5 Asian Films Among Contenders at Cannes

Five films from Asia are among the 20 competing at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival:

— “Los abrazos rotos” (“Broken Embraces”) by Spain’s Pedro Almodovar

— “Fish Tank” by Andrea Arnold, Britain

— “Un prophete” by Jacques Audiard, France

— “Vincere” by Marco Bellocchio, Italy

— “Bright Star” by Jane Campion, New Zealand

— “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” by Isabel Coixet, Spain

— “A l’origine” (“In the Beginning”) by Xavier Giannoli, France

— “Das weisse band” by Michael Haneke, Austria

— “Taking Woodstock” by Ang Lee, Taiwan-born

— “Looking for Eric” by Ken Loach, Britain

— “Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan” (Spring Fever) by Lou Ye, China

— “Kinatay” by Brillante Mendoza, Philippines

— “Enter the Void” by Gaspar Noe, France

— “Bak-Jwi” (“Thirst”) by Park Chan-wook, South Korea

— “Les herbes folles” by Alain Resnais, France

— “The Time That Remains” by Elia Suleiman, Israel

— “Inglourious Basterds” by Quentin Tarantino, U.S.

— “Vengeance” by Johnnie To, China

— “Visage” (“Face”) by Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysia

— “Antichrist” by Lars von Trier, Denmark

4/23/2009 9:17 AM The Associated Press