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4 September 2003 • Number 49 www.TheRivieraGazette.comThe Côte d’Azur’s English-language newspaper

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Film Guide Where to see Johnny Depp in Piratesof The Caribbean – in English, p7 My Riviera Hollywood filmmaker Max Ryerson

talks about his latest production, p6 What’s On Monaco’s Prada Challenge for classicyachts starts on Monday, p8

Fires Kill ThreeIt’s arson, says Chirac – p3

Boar-n to be WildWild boars rampage in

Mougins gardens, p4

He’ll be BeckBeckham’s Real Madrid to

play in Marseille, p4

Island LifeCannes monks loseferry monopoly, p5

Tee TimePlay golf with the stars in athree day charity event, p5

Film Guide26 English-language

films in eight cinemasthis week, p7

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By JENNY PAUL

RESIDENTS of Roquebillièrewere up in arms this week as gov-ernment officials threatened toforce them from their homes.

The future of the ancient villagehangs in the balance after officialsclaimed it could be hit by cata-strophic landslides which wouldsee centuries-old houses slippingdown the hillside with millions oftons of mud and rock.

Two thousand people live in the vil-lage,perched in the hills behind Nice,with 600 located in the ‘danger zone’.

Now it has been announced thathomes in the danger area are likely tobe compulsorily purchased by thestate and then demolished.

But villagers are strongly opposedto the plan.“I would fight all the wayif it came to it,”Janie Arnold,a Britishresident of Roquebillière, told TheGazette.

“Nobody told us about this threatwhen we bought our home.We took abig gamble after we married, movingto France to start a new life.

“We love it here and we’re veryhappy. Somebody should have toldus,” said Janie, her voice tremblingwith emotion.

The threat is not new.In 1926 nine-teen villagers were killed in a mudslide and authorities have been dis-cussing what to do ever since.

“Because of the geological make-upof the ground there is a very high riskof a landslide,”Eric Vicet,a technician

for the Nice branch of theDepartment of the Environment,toldThe Gazette.

“It could happen at any time. If Ilived there,I would much rather movenow than be buried in a landslide.”

But Didier Roux, vice president ofthe village association formed to fight

the plan,told The Gazette:“A meetingis planned for September 15,and we’llfind out more about what is proposed.

“We don’t know if we’ll have a finaldecision then, but whatever the gov-ernment decides,we are not moving.”

The decision has to be approved bythree ministers – the interior minister,

the minister for the environment andthe finance minister – before the plancan be put into action.

In the meantime,residents are wor-ried about getting a fair price for theirproperty.Says Janie Arnold:“I’m sureall the publicity has affected houseprices.”

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED ...Didier Roux (L) meets assistant mayor Jean-Dominique Rasoni and fellow campaigner Guy Hemon (R)

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28 ways to get out andabout this week – page 8

600 faced with demolition of homes asvillage threatens to slide down hillside

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DESTROYED:THREE FAMILIES,

WILDFIRES devastated the regionagain this week, leaving three fire-fighters dead, seven childrenfatherless, many more homelessand vast swathes of the region’sforests flattened.

Arson is suspected in both the Varand Cagnes-sur-Mer disasters.President Chirac has vowed to bringthose responsible to justice.

“There is good reason to suspectcriminal acts. I have told the govern-ment to launch an investigation thatwill end with the culprits being foundand punished in an exemplary fash-ion...I have asked the justice ministerto pay close attention to the sentencesthey get,” he said while attending amemorial service on Tuesday for thethree firefighters killed on duty in theVar.

The three men lost their lives nearla Garde Freinet when freak windsswept the fire towards their convoy,cutting them off and engulfing theirfire engine. Two died in the cab, oneon the ground outside. Two of themen were volunteers.

The three leave widows and sevenchildren aged from one and 12between them. A dozen other fire-men were also injured.

In Cagnes-sur-Mer,residents wholost their homes in a 300 hectare

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RESCUE . . . a water bomber in action over la Garde Freinet

TRAGEDY . . . loved ones mourn the Var fire’s three victims

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Aid for VarSTRICKEN towns in the Var will get ashare of €5m in aid after the recent forestfires.The president of the Conseil Generalof the Var,Horace Lanfranchi,announcedlast week that the department will put uphalf the money,with the rest coming fromother sources.

Emergency funds of €15,000 havealready been released.There were 459 firesin the Var during July alone.

