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| Cannes to climax with Palme d'Or | Cannes to climax with Palme d'Or |
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| The prestigious Palme d'Or is to be awarded to the best film at the Cannes Film Festival as the 12-day event comes to a climax later. | The prestigious Palme d'Or is to be awarded to the best film at the Cannes Film Festival as the 12-day event comes to a climax later. |
| Movies by British directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are among the favourites for honours on the French Riviera. | Movies by British directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are among the favourites for honours on the French Riviera. |
| Other contenders include Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem and directed by Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. | Other contenders include Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem and directed by Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. |
| Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton leads the jury that will pick a winning film from the 19 in competition. | Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton leads the jury that will pick a winning film from the 19 in competition. |
| This year's line-up has left many critics underwhelmed, but Mike Leigh's Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville, stood out for many. | This year's line-up has left many critics underwhelmed, but Mike Leigh's Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville, stood out for many. |
| The portrait of a happily married couple nearing retirement was described as "beautiful, mordant and curiously riveting" by The Guardian, while The Times said it was "a treasure" that showed "Leigh at his confident best". | The portrait of a happily married couple nearing retirement was described as "beautiful, mordant and curiously riveting" by The Guardian, while The Times said it was "a treasure" that showed "Leigh at his confident best". |
| The 19 competing films, including Biutiful, have had red carpet premieres | The 19 competing films, including Biutiful, have had red carpet premieres |
| Leigh won the Palme d'Or for Secrets and Lies in 1996, and has become one of the UK's most cherished film-makers with works including Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky and Career Girls. | Leigh won the Palme d'Or for Secrets and Lies in 1996, and has become one of the UK's most cherished film-makers with works including Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky and Career Girls. |
| Ken Loach, another British arthouse heavyweight, is back in competition four years after winning the festival's top accolade for The Wind that Shakes the Barley. | Ken Loach, another British arthouse heavyweight, is back in competition four years after winning the festival's top accolade for The Wind that Shakes the Barley. |
| His new movie, Route Irish, is a revenge drama based around the deployment of private security contractors in Iraq. | His new movie, Route Irish, is a revenge drama based around the deployment of private security contractors in Iraq. |
| Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, best known for Babel and 21 Grams, is in contention with his story of a corrupt policeman who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and attempts to tie up his troubled life. | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, best known for Babel and 21 Grams, is in contention with his story of a corrupt policeman who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and attempts to tie up his troubled life. |
| Bardem has been heavily tipped for the best actor prize for the lead role. | Bardem has been heavily tipped for the best actor prize for the lead role. |
| PALME D'OR - RECENT WINNERS 2009 - The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke2008 - The Class by Laurent Cantet2007 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu2006 - The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Ken Loach2005 - L'Enfant by Jean-Pierre Dardenne2004 - Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore | |
| Another festival favourite has been Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois, telling the true story of seven French monks who were mysteriously murdered in Algeria in 1996. | Another festival favourite has been Of Gods and Men by French director Xavier Beauvois, telling the true story of seven French monks who were mysteriously murdered in Algeria in 1996. |
| A potential dark horse for the Palme d'Or is the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. | A potential dark horse for the Palme d'Or is the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. |
| It centres around a dying man who is visited by the spirit of his late wife and his missing son, who has mutated into an ape. | It centres around a dying man who is visited by the spirit of his late wife and his missing son, who has mutated into an ape. |
| Another former winner in competition is Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who earned the Palme d'Or in 1997 with Taste of Cherry. | Another former winner in competition is Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who earned the Palme d'Or in 1997 with Taste of Cherry. |
| He has entered this year with his cryptic love story Certified Copy, starring Juliette Binoche. | He has entered this year with his cryptic love story Certified Copy, starring Juliette Binoche. |
| Joining Tim Burton on the nine-member jury are actors Kate Beckinsale and Benicio Del Toro and director Shekhar Kapur. | Joining Tim Burton on the nine-member jury are actors Kate Beckinsale and Benicio Del Toro and director Shekhar Kapur. |