Word: rozas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Brazilian director Jorge Furtado’s2002 film “Houve Uma Vez Dois Verões,”the character Roza repeats the phrase“I’m pregnant” three times. Each declarationmarks a distinct chapter inthe movie, which is divided into equalparts with almost mathematical precision.Professing one’s pregnancy hasbecome cliché in cinema, and Furtado isthe first to admit that his films are fullof stereotypical characters. However, it’sthe inversion and manipulation of thesestereotypes that has garnered Furtadorespect in the film world.“I trace...
...right to defend himself this way." Long a thorn in Russia's side, Chechnya declared independence in 1991, and was granted substantial autonomy in 1996. It has remained a battleground, both with Russia and over human-rights issues. In the cases accepted in Strasbourg, Magomed Khashiyev and Roza Akayeva allege torture and extrajudicial execution of five relatives by Russian troops in Grozny in January 2000; Medka Isayeva and Zina Yusupova say they were wounded and three of Isayeva's relatives killed in an air bombardment of a refugee convoy near Shaami-Yurt in October 1999; Zara Isayeva says that four...