10/10/2005

On Saturday, the Swiss-Rumanian co-production Ryna [+see also:
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In the last few years the festival has honoured filmmakers such as Danish Annette K. Olesen and Lone Scherfig, German Caroline Link, British Gurinder Chadha, Dutch Maria Ramos, Austrian Ulrike Schweiger, French woman Yamina Benguigui and also the Spaniard Isabelle Coixet, and the Bordeaux event was opened this year with Saint Jacques... La Mecque by Coline Serreau and closed Saturday with Palais Royal ! by Valérie Lemercier. In competition too were Dark Horse [+see also:
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(Translated from French)