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The dramatic conclusion is enhanced by elements of mysticism as one of the film’s mysterious characters is given an ironic context, along with revelation that van Oppen, who Brechner has carefully painted as an over-the-hill burnout, still has a bit of the old championship magic.

Cannes Classics, created in 2004, accompanies contemporary films from the Official Selection with a programme of restored films and lost films that have been found again, as part of their re-release in cinemas or on DVD. The screenings will be held at the Palais des Festival and will be shown again at La Licorne.

Sony Pictures Classics has made a pre-emptive buy of sorts, picking up Zhang Yimou's latest while it is in production.

Not exactly the feng shui approach, if ever you wanted to design your apartment in shades of grey of the 1970's East Germany, then perhaps you'd want to take a closer look at The Lives of Others (the Oscar winning film from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck).

With no run away, break out titles as in the previous years (Babel, Volver, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, NCFOM, Silent Light, The Class, Gomorrah, Synecdoche, New York, Waltz with Bashir) Cannes 2009 might not have been a bust, but it was disappointing to see so many mediocre films make it into the main comp.