Kidman is queen of Cannes

Paris

NICOLE Kidman is the undisputed queen of the Cannes film festival which opens Wednesday in the French Riviera resort, starring in three of its most eagerly awaited films.

The Australian actress is in two in the running for its top prize, the Palme d'Or, and plays a fashion and music maven in How to Talk to Girls at Parties in the official selection.

The film, adapted from a Neil Gaiman short story, has Kidman adopting Elle Fanning's alien as her protege.

Kidman also shows her trademark mix of hauteur and vulnerability as a pent-up governess of a Mississippi girls school in Sofia Coppola's highly touted remake of The Beguiled.

The film, set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, has Colin Farrell as an injured Union sold…