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...luminous film. The Franco-Portuguese Voyage to the Beginning of the World is a fable about old age reconciling itself to memory and destiny. Two histories intertwine: a veteran director, also named Manoel (Mastroianni), goes back to the places of his childhood; and an ancient Portuguese woman (Isabel de Castro) meets the French-born son (Jean-Yves Gautier) of her long-lost brother. The old woman is wary of her Francophone nephew--she keeps asking, "Why doesn't he speak our speech?"--until the nephew convinces her, in a heartbreaking scene, that blood is thicker than language...
...million Estimated wealth of Cuban President Fidel Castro...
...Fidel Castro is in Geneva to address international health and trade conferences, and -- wouldn?t you know it -- he just happens to be staying at the same hotel as Mrs. Clinton. "Everyone is in their own place and it works very well," the director of the Intercontinental Hotel told AP. But those looking for a historic thaw should keep an eye on the ice machine...
...only U.S.-Cuba policy that?s maintained with domestic electoral concerns in mind. Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien?s visit with Fidel Castro may also have been undertaken with his electorate in mind: ?Chretien?s Cuba trip will win him votes back home because he?s asserting his independence from the U.S.,? says TIME Toronto bureau chief Andrew Purvis. Chretien told Castro that most participants in the recent Summit of the Americas want Cuba to rejoin the hemisphere?s family of nations, and he also pressed for the release of dissidents. His primary message, however: Don?t tell Canada what...
...Fidel Castro seizes power in Cuba...