Angelina Jolie In Running For Cannes Award!
Top Hollywood stars and filmmakers like Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were vying against movies from top international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Among the most favored films at the 12-day festival, was Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” which stars Angelina Jolie in the true-life story of a Los Angeles woman battling corrupt police while looking for her missing son after authorities return the wrong boy in his place.
Other films that have been warmly received included:
• Ari Folman’s “Waltz With Bashir,” an animated documentary about war in Lebanon in the early 1980s;
• Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorrah,” a study of the criminal underworld in Naples
• Paolo Sorrentino’s “Il Divo,” a lively portrait of former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti and accusations against him of mafia ties;
• Laurent Cantet’s “The Class,” a classroom drama shot in a French school using real students and teachers;
• Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas’ “Linha de Passe,” a tale of four brothers in a crime-ridden Brazilian slum;
• And Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Three Monkeys,” a subtle drama about a family’s hard choices coming home to roost.
While the Cannes film festival presented few outright bombs this time, critics found the lineup a bit tepid.
The prize last year went to Cristian Mungiu’s abortion drama “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.”
So Angelina Jolie and Clint Eastwood will have to just keep their fingers crossed until the judges finally make up their minds.
