A tip for Cannes competition watchers is that while the big names are usually favourites for the Palme, the unmissable films often turn out to be the outsiders, the ones that many critics use as an excuse to bunk off and catch up on their sleep. Two years ago, that was exactly what happened when the competition jury gave the Palme d'Or jointly to Imamura's The Eel and Kiarostami's A Taste Of Cherry.