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La Boum / La Boum 2 (3 DVD Box Set) [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import] (buy from Amazon)

Type: Drama, France 1980

Director:Claude Pinoteau

My rating: 3
Key actors/actresses:
Claude Brasseur .... Fran?ois Beretton
Brigitte Fossey .... Fran?oise Beretton
Sophie Marceau .... Vic Beretton
Denise Grey .... Poupette
Jean-Michel Dupuis .... ?tienne

Posted by Dominic
Story:
Vic is a 13 years old girl who becomes curious about boys. While her parents are so busy with their professional lives, they hardly have time to give Vic advice on romance. Also her parents are going through their own relationship crisis. Fortunately, she has a very liberal grandma on her side who is telling her all about boys!!!

My review:
This is Sophie Marceau's first movie and what a wonderful actress she has become and still going strong. La Boum is such a well known movie in France that everyone of this generation knows the sound of this movie by heart! The word La Boum refers to the type of drinks party teenages held in their house or flat and when soft music is played during the movie, you are expected to kiss someone! Thus very appropriate name for this movie which is trying to look at romance from a young teenager's view.

La Boum 2 (buy from Amazon)
Type: Drama, France 1982

Director:Claude Pinoteau

My rating: 3

Key actors/actresses:
Claude Brasseur .... Fran?ois Beretton
Brigitte Fossey .... Fran?oise Beretton
Sophie Marceau .... Vic Beretton
Lambert Wilson .... F?lix Mar?chal
Pierre Cosso .... Philippe Berthier
Alexandre Sterling .... Mathieu

Story:
Vic is now 16 years old, though she has a boyfriend, she is still very clueless about boys but even more curious. Grandma comes to the rescue again for giving her advice. Being older, she also pushes her parents' tolerence to the limit. In the meantime, her parents have also new set of relationship problem of their own...

My review:
This is the sequel to La Boum and as Vic grows older, a new set of teenagers' problem occur. La Boum 2 is also well known to the French generation of the 1970s, 1980s. It is a fun and entertaining movie with a simple story, just like the first movie. Watch out for the next one L'etudiante where Sophie Marceau plays a graduate student, love relationship problem continues...
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Jet Lag (buy from Amazon)
Type: Comedy Drama, France 2002

Director: Dani?le Thompson

My rating: 3
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Key actors/actresses:
Juliette Binoche .... Rose
Jean Reno .... F?lix

Other similar movies: La Fid?lit?, Anthony Zimmer, Swimming Pool, Needing You, l'Etudiante, more
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Country: France
Type(s): Comedy
Drama

Posted by Dominic
Story:
Paris is on strike again, so the airport service was affected. Rose and Felix didn't know each other but were both stuck at the airport as a result. Rose needed to call her mother and borrowed Felix's mobile phone, this encounter led to a development that neither of them had anticipated...

My review:
Delighted to see two of my favourite actors in one film. Jetlag is a nice story of 2 ordinary persons met by chance, seemingly total different personalities but in the end, strongly attracted to each other like magnets.

L' ?tudiante (buy from Amazon)Type: Drama, France 1988

Director: Claude Pinoteau

My rating: 3

Key actors/actresses:
Sophie Marceau .... Valentine
Vincent Lindon .... Edward
?lisabeth Vitali .... Celine
Jean-Claude Leguay .... Charly
Elena Pompei .... Patricia

Story:
Valentine is a studying to be a teacher, and she is about to focus on her final exams that is going to take place in 3 months time. She encounters a musician during skiing and just when she thinks after a one-night encounter, she can put him behind at least for 3 months, until after exmas. She is wrong, they couldn't stop seeing each other, but the relationship isn't always pleasent, they argue and cause pain to each other just like any relationship...

My review:
This film is often viewed as the sequel to La Boum 1 and 2 where Sophie Marceau played a 13 and 16 year-old girl and her encounters with boys! Now her role has matureed and is now a grown lady. These 3 movies are must-watches for many French people of this generation and the music used in the movies are all very familiar to them.

The relationship described in the movie is fairly realistic, I think Valentine is a very high maintanence character, not very fun to be with!

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Cuisine: Japanese in Causeway Bay
My rating: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HK$ 51-100

A, 6/F, Causeway Bay Plaza Phrase 1, 489 Hennessy Rd
3571-8680

Review: Lunch set $45 - 65+, including snack, soup, main course, coffee or tea. good value for money. there is a private room. Sofa seat available and comfortable. Non-smoking area is small though.

Cuisine: American Snacks in Causeway Bay

Price: HK$30-40 (coffee + doughnuts)

61-73 Lee Garden Road, Causeway Bay
Tel. 2890 6263

I ordered original favour (HK$10/pc) & Maple Iced Glazed favour (HK$12/pc).
They were too sweet for me, even the original favour, so I couldn't finish.
The ice coffee (HK$30) was just ok as I forgot to ask for No Whip Cream.
There were many students there when I visited in the afternoon, too noisy and thus I prefer to take away.
I still prefer Mister Donut but couldn't find in HKG.

Cuisine: Japanese in Kwun Tong
Food: 3
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 3

Price: HK$100-150

L6 APM, Kwun Tong
Tel. 2561 8188

Compared to the chain restaurants in Japan, I found the food quality was poorer & the choice in menu was fewer. However, it was much more crowded.
Service was just ok as the layout of this restaurant is not square-like, there was no waiter/waitress around the area where I was sitting, so we must yell out to ask for service, really like the traditional japanese wine restaurant - izakaya!

Cuisine: Western in Wanchai
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4

12-14 Wing Fung Street, Wanchai (near Pacific Place 3)
Tel.: 3525 1570

Food served: illy coffee, juice, desserts, sandwiches

Nice interior with very comfy sofa.
Have DJ to play soul & jazz music every sunday.
A relaxing place to spend the whole afternoon for enjoying nice food, lovely coffee, funny chats, good reading, wonderful music or a sweet snap.

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one generation to the next, says that when you discover
that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to
dismount.

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because heavy investment factors are taken into
consideration, other strategies are often tried with
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4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead
horses.

6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be
included.

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If you can't get your work done in the first 24 hours, work nights.

A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.

Don't be irreplaceable: if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you're going to do.

After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of the month than you did before.

The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.

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