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Your parents are Spanish, and you grew up in Morocco, so how did you become Hollywood's favorite Frenchman...
Organized in 2003, Brazilian Girls is actually comprised of one woman and three men, none of them Brazilian. But despite being a domestic product, the sensual voice of leadsinger Sabina Sciubba effortlessly combines lines in French, Spanish, German, and English in a leisurely and unaffected style. Her voice floats above deep lounge beats in a way that seems to coax the dimmers on your lights to turn themselves down...
What is impressive about Brazilian Girls and their songs is their ability to slide seamlessly between the different genres and languages. Where one moment you are pleasantly jerked around by immaculate dance bass, the next you are being sung a Spanish lullaby set to the most soothing electronic notes, or you feel as if you are sitting in a French club in the 1930s...
...production budget chiefly represented by mountains of pastries, millions of powdered wigs, miles of elaborately embroidered silk, and of course enough painted, prancing ponies to mobilize a small republic’s national guard. That, and shoes. Many, many glorious shoes (which a discerning eye and a taste for Spanish decadence will surely recognize as the immortal Manolo Blahnik’s own handiwork). All this is to say that the film, as an aesthetic object created for pop-culture consumption, is nothing short of gorgeous. But at the same time, it feels about as fleeting as the 80s glam...
...program features a rigorous application process. “Thirty applications were picked up on the first days,” says Barberia, but fewer than 20 students will be accepted. Compared to the other Latin-American study abroad programs that Harvard offers, the application puts more emphasis on Spanish skills and includes an interview. But despite its unusual rigor, many students aren’t deterred by the lengthy application. Erika C. Helgen ’08 says that the language requirements are essential: “In some other Latin America countries, you can get by with...