the brother from another planet is a 1984 science fiction film written , directed and edited by john sayles .

it stars joe morton as " the brother " , an alien and escaped slave who , while fleeing " another planet " , has crash-landed and hides in harlem .

it has been also described as a film in the afrofuturism genre .

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the brother from another planet <EOT> the brother from another planet . 1984 . written and directed by john sayles | moma

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' ' the brother from another planet ' ' opens today at the embassy 72d street theater .

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sayles is no storyteller ; despite the verve of its language , " the brother from another planet " eventually sags of its own weight .

featuring director john sayles trademark humanity and an expressive performance from joe morton , the brother from another planet is an observant , dryly comic sci - fi gem .

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' ' the brother from another planet , ' ' written , directed and edited by john sayles , is an extremely low - key comedy about the adventures of a black extraterrestrial - the ' ' brother ' ' of the title - come to earth to escape slavery on planet x .

the brother from another planet . 1984 . usa . written and directed by john sayles . with joe morton , daryl edwards , david strathairn . 35mm preservation print from ucla film & television archive ; courtesy of ifc films . 108 min .

the brother from another planet places writer / director john sayles’ commentary on race relations in the 1980s up to bat in this science - fiction flick that evidences the dangers of mixing classical themes with bad writing and half - baked ontology and sociology .

still john sayles ' s most provocative work , the brother from another planet blends a stock satirical premise - - a look at the world through the eyes of an alien - - with a runaway slave narrative , rendering a loosely constructed but keenly observed allegory of race and class in america . the brother ( joe morton ) is an escaped slave from an unnamed planet who crash - lands . . . read more

the brother from another planet wasn’t diminished by age in the slightest , in fact the opposite , my admiration for it has grown . i highly recommend you catch it on u . s . netflix while it’s still available . i don’t think you’ll regret it .

however it is the end of the brother from another planet that holds sayles’ punchline to his sociocultural joke , his little tale of the damned . when the ‘brother’ finds ‘the man’ deemed responsible for the cocaine epidemic that ravaged harlem in the 1980s , ‘the man’ is scared , dismissive and naive . in encountering this lone , silent ‘brother’ , who he openly disrespects and fears , he bargains ; reinforcing a violent intent that has not been issued .

joe morton is marvelous as the brother , using only his face and gestures to communicate a variety of emotions . in the end , he must call upon fellow blacks in harlem to fend off slave dealers from his home planet . his new friends risk their lives helping him , even as he served them by getting rid of the heroin chief . the brother from another planet ends by affirming the triumph of conscience and community over death dealers of all stripes .

it is at these turns where the brother from another planet becomes irksome in its linear , romantic and ill - conceived interpretation of not the ills but the people of the community and then seeks to infect its audience with the very same ignorances all under the guise of satire and soft comedy .

in order to direct ' ' the brother from another planet , ' ' mr . sayles was forced to resign from the directors guild of america . the directors guild requires that any member working on a movie hire other guild members as assistant directors and production managers , something mr . sayles said he could not afford to do .

four months later , on may 15 , 2009 , the usda approved another grant : $ 24 . 6 million for planet aid projects in malawi .

one of the many revelations in the brother from another planet is its presentation of how most people in the story are so wrapped up in themselves that they don ' t really need the brother to talk to them at all . the most blatant narcissist is the wall street dope dealer ( edward baran ) whom the brother eventually confronts about the death of the boy in harlem . for the dealer , dealing in heroin is simply a means of coping with " some cash flow problems . "

as for the trees supposedly planted with funding from the u . s . department of agriculture and funneled through planet aid , most had been there long before planet aid took credit for them .

" brother from another planet " is not an important film or one that should even be sought out . but it ' s clever , well - made , and well - written , and if you have the time to watch a good movie , you ' ve got my recommendation .

a few years before the usda began funding planet aid , another branch of the u . s . government was raising alarms about this practice of siphoning off salaries .

two examples of the sci - fi slave ' s silence come to mind . in planet of the apes ( 1968 ) the apes refuse to believe that humans they have captured can use language , the silence of the slave being one of their main rationalizations for keeping humans in slavery . in enemy mine ( 1985 ) , alien being lou gosset , yet another " brother from another planet " who has also experienced slavery , cannot speak to the audience because of the barrier of his exotic language .

the film is about a " brother " who escapes slavery on another , more technologically advanced , planet and takes refuge in harlem with the active support of its black , latino and welfare white inhabitants . while the brother ( who cannot speak but has miraculous and psychic powers ) goes through a series of adventures and interactions with various people in harlem and the surrounding city , slave catchers , sent from his planet , track him , interrogate his friends and attempt to recapture him .

the brother from another planet charts the experiences of a mute alien slave on the run , played by joe morton ( terminator 2 ) . when the alien , referred to only as ‘brother’ crashes to earth in the new york borough of harlem in the form of an african - american , he seeks refuge while being tracked down by two intergalactic bounty hunters , played by sayles and good night , and good luck’s david strathairn .

the discovery of life on another planet might seem incompatible with faith in a deity . yet many theologians are already open to the existence of extraterrestrials , argues the writer brandon ambrosino .

by the end of september 2012 , the money was flowing again : the usda had signed another agreement with planet aid , allocating $ 21 . 4 million for programs in mozambique .

the first invoice is from planet aid’s massachusetts headquarters , dated jan . 28 , 2014 . the invoice billed dapp’s malawi office for $ 4 , 725 . 40 . the following day , jan . 29 , there is another invoice from planet aid to dapp malawi . this one was for $ 32 , 095 . 75 and requested that checks be made payable to planet aid . the total of the two bills was $ 36 , 821 . 15 .

the brother from another planet , directed , written and edited by john sayles ; director of photography , ernest dickerson ; score by mason daring ; produced by peggy rajski and maggie renzi ; released by cinecom internatonal films . at embassy 72d street , at broadway . running time : 110 minutes . this film has no rating .

usda money was transferred from one teachers group charity to another , they said , in exchange for goods and services that may or may not have been provided .

kicking off with some unforgettably cheap spaceship interiors , the brother from another planet finds a nameless alien ( human - looking in form , except for huge feet that look like a cross between mickey mouse and a chicken ) crash landing between ellis island and the statue of liberty . standing in the then - neglected main hall of the ellis island immigrant processing facility the brother hears the murmurs of the generations of tired , poor huddled masses that also found entry way to a new world there .

. ” it gets worse . west is losing touch with black youth . “west can’t mention black kids , ” brother lott tells us from the grassy ‘hood at the university of virginia , “without disclosing his sense of distance from them . ”

police were last night also quizzing his brother ismail , 23 , on suspicion of involvement in the bombing .

' ' the brother from another planet ' ' is mr . sayles ' s fourth movie . he followed ' ' the return of the secaucus seven ' ' with ' ' lianna , ' ' a $ 340 , 000 movie about a lesbian , and ' ' baby , it ' s you , ' ' a $ 3 million film about high school lovers from different social milieus who are parted by the inexorable demands of the class system .

" the brother " ( joe morton ) is an alien and escaped slave on the run from his home planet . after he lands in new york city , he tries to adapt to life on the streets of harlem . although the brother is mute , he does have great abilities at fixing machines , and he gets a job . as the brother tries to blend in with his new culture , he finds an apartment and gradually makes friends . meanwhile , he is pursued by two agents from his home world who are intent on returning there with him .

it was not the first time croushorn had been alerted to troubling information about planet aid .

another $ 100 , 000 is spent on a “dapp malawi membership fee . ” dapp malawi is a member of the federation . and $ 53 , 131 . 78 was transferred to a hong kong - registered trading company run out of the shanghai offices of simon lichtenberg , the brother of chief planet aid fundraiser marie lichtenberg .

salman and his brother ismail worshipped at didsbury mosque , where their father is a well - known figure .

while considering the range of possible manifestations of this concept , i will focus on two recent films , brother from another planet ( 1984 ) and the color purple ( 1985 ) , which are important not only for their sedimentations of the slavery motif , but also because they are popular commercial productions that attempt to articulate black story lines acted by black casts for consumption by a general mass media audience .

the brother from another planet is a slyly endearing and moral story . it touches upon such diverse themes as extra - terrestrial life , narcissism , drugs , slavery , technology , conscience , and community . in the opening scene , a spaceship crashes and a black man ( joe morton ) struggles out of new york harbor onto ellis island . he possesses some psychic gifts ; when he touches the walls in the famous entry hall , he can hear the voices of immigrants from years gone by .

mr . sayles described the theme of ' ' the brother from another planet ' ' as ' ' forcing people to look at racial and power relations they take for granted . ' ' ' ' brother is an escaped slave from outer space who serves as a pair of eyes , ' ' he said . mr . sayles has spent his own money to make his film about a mute alien because ' ' it ' s the only way i can get creative control . ' ' ' ' i ' m not somebody who ' s good at compromising the movie , ' ' he added .

s it continues to pursue grants from the u . s . government , planet aid is outspoken about promoting its work in africa . its livelihood depends on it .

as it continues to pursue grants from the u . s . government , planet aid is outspoken about promoting its work in africa . its livelihood depends on it .

i remember catching john sayles ' the brother from another planet back in the 80’s , and being thoroughly charmed by it’s silent , three toed , protagonist , it’s blacksplotation trappings , and rather obvious allusion to immigration and overtones of the christ story . when we stumbled across it on netflix the other night ( my wife , who hadn’t seen it , made the suggestion ) , i was a bit worried about tarnishing a sweet memory .

