Who's in line for big Cannes win?

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New Delhi: The film competing for this year’s 60th Cannes Film Festival is an excellent line up of off-beat world cinema.

Here are two of the strong contenders for the Palme D'Or at the Festival.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

If there is one film that everyone at the Cannes film festival is talking about then it's The Diving bell and the Butterfly.

When 43-year-old Bauby is almost completely paralysed by a stroke, he goes on to write his memoirs in an unusual way - he communicates by blinking his left eye.

This moving story has already attracted rave review and is one of the top contenders for the Palme D'Or that will be awarded on Sunday.

Persepolis

Another film that has caused a bit of a stir at Cannes is Persepolis.

Co-directed by graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, it’s the tale of her rebellious coming of age after the Iranian revolution.

The film, however, has already run into deep waters - according to reports, a letter of protest was sent to the French Embassy in Tehran by the Iran Farabi Foundation, a government-affiliated body in charge of festivals in Iran.