Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actors do the best they can. Ardant, who resembles Meryl Streep and has the wannest face ever filmed, plays her role with the severity and distance it requires, even if the direction does require her to cuddle her children in an overly Freudian way. Halladay, the popular French music star, is a man who has aged well. He is at his best when he is angry, which is most of the time...
...most famous of the Lumiere films to be shown tomorrow is "Arrive d'un Train en Gare," which depicts the arrival of a train at the French town of Ciotat. When the film was first shown, members of the audience believed the train would actually hit them...
...because the two French brothers were thefirst in the movement, they established the Frenchas pioneers in the industry, Podheiser said. TheFrench film industry lost its position at thevanguard during the First World War when theGermans devastated the French economy...
After 134 years of French rule, the native Melanesians of New Caledonia, who are known as Kanaks, have become a minority in their own land. Non- Melanesians, mostly French settlers and their descendants, now make up 57% of the population. Kanak activists have begun fighting for independence, sometimes clashing violently with police and settlers...
...attempt to settle the matter, the French last week held a referendum on independence in the islands. The result: 48,611 vs. 842 in favor of remaining a French territory. But Kanaks argued that the tally was not conclusive. As a result of a boycott organized by the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, less than 20% of all eligible Kanak voters cast ballots. Said Jean-Marie Tjibaou, president of the Kanak front: "The referendum in no way changes the situation...