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Time flies. It's been four decades since Luis Buñuel tied Catherine Deneuve to a tree, ripped her blouse and threatened her with a flogging in Belle de Jour. The actress is now 65 years old, still beautiful, a little less icy, and if we are to judge from A Christmas Tale, more interested in fine dining than in exotic sexuality...
...this she seems to encapsulate the recent history of French cinema. Whether it's an intense drama like I've Loved You So Long or a clever thriller like Roman de Gare, there comes a moment when most of the cast settles down to a lovingly appreciated (and photographed) feast - steam rising from the main dishes, tempting odors almost palpable in the theater. Ooh la la has been transformed into a long, envious ooh as we watch the cast dig in. In these films, even quick bites in a café or bistro can sometimes make the moviegoer's mouth...
...chance at an audition thwarted, erupts into an emotional, free-form paroxysm of frustration and anger. But Peter Darling's choreography is perhaps most impressive in the intricately staged group numbers like "Solidarity," which brings together lines of cops, strikers and Billy's dance class for a pas de trois that both propels the story and stops the show...
...know it ... we know it. Your purchase of a diamond will enable us to donate a prosthetic for an African whose hand was lost in diamond conflicts. De Beers - From her fingers...
...film is part of an operation to de-Atatürkize the Turks," the Association for Atatürk's Ideas said in a statement...