FACTBOX: Films in competition in Cannes 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Cannes film festival, the world's largest, opens on Wednesday.
Following is a list of films in the main competition for the coveted Palme d'Or award this year. Hundreds of other films will be showing out of competition.
* Blindness -- Fernando Meirelles (Brazil)
* Entre les murs (Between the Walls) -- Laurent Cantet (France)
* Two Lovers -- James Gray (United States)
* Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys) -- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
* Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) -- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
* Un conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) -- Arnaud Desplechin (France)
* The Changeling -- Clint Eastwood (United States) Continued...
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