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final thoughts : a personal favorite and a stand - out in sayles ' impressive filmography , the brother from another planet has long deserved the treatment it gets here . this cheap dvd doesn ' t overload on extra features but it does offer a quality commentary and , most importantly , a beautiful print of this important and unique film . hopefully this quiet , soulful movie can gain a new audience on dvd .

when the movies started to talk , they began to lose the open - eyed simplicity with which they saw the world . " the brother from another planet " tells the story of a man who cannot talk , but who can read minds , listen carefully , look deep into eyes , and provide a sort of mirror for our society . that makes it sound serious , but like all the most serious movies , it ' s a comedy .

it would be easy to dismiss the brother from another planet as a tragic and ill - conceived b - movie or as a valiant fictionalised insight into race relations and identity in 1980s america . that would be a mistake , as sayles’ creation is near affirmation of edward said’s orientialism hypothesis , that ‘european culture gained in strength in setting itself off against the orient as a sort of surrogate and even underground self . ’

the usda’s foreign agricultural service allocates funds – with the mission to improve the lives of southern africans – to benefit its relief partner in the group , planet aid . records show that planet aid then uses a subcontractor , development aid from people to people in malawi , widely known as dapp .

still , the brother from another planet came together in a matter of months , while sayles regrouped after initial investments in matewan fell through . most helpful in realizing this goal was the macarthur grant  the so - called " genius " grant  that sayles received in 1982 . the award of $ 33 , 000 a year  tax - free  for five years was what enabled him to make as seemingly noncommercial a film this one .

a black extra - terrestrial , escaping from his galaxy , is pursued to earth by two bounty hunters , who track him down to harlem where he is accepted as just another black man in the street .

the brother is an alien who has crash - landed on earth , in new york city . while mute , strongly empathic , and able to fix things , he resembles a black man with strange feet . his attempt to make a place for himself in harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the united states . meanwhile , two bounty hunters from the brother ' s home planet arrive and try to capture him . written by reid gagle

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alonge did not give up . over the next three years , she continued to research planet aid and repeatedly sent documents and information to usda officials , among them the fbi report from 2001 .

mr . sayles works best in the quietly realistic , comic style of ' ' baby it ' s you , ' ' ' ' lianna ' ' and ' ' the return of the secaucus seven . ' ' ' ' the brother from another planet , ' ' set in major part in harlem , means to be fantastic as well as funny and satiric , and from time to time , it is each of these things . mostly , though , it ' s a nice , unsurprising shaggy - dog story that goes on far too long .

another set of spreadsheets that reveal obtained show quarterly transfers totaling nearly $ 2 . 7 million from the teachers group charity dapp malawi to the zimbabwe humana federation , the teachers group’s headquarters in zimbabwe that charges fees as a subcontractor to dapp .

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the brother from another planet alludes to making many socio - political commentaries but then has chosen to perpetuate the same imagery so prevalent in media . it finds no place for insight into a harlem of homes , love , light , schools and families living out their lives , raising their children despite the scourge of crime and poverty around them . even in world - renowned , bad ol’ harlem the people living that life exist and did so before jamba juice and starbucks ever arrived .

because the film ' s narrative unfolds outside the south ( slavery and the south being displaced to " another planet " ) the film focuses its attention on the trials and adventures of a " runaway " in the north , and his resistance to slavery and slave catchers . because few films articulate the perspective of the runaway slave facing an uncertain and problematic future in the north , brother broadens the filmic mediation of slavery into significant new political dimensions and narrative terrain .

' ' lianna , ' ' which was released by ua classics , and ' ' secaucus seven ' ' earned about $ 2 million each , excellent results for low - budget , independent films . because approximately half of each movie ' s ticket sales were at theaters in new york , maggie renzi , co - producer of ' ' the brother from another planet , ' ' is considering making a direct distribution deal with a manhattan theater owner for the new movie .

darsbo was listed as a 1998 director of planet aid and was a controlling officer of the humana federation . according to knud haargaard , the danish investigator , the federation provided about $ 500 , 000 to fund the launch of planet aid in 1997 .

farmers who were promised help from planet aid say they have been shortchanged yet were told to put a happy face on their projects . interviews in africa show a planet aid subcontractor controlled by teachers group members would steer visiting auditors to potemkin village farms that looked prosperous but were merely for show .

cg : you financed brother yourself . how does it feel to make films without anybody looking over your shoulder giving you unwanted input ?

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the brother from another planet was partially filmed in hoboken , nj at " mister bigs super heroes " ( a sandwich shop . ) john sayles likes to film around there since it is near his home . i happened to be at mr . bigs , and asked around to see if i could be an extra . i waited around & they shot me in two scenes ( i appear - for maybe 25 seconds - in the scene where the brother is repairing / souping up the video games for ace . ) i forgot about it until i saw the movie 2 years later . of course , i think it is a good movie . . .

js : yeah , and the statue of liberty is pretty impressive . you know , if you landed on another planet and there was a statue that big you ' d be worried , " oh my god , i hope the people aren ' t that big ! "

while our gentle ‘brother’ ( he has no other name ) from another planet ( which also has no other name ) is completely endearing in his telepathic and empathetic way , and his one particularly remarkable gift , it’s the characters that populate 80’s harlem are the real stars of the show . each character completely realized , and darkly funny in their diatribes . the real scene stealers , though , are sayles himself and david strathairn as the mysterious and lizardry men in black , hot in pursuit of the brother . a worthy entry in the annals of mibdom , their awkwardly fluid movements , and attempts at linguistic intimidation in a language they obviously don’t fully comprehend is a special kind of funny .

after little earl takes off his band - aid , and the brother heals his knee , the band - aid reappears where his cut was . see more »

jackson mtimbuka , a former usda planet aid farmers program manager in southern malawi , left his job in 2009 after a dispute over expenses . like many others , he now is disillusioned with the usda program that funded planet aid .

victim mr atkinson , from radcliffe , was leaving the concert at the venue when it was targeted by the suicide bomber .

the upshot is that the more we’re able to peer into space , the more certain we become that our planet isn’t the only one suitable for life .

' ' although the other two films did very well in new york for the distributor , we didn ' t get any of the money , ' ' said miss renzi , who co - starred in ' ' return of the secaucus seven ' ' and who shares mr . sayles ' s hoboken house . she plays a role in ' ' the brother from another planet , ' ' as does mr . sayles . the approximately 35 actors in the film , most of them unknown members of the screen actors guild , are the movie ' s single biggest expense , she said .

ris alonge began looking closely at planet aid while helping her daughter with a homework assignment on charities . they had seen planet aid clothing donation boxes popping up in their hometown of lawrence , kansas . their curiosity was piqued .

kris alonge began looking closely at planet aid while helping her daughter with a homework assignment on charities . they had seen planet aid clothing donation boxes popping up in their hometown of lawrence , kansas . their curiosity was piqued .

“they will take people from the usda to africa , and when they visit , they will be taken around by people from the teachers group , ” she said . “and they will find nothing wrong . ”

' the joint terrorist analysis centre has concluded that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical .

“when i came back , they said to submit all my papers and they would take it from there , ” she said of her bosses at planet aid . “none of them know anything about agriculture . none of them know anything from the field . they just need the materials , and they will cook it up . ”

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nternal financial documents from the teachers group and sources who worked in key financial positions within charities associated with planet aid and dapp said the charities also did business in ways that are highly unusual . and they resemble the operation described by danish investigators .

internal financial documents from the teachers group and sources who worked in key financial positions within charities associated with planet aid and dapp said the charities also did business in ways that are highly unusual . and they resemble the operation described by danish investigators .

an intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which , in one way or another , revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished .

it wasn’t quite as romantic as when ilsa left rick alone on the tarmac in casablanca , but the parting of president trump from the paris climate accord prompted a fast and furious response from america’s major tech companies on twitter .

in another video from 2010 , a narrator extols the group’s farmers’ clubs in malawi : “eight thousand farmers are now growing more than four different types of crops , ” she says . “two hundred forty farmers’ clubs have been established with 12 , 000 members . ”

has gorgeous cinematography . yes , the movie is a character piece , but the camera takes in faces , places , and the bustle of the city with equal eye for the striking and the esthetically pleasing . the visual sense of the film is another of the subtle ways that sayles deals with " the race issue . " near the middle of the film , there ' s a lovely vignette with the brother on a subway , and a white kid is showing him some card tricks . as the train makes its last stop before harlem , the kid tells the brother that the last trick will be to make all the white folks disappear . and so they do .

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: children witherin ' away up here , brother , worshippin ' the idol of capital , lustin ' after the false salvation of here and now . black brother and sister perishin ' up here , mon , waiting for scrap from oppressor table . oppressor got us for * house pet * ; do him tricks to get reward . oppressor need a slave ; him find it here . oppressor need a harlot ; him find it here . oppressor don ' t need here at all ; him wipe it away from the map .

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as a film , it is not without its charm . joe morton and tom wright give plucky performances , but the brother from another planet is undeniably an insidious mess and not really worth your time unless you’re incredibly bored , have access to no other film , write for an awesome movie review blog ( go on , subscribe ! 🙂 ) , or study the social sciences . if you do choose to make sayles’ flick indication of your aimless life or the subject of a critical analysis , why not start with the trailer , as it alone is sardonic and sickening proof of the pudding .

megan died in last night ' s attack after watching singer ariana grande at the men arena , while her brother bradley was injured , a fundraising page has revealed .

the email outlined the links between petersen and a global network of charities that includes planet aid , and it highlighted allegations of embezzlement and tax fraud in a case brought by the danish government . it cited lichtenberg’s association with the teachers group , noting her parents joined when she and her brother , simon , were children . ( the lichtenbergs’ household records from the 1980s , obtained by reveal , show the family’s finances were managed by petersen lieutenant poul jørgensen . )

one video on the charity’s youtube site features jackson mtimbuka , the former program manager in malawi . released in 2009 , the video promotes planet aid’s partnership with the usda .

police also raided a house where abedi ' s brother ismail , lived and the 23 - year - old was arrested outside a morrison ' s in the chorlton area of manchester .

to this day , usda officials say they see nothing wrong with planet aid . reveal sent the foreign agricultural service a letter describing these investigative findings in detail and followed up with a list of detailed questions asking why the agency continued funding planet aid despite the warnings of possible fraud .

brother , then is an amalgam of displacements and sedimentations of slavery thematics figured into a unified allegory expressed in the " second cinema " style . and in a number of ways , brother goes beyond merely reversing the older hollywood hegemonic perspective on slavery as do the films of the " blacksploitation " 70s , which tend to depict revolt , reversal and revenge in the relations between slave and master . brother is timely and politically relevant because its sedimented slavery motif is set in contemporary new york , thus connecting the oppression of the antebellum past with the contemporary inner - city ghetto .

internal planet aid files and former staff portray the clinton foundation as a linchpin of lichtenberg’s fundraising efforts with private and government donors . an oct . 25 , 2012 , fundraising “ master plan ” from planet aid documents cites the clintons’ nonprofit 20 times in as many pages , stating : “clinton global initiative will contribute by providing access to selected private partners and wealthy individuals . ”

“i know that marie ; her brother , simon ; and jonas lichtenberg , their father , as well as their mother – they have a great relationship with mogens amdi petersen . they have known each other maybe 40 years , ” he said . “where would marie get money to make this big operation work ? it’s tvind money , from the teachers group account . that’s how planet aid started . ”

miss renzi said she would like the ' ' luxury ' ' of making a million - dollar movie with ' ' livable salaries , ' ' of not having ' ' to race all over new york in an insanely short four weeks with everybody catching cold . ' ' when ' ' the brother from another planet ' ' was shooting on 148th street , another independent movie , cannon ' s $ 8 million ' ' ultimate solution of grace quigley , ' ' with katharine hepburn and nick nolte , was shooting on 151st street . ' ' they had winnebagos , ' ' she said enviously . ' ' our biggest truck was the size of a bread - delivery van . ' ' and she wondered , ' ' nineteen years from now , when i ' m 50 , will i still be able to enlist people for $ 250 a week ? ' '

the agency’s internal report named five charities as part of petersen’s fraud network . they included humana people to people , development aid from people to people and planet aid – the trio that a few years later would become humanitarian partners with the u . s . government .

yet the usda continued to allocate humanitarian relief funds to planet aid – tens of millions of dollars’ worth . less than six months ago , the foreign agricultural service posted a web page announcing aid programs , including $ 31 . 6 million allocated to planet aid for programs in mozambique .

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ms brewster died as a result of injuries suffered when she ' shielded ' her young niece from the deadly blast .

but also , the film presents the audience with a complex , double message on black solidarity . in the main , the film definitely speaks of pan african unity and struggle against oppression , as signified in the name the protagonist is given " brother , " and the support of the blacks who so eagerly take him in . however , brother is also different from the earthlings who shelter him . the eradication of his voice denies him the solidarity and identification of learning or communicating in the afro - american or west indian idiom . brother ' s psychic powers and feet with three toes , as well as his talent for fixing electrical appliances are interesting expressions of the science fiction genre , but they also symbolize the " human capital " that allows him to succeed as a model minority .

armed officers guard a second property raided by the police today in carlton road , manchester . police were last night also quizzing his brother ismail , 23 , on suspicion of involvement in the bombing

“unless sufficient evidence of fraud or criminal activity is produced , ” he wrote , “the ( office of inspector general ) won’t make a referral to another agency regarding initiating an investigation . ”

the brother gathers a number of friends around him on his picaresque journey through harlem . some of these are stereotypes , like the men in the bar - - smokey , the man who drinks too much , for example . he also encounters a singer , with whom he falls in love . she is in the middle of a struggle with her manager , or some such scum , and the brother ' s sensitivity is very appealing to her . she hardly knows anything about him , another part of the commentary of the film . it might not be a long term relationship , but she is attracted to him because of his apparent willingness to listen ( and do so all the time ) . the brother does not seem to mind the inequality either , the joke being that the man who doesn ' t say anything is the right kind of man .

' we again discussed the callous and cowardly terrorist attack in manchester last night and the operational response from the security service , the police and other emergency services .

reveal visited the farms in malawi because , in march 2015 , planet aid had reported to the usda that those programs had produced dramatic long - term improvements .

on christmas eve 2008 , alonge’s phone rang . it was ron croushorn , a senior usda official . she recalls him telling her that the usda was “very interested in learning anything i could tell them about planet aid . ” on dec . 26 and 27 , she sent croushorn at least 11 emails with multiple attachments about planet aid and teachers group operations , including documents from the danish criminal case .

we all live on a small planet and every nation needs to work with others to protect it . we’ve been a steadfast supporter of the paris agreement , from encouraging nations to come to an agreement in 2015 to urging the u . s . to ratify the agreement in 2016 . ”

documents supplied by planet aid to the usda list chiradzulu as one of six malawi districts targeted for aid . in its 2015 report to the agency , planet aid said it installed 576 water pumps throughout malawi . mtimbuka , the farmers’ club manager , said he had thought 25 of those pumps were targeted for njuli .

another character in the 2010 video was njuli’s village chief , identified as chief mfunu mbwana . “my wife and i grew tomatoes and raised about $ 1 , 000 , ” he boasts on camera .

