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French actress and singer Melanie Laurent’s directorial debut: ‘The Adopted’
At the age of 28, the actress and singer released her first film as a director, ‘Les Adoptés’, on 23 November in her native France. Do all good things come in threes? Film review
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Berlin film festival: well, hello Leo
cafebabel.com are loyal attendees of Europe's biggest cinematic event, especially in the year it turns a dinosaur 60. Via a small team of pan-European correspondents in the capital, here's a selection of exclusives of the latest releases, a flashback through the festival's tormented history, a mystery trail on the heels of Banksy and interviewees who jump the hoops through our hearts and - literally - over our heads. Catch our Berlin babelblog and twitter page for more
- Read the special edition Berlin film festival: well, hello Leo
- Florian Lukas: no more 'best mate characters' for the 'Good Bye Lenin!' star
- Berlin film festival: 60 years of masterpieces
- Communist-themed film reviews: Kawasaki's Rose vs Portrait Of The Fighter As A Young Man
- Israeli and Arab film pick at the Berlin film festival
- Kinshasa Symphony: why is Mozart in Africa an alien concept?
No Europe without the Media
In a special article for café babel, celebrating the launch of its Polish version, journalist and co-founder of Gazeta Wyborcza Jacek akowski writes about the role of media in the development of the European public opinion.
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