Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup
By THOMAS ADAMSONBy THOMAS ADAMSON, Associated Press?
?Actress Reese Witherspoon, left, and director Jeff Nichols listen during a press conference for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Actress Reese Witherspoon, left, and director Jeff Nichols listen during a press conference for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Actors Reese Witherspoon, left, and Matthew McConaughey pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives for a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
From right, actors Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, and Director Jeff Nichols pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)
Actors Matthew McConaughey, left, and Reese Witherspoon pose during a photo call for Mud at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)
CANNES, France (AP) ? Director Jeff Nichols wraps up the competition lineup at Cannes wading deep in the Mississippi river, with "Mud," a heart-wrenching Mark Twain-inspired tale of a young boy searching to find life's meaning.
The film was in many ways a conventional piece of southern U.S. filmmaking ? with snake bites, shoot outs, a happy ending and even southern-born Reese Witherspoon, as a leg-baring love interest.
It features stellar performances from 15-year-old Tye Sheridan ? who starred in last year's "The Tree of Life" ? and Matthew McConaughey, who wowed critics with one of the festival's best performances.
Along with "Lawless" and "The Paperboy," ''Mud" can be added to the list of southern U.S. films that have graced this year's festival.
Nichols joked: "Well? Southerners are good story-tellers."
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