Michael Haneke will once again square off against Jacques Audiard in competition for the Palme d'Or, with their latest films announced as contenders in the Cannes Film Festival Official Competition lineup, announced overnight.
The lineup marks a repeat of 2009, when Haneke's The White Ribbon pipped critic's favourite Audiard's A Prophet for the top prize. This year Haneke's Amour, a story of a woman emerging from a stroke, and Audiard's mystery drama Rust and Bone, face considerable competition from a field of familar names - David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis), Ken Loach (The Angel's Share) , Abbas Kiarostami (Like Someone in Love), Alain Resnais (You Haven't Seen Anything Yet), Lee Daniels (The Paperboy, pictured), Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom) and Walter Salles (On The Road).
The Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 16 - 27 in France.
Opening Night Film / In Competition
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson
Official Competition
De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) - Jacques Audiard
Holy Motors- Leos Carax
Cosmopolis- David Cronenberg
The Paperboy (pictured) - Lee Daniels
Killing Them Softly - Andrew Dominik
Reality - Matteo Garrone
Amour (Love) - Michael Haneke
Lawless - John Hillcoat
Da-reun na-ra-e-suh (In Another Country) - Hong Sangsoo
Do-nui mat (The Taste Of Money) - Im sang-soo
Like Someone in Love - Abbas Kiarostami
The Angels' Share - Ken Loach
V Tumane (In the Fog) - Sergei Loznitsa
Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu
Baad el Mawkeaa (After the Battle) - Yousry Nasrallah
Mud - Jeff Nichols
Vous n'avez encore rien vu (You Haven't Seen Anything Yet)- Alain Resnais
Post Tenebras Lux - Carlos Reygadas
On the Road - Walter Salles
Paradies: Liebe (Paradise : Love) - Ulrich Seidl
Jagten (The Hunt) - Thomas Vinterberg
Closing Night Film / Out of Competition
Thérèse desqueyroux - Claude Miller
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