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      Arts
      &
      Entertainment
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Foreign
      Film
      Review
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      David
      Macdonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We,
      the
      feline-admir-
     
     
      ers,
      might
      appreciate
      this
     
     
      film
      a
      bit
      more
      than
      the
      sadly
     
     
      deprived
      rest-of-the-world.
     
     
      The
      film
      is
      called
      When
      The
     
     
      Cat’s
      Away:
      a
      French
      film
     
     
      from
      a
      couple
      of
      years
      ago.
     
     
      As
      its
      title
      indicates,
      the
      story
     
     
      is
      what
      happens
      to
      a
      woman
     
     
      during
      her
      cat’s
      absence.
     
    

    
     
      Gris-Gris
      (the
      cat)
     
     
      goes
      missing
      when,
      upon
      re-
     
     
      turning
      from
      a
      trip,
      its
      owner
     
     
      discovers
      that
      the
      cat-sitter
     
     
      (an
      old
      lady
      in
      a
      run-down
     
     
      apartment
      with
      cats
      crawling
     
     
      all
      over
      the
      place)
      has
      been
     
     
      unable
      to
      find
      it
      for
      days.
     
     
      This
      unfortunate
      experience
     
     
      forces
      her
      to
      proceed
      with
      a
     
     
      desperate
      search,
      involving
     
     
      putting
      up
      posters,
      as
      well
      as
     
     
      receiving
      help
      and
      support
     
     
      from
      an
      apparent
      network
      of
     
     
      elderly
      women
      who
      evidently
     
    
   
   
    
     
      have
      a
      scientific
      understand-
     
     
      ing
      of
      the
      psychology
      of
      lost
     
     
      kittens.
     
    

    
     
      Of
      course,
      the
      film
      is
     
     
      not
      just
      about
      the
      cat,
      but
      is
     
     
      an
      excuse
      for
      a
      bit
      of
      the
     
     
      woman’s
      self-discovery,
      who
     
     
      appears
      as
      if
      nothing
      exciting
     
     
      ever
      happens
      to
      her.
      Due
      to
     
     
      the
      connections
      she
      makes
     
     
      while
      looking
      for
      her
      cat,
      she
     
     
      meets
      many
      different
      people,
     
     
      including
      of
      course
      the
      eld-
     
     
      erly
      ladies,
      as
      well
      as
      a
     
     
      slightly
      dim
      but
      lovable
      man
     
     
      who
      obviously
      has
      a
      crush
      on
     
     
      her.
      She
      also
      has
      an
      eventful
     
     
      evening
      when,
      having
      ex-
     
     
      changed
      her
      plain
      wardrobe
     
     
      for
      a
      more
      “provocative”
      out-
     
     
      fit,
      she
      hangs
      out
      at
      the
      clubs
     
     
      and
      realizes
      the
      darker
      sides
     
     
      of
      many
      people,
      including
     
     
      those
      who
      she
      thought
      were
     
     
      her
      friends.
      Her
      time
      of
      self-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      discovery
      allows
      her
      to
      deter-
     
     
      mine
      what
      sort
      of
      life
      she
     
     
      truly
      wants
      to
      lead,
      and
      what
     
     
      company
      she
      truly
      wants
      to
     
     
      keep.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      an
      easygoing
     
     
      film,
      presenting
      the
      day-to-
     
     
      day
      lives
      of
      ordinary
      people,
     
     
      this
      case,
      in
      Paris.
      Nothing
     
     
      extremely
      dramatic
      happens,
     
     
      at
      least
      not
      for
      people
      who
     
     
      can’t
      stay
      awake
      unless
     
     
      something
      blows
      up.
      And
     
     
      everything
      resolves
      itself
      in
     
     
      an
      acceptable
      if
      not
      earth-
     
     
      shattering
      fashion.
      Without
     
     
      giving
      away
      the
      ending,
      I
     
     
      wonder
      if
      perhaps
      the
      next
     
     
      time
      its
      owner
      goes
      on
      a
      trip,
     
     
      Gris-Gris
      should
      be
      in
      the
     
     
      care
      of
      someone
      a
      bit
      more
     
     
      attentive
      to
      its
      whereabouts.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rating:***
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who
      is
      Bemus
      Tun?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cape
      Breton
      rockers
      to
      visit
      Charlottetown
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bemus
      Tun,
      a
      Cape
     
     
      Breton
      band
      that
      (some-
     
     
      what
      exasperatedly)
      pro-
     
     
      fesses
      to
      be
      neither
      Celtic
     
     
      nor
      country,
      will
      be
      mak-
     
     
      ing
      a
      two
      date
      stop
      in
     
     
      Charlottetown
      on
      Feb.
      19
     
     
      and
      20
      at
      the
      Phoenix
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Baba’s
      Lounge,
      respec-
     
     
      tively.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      band
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      formed
      in
      January
      of
      1997,
     
     
      and
      promises
      an
      eclectic
     
     
      mix
      of
      everything
      from
     
     
      “melodic
      contemplation
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      ambient
      experimental
     
     
      sounds,
      to
      full
      force
      jazz/
     
     
      funk
      and
      intense
      rock.”
     
