Two out of Five

So there I was, a flash of blue pinstripe in a sea of black tuxedoes, soaking up my first Cannes premiere, when it happened.

Two of my laminated Top Five turn up on the red carpet holding hands. Aishwarya Rai and Eva Longoria, God knows how they know each other, float into view as I take deep breaths behind the camera and try to keep steady.

It was the screening of Blindness, Fernando Meirelles' latest and the film everyone's pretending to get excited about while killing time before Indiana Jones.

So - a long old day, kicking off with kung-fu fighting Jack Black and ending with red carpet glamour at the official opening, followed by a media party hosted by some PR agency where good contacts were made.

All in all not a bad day's work. It's now coming up midnight and we have yet to file our last stuff, with another packed day planned for tomorrow. Interesting to see how long before the cracks start to show...