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...spent man below. Before he died, Cartier-Bresson had a final look at his images for the exhibit, taking in his surrealism-influenced shots of Mexico and unselfconscious images of Europe, such as the ambiguous mutual grooming outside a brothel in an image titled Alicante. That last look, says Agnès Sire, director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, "made him very happy." The exhibition runs through Dec. 19, before traveling to the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, in February. For information, go to: www.henricartierbresson.org...
...which overflowed with passion, smart dialogue and a knowing, dreamy poignance. Jean-Luc Godard's Our Music, about the Israel-Palestine conundrum, concluded its dark ruminations by sending its lead character to a heaven patrolled, without apparent irony, by U.S. soldiers. Even the annual French essay in angst, Agnès Jaoui's Comme une Image (Look at Me), displayed a tender wisdom toward its characters. Some popular genres - the thriller, the martial-arts epic, Japanese anime - made rare appearances at Cannes. Asia's strong showing included a mainstream Korean revenge-a-thon (Park Chan-wook...
...Lithuanian embassy in Brussels, there's a terse but plaintive note on the bulletin board: seeking place to eat real Lithuanian meal. Secretary Agnès Geniusaite explains: "We're all looking for places to eat our traditional food." There are, alas, no Lithuanian restaurants in Brussels. So every few weeks Geniusaite and colleagues gather at somebody's house for dishes like balandeliai (stuffed cabbage) and saltibarsciai (a kind of borscht). The Lithuanians are not alone in their plight. In the past year, some 4,000 people from the 10 countries scheduled to join the E.U. in 2004 have moved...
...died. It was not merely politics or fate that made the difference, she says. It was also simple human intervention: De Noinville was not left alone. "We in this home are just lucky we had excellent people caring for us," she says. Thirty doctors, nurses and aides at Sainte-Agnès public retirement home in suburban Paris tended to the 80 residents with ice packs, wet towels and fluids to help them survive the suffocating heat in the home, which, like most French retirement homes, is not air-conditioned. Three residents died during the heat wave - deaths sped...
...piled with 18 different types of handmade bread. The oak shelves lining its plate-glass windows are crammed with groceries no upscale Parisian kitchen can be without, from squid ink to balsamic vinegar. "Our customers know that every product has been personally chosen and tested by Alain Ducasse," explains Agnès Defontaine, who was responsible for putting Ducasse's concept in place. But the store's true raison d'être is elsewhere. "Be offers a new way of eating that's in tune with the times, that fits into our schedule while fulfilling our fancies," says Ducasse. That...