Cannes set to ditch austerity with "Great Gatsby" launch
May 14, 2013 at 19:00 PM EDT
CANNES, France, May 15 (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival may get some of its swagger back on Wednesday when it opens with Baz Luhrmann's lavish 3D period drama "The Great Gatsby", an opportunity to shed the caution of recent years overshadowed by broader economic gloom.
