‘Snow carrots’ as sweet as fruit

Edit The Japan News 18 Feb 2016
By Yukako Oishi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterFUKAURA, Aomori — Carrots are harvested even in midwinter in the northern town of Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture, where the extremely cold weather they endure gives them a fruit-like sweetness. The carrots have been given the name Fukaura Yuki Ninjin (Fukaura snow carrots) ... After trialing several varieties, the organization selected one called Raimu due to the vibrant color of the carrots ... Memo....

Masterpieces of French-language Cinema to be Shown at Éléphant ClassiQ, November 19-22, 2015 (Quebecor Inc) ...

Edit Public Technologies 29 Oct 2015
(Source. Quebecor Inc) 29 Oct 2015 ... The four-day programme honouring the masterpieces of French-language cinema includes ... On Sunday, November 22 at 7.00 pm, the French filmMarius by Alexander Korda (1931), for which the script and dialogue were written by Marcel Pagnol, will close the festival.The first part of the Marseillais trilogy by Marcel Pagnol, this full-length feature films stars Raimu, Pierre Fresnay and Orane Demazis ... Meeting....

The European Union Film Festival 2014 - Part 4

Edit The Examiner 16 Mar 2014
The 17th annual European Union Film Festival is at the Gene Siskel Film Center ... release ... Having said that, let me provide you with an instructive counter-argument ... gross box office take of over $30 million ... Auteuil’s own portrayal of Cesar was pleasantly different from the great French comic actor Raimu’s original; Auteuil keeps Cesar agreeably rough-edged, but doesn’t bring the theatrical music-hall flourish to the role that Raimu did ... ....

Marius

Edit The Irish Times 06 Dec 2013
Since the 1930s, the playwright and film-maker Marcel Pagnol has exerted considerable influence over the French movieverse ... Following on from Auteuil’s recent adaptation of The Well Digger’s Daughter, this first instalment of Pagnol’s Marseilles Trilogy resurrects a sequence of hits from the 1930s ... Settle in ... Where Raimu was stern in the role, Auteuil is softly paternal ... ....
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