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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 5/24/2008

Cannes '08: 'Che' and the Palme d'Or

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As the Festival de Cannes enters its final days, only two thoughts occupy the minds of exhausted moviegoers: Can I survive until my plane/train/automobile gets me out of here, and which film will win the Palme d'Or? Unlike the Oscar...

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Count Del Toro At Cannes
Lossip — ... the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of the Steven Soderbergh film “Che,” where Benicio plays the role of Cuban Revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevarra. However, at the premiere, homeboy looked more fit to play the role of Count Dracula. Bloodsucker or not, Benicio has been giving this film a lot of buzz and the flick stands as a candidate for the Palme d’Or Award. Source

TIME and LA Times on the Palme
Awards Daily — ... mention), Best Director (usually a consolation prize), Screenplay, Actor, Actress. Steven Soderbergh’s Che is getting Palme d’Or buzz. So is Clint Eastwood’s Changeling. Other films being talked up are the Israeli docu-animation Waltz With Bashir, the French family drama A Christmas Tale and the Belgian The Silence of Lorna, from two-time Palme d’Or laureates Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. And Kenneth Turan at the LA Times: Unlike the Oscar voters, who have a lengthy track ...