Biker hurt on RN98A MOTORCYCLIST was badly hurt onTuesday in the latest accident on thenotorious RN98 between VilleneuveLoubet and Antibes.

The road’s appalling safety record isblamed on motorists making illegal U-turns as they try to find beachside park-ing.Offenders now risk a fine of€135 andthe threat of a three year ban.

Death bedA SEPTUAGENARIAN died in Nice onSunday after being trapped against thewall when his fold-down bed folded itselfaway.

The man,who was staying at his holidayhome in the city, is thought to have beenkilled by lack of air. His wife was ‘superfi-cially hurt’ in the accident.

Tart in the dockA 24 YEAR OLD BULGARIAN prostituteis facing a one year prison sentence afterbeing charged with soliciting in Nice.

Although callgirls are much in evidencein the town, this is the first time a chargelike this has been brought in the city. Thecase is due to be heard next February.

Easy new routeLOW-COST airline Easyjet will operate aroute from London Gatwick to Marseillefrom October 26.

Tickets are now on sale, starting from€21.20 one-way. The airline is also plan-ning a new route between Gatwick andToulouse.

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blaze on Sunday afternoon are furi-ous that it took several hours for thefire fighting to properly begin. Fourhouses were completely destroyedand a further 18 damaged when firebroke out at around 2:30pm in thetown’s la Buffe cemetery, on the D36

near the Route de Vence.By 3:15 the fire was spreading fast

across the Val de Cagnes, where itdestroyed five houses and thenspread onwards and eastwards acrossVal Fleuri towards St Laurent du Var,the southern outskirts of La Gaude

and the 350 homes in the Domainede l’Etoile.

“Someone phoned me to tell methe fire had reached our house, so Irushed straight home, pushed myway through the police roadblocksand ran into the house at 5pm,” Eric

de Brocart told The Riviera Gazette.“The fire was only 20 metres from thehouse. The firefighters didn’t arriveuntil at least two to three hours afterthe fire had started. I was absolutelyfrantic. It was very scary, but oncethey arrived they were wonderful andput the fire out straight away.”

Two helicopters began water-bombing the fire early in the after-noon,and 300 firefighters were even-tually mobilized. But the first of fourspecialist Canadair water bombersdidn’t arrive on the scene until 6pm.

Fire investigators suspect the blazewas not an accident, saying thateither the fire ‘jumped’ several hun-dred metres or it was deliberatelystarted in two places. The suspicionof arson is backed up by an eye wit-ness who reports finding charredwood piled at the base of a burnedtree in a third area of Cagnes thatwasn’t otherwise affected by fire.

But Vincent Chery, directeuradjoint of the ONF 06 (OfficeNational des Forêts Alpes Maritimes)told Nice Matin,“the fire spread in thedirection of the wind and the phe-nomenon of fires jumping distancesis well documented. During a largefire in the Tanneron,for example,theflames managed to jump right acrossLac de Saint Cassien.”

BURNED OUT . . .Tears soon gave way to anger as householders in Cagnes took in the devastation left by Sunday’s wildfire

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MOUGINS residents arebeing terrorised by a familyof wild boars who have beendestroying gardens and ruin-ing lawns for the last twomonths.

“The same family has beencoming and digging our gar-den up every couple of nightssince June,” Julie Davies toldThe Riviera Gazette. “Theyseem to be working their wayin a circle around Mouginsand they’ve wrecked the lawnso many times that we’vestopped fixing it now.Our nextdoor neighbour has spentthousands on a new fence, butthey still get in and dig the lawnup so he’s actually convincedthat pigs really can fly!

“The father is really uglywith great big tusks. It’s reallyscary when they’re mauraud-

ing around the garden. Oneeven startled our neighbour bypressing his snout up againstthe window.”

Meanwhile a Var shepherdhas other ideas. ChristopheGermain took in Marguerite,awild boar, after her motherwas shot during the huntingseason last year. He has grownattached to the animal andwants to keep her, but theforestry commission is takinghim to court for ‘illegal deten-tion of a wild animal.’ He willappear before magistrates onSeptember 15.

Mougins residents may beinterested to know that thehunting season has started andruns until January 12.

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SUMMER DEATHTOLL SET TO RISETHE heatwave across thecountry led to more than11,000 extra deaths over thesummer as temperaturessoared to over 40 degrees,writes Jenny Paul

And on Sunday, France’shealth minister predicted thatthe number could rise even fur-ther to 12,000.

In Nice the CHU (CentreHospitalier Universitaire deNice) recorded a 40 per centrise in the number of deathscompared to August last year.