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welcome to a world of crude beauty . . . of danger and excitement . . . of wonders , legend , and imagination . . . welcome to harlem , brother .

two women support each other as they walk away from the concert venue . the pink balloon being carried is a reminder of the huge number of children who attended the performance

certain early lessons that the brother learns ( about money , about violence ) are a bit simplistic and blatantly symbolic , but that ' s the level he ' s at . the more time he spends in harlem the more complex his world gets . by the time a well - meaning white rookie cop tries to chat him up the brother ' s world - view has been sufficiently affected by his surroundings that can only shrug him off .

one question – about whether the u . s . would continue to support planet aid – was answered toward the end of last year , when the usda announced on its website that it had allocated a new grant : $ 31 . 6 million to help planet aid support education , child development and hunger reduction in mozambique .

“a lot of the money comes from external foundations , ” he said . “the profit in the related companies would in the end go to the teachers group and not to the project in malawi . ”

harrison longwe in 2014 and 2015 was the financial controller of dapp malawi , the charity carrying out usda - funded programs for planet aid . he says he became suspicious of his employer’s financial activities after seeing unusual payments flowing from malawi relief projects to accounts outside the country . credit : eldson chagara for reveal

is therefore subversive and radical , but it ' s yet another way that film pleased me , with its insistence of story and substance over gloss and big buildings blowing up . and despite the low budget ,

in may 2011 , ahmed was hired in maryland by planet aid as the manager of strategic partnerships , agriculture and food security , according to her online résumé . soon afterward , she was sent to africa on a monthlong fact - finding tour of planet aid’s usda - funded projects in mozambique and malawi .

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mr hall said abedi lived in a housing association owned home about two miles from the scene of monday night ' s terror attack .

“am departing presidential councils . climate change is real . leaving paris is not good for america or the world , ” tesla and spacex founder elon musk tweeted . disney ceo bob iger quickly followed : “as a matter of principle , i’ve resigned from the president’s council over the # parisagreement withdrawal . ” a more detailed statement followed shortly : “protecting our planet and driving economic growth are critical to our future , and they aren’t mutually exclusive . i deeply disagree with the decision to withdraw from the paris agreement and , as a matter of principle , i’ve resigned from the president’s advisory council . ”

this plan – that is definitely from the level of amdi ( petersen ) – ( was ) to generate more income to the teachers group . ”

' it has now concluded , on the basis of today ' s investigations , that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical .

in an economically devastated alaskan town , a fisherman with a troublesome past dates a woman whose young daughter does not approve of him . when he witnesses the murder of his shady brother , he , the woman and the kid run to the wilderness .

in denmark , ongoing support for planet aid and its linked organization , humana people to people , is baffling to officials involved in the government investigation of the teachers group and petersen .

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it took more digging to find out that last april , the usda’s brian dutoi traveled from washington to malawi to check on the dapp projects planet aid had funded six years earlier . at the time of his visit , dutoi had been employed by the usda for nine months after serving as an intern at the u . s . embassy in nairobi .

cg : but i think the brother senses the magnitude of what he ' s looking at . i mean , he hears the voices of all the past immigrants at ellis island . on some level he understands that it ' s a place of importance .

certainly one of the brother ' s most peculiar experiences is with several white , middle - class men from indiana who get lost in harlem while on their way to a " self - actualization " conference . in the bar , they blab to the bemused alien , ending their monologue with the quip : " communication , that ' s what it ' s all about ! "

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in a 1966 new jersey high school , jill and new student sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance .

in a statement , lichtenberg’s pr spokesman , andrew rice , wrote : “planet aid has a long and successful track record managing u . s . government projects in africa . government agencies continue contracting with planet aid precisely because they have seen the positive results in the field , and they have conducted extensive financial reviews of these programs . ”

lichtenberg’s strategy involves presenting herself to african leaders as a longtime partner of the u . s . government . the resulting african alliances then become leverage to push for more u . s . funds , allowing her to pitch herself as the person with a finger on the pulse of african political leaders , according to internal memos from planet aid .

“we hired local planes to transport the local currency every week , ” she said of her time in angola . “i had to organize transport for local currency in two , three suitcases from huambo to luanda , from the airport to the exchange house , to transfer local currency to hard currency . ”

writer - director john sayles plays with gentle irony on conventions of the american slave narrative in chronicling the adventures of “the brother , ” a mute alien who comes to harlem by way of ellis island ( and outer space ) . the brother’s seriocomic encounters with barflies and junkies , racist cops and street preachers—as well as ordinary folks just trying to get by—offer a timeless tale of two cities , segregated as always by race and class yet pulsating with immigrant life .

edward monster , the u . s . embassy spokesman in malawi’s capital , referred questions about planet aid to kate snipes with the usda office in nairobi , kenya , over 1 , 000 miles away . snipes , in turn , said the usda has no monitoring and evaluation staff in malawi . she said it is washington’s responsibility to monitor planet aid projects there .

records show that $ 100 , 000 was taken from total control of the epidemic , an anti - aids program in africa also run by the teachers group .

ms brewster , an office worker from sheffield , was said to have shielded her niece , hollie , 11 , when the bomb went off .

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eighteen months later , the usda’s foreign agricultural service received an email from a u . s . freight agent working with the usda , warning about a court case in denmark against petersen and his associates . the subject line in the email chain , shared with multiple officials within the foreign agricultural service , contained a clear warning : “troubling news – planet aid – usda . ”

the film ' s closure builds when the slave catchers trap brother at odell ' s bar , and the black patrons are able to resist long enough to allow brother to make his break . later , he is apprehended but manages to escape down an alley with slave catchers in pursuit . here brother encounters the underground of runaways , and they make a stand , surrounding the slave catchers . shocked into immobility by the sight of dozens of ex - slaves gathered in collective resistance , the slave catchers pause in bewildered contemplation of their situation and then self - destruct by vaporizing themselves . this resolution clearly privileges the value of collective organization and resistance to oppression and has an allusive validity to the collective resistance of afro - americans , abolitionists and others to historical slavery .

amid the craggy rolling hills of chiradzulu district in southern malawi lies one such planet aid “demonstration plot , ” where the u . s . - based nonprofit promised villagers would learn advanced farming techniques .

in 2012 , malwaian vice president khumbo kachali ( right ) cuts a ribbon during the opening ceremony for a dapp teachers training college in malawi . standing alongside him are longtime teachers group member marie lichtenberg ( second from left ) and kate snipes ( third from left ) of the usda office in kenya .

junge said that when she belonged to the teachers group in the early ’90s , the group was piling up so much money from used clothing and donations that cash became difficult to transport .

the prime minister is understood to be reviewing a wider intelligence assessment from officers at the joint terrorist analysis cell , before making any decision on the deployment of armed soldiers on mainland britain .

an alien in the guise of a mute african - american man lands in harlem and tries to fit into the neighborhood , but also discovers how difficult people of his color have it on this planet .

a year and a half later , planet aid posted a celebratory video featuring a usda official . it’s croushorn , with a trim salt - and - pepper beard in blue shirtsleeves , surrounded by noisy mozambican children happily eating . he praises planet aid as a trusted partner who “makes sure u . s . resources are used well . ”

marie lichtenberg is a fundraiser for two africa - focused charities , planet aid and humana people to people , and has been the main contact between the charities and the u . s . department of agriculture . she also has close ties to mogens amdi petersen , an international fugitive from denmark wanted for embezzlement and tax evasion . credit : matt smith / reveal

that case implicated the teachers group in fraud , but it did not stop the usda’s foreign agricultural service from funding total control of the epidemic programs . records show a 2004 usda grant , which involved the allocation of $ 8 . 5 million to planet aid , includes money to “educate 200 , 000 people in hiv / aids - affected communities about the disease and prevention methods” using total control of the epidemic .

for more than a decade , the u . s . government has been warned repeatedly about planet aid and its ties to petersen ; again and again , those warnings have been overlooked .

1 . ed guerrero , " from birth to mandingo : hollywood ' s inscription of slavery 1915 to 1975 , " ethnic studies occasional papers series , 1 : 1 ( s . f . state university , fall 1986 ) . here , i discuss the overt inscription of slavery as divided into three phases : 1 . the hegemonic phase running from 1915 to ww ii and exemplified by birth of a nation ( 1915 ) , 2 . the revised phase running from ww ii to the 60s and exemplified by the foxes of harrow ( 1947 ) , and 3 . the reversed phase running from the late 60s to the early 80s and exemplified by mandingo ( 1975 ) . the present article continues this discussion .


aphrodite is a 1982 french – swiss soft-core sex film directed by robert fuest .

the film is inspired by the novel aphrodite : mœurs antiques by pierre louÿs and stars valérie kaprisky and horst buchholz .

the story follows a group of visitors who come to an island where they are involved in different sexual liaisons .

aphrodite was the final theatrical film by robert fuest .

the film was shot in a studio at hauts-de-seine in france .

the film is a french-swiss co-production between films de la tour and scipion films .

aphrodite was released in france on 7 july 1982 .

the film was released in france on vhs in 1985 .

aphrodite ( film )

aphrodite ( film ) <EOT> aphrodite was released in france on 7 july 1982 . the film was released in france on vhs in 1985 .

aphrodite was the final theatrical film by robert fuest . the film was shot in a studio at hauts - de - seine in france . the film is a french - swiss co - production between films de la tour and scipion films .

aphrodite is a 1982 french–swiss soft - core sex film directed by robert fuest . the film is inspired by the novel aphrodite : mœurs antiques by pierre louÿs and stars valérie kaprisky and horst buchholz . the story follows a group of visitors who come to an island where they are involved in different sexual liaisons .

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driving aphrodite crashed and burned in the states under the title my life in ruins and it will do the same here .

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he then returned to television for the new avengers ( 1976 ) , the doombolt chase ( 1978 ) and , in 1980 , the creepy revenge of the stepford wives , a film made for television . fuest’s final offering on the big screen was aphrodite ( 1982 ) , a french - language film in which people enjoy plenty of sex on a greek island . he continued to work in television until the late eighties , then became a lecturer at the london international film school .

better as friends : lenny and the " film " star / prostitute linda , she goes by many names .

' mighty aphrodite ' only occasionally sparkles with witty dialogue reminiscent of allen ' s earlier films , and that ' s not enough to resurrect the old woody allen magic .

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harry is a young millionaire on holiday ; he takes his yacht to a greek island , and stays in the mansion of his friend , count orloff . the count organizes a feast there , for three days and three nights , which is the reenactment of the love cult of the goddess aphrodite . harry will meet pauline there , a young woman who becomes his goddess . . . ( loosely based on pierre louïs ' s novel , " aphrodite " . )

sophie von haselberg plays april . she is the daughter of bette midler ( who starred with allen in scenes from a mall ) and has not really appeared in a film before .

the film broadly hints lenny and amanda are going to split and end up with new partners . they end up admitting , yes , they really do love each other and remain married .

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robert fuest , who has died aged 84 , was a film and television director noted in the seventies for his excursions into the horror genre , which he explored with black humour in two vehicles starring vincent price .

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filming has wrapped on the 2015 film written and directed by woody allen . we know the principal cast – jamie blackley , joaquin phoenix , parker posey and emma stone . there are now additional details of the supporting cast .

woody allen’s name has been at the forefront of show business for nearly half a century . the bronx native has written , directed , and produced countless film and stage projects , earning him three oscars and three golden globes on top of several nominations .

she fails to take their advice . the one asset this film has is the scenery . but you ' ll wish the characters wouldn ' t keep standing in front of it . you don ' t need to be the delphic oracle to predict this one ' s fate .

, is a contemporary romantic comedy that takes place in new york city . the film revolves around the problems that occur within a specific marriage , while it takes a broader , fanciful look at the subject of love between men and women . the title is derived from the greek

in mighty aphrodite , a nerd ' s revenge fantasy - - yet again - - from putative genius woody allen , our hero pits his romantic sensibilities against feckless women and crass consumerism . yet again . and lest we forget how serious he is deep down , he gives us a greek chorus . we know they ' re the chorus because they look like tag - sale statuary ( if you can overlook . . . read more

one by one , the medics are murdered in a manner that suggests the plagues visited on egypt in the old testament : one is mauled to death by bats , while a nurse is consumed by locusts . the film — which also features terry - thomas as one of the murdered medics — ends with phibes , having escaped the attentions of inspector trout ( peter jeffrey ) , in a stone sarcophagus next to the embalmed body of his wife , draining his own blood and replacing it with embalming fluid .

his first venture as a director was a low - budget production called just like a woman ( 1967 ) , about a television producer’s wife ( wendy craig ) who separates from her husband and commissions a mad bauhaus architect ( dad’s army’s corporal jones , clive dunn ) to design her a metal wigwam in the middle of a field . the film won some good notices , but failed to lead to further offers , so fuest returned to the avengers , this time as a director . when two producers of the series , brian clemens and albert fennell , wanted to move into films , they chose fuest to direct and soon the darkness ( 1970 ) , a thriller about two english girls on a cycling holiday in france . in the same year fuest filmed an adaptation of wuthering heights , with anna calder - marshall as cathy and timothy dalton as heathcliff .

" of all human weaknesses , obsession is the most dangerous , and the silliest ! " when he discovers his adopted son is a genius , a new york sportswriter seeks out the boy ' s birth mother : a prostitute . review a cute , solid woody allen comedy that ' s not as good as many of the comedies that came before but is worlds better than many that came after . allen plays a sports writer who goes searching for the mother of his adopted son , only to find that she ' s a prostitute . played by mira sorvino , this character is one of allen ' s most delightful creations , a judy holliday with a foul mouth . in fact , this is one of allen ' s raunchier movies , but it ' s also one of his sweetest . sorvino walks a tightrope between dingy and heartbreaking that deservedly won her an oscar . allen uses a greek chorus to comment on the action throughout the film , populated with famous actors like olympia dukakis , f . murray abraham and jack warden .

after directing several contemporary dramas , comedies , and period pieces in europe during recent years , legendary filmmaker woody allen has returned to his roots with café society , set in the 1930s and 1940s and shot on location in new york city and los angeles . james ( jesse eisenberg , the social network ) is part of a large jewish family from the bronx who has dreams of making it big in hollywood . after moving to a sun - drenched los angeles , he soon becomes intoxicated by the circle of artists , intellectuals , and power brokers known at the time as “café society . ” along the way , james meets and falls in love with theresa ( kristen stewart , twilight ) , but the couple eventually drifts apart during his rise to success . years later , he returns to new york to become the owner of a swanky manhattan nightclub and discovering that theresa is now married , begins to yearn for the old days and his lost love . despite the familiar territory of a sophisticated urban romance , café society , allen’s 47th feature , is notable for the director’s first - time collaboration with cinematographer vittorio storaro , known for epics such as apocalypse now , reds , and the last emperor . this also marks allen’s first foray into digital filmmaking , using a sony cinealta f65 camera . with a star - studded cast that includes steve carell , parker posey , blake lively and judy davis , the film is sure to be a crowd - pleaser and a bittersweet homage to hollywood’s golden age .

an arms manufacturer takes a group of aristocrats out to a mediterranean island in 1914 , for three days to recreate the mythological tale by pierre louy ' s of the goddess of love and beauty . english dialogue .

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the abominable dr phibes , released in 1971 , has price as a scientist and biblical scholar who seeks revenge on the medical team which he considers responsible for the death of his wife , who has died during an operation .

the protagonist survives this experience to reappear in fuest’s dr phibes rises again ( 1972 ) , in which phibes wakes up three years later to find that some papyrus scrolls necessary to locate the underground “river of life” in egypt have been stolen from his demolished house . phibes travels to egypt to find the river , whose waters can bring his dead wife back to life , and visits terrible revenge on the people who have stolen his scrolls . at the close , phibes is pushing his dead wife on a raft down the river of life while singing somewhere over the rainbow . both these films have become cult classics .

robert bernard fuest was born at croydon on september 30 1927 , the son of a stationmaster . after national service with the raf , he attended wimbledon and hornsey schools of art , where he studied painting and graphic design . he also played drums in a jazz band .

for a time he lectured on painting and lithography at southampton college of art , but he left teaching to work at foyles bookshop in charing cross road before running a record shop in winchester . when he was in his late twenties , a friend offered him a job as a production designer at abc television , and in 1961 he became art director for the avengers .

after the two dr phibes pictures , fuest directed the comedy thriller the final programme ( 1973 ) , starring jon finch as the son of a nobel prize - winning scientist who has designed a perfect , self - replicating human being . this was followed by the devil’s rain ( 1975 ) , starring ernest borgnine and william shatner and featuring a young john travolta , about a group of satanists whose powers include the ability to melt their enemies . it was shot in mexico in only 29 days .

throughout his life fuest enjoyed oil painting , specialising in landscapes and seascapes , often of a fantastical nature . he exhibited at the royal academy from 1951 .

with his first wife , gillian , he had three sons . he married secondly , in 1981 , jane gould , with whom he had a daughter .

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setting this piece of period drivel in 1914 suggests that the creators were trying to add significance by telling a tale of upper class decadence as europe teetered on the brink of war , but chalk this up as another in a long list of failed ambitions for this piece of drek . every erotic taste is featured here : voyeurism , costumes , role - playing and partner - swapping as events lead up to the main event , a re - creation of a classical greek orgy . however , while the settings are pretty to look at , the performances are so drab , the script so lacking in energy and wit and the direction so pedestrian that it all makes for a boring , empty spectacle . plus , the english - dubbed north american version appears to be a few minutes shorter than the european version , indicating some scissoring by censors . avoid .

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when he discovers his adopted son is a genius , a new york sportswriter ( played by allen ) seeks out the boy ' s birth mother : a prostitute ( mira sorvino , who won an academy award for her role ) .

author avatar : woody allen as lenny , a neurotic jewish man , as with all of his roles .

bigger is better in bed : the first thing linda asks lenny about kevin is if he has a big dick .

brainless beauty : linda , the dumb blonde prostitute is played by the shapely mira sorvino .

lenny : oh for god ' s sake , you ' re such a cassandra ! cassandra : i am not " such a cassandra " . i am cassandra !

the ditz : the prostitute and the her distaff counterpart that lenny set her up with , an onion farmer .

doting parent : lenny often boasts about his son ' s intelligence , wondering why the mother isn ' t like him .

happy ending : a " where are they now ? " epilogue montage to the song " when you ' re smiling " .

chorus : look , here ' s a man who killed his father and slept with his mother . jocasta : i hate to tell you what they call my son in harlem .

interactive narrator : lenny converses with the greek chorus leader ( f . murray abraham ) .

linda has lenny ' s child and lenny doesn ' t know . lenny has linda ' s child , and linda doesn ' t know .

magic realism : loads of it . for example , it ' s foretold lenny would receive bad news from the blind seer tiresias at the acropolis . tiresias , a blind homeless guy played by jack warden , in front of a greek restaurant called acropolis .

meaningful name : linda means " pretty " in spanish . linda points this out to lenny .

: linda gleefully and with no intentional malice calls lenny a loser , which is the reason she ' s attracted to him ( for some reason ) , not the only inappropriate remark .

leslie wright , leslie wales , leslie st james , linda ash , and judy cum .

would hit a girl : the onion farmer / boxer , much to his deep regret .

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may not stand with woody allen ' s finest work , but it ' s brought to vivid life by a thoroughly winsome performance from mira sorvino .

a dissatisfied manhattan sportswriter finds more than he expected when he searches for the biological mother of his adopted child in woody allen ' s comedy . writer - director allen also plays lenny , a slightly more relaxed incarnation of his usual neurotic screen persona . lenny is trapped in a bad marriage to high - strung art dealer amanda ( helena bonham carter ) , but he finds solace in his relationship with his adopted young son . indeed , he grows so fond of the boy that he decides to track down the boy ' s real mother , expecting to discover a brilliant professional . instead , he finds linda ( mira sorvino ) , a ditzy prostitute and porno star who mingles casual vulgarity with disarming innocence . despite his initial disillusionment , lenny soon develops a fondness for linda and decides to play matchmaker , setting her up with a handsome young boxer ( michael rapaport ) who is equally good - hearted and scatterbrained . while the contrast between the free - spirited linda and the uptight lenny provides the bulk of the laughs , hints of allen ' s more literary humor are also present , particularly in the scenes involving a roaming greek chorus commenting upon lenny ' s fate . sorvino received a supporting oscar for her title role in a well - received movie that is nevertheless not at the level of allen ' s best - known classics .

were mira sorvino ' s all - redeeming , possibly best - list - bound performance to melt away , it would immediately be obvious how malnourished this amiably minor effort is .

same ol ' woody , though not as effective as some of his past work .

one of the best woody allen films from this decade . a very funny movie that made mira sorvino a star .

better than average woody allen movie . like mira sorvino in this one . didn ' t like the greek chanters . made no sense at all and no point them being there .

odd , like all of woody ' s films . it was alright and kind of funny though .

i think i enjoyed this a little more than i should have : it kind of skirts the heavier issues and makes the central plot point - tracking down your adopted child ' s birth mother - awfully light , and it ' s a little on the corny side in places . . . mira sorvino , for example , is over the top , and michael rappaport is . . . well , michael rappaport . nevertheless , the ironically used greek chorus and the framing of the main characters ' quest in terms of the oedipus plot should go down as one of allen ' s cleverest devices , and though woody allen was basically playing himself ( as he always does ) , he yet again inserted himself into a story crazy enough for his " character " ( persona , more precisely ? ) to be believable .

ia vardalos tries futilely to recreate some of that my big fat greek wedding magic - this time even going so far as to touch down in the old country itself . she plays a greek - american historian who takes a job as a tour guide to the ancient monuments ( with , i kid you not , alistair mcgowan as her competitive co - guide ) . much of the dialogue is seemingly written at the dictation of the greece tourist board ( there ' s one particularly memorable exchange about the quality of hotel accommodation ) , and the rest of it feels like its been churned out by some auto - plot generator . hard to believe simpsons legend mike reiss is the man credited for writing what can only be described as piffle .

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set in and around a tour - bus in greece , it ' s like mamma mia ! without the songs , wit and charm , or shirley valentine after a full frontal lobotomy .

it ' s presumably meant to evoke pleasant memories of sun - drenched holidays . for me , it ' s a tacky reminder of why i never want to go on another coach trip .

the chubby , greek - american actress nia vardalos was immensely likeable in my big fat greek wedding , and won an academy award nomination for best screenplay .

now she ' s back , much skinnier , noticeably more humourless , and saddled with one of the worst scripts of the year by mike reiss .

she ' s also lumbered with director donald petrie , whose career peaked in 1993 with grumpy old men but has plummeted ever since , reaching an all - time low with the lindsay lohan flop just my luck and now this , which is infinitely worse .

vardalos plays too much of the movie with a smile of feta cheese . she plays georgia , a superficial , self - obsessed , sex - starved academic turned tour guide , who despises the coach - load of imbeciles she takes round such sights as mount olympus , delphi and the parthenon .

according to the moviemakers , all georgia needs to do is locate her inner philistine and please the lowest common denominator . well , i guess they would know .

she ' redeems ' herself by recognising that tourists are interested only in shopping , eating ice cream and sunbathing . no one bothers to ask what these morons are doing in greece in the first place .

the man who encourages her to forget all that ancient history garbage and start slumming it is a supposedly amusing but actually immensely tedious old codger called irv ( richard dreyfuss ) .

just before cracking out the viagra to enable him to have sex with two busty spanish divorcees , the randy old cupid encourages georgia to have meaningless sex with the hairy bus - driver called , i kid you not , poupi kakas .

played by alexis georgoulis , poupi scrubs up nicely once he has had his hair cut , but continues to have the conversational skills and acting ability of an olive .

poupi ' s idea of foreplay , incidentally , is to lay a hairy hand on georgia ' s left breast and tell her : ' i know i am touching your chest . ' poupi , by the way , has a nephew called doudi kakas . i thought you ought to know .

every so often , one of the actors , clearly wishing they were elsewhere , cracks under the strain and snaps at vardalos to stop mugging to camera . ' you ' re not funny ! stop trying ! ' several of them beg .

