It won’t be a year of Cannes “favoritism” as Gilles Jacob and the small jury have proved me wrong once again, awarding the 68th Louis Delluc prize to Raoul Ruiz’s “Mysteries of Lisbon” – the four pic which I passed on at TIFF and which would go onto win Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival. It beat out heavy favorites Xavier Beauvois’ Cannes Jury Prize winner, “Of Gods and Men” and one of my favorites of the year, Olivier Assayas’ “Carlos“. The Louis Delluc prize for first film went to Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Belle Epine,” which Variety reminds us that like the Ruiz film also stars Lea Seydoux. Here were the nominees for both categories.
