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Five and a half hours apart by train to Helsinki, the capital of Finland St. Petersburg, the capital of Tsarist Russia for over 200 years (1712-1918), now known as the Venice of the North for its abundant channels. Founded in the eighteenth century by Peter the Great, has a rich cultural, historic and architectural beauty (churches, museums, theaters, bridges), which is why the UNESCO declared World Heritage Site.

A city of wide, long streets, open spaces, plazas and parks, also half of the subway system (Metro), built at great depth (middle photo) , and whose platforms does it take several minutes, seemingly endless, amid thousands of people moving smartly. It is a favorite destination for tourists. He does not speak the language and try a little sparse the Russians could make it an impenetrable city, however it is not and can explore freely. There's plenty to see and the way things are and interesting places. In markets, for example, it is possible greater contact with people. Immigrants from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, are friendly, cheerful, ready to make contact through gestures and posing for photos (above) . San

Petersburg, which also offers a variety of national and international restaurants, shines in the few days of sunshine a year. To shine more light towers and golden domes of the buildings, but also makes visible its slow deterioration.

symbolic buildings
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, built between 1883-1907, is one of the most striking, and its silhouette dominates the landscape. For its colorful decoration looks like a giant cake. Inside there are well-preserved mosaics that after observing for a while come to pall, the intensity of colors and quantity. Is alongside the canal Griboedova and a large park where people go in search of rest and tranquility.

The Hermitage Museum is huge, a jewel. It houses more than three million works of art. No photo that you can record the magnificence of what is seen, although the film Russian Ark, Aleksandr Sokurov, has captured some of their inner magic. The museum was founded by the Empress Catherine II the Great, and his collection includes various topics: prehistoric art, coins, furniture, paintings, sculptures, jewelry, among others. The 33 rooms of the Winter Palace can be visited for several days, otherwise must be prioritized. Among the captive are the sections of Russian art, Western (classical, impressionistic and ceramics by Picasso), and parts of Asia and the East. His gun collection is the largest in Europe. The dust and lack of maintenance of the museum does not overshadow the beauty of the works.

St. Petersburg Mosque, one of the largest in Europe, is a spectacular building with a large dome of blue and turquoise minarets are seen in the distance. It is located in the area Petrogradskaya near the Troitsky Bridge. Entry is permitted only to Muslims and appropriate clothing. Notes that in its no interior pictures of living things, according to Islamic requirements decoration of mosques. Wealth

culinary
A delicious discovery was the cuisine of Georgia and Armenia, former Soviet republics, to name a few.






Tbiliso restaurant on Calle 10 and behind Sytninskaya Sytny market is the food paradise of Georgia. The exquisite menu is complemented with the care of the decoration, kitchenware, curtains, hand-painted clear divide small rooms and staff wearing traditional clothing of that country. Attention is warm and the staff always ready to help. The ingredients that stand out are the cilantro, cheese, wild fruits, and more. The flavors are delicate and defined, beginning with the khachapuri (bread with goat cheese / photo 3 above) or Khinkaly pork and chili pepper (similar to dim sum), pork sausages res or kharcho (soup).






Yerevan restaurant offers the flavors of traditional cuisine of Armenia (Fontanaki 51). Follow the same Tbiliso concept and highlights the ethnic side. There is also a care in the presentation of dishes and the decor of the room, with objects coming from Armenia. The flavors are Mediterranean. His version of Börek (salted cake goat cheese) is the most delicious (above, figure 3).

Le'chaim The restaurant, located in the basement of the main synagogue in St. Petersburg (Grand Choral Synagogue), is the best option in town in terms of traditional Jewish food (kosher). Is a nonprofit restaurant and the profits go to projects and institutions for the elderly, children and needy. Al side f oto of the Synagogue of neo-Byzantine and Moorish.

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Film on child stolen dictatorship in Argentina wins Zurich Festival

Europe this weekend was the three Golden Eye (Golden Eye) for the sixth edition of Zurich Film Festival , although one of the film, Das Lied in mir (The day I was not born), Florian Cossen is directly linked to Latin America (photo l © film Film Festival Zurich ) . It tells the story of a young German who travels to Chile and to make stops in Buenos Aires decided to stay, after feeling a strong emotional connection with the place. A few days later reveals his German father who was born in Argentina and is the daughter of a couple of disappeared during the military dictatorship.

slomijenim nosema Zena sa (The woman with a broken nose), the Serbian director Srdjan Koljevic, received the award for best international film (photo film © l Zurich Film Festival ) . It's about a woman who tries to kill himself by jumping off a bridge in Belgrade. A series of characters intermingle in this fascinating and moving story. The taxi driver who inherited the chair of the suicide, divorced professor, pharmaceutical breaking their engagement, the priest married and in love with another, and a prostitute who helps the driver set the scene symbolically to show something of the life of one of former countries of the Tito's Yugoslavia. "My film explores the possibility of life despite the losses and injuries suffered in the past. E s a kind of metaphor for what we live today " says Koljevic (with its Golden Eye, opposite the m Irada attentive Frank Langella, President and the jury that awarded him) . The bridge in Belgrade, which is a constant presence in the film, reports the old and new town, and is always overwhelmed by traffic, is as if life got stuck ", says Serbian director and one of the most renowned writers of the Balkan countries.

Armadillo, the Dane Janus Metz, voted the best documentary, portrays the Danish soldiers during their deployment in Afghanistan under a UN mandate. Armadillo is a field in the Afghan province of Helmand where the Danish patrol the area. (photo l © film Zurich Film Festival )

The three winning films received, apart from Golden Eye , 20,000 francs each , and another amount for distribution in Switzerland. Of the 72 films screened at the festival, 32 competed in three categories: international films (12), German-language films (8) and international documentaries (12). Outside competition were Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu of Mexico; You Will Meet a tall dark stranger , Woody Allen, and The con artist, the Canadian Risa Bramon Garcia, among others.

The festival took place smoothly and with greater visibility inside and outside Switzerland, perhaps the result of last year have been the focus of the press for the arrest of Roman Polanski. Organizers say this year increased the number of viewers (nearly 40,000), like applications for inclusion movies.

This year the tribute was for the Czech filmmaker Milos Forman. For several days projected ten of his films and gave a master class. In the closing night (Saturday), actress and singer Courtney Love (with Milos Forman) , star of two of his films, gave a moving speech and in tears thanked him for trusting Forman knowing her as an actress of her problems with drugs. In the front rows were Oliver Stone, Bob Geldof, Adrian Grenier, Frank Langella, Carlos Cuarón (Mexico) and Julia Salomonoff (Argentina) and others. Sunday night was the time of actor Michael Douglas, who could not receive Golden Icon his health problems and did so in his name his friend Danny de Vito.

A European look of the dictatorship in Argentina
"is pure fiction, inspired by true events that occurred years ago in Argentina" , is the first thing I said Florian Cossen (1979), and with its Golden Eye for best film in German. in mir Das Lied , a few weeks ago won three awards (FIPRESCI, the public, and a special mention of the Ecumenical Jury) at the World Film Festival of Montreal, was conceived in 2006 when the young manager went to live for six months in Argentina. "I was struck by the stolen children were no longer children but young adults like me, and a life, a family and an identity that overnight took a dramatic turn" said with great kindness and a Argentine Castilian accent.

is not a political film about the military dictatorship, but about a person's life. "We wanted to have personal and private history of a girl with Argentine roots that grew up thinking that was German, and knowing his history alone facing a new situation -your new and old family- After confronting her adoptive father . Similar cases happened in reality ", Cossen accurate. Is a production in which speaking three languages \u200b\u200b(German, English and English) and the actors are Germans and Argentines. Jessica Schwarz, the German star, does not speak English. Argentine actor Rafael Ferro speaks German and he learned for the film. "He talked a little bit, but it was my mother who taught intensive" , has Cossen, who is considered 100% German, although born in Tel Aviv and grew up in several countries (Israel, Canada, Spain, Costa Rica and Germany) because of the diplomatic parent.

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The life of Frederick Veiroj (Montevideo, 1976) is the only Latin American film to compete in the international feature film section. In the documentary there were three, including two American directors. Hauling , Canadian, living in Brazil, Sean Walsh (Montreal, 1970), about the lives of a recycler of waste Sau Paulo. The two Escobars (Both Escobar), led by American brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist, the relationship of drugs and football and killings of Pablo Escobar, the drug trafficker and Andres Escobar, the captain of the football team of Colombia. one day less of the Mexican Dariela Ludlow (1976), with humor and sensitivity shows the daily life of an old married couple.

The life achieved a Special Mention at the Festival of San Sebastian. Zurich appealed to the audience, according to public dialogue with the director at the end of the projections. It is the second feature by Federico Veiroj (side) , the first Acne, received several awards and was nominated for the Goya for best film in Latin American 2009. The life is filmed in black and white and is focused on Jorge, employed for 25 years Cinematheque of Montevideo, who remains unemployed and has to adapt to their new situation ( photo of l film © Zurich Film Festival ) . Reality and fiction converse fluently and other times is confused with a documentary. " is a fantasy with elements of reality. Jorge's character is a kind of Quixote of his own movie passing through a transformation ", Veiroj said. Uruguayan composer's music is an important ingredient in the film.

Veiroj very familiar with the subject, worked in Uruguay Cinematheque and the Film Library of Spain. While it says it is not an autobiographical film recognizes that all the characters. A useful life expect a long journey, which began in the Toronto Film Festival was followed by San Sebastian, Zurich and now goes to Germany, Poland, Chile and other festivals. "I would like to return to the Festival of Lima, where he already spent my last film" I said before departing.