CANNES, France: After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d’Or.
The prestigious award for the best film in competition will be handed out tonight, decided by a jury headed by Steven Spielberg. While this year’s festival has boasted a cinematic feast, no single film is believed to have clearly set itself apart from the pack.
At least half a dozen films seem to have a chance of winning, including the Coen brothers’ 1960s folk tale “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Paolo Sorrentino’s rollicking Roman party “The Great Beauty,” Asghar Farhadi’s domestic drama “The Past,” James Gray’s 1920s Ellis Island melodrama “The Immigrant” and Abdellatif Kechiche’s lesbian coming-of-age tale “Blue is the Warmest Color.”
Palme d’Or race wide open at Cannes fest