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giuliana rancic takes a hike with bill . . . as the couple vacation with friends ahead of her return to e ! news

khloe kardashian shows off neon sign in true ' s nursery . . . as she reveals it ' s kris jenner ' s handwriting

ciara and husband russell wilson dance as they head to south africa for their honeymoon . . . two years after wedding

rapper del the funky homosapian falls off stage during gorillaz set . . . but he reassures fans he ' s ' alright ' as he recovers in hospital

makeup artist joyce bonelli reaches out to the kardashian clan on instagram . . . after the famous family ' fire ' and unfollow her on social media

daddy daycare ! jared kushner takes kids back to d . c . after weekend in new jersey - as ivanka dons a short dress for visit to a nyc asphalt company

sofia richie , 19 poses in a bikini top just after scott disick ' s ex kourtney kardashian , 39 , did the same . . . and fans call her out for it

naomi campbell wows in flamboyant feathered gown . . . while ashley graham sizzles in plunging lace dress as they walk in dolce & gabbana show in italy

naya rivera sells her five - bedroom la home for a cool $ 3 . 55 million after finalizing her divorce from ryan dorsey

mel b ' is unable to pay her back taxes amid ongoing divorce battle with stephen belafonte . . . as it ' s estimated the pair owe up to $ 650k ' to the irs

kylie jenner rocks curve - clinging attire as she shows off body . . . and considers going back to blonde

dakota johnson dons striped wrap dress in la . . . after calling co - star chris hemsworth ' spectacular '

cardi b hits back at troll who mocked her baby shower . . . as she shows off naked baby bump for photoshoot

buy your own celebrity hideaway ! castle adored by michael douglas and jack nicholson goes on sale for $ 5 . 2m ( and even comes with treehouse )

ant - man and the wasp soars to $ 76 million on opening weekend . . . beating its prequel by $ 19 million

liam payne and cheryl split : carefree 1d star returns to stage for first time since break - up . . . as he poses happily with his backing dancers in france

tristan thompson goes house hunting alone as he checks out $ 2m property in la with its own basketball court . . . just minutes from khloe ' s mansion

jill zarin admits she ' s ready to date again after being spotted with handsome businessman . . . following beloved husband bobby ' s death

dj khaled cancels wireless performance due to ' travel issues ' just hours before his slot . . . as fans rage over his ' vacation ' snap

13 reasons why villain justin prentice says he ' s not bothered by social media trolls . . . and that getting attacked online means he ' s doing his job as an actor

' she didn ' t get those from me ' : kylie jenner says daughter stormi has dad travis scott ' s lips . . . as star reveals her breasts are ' three times the size ' post - baby

kevin hart celebrates 39th birthday in las vegas . . . nearly a year after sin city cheating scandal

dakota fanning joins michael b . jordan in voice cast of western anime series gen : lock

' i regret making it public ' : guy pearce is remorseful for asserting his former co - star kevin spacey was ' handsy ' with him on the set of l . a . confidential

iconic movie home where molly ringwald ' s sixteen candles was filmed finally sells for $ 1 . 135 million after two years on market

kendra caldwell duggar struggles through labor on counting on . . . before welcoming baby garrett

why madonna dated only toyboys and why , as she pushes 60 , she ' s finally got bored with them . . . by the writer who knows her best

brooklyn beckham and squeeze lexy panterra get cozy at london club . . . enraging ex tallia storm

yolanda hadid ' splits from boyfriend matt minnis ' . . . less than a year after david foster divorce

brooklyn beckham utilises his camera skills at wireless festival . . . after his debut photography book was slammed by fans

justin bieber is the perfect gentleman as he handles the bags . . . while crop top - clad hailey baldwin struts alongside

' i just don ' t want stuff ' kim kardashian doesn ' t buy her kids gifts to avoid spoiling them and sticks to a household budget . . . but says kanye is the ' biggest shopper '

joanna gaines shares husband chip ' s unique birth tradition . . . as he cradles newborn son crew

kylie jenner gushes baby stormi is ' changing every week ' and ' has cutest personality ' . . . as new mom admits to binge watching the handmaid ' s tale

lena dunham says she was ' really smart ' to date ex jack antonoff . . . after posting nude selfie

tom brady shows no mercy as he takes on gisele and his cancer - survivor mom in dodgeball . . . with a ' no crying ' rule

lauren conrad ' s son liam takes a handful of cake . . . as proud mom ' celebrates one year with our little guy '

khloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am

nia vardalos ' divorce filing . . . as duo split following 25 years of marriage

kendall jenner boats in sheer dress . . . after snuggling up to her nba beau ben simmons at khloe kardashian ' s party

keyshia cole announces pregnancy on instagram . . . as boyfriend niko khale posts beach pic of couple

anthony bourdain leaves majority of his $ 1 . 2m estate - which was rumored to be worth at least $ 16m - to 11 - year - old daughter ariane

ben affleck ' s $ 19m la mansion is surrounded by moving trucks . . . as it ' s revealed girlfriend lindsay shookus plans to spend more time on west coast

beaming kate gazes lovingly at sleeping prince louis as she and william attend his christening in their . . .

troubled actor jonathan rhys meyers is detained at lax after getting into a ' drunken fight with his wife and . . .

jamie oliver reveals the best way to organise your fridge - as he shares his tips for how you can avoid . . .

lesbian couple are charged with neglect after they ' repeatedly gave young son marijuana for good behavior . . .

american man who posed as a saudi prince to try and buy a stake in a miami hotel was busted when the . . .

' we only knew each other between action and cut ' : robin wright breaks her silence on kevin spacey ' s sexual . . .

final four thai cave boys and coach are in ' good health ' but must remain trapped underground for at least . . .

rescued thai cave boys face a lifetime of trauma from their ordeal as traumatic memories could trigger fear . . .

frantic parents of rescued thai cave boys have not been told which children have been saved – as teammates . . .

three men will be executed over the infamous gang - rape and murder of a female student , 23 , on a delhi bus in . . .

hollywood hostage actor who lost his eye , had nose and tongue slit , and was ' deprived of a member of his . . .

handcuffed harvey weinstein pleads not guilty to new rape charges , then shares a laugh with his lawyer after . . .

mesmerising maps reveal record - breaking temperatures across the world as the earth experiences ' one of the . . .

couple arrested after their four - year - old son accidentally shots himself between the eyes could face ten . . .

number of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time . . .

revealed : the four warning signs you could be heading for divorce - including critcising your partner ' s . . .

historically bad : orioles ' chris davis on pace to finish with the lowest qualifying batting average ever , . . .

' he was my son ! ' devastated father sobs as he is detained by police moments after his two - year - old . . .

here comes aunt meghan ! duchess of sussex looks elegant in an olive green shift dress by ralph lauren as she . . .

here come the godparents ! kate and william are joined by childhood friends - including guy pelly - and the . . .

fit for a prince ! louis becomes the eighth royal baby to wear the historic honiton lace christening robe on . . .

' i hope he stays like this ' : kate and the archbishop of canterbury share a joke about sleeping louis as she . . .

blue for a boy ! george and charlotte both wear the shade for their little brother louis ' christening as the . . .

such a perfect princess ! cute charlotte steals the show again with her royal wave - and a very polite . . .

pregnant pippa looks glowing in a very appropriate shade of baby blue - as she joins her parents and brother . . .

it ' s a hat trick for mcqueen ! kate repeats the look she chose for george and charlotte ' s christenings in . . .

may will not face a vote of no confidence . . . for now : pm warns furious tory brexiteers at showdown meeting that sacking her would mean handing corbyn the keys to no 10

' hi . i ' m linda o ' keefe . . . 45 years ago today , i disappeared and my killer was never found ' : police tweet as the 11 - year - old girl who was murdered in 1973 in a bid to publicize the cold case

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a group of young people , just for one night , acquires the ability to fulfill the last wishes of few people who have died and their spirits roam the city streets .

the spirits will lead them to the places they lived , to meet again with their loved ones , but also their enemies .

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susan pourfar plays carol . pourfar has many theatre credits , and is also a regular in the tv series ‘ scandal ‘ .

gary wilmes plays hal . he appeared in ben stiller ‘s ‘ the secret life of walter mitty ‘ and was also a recurring character in ‘louie’ .

tamara hickey plays ms leonard . she was a regular in the canadian tv series ‘ blue murder ‘ .

the rest of the cast are listed in really generic roles and no names – professors , students , park goers , man crossing street . there is a role called girl at amusement park – did we miss the filming at the amusement park ?

time will tell how large a role these actors will play , but with such a small headline cast , there’s bound to be room for the supporting cast to shine .

perhaps there is some subplot we’ve not heard about , but it seems very unlikely that any big name actors will be announced at this point , with principal photography over .

ute lemper was born on 4th july 1963 . she appeared in magic in the moonlight .

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eileen atkins was born on 16th june 1934 . she appeared in magic in the moonlight .

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kristen stewart and jesse eisenberg star in a sparkling new romantic comedy from woody allen about a movie - industry hopeful who arrives in 1930s hollywood , falls in love , and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the age .

