Woody Allen is heading back to a very familiar place: opening night of theCannes Film Festival.
The director's newest film, “Cafe Society,” will kick off the prestigious confab when it gets underway May 11. The news marks the third time Allen will open the festival -- following 2011’s “Midnight in Paris” and 2002’s “Hollywood Ending” -- a record, Cannes organizers said.
“Cafe Society" is a 1930’s-set romance revolving around Hollywood. According to a Cannes statement, “the film tells the story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant cafe society that defined the spirit of the age.”

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