“The emergency room is rel-atively calm now,” GenevièveRobiquet told The RivieraGazette, “and we didn’t haveany difficulties with our mor-

tuary. Thanks to the profes-sionalism of our staff we hadthe situation under control.Staff volunteered to help if weneeded them.”

Of the 32,065 deaths record-ed in France during August,only 57 were at Nice’s CHU.Paris was hardest hit, leadingsome in the French media toclaim that it was not a nationalproblem but a Parisian one.

However the scale of thetragedy nationwide becameapparent as many of the bodieslay unclaimed.

“Last night there were 300people who hadn’t been buriedbecause their family had notturned up to claim the body. Is

that the government’s fault?”asked the state secretary for theelderly, Hubert Falco last weekin response to accusations ofbad management.

Many relatives have nowbeen traced, and the final 63unclaimed bodies,who did nothave any family,were buried inpaupers graves yesterday.

In the light of much soul-searching in the media the gov-ernment has now proposed aplan to scrap one of France’seleven bank holidays each year,with revenue generated fromkeeping the country ‘open forbusiness’ for the extra daygoing towards helping theelderly.

Boar-ed of fixing the lawn

TWO new books examiningFranco-American relationshipshave just been published.

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’tBe Wrong was written by twoAmericans after a two-and-a-half year stay in Paris.

“Our theory is the structure ofFrance is consistent with thespirit of the French,” explain theauthors.“From how the govern-ment works to how France han-dles social issues, and the socialfunction of business, the Frenchhave the system they need.”

Another American book is hit-ting the bestseller lists in France– a translation of ‘112 GripesAbout The French’.

The title, originally a booklethanded out to American GI’swho were stationed in Franceafter WW2, covered aspects ofFrench life that often confusedthe Americans.

Typically it answered “whathave these frog eaters ever donefor us?” with a three page list ofprominent French intellectuals.

The book, published underthe title Our Friends by LeCherche Midi, has already sold15,000 copies.

TWO new reports releasedthis week give an insight intothe working habits of theFrench.

One revealed that Frenchproductivity is higher than thatof the Americans, while theother points to young,educatedFrench workers fleeing thecountry – the favoured destina-tion being the UK.

A study released by theCNRS,the French state researchinstitute, showed that emigra-tion has risen by 30 per centover the past ten years. Hightaxes and strict regulations arethought to be to blame for thoseleaving their homeland.

“Overall,a lot of French émi-grés are trying to flee a rigid,hyper-taxed, over-controlledand over-regulated society. Ifthey could do the same thing inFrance they would,” said theinstitute’s Beatrice Sacvarieau.

The other report, compiledby Geneva-based agency OIT(Organisation International duTravail),claims that French peo-ple are more productive thanAmericans.

It claims that Americans gen-erate an income of US$32 anhour,while the French produceUS$35 an hour – but,of course,Americans tend to work muchlonger than 35 hours each week.

He’s Beck againTHE UEFA ChampionsLeague kicks off onSeptember 16, with RealMadrid playing Marseille atthe city’s Olympique stadiumon November 26.

If you want to see Madridnew boy David Beckham,tickets will soon be availableat www.olympiquedemarseille.com or by telephone from 0491 76 91 76.

BELOVED ...Christophe Germain isattached to wild boar Marguerite

French flee to Britain US BOOKS LOOKAT CULTURAL RIFT

Lapdog of luxuryA FOUR-STAR hotel inVersailles aims to attractguests by offering gourmetfood to their dogs.

Pampered pooches visitingthe Trianon Palace Hotel canfeast on delicacies such aspure beef hamburger, fillet offish and chicken breast – allserved with fresh vegetables.

The hotel even offerscanine room service.

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SA heads for CannesTHE South African Film Commission isplanning to promote its films at Cannesnext year.“Having Nelson Mandela open-ing Cannes film festival would be a bigplus for the South African film industry,”the commission’s president told reporters,although the former president’s appear-ance in Cannes has yet to be confirmed.

Ryanair pulls outNO-FRILLS airline Ryanair is threateningto withdraw services to France after a dis-pute over airport subsidies. If plans goahead the move will affect British secondhomeowners in the Dordogne, Biarritzand the Pyrenees.

Truffles snuffed outTHE summer heatwave is thought tohave devastated France’s much awaitedtruffle harvest. The drought in July andAugust was fatal for the ‘truffettes’,or truf-fle embryos, which need humidity todevelop.

