Cannes Film Festival

The 64th Cannes Film Festival began on May 11th and ends on May 22nd.  According to a Reuters story covering the event on opening night, Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris was received with "laughter" and "applause" by Cannes critics at the press screening.

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Robert Turan reports in a story for the LA Times that the most talked about films of this year's festival are Midnight in Paris, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Footnote, Boy With A Bike, The Tree of Life, This Must Be the Place and Drive.

Tilda Swinton stars in We Need to Talk About Kevin - Image by Google Images

In a story by Entertainment Weekly's Inside Movies, the film We Need to Talk About Kevin stirred the audience with its shocking subject matter. Actress Tilda Swinton plays a mother whose son is the culprit of a school's mass murder. The guilt-ridden mother struggles to cope with the aftermath of the horrific event.

The festival will end with an awards ceremony on Sunday, May 22nd.

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