Cafe Society trailer: Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart star in Woody Allen's yearly offering

The 1930s Hollywood romance from the director is set to open this year's prestigious Cannes Film Festival

"Life is a comedy, written by a sadistic comedy writer."

The first trailer for Woody Allen's latest, Café Society, has arrived; ahead of its world premiere as the opening film at this year's Cannes Film Festival. There's certainly nothing surprising to be found here: Allen's released a film every year since 1981, and the director has long ago honed his own directorial style into a precise, reliable formula.

In short, Café Society is absolutely, effervescently Allen. Love him or hate him, at least there's no second guessing him. Indeed, every expected element is in place here: the jazz standard, the Bronx accents, the sun-dappled hues, the Socrates quote.

Jesse Eisenberg returns to Allen's work after To Rome with Love; it wouldn't be so surprising if Eisenberg becomes a regular of the director, in fact, considering how perfectly he captures Allen's own nervy line delivery. He's the ideal pseudo-Allen for every non-Allen starring film, essentially. Here he stars as a young man who travels from the Bronx to capture the grand Hollywood dream, though seems to get a little distracted by the promise of romantic intrigue.

It's certainly boasting a momentous cast: Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Jeannie Berlin, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott all star.

Café Society opens the festival on Wednesday 11 May in the Palais des Festival's Grand Théâtre Lumière; which then runs until 22 May. A UK release date is yet to be set.