The Indomina Group has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," one of the strangest, most divisive but most acclaimed films to screen in the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The wildly experimental film drew scattered boos but also wild enthusiasm when it screened midway through the festival. The chronicle of a man who spends a day riding around town in a limousine, seemingly changing identities as he goes, it is considered a strong candidate for the Palme d'Or or other awards that will be handed out at the closing ceremony on Sunday.

The film stars Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue.

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IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to "The Taste of Money," a film from Korean writer-director Im Sang-soo that premiered this week in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

An erotic drama centered on the sexual desires and power struggles in a rich Korean family, "The Taste of Money" follows in the path of the director's previous film, "The Housemaid," which IFC also handled.

"'The Taste of Money' is his most decadent and sensual film yet while also a smart commentary on the lives of the rich and famous," said Sundance Selects/IFC president Jonathan Sehring in a release announcing the acquisition. "We are...

FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, has given its top Cannes prizes to Sergei Loznitsa's "In the Fog," Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Rachid Djaidani's "Rengaine" ("Hold Back").

The organization selects winners from two of the main sections at Cannes, and a third winner from two independent sections.

"In the Fog" (left), a drama set in German-occupied Russia in 1942, was chosen from the 22 films in the main competition.

"Beasts of the Southern Wild," which won the top dramatic award at Sundance in January and will be released this summer by Fox Searchlight, was chosen from the 20 films in...

"Amour" or "Holy Motors?" Michael Haneke or Jacques Audiard? Marion Cotillard or Nicole Kidman?

The race for the Cannes Film Festival's awards is in the homestretch, and as usual only nine jurors really know what's liable to happen. But that doesn't stop others from guessing. Eric Kohn of indieWIRE, for instance, says the top five contenders for the Palme d'Or are "Amour," "Holy Motors," "On the Road," "Like Someone in Love"  and "Rust and Bone." (Three of the five – "Amour," "Holy Motors" and "Rust and Bone" – seem reliable bets, the other two significant longshots.)

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