Sea plungeTHE sea temperature locally plummetedfrom a warm 28 to a chilly 18 degrees overlast weekend,and is unlikely to recover thisyear. High winds are blamed for ‘blowingthe warm waters away’ and bringing inhundreds of jellyfish.

Figs small and sweetTHIS year is proving to be exceptional forfigs. The heatwave has made the fruitsweeter though smaller than usual, sayproducers in Sollies-Pont in the Var, whoare hoping to receive an appellation d’o-rigine controlee (AOC) for figs.

More wine benefitsDRINKING red wine may combat thenegative effects of smoking.

Researchers have found that two glass-es of red wine a day counteract the arterydamage caused by one cigarette,but warn20-a-day smokers against drinking gallonsof wine in an effort to protect themselves.

LOCAL monks have lost a battle toprevent their island being swampedby hordes of unwelcome tourists.

The Cistercian monks are the onlyinhabitants of the unspoilt Ile StHonorat, just off the coast of Cannes.

Since 1995, they have been able tokeep visitor numbers manageable byrunning their own ferry service to theisland with a limit of only 400 ticketsa day.

But now the courts have ruled thatrival ferry companies can operateservices to the island as well.

“We already have too many visi-tors,” Vladimir Abbe, one of theisland’s 27 monks – who are silent forat least twelve hours every day – toldThe Riviera Gazette by email.

“A lot of visitors leave rubbish and

broken glass.We say ‘come for the day,but please respect the island as apeaceful place for everyone to enjoy’.

“It would be a shame if the island ispacked with tourists like the centre ofCannes – we are here to get away from

all that.”The 27 monks inhabit a fortified

11th century monastery and supportthemselves by producing 50,000 bot-tles of wine each year, as well as arange of liqueurs.

Cistercians can’t doit for themselves

IN RETREAT ... latest blow to island hideaway means monks must back down on ferries

AS the new school year starts, demand has con-tinued to outstrip the supply of places at theregion’s international schools.

The International School of Nice is looking for-ward to the rentrée.“We had excellent IGCSE andIB results this year, Catherine Gaonac’h told TheGazette.There will be some new faces as we havefive new teachers – including one former gradu-ate – and lots of new students.

And at the CIV in Valbonne Andrew Derry toldus,“Despite increasing our numbers to over 900this year demand continues to exceed availableplaces. In year six over 400 students sat theentrance exams for 65 places.We have employedtwo new teachers as well as three boarding super-

PLAYERS in the annual FrenchRiviera Charity Golf Tournamentwill be teeing off from September 20at the St Donat, St Endreol andCannes Mandelieu golf courses.

Highlights of the €500 per personevent will be a spot of cheeky teddybear Nookie in ventriloquist Roger deCourcey’s cabaret show and a cham-pagne reception at Cannes’ HotelMartinez beach bar.

The event is raising money for theUK-based charity SPARKS, whichfunds medical research for children.

SPARKS has funded 132 medicalprojects in the UK since 1991,spend-ing £9 million to tackle conditions asdiverse as cerebral palsy, meningitis,the dangers of premature birth,spinabifida, childhood arthritis and can-cers.

“We have quite a few celebritiesconfirmed to play in the event includ-ing John Lodge, Minder star DennisWaterman, Bill Curbishley (whomanaged the Who and Robert Plant),Clive Banks (manager of MartyPellow and Mike Oldfield), ELOdrummer Bev Bevan, ex-RadioLuxembourg DJ Tony Prince, Rogerde Courcey and John McDermott,theIrish-Canadian tenor who will betouring Europe with NanaMouskouri,” Barry Fitzpatrick, theorganiser, told The Riviera Gazette.

To take part in the event, which isheld at three different courses overthree days,contact Sue Fitzpatrick on00 44 1789 731653 or send email [email protected]

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International schools allBac’d up for the rentréevisors to cope with demand.As usual,exam resultswere excellent.”

In Monaco, Angela Godfrey told us, “TheInternational School of Monaco is proud toannounce a 100 per cent pass rate in the recentInternational Baccalaureate examinations.One ofour students gained the maximum possible marksof 45 points and our newly graduated studentshave all been admitted to the universities of their

choice.”And at Mougins school Sue Dunnachie told the

Gazette,“We are starting this term with three newteachers and 410 students, but we still have awaiting list.

“We had extremely good exam results this yearwith a 100 per cent pass rate at A-level and 98.7per cent pass rate at GCSE.And we have a studentwho has won a place at Oxford.”

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ClassifiedsMy Riviera

Film maker Max Ryerson tells Jenny Paul about moving to Hollywood,working with the stars,and the excitement of making his first film ...

WHEN I was ten myparents gave me a video

camera and I started shootingshort animation movies to passthe time while waiting for themto finish work.

I used to spend hours in theiroffice making films of my toysoldier collection and re-enact-ing the battle of Waterloo.

I was born in Belgium butmoved to Monaco before goingto boarding school in Scotland.I went to Gordonstoun, theschool Prince Charles went to,but I think I had a rather easiertime than he did!

After A-Levels I came backto Monaco to the University ofSouthern Europe where I stud-ied for a BSc in BusinessAdministration and then start-ed my own financial businessin Monaco.

But I had always wanted tostudy film,so in 2001 I enrolledat the New York Film College.After that I went to Los Angelesto finish my studies andworked on various TV showsincluding Ally MacBeal, Buffythe Vampire Slayer and Angel.

I base myself wherever thereis work and I have homes inMonaco and LA.

Last year was a very excitingyear for me as I premiered myfirst film in Monaco. It’s calledSempre Occultus, that’s MI6’smotto, and it means ‘alwayssecret’, as it’s a spy film.

We shot it in five differentcountries but mainly on The

Riviera.Now I need a distribu-tor to put it on TV.

I’ve just launched my ownfilm production company butas an independent film makerit can be difficult finding thefunding.

Show business isn’t as glam-orous as it sounds.You work 18hours a day and it’s a lot of hardwork, especially when you’reworking with a small budgetand you have to be disciplinedand work to a tight and well-organised schedule.

But I have met a couple of thebig Hollywood stars includingMartin Sheen, Rob Lowe andTom Hanks.They were all real-ly nice. I think if actors get areputation for difficult behav-iour, they soon start being outof work.

You do get diva-like behav-iour,though.When I was work-ing on Buffy, Sarah MichelleGellar used to come out andscreen the extras. Any verypretty girls were usually kickedoff the set!

When I’m not working I lovethe outdoors. I have a friendwho has a sailing boat and welike to go out on that,and I alsolove waterskiing.In winter I likegoing skiing in Isola or Genevaif I have the time. When I goout to eat my favourite place isThe Waterfront in Fontvielle.

At the moment I’m inMonaco holding a two-dayseminar on film making at theCameo Academy of Dramatic

Art on September 6 and 7, andI’ll cover everything from orig-inal film concept to final distri-bution.

After that I am going toBrussels to look at options for aseries of comic books and anovel called Ramses byChristian Jacques, as I like the

idea of making an epic film.It’s always been my dream to

work in films.I’ve always want-ed to be an actor or a director,so I’m very happy.

But I do like living down hereso I would like to do more workon the Riviera than inLA if I can.

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● FANCY working one day aweek? Delivery drivers wanted tohelp distribute the Gazette everyThursday. Own car essential. CallSarah on 04 93 09 66 43● GRAPHIC designer/Mac operator forad hoc casual work nr Cannes. Email CVto [email protected]

PRIMARY/PRE SCHOOL seeks Englishteacher.Must be mother tongue &

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● WANTED Nanny for 2&4 yr old, after-noons at home in Valbonne. Need car.~10hr/wk.06 86 67 11 92

Jobs wanted● BABYSITTER available, eves, owntransport, Irish with fluent French. CallSuzie, 06 99 21 73 11

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Fri 21:00DOWN WITH LOVESat 21:00THE ITALIAN JOB – SPECIAL PREVIEWSun 21:00

Cinéma SportingPlace du Casino, MonacoJOHNNY ENGLISHMon 21:25SINBAD – LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEASSat 17:00, Mon 17:30

Mercury16 Place Garibaldi, Nice25TH HOURThu 18:00, Fri 21:40CATCH ME IF YOU CANMon 20:10DOGVILLESat 21:15FRIDAThu 18:00, Sat 17:00IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVESun 19:25NARCThu 20:10SWIMMING POOLMon 16:00THE GOOD THIEFSat, Sun,Tue 21:40, Mon 18:00THE LIFE OF DAVID GALESat 21:40THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERSTue 21:30THE MAGDALENE SISTERSTue 21:40THE PIANISTMon 20:10UNCONDITIONAL LOVEThu 20:10, Sat 19:25, Mon 16:00WANDAFri 21:40, Sat 14:40, Sun 17:00,Tue 19:25

