Other Cannes entries at Toronto will include Nanni Moretti's The Caiman and Aki Kaurismaki's Lights in the Dusk.

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When, during his apprenticeship in Bruges, Meaume meets Nanni, an alderman's daughter, the two fall in love at once.

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Then, the attempt to love another woman and the realisation that his burning passion for Nanni has left indelible marks.

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Despite being described as a visionary by Nanni Moretti, the head of the Venice jury, Miss Nair played down the acclaim.

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Spielberg, who was nominated but didn't win the directing Oscar for his biopic "Lincoln" this week, takes the reins from Italian Nanni Moretti.

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In the autumn of his life, the epiphanic encounter with the son he formed with Nanni is like a visitation of his first love.

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Nanni abandons her now hideous lover, but keeps alive her passion for the remembered person with his former face, the man she fell in love with.

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Spielberg, who has made 27 films during his 40-year career, takes over from Italian director Nanni Moretti, who was president of the jury for the main competition last year.

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"I think the first night caught them by surprise, so they had to come out in force, " said Wayne Ragguette, owner of Nanni, a health food store on Church Avenue.

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