in a golden gown. [Photo]

　　There was Darth Vader, breathing heavily as he marched down the red carpet. Then came Sharon Stone, posing for the paparazzi again and again in a golden gown.

　　This year’s Cannes Film Festival, which ended Sunday, brought plenty of glitz, glamor and Hollywood moments. But the stars of the final soiree were two Belgian brothers who make small, socially conscious films about people struggling just to get by .

　　The Dardenne brothers’ "The Child" won the top award Saturday at the festival, which celebrates stars and small art house filmmakers with equal gusto . Every year, Cannes carefully mixes glitz and grit, critic-pleasers and crowd-teasers, to come up with something for everyone.

　　For sheer fan hysteria, nothing this year topped the Cannes showing of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith."

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