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CANNES – Straight from the Palais, HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge of In Contention break down a few of the most-talked about films from the first half of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, including “A Separation” director Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past,” the Coen Bros.’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake, and the WIlliam Faulkner adaptation “As I Lay Dying” starring and directed by ubiquitous multi-hyphenate James Franco. Check out all their thoughts on these films and more in the video above.

(Click here for part two and thoughts on the fest’s second week, including Plame d’Or winner “Blue is the Warmest Color.”)