Ryan Gosling film up for Palme d’Or at Cannes
Only God Forgives, which stars Gosling as a criminal in the Bangkok underworld, has been shortlisted for the coveted Palme d’Or.
The film, which also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, is up against Ethan and Joel Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, which is set in New York’s 1960s folk music scene and stars Justin Timberlake, John Goodman and Carey Mulligan.
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Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra – a biopic of pianist Liberace, with Michael Douglas in the starring role – is also in the running.