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Sean Penn, Petra Nemcova, Paul Haggis


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“People say that a great actor is by nature egocentric and that a great director is focused on his art.  Sean Penn is both a great actor and director. 

What he does above and beyond that for the people and the land of Haiti, giving freely of himself, his abiding presence, his work – one could almost say the work of his own hands – his whole discreet, human, moral and altruistic involvement as a benefactor, commands our greatest respect.”   Gilles Jacob - critic, essayist, filmmaker and personality in the world of French cinema and first managing director of the Cannes Film Festival. 
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