Best Screenplay
Any of those listed for best film, in addition to:
Marco Bellocchio's Vincere (co-written by Bellocchio and Daniela Ceselli), about how Benito Mussolini mistreated his first wife (Giovanna Mezzogiorno, top photo) and son while millions of Italians thought he was just the greatest guy around.
Ken Loach's Looking for Eric (written by Paul Laverty), about a postman who gets soccer player Eric Cantona (middle photo) to become his life coach.
Writer-director Xavier Giannoli's In the Beginning (bottom photo), in which a con man gets a small town to build a highway.
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes