Word: war-torn
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...adult equivalent of the launch of a Harry Potter book." That's a lot of pressure, and unfortunately de Bernières doesn't live up to it. The book's setting is promising enough. De Bernières' first four novels were all set in picturesque but war-torn corners of the world - Latin America or, for Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek island of Cephallonia. And so Birds tells of the pretty, fictional Turkish coastal town of Telmessos during and after World War I. Greeks and Turks live harmoniously there until 1923, when aggressive expansionism and horrific fighting...
...guards to run rampant over the NBA All-Stars? It would be like Harvard defeating North Carolina in college basketball. Only instead of a small school basking in five-minutes of glory, an entire nation would rejoice. It’d be fantastic to see, particularly for a war-torn country like Croatia...
...contrast to American soldiers who have recently garnered attention through their infamous deeds, Moulton—as host of a widely broadcasted Iraqi television program—has become a popular figure in the war-torn nation...
Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s latest film mixes the chaos in Paris just before the Nazi occupation with a hearty dash of scandal, intrigue and romance. Although Rappeneau’s recreation of this war-torn era is undeniably excellent, his grasp of plot and characters is tenuous at best and not enough to redeem the film’s many faults. Newcomer Gregori Derangere is the perpetually bemused Frederic, an impoverished writer still in love with his childhood crush. She’s now the popular actress Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani, who looks like she?...
Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s latest film mixes the chaos in Paris just before the Nazi occupation with a hearty dash of scandal, intrigue and romance. Although Rappeneau’s recreation of this war-torn era is undeniably excellent, his grasp of plot and characters is tenuous at best and not enough to redeem the film’s many faults. Newcomer Gregori Derangere is the perpetually bemused Frederic, an impoverished writer still in love with his childhood crush. She’s now the popular actress Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani, who looks like she?...