    

    
     
      Watch
      for
      posters
     
     
      publicizing
      the
      event
     
     
      closer
      to
      the
      concert
      dates
     
     
      for
      details.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
      +
      9
      February
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Biography
      of
      Wanda
      Wyatt
     
     
      to
      be
      launched
     
     
      February
      21,
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      bi
      hy
      of
      Wanda
      Wyatt
      by
      UPEI
      professor,
      Deirdre
     
     
      Kessler,
      will
      be
      launched
      on
      Sunday,
      February
      21,
      at
      2
      p.m.
      in
     
     
      the
      Summerside
      waterfront
      arts
      complex
      named
      after
      Wanda
     
     
      Wyatt—The
      Wyatt
      Centre
      &
      Harbourfront
      Jubilee
      Theatre.
      A
     
     
      short
      formal
      programme
      &
      entertainment
      will
      begin
      at
      2:15
      p.m.
     
    

    
     
      A
      Century
      on
      Spring
      Street:
      Wanda
      Lefurgey
      Wyatt
      of
     
     
      Summerside,
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      (1895-1998)
      is
      based
      on
     
     
      interviews
      with
      Wanda
      Wyatt
      herself,
      with
      her
      friends
      and
      fam-
     
     
      ily,
      and
      on
      the
      extensive
      diaries,
      correspondence,
      and
      records
     
     
      that
      Miss
      Wyatt
      kept
      for
      most
      of
      her
      long
      life.
     
    

    
     
      A
      Century
      on
      Spring
      Street
      was
      published
      by
      Indigo
      Press.
     
     
      The
      book
      is
      lavishly
      illustrated,
      with
      90
      colour
      &
      300
      black
      &
     
     
      white
      photographs,
      496
      pages,
      indexed.
     
    

    
     
      Deirdre
      ¥
      Kessler
      teaches
      children’s
      literature
      with
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      English
      Department
      and
      is
      co-chair
      of
      the
      L.M.
     
     
      Montgomery
      Institute.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      more
      information,
      contact
      the
      author
      directly
      at
      kessler@upei.ca.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women’s
      Film
      Series
      ‘99
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Co-sponsored
      by
      the
      Women’s
      Studies
      Program,
      the
      Women’s
     
     
      Center,
      Women’s
      Network
      PEI,
      and
      the
      PEI
      Advisory
      Council
     
     
      on
      the
      Status
      of
      Women.
     
    

    
     
      Sunday
      February
      7,
      Sunday
      February
      14
      and
      Sunday
      March
      7,
     
     
      all
      at
      2:00
      pm
      at
      City
      Cinema
      on
      King
      St.
      Admission
      $3.00.
     
     
      February
      7-
      Women
      and
      Politics
      theme
     
    

    
     
      Marilyn
      Waring:
      Sex,
      Lies
      and
      Global
      Economics-
      (NFB
      film)
     
     
      Love
      Affair
      with
      Politics:
      A
      Portrait
      of
      Marion
      Dewar-(NFB
      film)
     
     
      February
      14
      -
      Women
      and
      Relationships
      theme
     
    

    
     
      The
      Theory
      of
      Flight
      (starring
      Helena
      Bonham
      Carter
      and
     
     
      Kenneth
      Brannagh)
     
    

    
     
      March
      7
      -
      International
      Women’s
      Day
      theme
     
    

    
     
      The
      5
      Minute
      Project
      —
      a
      series
      of
      5
      minute
      videos
      from
      around
     
     
      the
      world,
      celebrating
      the
      diversity
      of
      women’s
      lives.
      Initially
     
     
      made
      for
      the
      UN
      Conference
      on
      Women
      held
      in
      Bejing
      in
      1995.
     
     
      for
      more
      information,
      contact:
      abraithwaite@upei.ca
     
    
   
   
    
     
      All
      City
     
     
      Vetropolis
      (Effi
     
     
      (M.C.A.)