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| Chinese film has world premier at Spain festival Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:53 AM PDT  Chinese film director Emily Tang after the screening of her film 'All Apologies' during the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 26, 2012. – AFP pic The movie is the only film from Asia among the 14 in competition for the festival's top prize, the Golden Shell. It offers a critical look at the great lengths some couples go to have a male child in contemporary China as well as of women's often submissive role in Chinese society. "In China it is very important to have a male child," Tang, 42, told reporters at the festival, one of Europe's top international film gatherings. "The most important thing for the main character is to have a boy. This leads him to try to have a son at any prices and way possible." The movie is Tang's third after "Conjugation" released in 2001 and "Perfect Life" which came out in 2009. Among the other movies in competition for the Golden Shell prize is "Capital" by Greece's Costantinos Gavras, a French movie on the slaves of modern capitalism, and "The Attack" by Lebanon's Ziad Doueiri who is told his wife carried out a suicide attack. The winner of the Gold Shell prize will be announced on the last day of the festival on September 29. Last year the prize went to Spanish director's "The Double Steps". – AFP/Relaxnews |
| ‘Pink Panther’ star Herbert Lom dies aged 95 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:07 AM PDT  Herbert Lom was most famous for his role as the irritable police chief Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies, starring opposite Peter Sellers. – All Rights Reserved Lom, who appeared in more than 100 films, often played villains and was most famous for his role as the irritable police chief Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies, starring opposite Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau. In a career spanning six decades, Lom also played in classics including "Spartacus", "El Cid" and "The Ladykillers". Relatives said the London-based actor, who was born in Prague in 1917, died peacefully in his sleep. "Like many actors, he never wanted to be pigeon-holed in a particular role," his son Alec Lom said. "After having played the role of East European gangster in many films, it was a delight to him later in his career to be cast by Pink Panther producer and director Blake Edwards." Lom moved to Britain before World War II and worked as a newscaster for the BBC's overseas service before his acting career took off. He was hugely successful as the King of Siam in the original London stage production of the musical "The King and I" in the 1950s, and also played the title role in the film version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1962. – AFP/Relaxnews |
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