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...love is fulfilled. It was the publishing of these long-forgotten diaries that gave Truffaut the material for this film. For Adele's fate is not that of an ordinary woman--her problems are compounded (and at least partly caused) by her status as the only surviving daughter of Victor Hugo, who enjoyed during his lifetime a world wide reputation as the greatest living poet and champion of liberty. The scene in which Adele's Canadian doctor and her landlady first discover the identity of her father is marvelously funny--marvelous because Truffaut doesn't allow this laughter to prejudice...
...victory catapults the Crimson into tonight's final against Boston University, the upset victor over Northeastern in the other opening round matchup...
Gift of Love. The film's slightly academic tone may be a reflection of its origins. Six years ago, Truffaut read a biography of Victor Hugo's younger daughter Adele, which was based largely on her coded diaries. The movie is a scrupulous adaptation and elaboration of Adele's strange history. Adele, haunted by the death of her older sister Leopoldine-her father's favorite-followed a British lieutenant, Albert Pinson, to his post in Nova Scotia. She had fallen in love with Pinson during her father's political exile in Guernsey, and even broke...
...Dons opened the scoring only six minutes into the game on a goal by Greg McKeown. Midway through the half, San Francisco iced the game when Paul Korn and Victor Arbeleaz booted home a pair of goals only 25 seconds apart...
...fearsome drive, muscling the ball near the Eli goal line. Suddenly, a barrage of Yale fans stormed the field. They disrupted play and, despite cries of "hold that line," tore down both makeshift goalposts. Without goalposts the game could not continue, and Yale was declared a 1-0 victor. Harvard, decrying both the lack of civility among Yale fans and increased roughness, declined to play Yale in 1877, deciding instead to begin a series with the more refined men of Princeton...