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...characters and captured the nuances of her society. He manages, in only 127 minutes, to leave no character in the complex plot undeveloped—Hollander plays the perfect Austen fool of Mr. Collins, Judi Dench is marvelous as Darcy’s cantankerous aunt Lady Catherine de Bourg, and Kelly Reilly is the perfect bitch as the manipulative Caroline Bingley. The one outstanding flaw of the film (other than Jena Malone’s hideous performance) are the stormy long shots of Knightley perched in contemplation on top of a moor. These “breath-taking?...
...language, compared to 33% for French and 13% for German. Even French multinationals like Alstom and Vivendi have adopted English as the workplace vernacular. "This isn't about fighting English, but rather the use and influence of any language at the cost of all others," says conservative legislator Bruno Bourg-Broc, leader of a French parliamentary group monitoring the language's fortunes at home and abroad. "It's about safeguarding cultural and linguistic diversity by resisting uniformity...
...Best Chocolates: Blondel, Rue du Bourg 5. Scrumptious chocolate made right on the premises. Open 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays...
Even the minor characters are easy to appreciate. T.J. Meyers and Ian Jon Bourg draw many smiles and even occasional laughter from the audience as the perplexed and frustrated theater owners, Firmin and Andre, respectively. Carlotta, played by Kelly Ellenwood, makes and excellent egotistical prima donna. However, in this particular production, she seems more pitiful and needy than she does vicious and greedy. Her companion, Piangi (Stefano Fucile), possesses both a self-esteem and a voice pompous enough to match hers. Hating the two of them is still enjoyable, but not exactly a pleasure...
...military's campaign of violence against political opponents, meanwhile, has been revived with new viciousness. Nowhere is this more evident than the coffee-rich area in the Bourg Mountains, where some 300 soldiers have spent the past four months hunting down peasant supporters of exiled President Aristide. Those who have escaped the region claim the army has conducted a scorched-earth policy in an attempt to deprive Aristide's allies of their food and livelihood. "They took everything we possessed," says Wilna Nelta Joseph, whose home in the town of Petit-Bourg was looted in April. "They left me with...