ART&STYLE MAGAZINE online DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC
ART&STYLE MAGAZINE online DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC
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Edith Piaf film leads Cesar nods
Star Marion Cotillard has also been nominated for an Oscar
A movie about the life of French singer Edith Piaf has received 11 nominations at France's Cesar film awards. La Vie En Rose is up for best film along with Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, La Graine et le Mulet and Un Secret. French star Marion Cotillard, who has been Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of the tragic chanteuse, has been shortlisted for best actress. The awards ceremony takes place in Paris on 22 February. Cotillard has also been nominated for best actress at next month's Bafta awards for her role in La Vie En Rose, which was released under the name La Mome in France. The movie is also an Oscar contender in the best make-up and costume categories. Julien Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on a real-life story about a stroke victim, is also in the running for two Oscars - best director and best adapted screenplay. Persepolis, about a girl growing up in Iran, is vying for the Academy's best animated picture award. La Graine et le Mulet is a witty social drama set in immigrant France while Un Secret is a wartime drama about a family secret.
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A toilet which flushes to the musical sound of Italy's national anthem
Prosecutors say the national anthem should not be ridiculed A toilet which flushes to the sound of Italy's national anthem has been impounded by police in northern Italy, sparking great patriotic debate. The offending loo was the creation of two artists and was on display at the Bolzano Museum of Modern Art. Prosecutors say the Fratelli d'Italia anthem is a national emblem which should be protected and should never be open to ridicule. A judgment is expected to be made later this week. Who owns the national anthem? And is it unpatriotic to play it in a context in which it could be ridiculed? Those are the questions for the court in Bolzano. Flash in the pan? Defense barristers for the museum argue that while the anthem does have patriotic and sentimental value, it is not a national symbol. The prosecution on the other hand argue the symbolism of playing the anthem while flushing a toilet is an offence to the nation and they have put forward a robust case. They point to a decree issued this year by the former government of Silvio Berlusconi which defined the national anthem as an emblem and the property of the state. A judgment will be made later this week. Arguments may then begin over whether this marks a precedent or whether it is just a flash in the pan.
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