In their hometown, people truly believed Roger Zellweger was a self-made multimillionaire.

A man who had left the village with nothing, only to return each year in a private jet, surrounded by luxury cars and expensive gifts.

The villagers praised him endlessly, their eyes filled with admiration , and envy.

For Mdm. Zellweger, nothing fed her vanity more.

She never quite fit into the capital's true upper class, but in the village, she was the queen.

The poorer the place remained, the more ...