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dis-moi qui tuer ( english title : tell me whom to kill ) is a 1965 french drama film directed by etienne périer .

the screenplay was written by maurice fabre and didier goulard , based on a novel by henri lapierre .

the film stars michèle morgan and paul hubschmid .

dis - moi qui tuer

dis - moi qui tuer <EOT> happy new year ! bonne année ! i just discover your website and the comments on my book “dis - moi qui tu aimes” alias “maths à mort” , and i am happy to state that most people enjoyed it .

rarely convincing as a wicked woman , morgan was nevertheless cast as a defrauding vamp in retour de manivelle , a murderess in les yeux cernés , and in le puits aux trois vérités as a negligent , jealous mother . lighter roles saw her as a witty partner to bourvil in fortunat , a would - be murderess in méfiez - vous mesdames , an adventuress in dis - moi qui tuer , and a murder suspect in le chat et la souris .

i know it’s pathetic but the ‘que’ should be a ‘qui’ . anyway , i’d love to read the book in whatever language ( it’s out of print ) , now that i’ve read dixmier’s testimonial :

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a group of young people , three lads , have set their hearts , as a place to play and as a meeting place , on a disused hotel , the belvedere , which belongs to the father of one of them . they stumble across evidence of a sunken nazi treasure in this watered - down adventure .

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a colleague has very helpfully provided me with a copy of the murder mystery set at the ihes that i wrote about recently here , and i’ve just finished reading it . since i’m not much of an afficionado of this genre of fiction , i can’t really evaluate how good a murder mystery it is . but as a memoir of the ihes during the 1980s , it is excellent . a claim at the beginning of the book that “any resemblance to real persons is just coincidence” seems to be one of the few things in it ( besides the murder ) that is fiction . as far as i can tell , the descriptions of all characters correspond precisely to someone at the ihes during that period , with only the names changed . i’m guessing that all or most of the anecdotes about these characters also correspond to reality .

i don’t think i’ll be giving away too much of the plot to mention that , since the novel was written nearly twenty years ago , back when string theory was a hot topic , one of the plot twists involves string theory . there’s a discovery that “superstring theory is renormalizable and predicts that gluonic interactions are colorless” .

« une partie du charme de ce livre provient de l’environnement psychologique inhabituel . bien sûr , les passions classiques se déchaînent ; mais aussi des passions moins classiques . margot bruyère , à l’évidence , connaît bien le milieu qu’elle décrit . » jacques dixmier

thx peter . i did find the website and read the first chapter . the fnac - website sucks and urltoken says its unavailable . i’ll try to get hold of it somehow . atb : : lieven .

i regret that my english is too poor to translate it . but if somebody thinks it’s worth to do it and have it print , i would be very gratefuf… but i do’nt know a translator ( mary turner seems to have given up ) neither a publisher .

i know nothing about the market for murder mystery books , but perhaps a press that publishes mathematics books would be interested . maybe princeton university press , perhaps jacques chevalier could help…

thank you , peter , for reading the book . i am happy that you appreciate it . maybe i will try to have the book translated ! but i am working now more on history than mathematicians .

i enjoyed very much the time i worked at ihes , but i enjoy also very much the life i have now in brittany .

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spy thriller of the search for nazi false currency in the mediterranean and murders committed to cover up the tracks , which are uncovered by a group of young people .

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on the côte d’azur , in a quiet seaside town , a german tourist and an adventurist disagree about what to do with a treasure engulfed in the local bay .

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nationality : french . born : neuilly - sur - seine , 29 february 1920 . education : studied acting under rené simon . family : married 1 ) william marshall , 1942 ( divorced 1949 ) , one son ; 2 ) henri vidal , 1950 ( died 1959 ) . career : 1936—film debut in bit part in mademoiselle mozart ; also worked on stage ; 1937—contract with the director marc allégret ; 1942–46—made several films in the united states under contract to rko ; 1966—exhibition of her paintings at galerie dina vierny ; 1978–80—on stage in le tout pour le tout , and in chéri , 1982–83 . awards : best actress , cannes festival , for la symphonie pastorale , 1946 . chevalier , legion of honor , 1969 . address : 5 rue jacques dulud , 92200 neuilly - sur - seine , france .

l ' entraîneuse ( valentin ) ( as suzy ) ; les musiciens du ciel ( lacombe ) ( as lte . saulnier )

maria chapdelaine ( the naked heart ) ( marc allégret—released in u . s . in 1955 ) ( title role ) ; la belle que voilà ( le chanois ) ( as jeanne morel ) ; le château de verre ( clément ) ( as evelyne bertal )

" l ' orgueil " ( " pride " ) ep . of les sept péchés capitaux ( the seven deadly sins ) ( autant - lara ) ( as anne - marie de pallières ) ; la minute de vérité ( the moment of truth ) ( delannoy ) ( as madeleine richard )

un coeur gros comme ça ( reichenbach ) ( as herself ) ; rencontres ( agostini ) ( as bella krasner ) ; " the hugues case " ep . of le crime ne paie pas ( crime does not pay ; the gentle art of murder ) ( oury ) ( as jeanne hugues 2 )

le chat et la souris ( cat and mouse ) ( lelouch ) ( as mme . richard )

avec ces yeux , with marcelle routier , paris , 1977 , as with those eyes , london , 1978 .

stars ( mariembourg , belgium ) , december 1989 , june 1990 , december 1990 , and june 1992 .

baker , b . , " michèle morgan , " in film dope ( nottingham , england ) , september 1990 .

after a successful debut in the 1930s as an affecting , ill - fated heroine , michèle morgan survived a disappointing wartime period in hollywood to become france ' s most acclaimed actress of the 1950s . with her honest expression , serene open face , and fine features , she possessed an almost unworldly beauty which seemed the outward manifestation of untainted virtue and intrinsic moral strength . in the bleak mood of pre - war europe she came to represent the contemporary romantic heroine doomed through implacable adversity to unhappiness .

morgan ' s first triumph came in gribouille as the fetchingly innocent natalie , unjustly accused of murdering her lover . pathetic , self - sacrificing roles followed . in orage an impossible affair leads to suicide ; in l ' entraîneuse , revelation of her dubious past destroys her happiness , while in la loi du nord and les musiciens du ciel a martyr ' s death is her reward for loyalty and devotion . it was with jean gabin as a romantic partner , however , that she achieved distinction . if in la récif de corail misfortune is conquered , in quai des brumes and remorques their chance encounter secures only fleeting happiness . as the hapless heroine , morgan gave outstanding performances , particularly for carné as nelly , the precociously mature young woman trapped in a corrupt society and experiencing love with the fugitive gabin . her assorted and indifferent hollywood performances included that of a servant masquerading as a debutante in whelan ' s comedy - musical higher and higher , a romanticized resistance heroine in joan of paris , and in two tickets to london a widow romantically involved with a serviceman .

critical acclaim marked morgan ' s return to french cinema in a sensitive and restrained performance as the blind girl gertrude in la symphonie pastorale . reestablishing herself as the romantic heroine , she now assumed professional roles as an air hostess dogged by memories in aux yeux du souvenir and as a terminally ill ballerina in la belle que voilà . the postwar era brought co - productions and historical roles , notably as a haughty aristocrat in fabiola , a spirited joan of arc in destinées , as joséphine de beauharnais in napoléon , the beautiful leading lady in marie - antoinette , and in si paris nous était conté as mistress to henri iv . european directors cast her successively as the tearful mistress of the fallen idol , the fading , suicidal ballerina of menschen im hotel , and as a seductive thief in racconti d ' estate .

invariably elegant and wealthy , in her 1950s roles she remained the victim , now bored and frustrated in her stifling ease . escape is sought in adultery , as in le château de verre , l ' etrange madame x , with a proletarian lover , and with an artist in la minute de vérité . an alternative solution to personal unhappiness is found in alcohol in les scélérats , oasis , and , most powerfully , as the unhappily married hard - drinking lawyer of pourquoi viens - tu si tard ? distinguishing this era were roles as gérard philipe ' s courageous medical helper in les orgueilleux and , particularly , as the sincere , sophisticated , and suffering divorcée he seeks to seduce in les grandes manoeuvres .

as a traditional star closely identified with established directors such as yves allégret and delannoy , michèle morgan was all but ignored by the new wave iconoclasts . extending over five decades , her largely distinguished , if uneven , film career survived indifferent roles in nonindigenous productions . eight years after her last screen appearance , as herself in robert et robert , she made a triumphant return to the stage in colette ' s chéri . more recently , she has enjoyed a popular following in the television serial le tiroir secret as a psychologist delving into her dead husband ' s past . she will be remembered for her exceptional beauty , her discreet , composed acting as the desirable young heroine , and her intelligent , sensitive performances as the sophisticated lady of later years .