Romania is definitely a rising star in the film world, especially in Cannes. After the Un Certain Regard award was given to The Death of Mr. Lazarescu a couple of years ago, the jury of the 2007 edition of the Cannes Festival, which wraps today, decided to give the coveted award to another Romanian feature….
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I am amazed this movie was not nominated for an Oscar last year. The Painted Veil is set in the 1920s. Edward Norton plays a bacteriologist, and Naomi Watts plays the wealthy young woman with whom the doctor falls in love while he is back home in England. She says yes when he proposes marriage,…
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