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...tend to shrink away," says director Guédiguian, a communist. "It talks about the legend, about the King. The time is far enough away now for us to begin to see him as a whole." Guédiguian's main character, crafted in stunning depth and complexity by actor Michel Bouquet, is known simply as le Président; he smiles more and projects less personal authority than the original, but shares the same obsession with history, the same mix of pride and vulnerability. "It is Guédiguian's Mitterrand, not mine," says Védrine...
...will do anything for the spotlight. Luckily for her, in real life, the world is already watching. Cecile De France isn't, strictly speaking, from France. But that hasn't prevented the 30-year-old Belgian from becoming a favorite with her southern neighbors - and among the most promising actors in European cinema. With two films set for release in the U.S. and Europe this year, her popularity looks set to spread even further. De France is best known for her role as Isabelle, the lesbian confidante and romantic tutor of French actor Romain Duris in the 2002 film...
...love to make such films for directors like Denmark's Lars von Trier, Britain's Ken Loach or fellow Belgians (and brothers) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - a move that could extend the appeal of De France well beyond la France. - By Bruce Crumley/Paris Great French screen actors often sport formidable noses. Think Jean Gabin, Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil. Now 21-year-old actor Louis Garrel is nosing ahead of his peers. His proboscis, thick as a prizefighter's, gives the actor a seriousness and weathered complexity beyond his years. His 2003 turn as a young movie...
Decent acting is the one saving grace of this otherwise unimpressive feature. Dakota Fanning demonstrates her acting chops and shows once again why she is Hollywood’s top child actor. She impressively holds her own against an actor of De Niro’s caliber. It has clearly been good training playing against all those hunky-leading man types (Denzel Washington, Sean Penn, and soon Tom Cruise). De Niro, playing against the Travis Bickle-type that first catapulted him to fame, is very convincing as David, a soft-spoken psychologist...
...Actor, producer, and director Tim Robbins will be roasted as Man of the Year next Thursday...