British telly

The Shadows line is getting better and better ! The series is quite addictive; only 3 episodes and I'm completely hooked.

Ejiofor and Ecclecston are both excellent, Lesley Sharp is heartbreaking (she's had a lot of tough parts lately! Is she specialised in playing damaged women now? Last time I saw her in a tv show she was a medium struggling with her visions), and Stephen Rea is great too.So many famlilar faces from BBC shows or British movies (it took me some time to realise that the actress playing Gabriel's partner was the blonde bimbo in Ken Loach's It's a Free World and the mother from Fish Tank!).

And Chiwetel stroking a purring cat and saying "I love you too" made me all "awwwwwwwwwww"...

Cannes 2011

 I have only seen the Belgium movie by the Dardennes, Le gamin au vélo (great kid, great scenario et fabulous mise-en-scène), so I can't really comment on the prizes.

Caméra d'Or (for debut movies):

LAS ACACIASde Pablo Giorgelli

Prix du Jury

POLISSE de Maïwenn

Prix du Scénario :

FOOTNOTE de Joseph Cedar

Prix d'Interprétation Féminine :

Kirsten Dunst pour MELANCHOLIA (did they try to make up for Lars Van Triers' ban?

Prix de la Mise en scène:

Nicolas Winding Refn pour DRIVE

Prix d'Interprétation Masculine:

 Jean Dujardin pour THE ARTIST.  I'm so happy for him. He has grown into a terrific and classy actor, good in either comedy or drama. And this is a (silent and white and black) film I really want to see! I can't resist to embed the trailer.

Grand Prix du Jury : (ex-aequo) :
IL ETAIT UNE FOIS EN ANATOLIE de Nuri Bilge Ceylan
LE GAMIN AU VELO des frères Dardenne

Palme d' Or

The TREE OF LIFE de Terrence Malick (the critics aren't unanimous about that one!)