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In-Brief: 17/5/2014
Biopic of painter Turner wins Palme d'Or at Cannes; Man found dead in Welsh house where mother and child died 10 months ago; Plaid Cymru leader makes last-minute EU election plea; Ex-Ofsted contractor abandons its six academies

FILM: Mike Leigh’s biopic of painter JMW Turner united critics in praise yesterday after it opened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Mr Turner, which stars Timothy Spall as the legendary artist, is one of 18 movies in the running to be awarded the Palme d’Or — the prestigious prize handed out every year to the best film in competition at the annual event in the south of France.

Five-stars reviews across the board called it “something of a masterpiece.”

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