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The Strong Leading the Blind: Cannes Opener that is Tone Deaf.

From July 5th to 12th, the first edition of the “Paulinia Movie Festival” took place in the city of Paulinia (126 kilometers away from Sao Paulo).

The story of a north-eastern man named Raimundo Nonato (actor João Miguel, from “Movies, Aspirin and Vultures” and “Mutum”) who tries a better life moving to the south of Brazil is touching a cord among local audiences. Arriving with almost nothing, the protagonsit starts to work at a small pub,

Perhaps they were waiting for the head of the jury to patch things up with his wife, other than that, I've got zero clues as to the reasoning behind keeping this piece of news from going public at last Wednesday's announcement.

Surprise, surprise! Last week’s misleading speculations of titles pulling out and the odd closer for the 61st edition of the Cannes film festival were indeed debunked. Soderbergh's pair of Che films (The Argentine and Guerrilla)...