Watched Cristian Mungiu’s (4 months, 3 weeks) portmanteau Tales From The Golden Age, a very enjoyable set of 5 shorts parodying life in the Ceausescu’s Romainia – my favourites were the The Legend Of The Official Visit and the The Legend Of The Greedy Policeman (3 out of 5)
![Tales From The Golden Age Cristian Mungiu's Tales From The Golden Age](http://www.jamie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_4310-300x224.jpg)
Caught the 3pm screening of Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces in the Lumiere (4 out of 5) nothing really new in terms of Almodóvar but a great mix of noir and melodrama, intertwining plots and a film within a film.
![lumiere Theatre Lumière, Cannes](http://www.jamie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lumiere-300x224.jpg)
In the evening headed down the beach for an enjoyable evening at the EIFF / Scotish film party
![EIFF Edinburgh Film Festival party](http://www.jamie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_4316-300x224.jpg)
![EIFF beach On the beach at EIFF party](http://www.jamie.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_4319-300x224.jpg)
Grabbed some dinner in the old town and finished the evening off with some great cocktails over at the Wild Bunch villa.