Cannes 2013: odds for the Palme, Best Actor and Best Actress

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PREDICTIONS (Sat 25 May, 5.40pm)
Palme : Mr Farhadi
Grand Prix : Mr Sorrentino
Jury : Mr Haroun
Director : Mr Gray
Screenplay : Mr Kore-eda
Actress : Ms Exarchopoulos
Actor : Mr Isaac
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to win the Palme d’Or
updated live from Cannes, Saturday 25th May, 6.10pm (Fr) [list #53]
nb: films which have been shown to press in Cannes are in bold
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5/2 Farhadi, Asghar — The Past
11/4 Kechiche, Abdellatif –– Blue is the Warmest Colour
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6/1 Gray, James — The Immigrant
9/1 Kore-eda, Hirokazu – Like Father, Like Son
10/1 Coen & Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
12/1 Sorrentino, Paolo — The Great Beauty
12/1 Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh –– Grigris
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16/1 Jia, Zhangke — A Touch of Sin
20/1 Soderbergh, Steven — Behind the Candelabra
25/1 Payne, Alexander — Nebraska
28/1 Desplechin, Arnaud — Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
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50/1 Ozon, Francois — Young and Beautiful
50/1 Van Warmerdam, Alex — Borgman
50/1 Escalante, Amat — Heli
50/1 Winding Refn, Nicolas – Only God Forgives
66/1 Jarmusch, Jim — Only Lovers Left Alive
100/1 des Pallières, Arnaud –– Michael Kohlhaas
100/1 Polanski, Roman — Venus In Fur
100/1 Bruni-Tedeschi, Valeria — A Castle in Italy
175/1 Miike, Takashi – Shield of Straw
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Best Actor
7-2 Inside Llewyn Davis: Oscar Isaac
9-2 The Great Beauty: Toni Servillo
9-2 Behind the Candelabra: Michael Douglas
….. (solo, or with Matt Damon)
5-1 Grigris: Souleymane Deme
8-1 The Immigrant: Joaquin Phoenix
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11-1 Like Father, Like Son: Masaharu Fukuyama
11-1 Nebraska: Bruce Dern
….. (solo, or with Will Forte)
12-1 The Past: Ali Mosaffa and/or Tahar Rahim
14-1 Borgman: Jan Bijvoet
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25-1 Mathieu Amalric and/or Benicio Del Toro
35-1 A Touch of Sin: male ensemble
50-1 Only Lovers Left Alive: Tom Hiddleston
50-1 Michael Kohlhaas: Mads Mikkelsen
50-1 Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling and/or Vithaya Pansringarm
50-1 Heli: Armando Espitia
50-1 Shield of Straw: Takao Osawa and/or Tatsuya Fujiwara
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* any combination of Amalric and/or Del Toro in Jimmy P. and/or Amalric in Venus In Fur

Best Actress
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6-4 Blue is the Warmest Colour: Adèle Exarchopoulos
2-1 The Past: Bérénice Bejo
9-2 The Immigrant: Marion Cotillard
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10-1 Borgman: Hadewych Minis
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25-1 Only Lovers Left Alive: Tilda Swinton
28-1 Only God Forgives: Kristin Scott Thomas
33-1 Young and Beautiful: Marina Vacth
33-1 Venus In Fur: Emmanuelle Seigner
66-1 Heli: Andrea Vergara
66-1 A Castle in Italy: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
80-1 Grigris: Anaïs Monory
80-1 Nebraska: June Squibb
100-1 A Touch of Sin: female ensemble
updated 25th May
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Palmiste
(1894 grey colt)
by Le Sancy – Perplexité (by Perplexe)
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