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Cannes, May 15 -- The India pavilion at this 63rd world festival of cinema opened doors on Thursday to a chock-a-block mob, made worse by the presence of Mallika Sherawat, even without serpents (she stars in Hisss, her latest). Indian Ambassador to France Ranjan Matthai did not fail to notice. "This is my fourth arrival in Cannes at this time," he said, "and one thing never seems to change. India's pavilion. Getting into it requires expertise in an ancient Indian sport called kusti." The people who run the place seem unable to profit from experience, 2010 being the third instance of too little space for the weight of invitations and publicity. The Festival's all powerful Director Films, Christian Jeune and the head of the Market, Jerome Paillard, came briefly and left.
The Festival de Cannes opened on Wednesday evening with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, clouded over as much by threatening storms (should the famous red carpet be covered with protective plastic?) as by talk of walk-outs in New York previews.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
In fact, I could not understand the whole last paragraph, but I hope I can understand it after you explain the highlighted parts.
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The Festival de Cannes opened on Wednesday evening with Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, clouded over as much by threatening storms (should the famous red carpet be covered with protective plastic?) as by talk of walk-outs in New York previews.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
In fact, I could not understand the whole last paragraph, but I hope I can understand it after you explain the highlighted parts.
Source :
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Pavilion-- nowadays, an open building which houses a themed exhibit of some sort. de (French) = of clouded over = depressed walk-out = usually, refusal to work, but here it seems to mean that the movie previews were unappreciated by the audiences, who left before the films finished.
- Pavilion-- nowadays, an open building which houses a themed exhibit of some sort.
- de (French) = of clouded over = depressed walk-out = usually, refusal to work, but here it seems to mean that the movie previews were unappreciated by the audiences, who left before the films finished.
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Pavilion-- nowadays, an open building which houses a themed exhibit of some sort.
de (French) = of
clouded over = depressed
walk-out = usually, refusal to work, but here it seems to mean that the movie previews were unappreciated by the audiences, who left before the films finished.
de (French) = of
clouded over = depressed
walk-out = usually, refusal to work, but here it seems to mean that the movie previews were unappreciated by the audiences, who left before the films finished.
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