Palme d'Or Competition Gets Rolling With First Three Contenders, But Security Headaches Nearly Upstage Them - Cannes

If you’ve heard that security in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in France (particularly last summer’s horrific massacre in Nice) has been heightened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, you would not be wrong. Just trying to get through the gauntlet of guards and security personnel plus metal detectors at the Grand Lumiere Theatre in the Palais was a real challenge at Thursday’s 8:30 AM first press screening, for Amazon’s Wonderstruck. The film started 12 minutes…