Word: amours
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What happens when a filmmaker with the gift of malice tries to make a love story? Can his fine, scaly hand carry off a caress? And if he can, will he connect with a film audience that long ago shrugged off amour...
...study detailed in verse his “unsuccesful amour with a very tall maid...
...with a good range of wines by the glass. The bar also features a selection of intriguing martinis, such as the Arabic Coffee Martini with Stolichnaya Vanil, splashes of Kahlua and Frangelico and a shot of Arabic Coffee; and the Moonlight Martini, a concoction of Bombay Sapphire with Parfait Amour, fresh lemon and a splash of Yellow Chartreuse. Under the guidance of our chipper, black-clad server, we took a bottle of Taurino Notarpanaro, a versatile and smooth Italian red that complemented our adventurous appetite for variety. Alas, as a reminder that we were in Cambridge and not Europe...
...Kate, headmistress of a school in an English village. Each week Kate and her best friends--a physician (Anna Chancellor) and a policewoman (Imelda Staunton)--meet to spill their latest ordeals d'amour and decide who among them is the most pathetic of all. Then Kate tumbles into an affair with Jed (dishy Kenny Doughty), a former student who moonlights as a church organist. This steams her friends, who see the affair as a threat to the only family they know. Chicanery and worse follow, as the film dares a violent shift of tone but ends up in a sadder...
...time. If you don’t believe me, try the following experiment: think about the last five fairly lengthy conversations you’ve had with friends. The odds are that at least one of them, and probably two or three, related to questions de l’amour, whether you were recounting your trysts or salivating over another’s. We ask for advice, seek commiseration or just attempt to entertain. If you’re like some people I know (ahem), you get filled in on the gossip of everyone else...