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CANNES 2006 Official selection

A sure spot for Nanni Moretti

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The Caiman [+see also:
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by Nanni Moretti will screen in competition at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28), according to Reuters. The film, which will be released in Italy on March 24 on almost 400 screens, has not yet been seen by the festival programmers, but the Italian director has apparently already been guaranteed a spot in the official selection.

Other films that may be selected to be in the running for the Palme D’Or are Volver [+see also:
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interview: Agustín Almodóvar
interview: Carmen Maura
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
interview: Pénélope Cruz
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, the new comedy by Pedro Almodovar, The Wind That Shakes the Barley [+see also:
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interview: Ken Loach
interview: Rebecca O’Brien
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by Ken Loach, the third and final chapter in the trilogy by Finland’s Aki Kaurismaki, Lights in the Dusk, and French title Selon Charlie by Nicole Garcia.

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A winner of the 2001 Palme D’Or with The Son’s Room [+see also:
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, Moretti opted out of a traditional press conference for this film, choosing instead to present it on a talk show on the RAI 3 television channel and at a debate with audiences in Milan. There will be a carefully guarded press screening on March 23 at Rome’s Barberini Cinema.

(Translated from Italian)

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