You have the Dardennes delivering classic Dardenne. You have Kaurismaki delivering typical Kaurismaki. Today, we have Pedro giving us more colourful layers of Pedro. Starring the physically perfect Elena Anaya and an Antonio Banderas in Best Male lead performance form, Almodovar's The Skin I Live In is currently tied for first on our critics' poll and as we for further votes, this could be in the poll position by the end of the day, that is depending on what the other critics thought.
Cannes is going to have a stellar Main Comp (Pedro, Ramsey, Lars, Dardenne Bros., Kaurismaki) but there are still plenty of unexpected no-shows this year. Making Venice extremely happy we don't find: Giorgos Lanthimos, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, Aleksandr Sokurov, Christophe Honoré, Lou Ye, Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Brillante Mendoza.