Let's kick off with a heady chunk of personal drama. Skipping backwards and forwards in time, Derek Cianfrance's movie charts the way a marriage goes into meltdown.

It may all sound a bit familiar, but there's real emotional heft here, not least from the two lead performances of Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.

The Weinstein Company picked this up for distribution even before the festival started so it should be prompting sobs and sighs in cinemas soon, as well as jostling for awards noms for Williams and Gosling.