Sean Penn: Working on film about 2004 tsunami

US ACTOR-DIRECTOR Sean Penn, who this year is head of the Cannes festival jury, comes to the film extravaganza bringing his own romantic plot.

It might be titled “Three Women and a Fest”, or words to that effect, with Penn facing his wife, ex-wife and 2008 Oscar date all in the space of a week.

Penn’s second wife Robin Wright Penn is in Cannes as the co-star with Robert De Niro of What Just Happened by Barry Levinson, which closes the festival on May 25. The couple filed for divorce months ago but recently got back together.

Penn’s first wife Madonna is also arriving in Cannes to show her documentary about Malawi AIDS orphans, I Am Because We Are.

Meanwhile, the actor’s current pet project, “The Third Wave“, a film about volunteer aid workers during the 2004 tsunami, got a special festival screening with an introduction by the woman who introduced Penn to the film — Czech model Petra Nemcova.

Nemcova, who famously survived the tsunami clinging to a tree in Thailand as her fiance was swept away to his death, was Penn’s 2008 Oscar night party date.

The Los Angeles Times said “they met through their joint humanitarian efforts and are reportedly just friends.”

Meanwhile, actor Jude Law has discussed a documentary charting a campaign for an annual global day of peace.

The Day After Peace was made by British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, charting his campaign for a non-violence day from the beginning.

His journey features Jonny Lee Miller, David Beckham and Law.

Last year Law travelled to Afghanistan to promote the UN’s annual Peace Day on September 21, accompanied by Gilley.

On September 21 last year Annie Lennox, Corinne Bailey Rae, James Morrison and Beth Orton united in the Peace One Day concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Last year on September 21, 27.6 million people from 200 countries participated in Peace Day.