Brazil has a long tradition in quality moviemaking and this year four directors have their work represented in the 61st International Cannes Film Festival in France. Fernando Meirelles, with Blindness (which opened the festival yesterday) and Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, with Linha de Passe, are running for the Palme d'Or. Mateus Nachtergaele makes his debut as a director in Un Certain Regard with The Dead Girl's Feast.

While the movies are intriguing enough, I can't wait to hear the soundtracks. I haven't found much information about The Dead Girl's Feast sound yet, but I know Argentinean Gustavo Santaolalla (Motorcycle Diaries, Brokeback Mountain) signs the soundtrack for Linha de Passe and Brazilian Marco Antonio Guimarães, creator of Uakti, the one for Blindness. I've been listening to some of their amazing work as I write about the movies.

Photo: The cast of Blindness arrives at the Cannes Festival premiere at the Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2008. Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images.