This story of love and ambition is based on the novel by Spanish literary giant Lope de Vega. Currently being courted by Hollywood and Dreamworks, director Francis Veber renders dinner parties as sport in this crazy comedy of bad manners. Fantasy play becomes deadly serious among the children of neighbouring towns in a seemingly idyllic corner of southwest Ireland. Italy's contribution this year is an engrossing essay on modern life by Nanni Moretti, a brilliant humanist and comic director. This poignant and powerful film about memory and hope is told through the eyes of a young woman living in Antwerp in the 1970s.
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