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Eastwood joins dark films among Cannes favourites

REUTERS, Cannes
An animated documentary about Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and an unflinching portrait of the Naples mafia were among the front-runners for top honours as the Cannes film festival hit the halfway point.
Moviegoers were generally impressed with the quality of the competition films screened so far, although some say the main lineup has lacked the punch of a standout contender.
That may have come on Tuesday with veteran actor and director Clint Eastwood's movie starring Angelina Jolie. The movie won warm applause after its press screening.
Originally titled Changeling, there was some confusion at the news conference about the Eng lish title for the 1920s drama, with production notes calling it The Exchange.
"Usually at this stage we would have seen more absolute stinkers," said film critic and author Mark Cousins, who is attending his 18th Cannes festival. "For me it's a rather high standard "
Among his favourites for the Palme d'Or, which goes to the jury's choice for best film, is Waltz with Bashir, director Ari Folman's attempt to piece together buried memories of the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut's Sabra arid Shatila camps.
Italy's Gomorra was hailed for its bravery in depicting the brutal world of the Camorra crime network in Naples. It is based on the best-selling account by journalist Roberto Saviano, who has been living under police protection for the past two years.
Both entries are regarded as political, which may give them the edge if jury president Sean Penn wishes to highlight topicality alongside cinematic craft at the prize ceremony on Sunday.
His impartiality could be tested by Eastwood's movie, which is based on the true story of Christine Collins, whose search for her
missing son forces her to confront a corrupt Los Angeles police force and a serial child killer.
Penn starred in Eastwood's Mystic River in 2003, with which the new film has been compared.
Three Monkeys, a Turkish film that tells a bleak story of family secrets and is directed by Nuri Bilge Ccylan, earned the top rating of an informal poll of critics appearing daily in the Screen International publication in Cannes.
Domestic critics also are supporting French family drama A Christmas Tale, starring Mathieu Amalric. while Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are aiming to win a third Golden Palm with their popular Lorna's Silence.
South America is represented by four pictures in the main competition, three of which have been screened already.
Opening film Blindness, an adaptation of Jose Saramago's novel of the same name about a plague of blindness sweeping the world, scored poorly with critics. And The Headless Woman, by Argentina's Lucrecia Martel, was booed at a press screening.
But the region's two subsequent entries impressed more --prison drama Leonera from Argentina and Linha de Passe (Line of Passage), set in the slums of Sao Paulo.
Jia Zhangkc's Chinese documentary-style movie 24 City has divided opinion, and the majority of reviews judged Philippine drama Serbis (Service) a dud.
Hundreds more films are unveiled out of competition, and critics thought Hunger, a powerful portrayal of Northern Irish militant Bobby Sands' fatal hunger strike, one of the best.
Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford were in town for the new Indiana Jones adventure, Woody Alien brought his Spanish comedy starring Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, and boxer Mike Tyson hit the red carpet for a new documentary about him