French Romance: The Guardian: The Guide: Film: IN CINEMAS from friday
* Love Me If You Dare Post-Amelie French romance in which friends continue their childhood game well into adulthood (pictured).* The Village What could be lurking in the woods? Most of M Night Shyamalan's insular folk don't want to find out. * Father And Son The second of Alexsandr "Russian Ark" Sokurov's proposed family trilogy.* A Cinderella Story . . .starring Hilary Duff. If you can't work out the plot from...
French Romance: FRENCH FILM FABULOUSLY FUNNY
A fabulous French romance comedy, a spy intrigue, a nutsy and a no-brainer comedy have just slipped into the Portland film scene."Amelie" (****), a French gem starring Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz, is the first romantic comedy to which I've given a 4-star rating. It's about a young woman whose childhood had been marked by stiff, cold and uncaring parents who left her emotionally desperate for affection. She grew up with an abiding...
French Romance: Fun, games in searches for Mr Right
VINEYARD owner Magali (Beatrice Romand) is in need of a man in the gentle French romance film An Autumn Tale (Siren). The lonely Magali prepares for harvest time when her friend Isabelle (Marie Riviere) suggests she meet her potential mate through the personal columns.When Magali dismisses the idea, claiming she has a one in 1000 chance of meeting her dream man through such an advertisement.Isabelle decides to place an ad for herself with the sole purpose of weeding out a potential...
French Romance: HOLLYWOOD REMAKES OF FOREIGN FILMS INSULT ORIGINALS
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Two Hollywood remakes of foreign films open today. The French romance The Return of Martin Guerre has been remounted as Sommersby, which many are calling `The Return of Richard Gere.' And the Belgian [sic] thriller The Vanishing has been remade in English with no title change. These follow closely on the heels of a reworked Italian comedy, Scent of a Woman. Is this a trend? Well, if so, it's nothing new; but critic Bob Mondello says the only thing...
French Romance: The Guardian: Buy a date for Mother's Day
A French website is encouraging children to offer their single mums an original present for Mothering Sunday this weekend - a date. The site, www.french-romance.fr, says euros 15 (pounds 10) will secure one introduction and euros 25 five. Kim Willsher, Paris ...