Michel Martin

Variety is the spice of life and the University of California, Santa Cruz's Garden Project, headed by Orin Martin proves this fact. Here Michel visits one of California's most intensive gardens.

Baya Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war" to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results - until she meets Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin), a Jewish middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), the duo improbably fall in love. Amid the bubbly amour, humorous lasciviousness and moments of sheer madness, filmmaker Michel Leclerc injects satirical riffs on such hot-button sociopolitical issues as Arab-Jewish relations, anti-Semitism, immigration, and racial and cultural identity.

A Paper Wedding movie trailer - starring Genevieve Bujold, Dorothee Berryman, Manuel Aranguiz, Monique Lepage, Teo Spychalski. Directed by Michel Brault. Genre: Drama Rating: Not Rated

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story movie trailer - starring Martin Landau, Edward James Olmos, Costas Mandylor. Directed by Michel Poulette. Genre: Drama