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Property to let● 120m2 3 bed apt, 6th (top) flr, onPromenade des Anglais (Nice Magnan)04 93 86 69 39● CHARMING 1 bed apt, old Nice, light,views,sleeps 3,quiet.Comfy beds, linen,internet, 5mins sea. Nr pking, flowermkt. €350/pw inc. Short/long [email protected], 04 93 62 5407● CONTEMPORARY house, 4 beds +flat.Old village of Mougins.Tel: 06 12 2166 78● DOUBLE room for rent in large villaon Cap d’Antibes. Available immediate-ly. Contact [email protected] or call06 25 07 28 36

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● FURNISHED apt, 5 bed, old Nice, bal-cony, great view. Calm, nr sea, mkt.€490/wk.06 30 40 76 45● GOLFE JUAN comfy 1 bed apt nrbeach, shops, stn from €260/w – rivier-aapartment.com or 0676960586● PLACE Massena – lovely apt in cen-tral Nice, sleeps 4-5. From €700 pw. Tel00 44 7850 367836● VALBONNE furn’d apt, pool, parking,w/mach. By wk/mo, 2-4 [email protected] or 04 93 40 26 76● VIEUX NICE furnished apt nearbeach, port, shops. Sleeps 5. €600/wk.06 10 35 60 94● VIEUX Nice, basic 1 bed apt withsmall balcony. Nr beach, port, shops.€300/wk.06 10 35 60 94

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● Ref 8543 FOR SALE ANTIBES Newmodern house in a quiet privatedomain, 3 beds, 80sqm, 2 parkingspaces, garden views.€355,000● Ref 8606 FOR SALE JUAN LES PINSCharacter house,minutes from the sea.200sqm, 3 beds, 2 baths, terrace withspa/pool.Country views.€810,900● Ref 8610 FOR RENT LA ROQUETTESUR SIAGNE Modern detatched house.200sqm living area, 4 beds, own pool,garden views.€3,325pw July/Aug ● Ref 8584 FOR RENT MAGAGNOSCA lovely villa in the hills; cool, light andairy. 5 beds, large terrace, countrysideviews, pool.€2,660pw July/Aug

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● BRAZILIAN woman seeks job. Sales,int’l trade, computer related. [email protected]● FRENCH asst manager looking forcustomer service or mngmnt position.Motivated. [email protected] or00 44 7905 640325● FRENCH lady, bilingual English,Master of Business Management, expe-rience with US companies, is looking fora position in sales/marketing. Part orfull time.Call Helene at 06 61 44 48 25● GERMAN (F) tour guide, 35, fluentEnglish + Italian, basic French, lookingfor a new challenge in tourism/sales.0612 75 98 75● LANGUAGE BARRIER? Call Irene,trilingual PA. English/German/Frenchfluent. Area: Valbonne–Vence. 06 10 4404 50, [email protected]● PROFESS lady It/Fr/En exc PA,graphiccomputer skills seeks serious position06 13 86 56 32● RELIABLE experienced thoroughPhillipino seeks cleaning/ironing.Nice/Monaco.Tel 06 25 20 42 19

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FRENCH FOR FOREIGNERS 16 yearsexperience.Francophonie Institut,

Cannes/Mougins.Tel:06 60 18 41 47

● FRENCH immersion courses foradults at family-run centre, 04 90 94 4387 or www.parlons-en-provence.com● LEARN FRENCH IN MOUGINS inOct and Nov. 30 hour languagetraining program for beginners,5h/week, Mon & Thurs mornings.5 students max by accredited andhighly exp teacher. 06 60 18 41 47

MOVIES● The Riviera Gazette’s guide to thisweek’s ‘Version Originale’ films withEnglish-language soundtracks...

Le Casino6 Ave 24 Aout, AntibesJOHNNY ENGLISHTue 20:30

Les Arcades77 Rue Félix Fauré, CannesCONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MINDDaily 21:50LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER:THE CRADLE OF

LIFEDaily 16:00, 18:30

Le Cannet ToilesRue Victorien Sardou, Le CannetLOST IN LA MANCHAThu, Mon 16:00, Fri 15:30, Sun 20:30

La CoupoleCentre Culturel, La GaudeCONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MINDMon 17:30, 21:00

Cinéma d’EtéParking des Pecheurs, MonacoBRINGING DOWN THE HOUSEThu 21:00

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● Beaulieu-sur-Mer is having its HeritageFestival today until Tuesday. The festivalcelebrates the history and traditions of the townwith a fair, music and dancing. Tel: 04 93 0 02 21.

