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...shines through," says De France. Yet her own tastes lie elsewhere: "American and French cinema are wonderfully creative and entertaining, but they lack the hard-edged, at times brutal messages, themes and humor of northern cinema culture." She says she'd love to make such films for directors like Denmark's Lars von Trier, Britain's Ken Loach or fellow Belgians (and brothers) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - a move that could extend the appeal of De France well beyond la France. - By Bruce Crumley/Paris Great French screen actors often sport formidable noses. Think Jean Gabin, Gérard Depardieu...
...last minute, and may prevent some being opened at all. A further one million Iraqis outside the country will be allowed to vote. Absentee voting will take place in 14 countries besides Iraq - Iran, Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Britain, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Denmark, Australia...
...teachers and civil servants went on strike, climaxing a three-day series of walkouts by public-sector workers protesting job cuts and pay freezes. Rail services were disrupted mid-week; on Thursday, tens of thousands of demonstrators brought Paris, Marseilles and other city centers to a standstill. Snap Judgement DENMARK Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called early parliamentary elections for Feb. 8, nine months ahead of the deadline. Opinion polls suggest that Rasmussen's center-right alliance, which has been a staunch ally of the U.S-led war in Iraq, will be returned to power. Glimmer of Hope MIDDLE EAST Palestinian...
...didn't make sense at first, but more and more studies have come out to support the paradoxical notion that the best way to prevent allergies is to expose kids to the allergens that cause them. Scientists in Denmark found that the more pets a child has, the less likely he or she is to develop allergies later in life. Having siblings, living on a farm or spending time in a day-care center also reduces allergies. Why? Presumably because exposing still-developing immune systems to allergens primes the body to recognize them as harmless. The protective effect is negated...
...executed and conceived "Studio of J?rn Utzon" succeeds in getting inside the architect's head. "The Opera House is really the embodiment of his consciousness," Murphy says. Projected to the left of the entrance is black and white footage of Utzon in exile, walking through a snowy forest in Denmark; to the right is his last completed Opera House model, from 1966 - "so we have the two sides of his mind," the curator explains. "The free, poetic side, and also the very practical, analytical side." Once inside, the visitor is thrust before the architect's very eyes. As a young...