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S U N D AY, M AY 2 8 , 2 0 0 6Cannes OverviewCannes predictions/winners:Palm D'or Prediction -- Volver; Winner -- The Wind That Shakes TheBarleyRunnerup Prediction -- Babel; Winner -- FlandresBest Director Pred -- Pedro Costa for Colossal Youth or Sofia Coppola;Winner -- BabelBest Actor Prediction -- Giacomo Rizzo for "The Family Friend" (orNuri Ceylan for Climates); Winner -- ensemble of IndigenesBest Actress Prediction -- Lei hao for Summer Palace (seems tooirresistible for political reasons, but could also be Penelope Cruz forVolver or Kate Dickie for Red Road); winner -- ensemble of VolverHere are all the movies I saw at Cannes. And scroll below for adds tomy daily diary. (Hey, since I don't own a laptop right now, I have tochoose between telling you what movies I've seen or simply going tomore movies. I decided to see more movies.)CANNES MOVIES (updated as of May 30)The Da Vinci Code *Summer Palace ** 1/2The Wind That Shakes The Barley *** 1/2Poison Friends *The Page Turner *Princess ** 1/2Volver *** or *** 1/2Boffo! *The Unforgiven *7 Virgins ** 1/2 or ***Dreamgirls preview ***Red Road ** (but well-directed)Charlie Says *Shortbus ** 1/2 (but sweet)Serambi ** 1/2Climates ***Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G . C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Cannes Overviewhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/05/cannes-overview.html
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