Cannes 2008 : semi-uninformed Palme d'Or speculation (UPDATED WITH RESULTS)

Monday, 12 May 2008

FINAL PREDICTIONS (Sunday 2.10pm)
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1. Waltz with Bashir / Ari Folman / Israel
2. The Class [aka Between the Walls] / Laurent Cantet / France   <<<<WINNER
3. Che / Steven Soderbergh / USA     >>> best actor
4. Gomorrah / Matteo Garrone / Italy     >>> grand prix
5. Il Divo / Paolo Sorrentino / Italy               >>> prix du jury
6. Three Monkeys / Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey   >>> best director

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Changeling [aka The Exchange] / Clint Eastwood / USA    <<< lifetime achievement
A Christmas Tale / Arnaud Desplechin / France
The Headless Woman / Lucrecia Martel / Argentina
Lorna's Silence / Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne / Belgium
                                                                    >>> best screenplay
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Delta / Kornel Mondruczo / Hungary       <<<< Fipresci prize
The Frontier of Dawn [aka The Dawn of the Shore] / Philippe Garrel / France
The Lion's Den / Pablo Trapero / Argentina
Linha de Passe / Walter Salles / Brazil         <<<<< best actress
Synecdoche, New York / Charlie Kaufman / USA
24 City / Jia Zhang-Ke / China

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Adoration / Atom Egoyan / Canada
Two Lovers / James Gray / USA
My Magic / Eric Khoo / Singapore

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Blindness / Fernando Meirelles / Brazil etc
The Palermo Shooting / Wim Wenders / Germany
Service / Brillante Mendoza / Philippines

P.Garrel

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