● Castillon is having an open-air music festivalwith Anna and the Hipshaker, the Caligagan Trioand the Hoochie Coochie Men tonight andtomorrow starting at 18:30 in the main square.Entrance is free. Tel: 04 93 26 75 20.

● LOT flies to Copenhagen, Gdansk, Prague andStockholm and Warsaw at 16:30.

● Continuing today are Barbie Dolls 2003 andthe St Tropez antiques fair.

Saturday 6● The British Association of Monaco is havingits Connoisseur’s Day Trip today. The coach tripwill start with a guided talk by a professionalartist on Renoir at his house and museum atCagnes-sur-Mer. Then on to a guided visit of thewine caves and chateau in the Bellet wine region,ending with a wine tasting at Chateau de Cremat,and followed by lunch at a local auberge. CallAisling on: +377 93 50 19 53.

● There's a bric-a-brac sale with home madecakes and other refreshments at St Hugh'sAnglican Church,Ave de la Resistance in Vencefrom 10:30am.A bagpiper and a drummer willbe providing entertainment throughout the day.

● Valbonne is having its pottery fair in the Placedes Arcades today and tomorrow with works byamateur and professional potters, and anexhibition in the Salles des Fetes.Works byRachid Koraichi will be on display in the Salle St-Esprit until September 15. Tel: 04 93 12 34 50.

● St Laurent du Var is having its annual fete duterroir, the festival of regional produce today atthe Parc Layet from 10:00 to 18:00. Stalls willinclude cheese, meats, honey, jams, wine andcooking ingredients. There is also a mini farm forthe children. Tel: 04 92 12 41 15.

● Draguignan is having a sports day all daytoday at the parc Haussman. There will bedemonstrations of different sports andrepresentatives from the sporting associations.Tel: 04 94 60 31 31

● The Cabris Cricket Club in St Vallier de Thieyis playing at home today and tomorrow againstRotterdam VOC. Both matches start at midday.Tel: 04 93 70 27 23.

● LOT flies to Gdansk,Warsaw and Wroclaw at16:30.

● Continuing today are Jazz in Nice, Barbie Dolls2003, Beaulieu’s Heritage Festival, Homage toPicasso, Castillon’s music festival and the StTropez antiques fair.

Sunday 7● Biograsse, Grasse’s 8th annual organicmarket takes place today at the Palais deCongres. There will be organic wines, vegetablesand fruits with talks and demonstrations.Ashuttle service to the market will leave every 15

Thursday 4● Sunnybank Books is holding a charity sale ofsecond-hand English (and French) books, from10:00 to 15:00 at its offices behind the Gemosuperstore at the ZI Les Tourrades, Cannes-Mandelieu.A map, directions and bus routes canbe found at www.rivgaz.com/sunnybank or callCarolyn MacGinnis on 04 94 76 17 05

● The Barbie Dolls 2003 exhibition at theMusée National de Monaco is open daily untilSeptember 15 with designer Barbie clothes andjewellery on display. Tel: +377 93 30 91 26.

● Sculptures by Seward Johnson are beingexhibited in Monaco’s Jardin des Boulingrins andvarious official buildings throughout theprincipality until October 19. Tel: +377 92 16 6116.

● The Marlborough gallery in Monaco isshowing works by Isabelle Rey and paintings,sculptures and drawings by Adami,Arman, Ben,Botero, Cane, Chihuly, Estes, Larraz, Lipchits,Pepper, Sanchez, Slonem, Sosno and Valdes untilSeptember 26. The exhibition opens this eveningat 18:00. Tel: +377 97 70 25 59.

● Monaco’s Maison de l’Amerique Latine isshowing paintings by Jean-Paul Courchiabetween 15:00 and 20:00 daily except Sundaysuntil September 20. Tel: +377 93 25 17 51.

● My Friend Picasso, an exhibition ofphotographs of Picasso by Lucien Clergue areon display at Cannes’ Espace Miramar untilSeptember 8. Open every day between 14:00 and19:00 except Mondays. Tel: 04 97 06 44 90.

● The 26th St Tropez antiques fair is beingheld at the Esplanade du Nouveau Port dailyfrom 10:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 21:00 untilSeptember 7. Dealers from Paris and Brussels willvalue any objects taken along. Tel: 01 45 62 27 81.

