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...mango with fascination and wince as they suck on lime slices. During the course of the morning, the class learns that fruits contain minerals, fiber, sugar and vitamins. "Who knows why we need vitamin C?" asks Carole de Bailleul, a nutritionist employed by the local school district. Three hands shoot up. "Without it we become tired," answers Margo Demarey, with gleeful enthusiasm. If only more of Europe's children knew as much about healthy food. Just like their counterparts in the U.S., European kids increasingly feast on a diet high in fat and sugar and low in nutrition...
Chemistry can be a dangerous thing. Mr. & Mrs. Smith is one of those movies that has been marked with every possible harbinger of doom: reshoots, budget overruns, megastar casting woes, mid-shoot script rethinks and, of course, a notorious did-they-or-didn't-they on-set hookup between the two principals. So fervent is the tabloid interest that the two stars, who should be promoting their movie, are on another continent. Can the movie rise above its reputation? Will dozens of wrongs actually make a right...
...Smiths are trying couples counseling, and their unfamiliarity with each other as actors and as people plays perfectly onscreen as the awkward distance of a husband and wife who have become strangers. But Liman's MacGyver-like improvisational style can come at a price. "It was a very hard shoot," he admits. "I don't necessarily go into a movie with the characters figured out." He built an entire snow-covered mountain on a Fox sound stage, then scrapped it when he decided the mountain scene was all wrong for Mr. Smith's personality. He also had to scrap...
...Natalie Portman cried for the first nine mins. of Free Zone; that Fusako Urabe survived an emotional thrashing in Bashing; that Manderlay star Bryce Dallas Howard had to put up with Von Trier's Svengalise personality; that Taiwanese beauty Hsu Chi (aka Shu Qi) was quite decorative watching guys shoot pool in Three Times; and that Alison Lohmann carried the story, while sinking the plausibility, of Where the Truth Lies. These performances merit sympathy at best, not a commendation...
...Kentucky Derby, the overwhelming favorite can be outrun by a 50-to-1 shot. My long shot, also my favorite film, is Once You're Born, which juggles sentiment and cynicism about the great unknown - other people - without ever losing poise or focus. And it made me cry. So shoot me. Some would: Once You're Born was also the critical consensus for worst film of the festival. Earlier today, when Jury member Jacquot asked critics which film they would hate to see win, my friend John Powers trumpeted: "the Italian film." Jacquot gave John a reassuring smile...