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...people like Emma Achilli, 30, who was born in the U.K. to British and Italian parents and now works as a consultant in Brussels, the good life means "you go to Spain for an all-night party, to England to drink, to Italy for sing-songs and fine food." For Igor Karpatechev, a 30-year-old Russian now doing graduate studies in Paris, the singular charms of Europe reside in "the flavor of the old châteaux, and all those books and museums. The Americans only live in the present and the future, but Europeans also live...
...Spain also provides a retreat from the American tabloids, which have speculated wildly on Cruz's romantic exploits. She has denied dating Matt Damon, her co-star in All the Pretty Horses. More recently, she has been linked to Cage, though she says they're simply "very good friends." Cruz says that at the moment she's not dating and that "I never talk about those things. There's a part that you have to save for yourself...
...wasn't going to be staying in the same place every day because I would go crazy." Like a lot of Europeans of her generation Cruz is on the move, leaving her homeland to further her career but retaining a strong connection to her Spanish roots. Cruz identifies Spain as her home - she's one of three children of a hairdresser mama and a retailer papa and grew up in Madrid - but she calls herself a "citizen of the world...
...shows no interest in politics and instead lends her energy to charity work in Calcutta. Professionally, she has toiled in Spain, Italy, France as well as the U.S., explaining casually in flamenco-flavored English that "I like to work in different languages." When traveling, she picks up her Spanish newspapers on the Web. She's highly paid but not devoted to wealth; this summer she'll begin a five-month hiatus when she'll rollerblade and study photography. In short, a typical 20-something European. Responding to questions from a Time poll measuring the mood of these peripatetic adventurers...
...when the film was released. "My life became totally different." But some things never change. Even after Belle Epoque and All About My Mother (both won Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category) brought American producers and directors courting, she always knew that "I wasn't done with Spain." With Vanilla Sky completed, she'll return to her birthplace to make her next movie. Cruz explains: "My home's still in Madrid. I love the way people take time for themselves. They work hard. But they have time for their friends and time for silence...