Friday 5● The British Association of Nice is havingHappy Hour drinks at the Westminster Hotel onthe Promenade des Anglais from 17:00 to 20:00.All are welcome. Tel: 06 82 26 61 06.

● The Homage to Picasso exhibition opensthis evening at 18:30 in Mougins’ Lavoir duVillage. The collection of works by DavidDouglas Duncan will be on display until Sunday.Tel: 04 93 75 87 67.

● Cavalaire sur Mer is having its 8th Salon desArts at the Salle d’exposition. Local and foreignartists exhibit and sell their work between 16:00and 21:00 until September 21. Tel: 04 94 64 00 96.

● Beaulieu-sur-Mer is having its annual squareboules competition on Boulevard Marinoni at20:00 this evening. Tel: 04 93 01 02 21.

● Nice’s Theatre de Verdure is having a jazzweekend with Bob French from Louisianaperforming tonight and Sunday night. Playingtomorrow are Jazzticots and the Gigolos.Performances start at 21:00 and tickets are €7.50.Tel: 04 97 13 37 70.

minutes from the railway station car park. Tel: 0497 05 51 50.

● Mouans-Sartoux is having its gourmetmarket today with local delicacies in the mainsquare from 9:00 to 19:00. Tel: 04 92 92 47 24.

● Le Jardin d’Amelie is organising a Sundayfamily walk and picnic in the hills of Cipiereswith a local guide who will talk about the localflora and fauna. To reserve call Cathie on 06 20 7915 60.

● Sanary-sur-Mer is having an antiques fair inthe town square all day. Tel: 04 94 74 04 50.

● The cathedral of Monaco is having an organconcert as part of the International OrganCompetition this evening at 17:00 with France’sentry, Gabriel Marghieri. Entrance is free. Tel:+377 92 16 61 16.

● LOT flies to Copenhagen, Gdansk, Kraków,Stockholm, Tel Aviv and Warsaw at 16:30.

● Continuing today are Beaulieu’s HeritageFestival, Cabris cricket match, Jazz in Nice, the StTropez Antiques Fair,Valbonne’s pottery fair andBarbie Dolls 2003.

Monday 8● Monaco’s Prada Challenge for classic yachtsand classic motor boats starts today untilSeptember 14. Famous yachts on display includeCristina O. Tel: +377 93 10 63 06.

● LOT flies to Copenhagen, Gdansk, Kraków,Stockholm and Warsaw at 16:30.

● Continuing today are Beaulieu’s HeritageFestival, Homage to Picasso, and Barbie Dolls2003.

Tuesday 9● LOT flies to Copenhagen, Gdansk, Kraków,Stockholm and Warsaw at 16:30.

● Continuing today are the Heritage Festival,sculptures by Seward Johnson and Barbie Dolls2003.

Wednesday 10● The Cannes international pleasure boat fairstarts today at the Palais des Festivals andincludes around 450 boats on display in the Portof Cannes until September 15. Opening hours are10:00 to 19:00 daily and entrance to the show is€10. Tel: 04 93 39 24 53.

● Monaco’s Stars ‘n’ Bars is showing Stand UpComedy direct from the London alternativecomedy circuit this evening at 21:30. The two-hour show includes jokes, gags, ad libs, storytelling and one-liners.Also on Thursday eveningat La Gaffe in Antibes, Friday at Les Arbousiers inLes Adrets and Saturday at Morrisons Irish Pubin Cannes. Tel: +377 97 97 95 95.

● LOT flies to Copenhagen, Gdansk, Stockholmand Warsaw at 16:30.

● Continuing today are sculptures by SewardJohnson, the Prada Challenge and Barbie Dolls2003.

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FASCINATING AÏDAFeaturing DILLIE KEANE, MARILYN CUTTS and ADELE

ANDERSON with RUSSELL CHURNEY on pianoThis is cabaret as good as it gets, and you can see it in Antibes before it goesto the West End. This new show is a fabulous collection of new songs and old

favourites, impeccably delivered in unfashionably posh accents by thosethree heavily painted, yet still glamorous old troupers who are proud to say

that they are a Botox-free zone

“See them before you die, otherwise your life will have been meaningless”The Mail on Sunday

“The glamour is magnetic, the satire razor-sharp, the lyrics brilliant”The Guardian

Friday 19 and Saturday 20September, 8:00pm

Théâtre Antibéa, rue Georges Clemenceau, AntibesTickets €28 • Reservations: 04 93 61 01 71