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A Loving Father
''A Loving Father'' () is a 2002 French film starring Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu and Sylvie Testud. It was directed by Jacob Berger. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Writer Leo Shepherd is informed that he has won the Nobel Prize. He lives in a village in the French Alps with his daughter, Virginie, who has given up her entire life for him, and he has an estranged son, Paul, who lives in the city. Leo makes his way to Sweden on a motorcycle, against the advice of his friends. Paul hears about his father having won the prize and calls him to congratulate him, but his sister refuses to let Paul speak to their father. Still wishing to reconnect with his father, Paul sets off to find him. They first meet up at a petrol station, and later at the scene of an accident. Leo barely manages to survive. Taking advantage of the confusion, Paul kidnaps Leo, claiming that his father h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Berger
Jacob Berger (born 1960) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter, and actor. His 1991 film ''Angels'' was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival; his second motion picture '' A Loving Father'' (2002), reunited Gérard Depardieu and his son Guillaume Depardieu; ''That Day'' won Best Director at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival and his 2017 motion picture ''A Jew Must Die'' earned Bruno Ganz a Swiss Film Award for best actor. Biography Jacob Berger was born in Lydney, England, in 1963. He is the son of the English painter and author John Berger and the translator Anya Bostock. His paternal grandfather was of Jewish Italian ancestry, and his mother was of Russian and Austrian Jewish descent. After studying at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and a first short film titled ''A Name for Her Desire'', Jacob Berger filmed his first full-length motion picture, ''Angels'', in Barcelona, with Steven Weber, Belinda Becker, Féodor Atkine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as a lead actor. He is also a film producer, businessman, vineyard owner, and occasional director. Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors including François Truffaut, Bertrand Blier, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Ridley Scott, Jean-Luc Godard, and Bernardo Bertolucci. He is the second highest-grossing actor in the history of French cinema behind Louis de Funès. His body of work also includes many television productions, several records and, as of 2025, 19 stage plays and 9 books. He is known for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures including Cyrano de Bergerac, Georges Danton, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Rodin, Christopher Columbus, Jean Valjean, Edmond Dantès, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the second oldest child of Gérard Depardieu. Early life Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu. Career Guillaume shared the screen with his father several times throughout his career, beginning with his first film role, aged three, playing Gérard's son in Claude Goretta's ''That Wonderful Crook'' (''Pas Si Méchant Que Ça'') in 1974. His next appearance beside his father was in '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991, followed by '' Count of Monte Cristo'' in 1998, and ''Aime Ton Père'' (''A Loving Father'') in 2002. In 1996, he won a César Award (France's national film award) as the most promising newcomer in ''Les Apprentis''. In 2007, he began rebuilding his career with the films '' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress whose film career began in 1991. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' Murderous Maids'' (2000), the César Award for Best Actress for '' Fear and Trembling'' (2003), and the European Film Award for Best Actress for '' Lourdes'' (2009). Her other film roles include '' Beyond Silence'' (1996), '' La Vie en Rose'' (2007), and '' French Women'' (2014). Life and career She grew up in the La Croix-Rousse quarter of Lyon, France. This was an area with many Portuguese, Spanish and Italian immigrants. Her mother immigrated from Italy in the 1960s. Her French father left the family when Sylvie was just two years old. In 1985, when she was 14, she saw Charlotte Gainsbourg in her role of the complex young girl in '' L'Effrontée'', a film directed by Claude Miller, identified with Gainsbourg, and so took drama classes in Lyon with the actor and director Christian Taponard. In 1989, she moved to Paris and sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Générale Cinématographique
UGC is a cinema operator in France and Belgium, operating 57 cinemas as of 2022. It is also a major film production and distribution company. France & Belgium UGC was originally an exclusively French operator, privatized in 1971, who merged with several regional cinema companies running 22 cinemas. The name originally stood for ''Union Générale Cinématographique'', but today only the initials are used. The company is focused on the business side of the film business and French-dubbed versions, showing little interest in the screening of artistic cinema, on the contrary to Pathé and Gaumont cinemas, except in some UGC Paris theatres where the programming is very diversified and includes both subtitled and dubbed versions. Out of Paris, in some cities like Nantes, Bordeaux or Lyon, a part of this diversified programming does exist, but mostly UGC cinemas are like Pathé and Gaumont cinemas. Its competitors include Pathé Cinémas, Cinéville, CGR and Kinepolis Group. In 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
75th Academy Awards
The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 23, 2003, at the Dolby Theatre, Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring 2002 in film, films released in 2002. The ceremony, televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC, was produced by Gilbert Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Steve Martin hosted for the second time, having previously presided over the 73rd Academy Awards, 73rd ceremony held in 2001. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 1, the Academy Award for Technical Achievement, Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Kate Hudson. ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' won six awards, including Academy Award for Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Boisselier
Julien Boisselier is a French actor. Early life and education Julien Boisselier was born and raised in Nantes, before moving to Paris to study comedy at Le Cours Florent. Career Boisselier has acted in many films and television series. He stars in the TF1 2022 French TV series '' Visions'', which premiered at Canneseries that year. The series, directed by directed by Akim Isker, also stars Louane Emera, Soufiane Guerrab , and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Personal life He dated French actress Mélanie Laurent for some time until February 2009. She dedicated her 2006 César Award for Most Promising Actress to him, which she won for '' Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas''. Filmography Film * ''Dans un grand vent de fleurs'' (1996) * ''De gré ou de force'' (1998) * ''Nationale 7'' (2000) * ''Azzurro'' (2000) * ''Quand on sera grand'' (2001) * ''Les Portes de la gloire'' (2001) * ''Un jeu d'enfants'' (2001) * ''Les Acteurs anonymes'' (2001) * ''Aime ton père'' (2002) * ''Nos enfan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass (; ; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for her roles in films such as ''The Syrian Bride'' (2004), '' Paradise Now'' (2005), '' Free Zone'' (2005), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Visitor'' (2007), '' Lemon Tree'' (2008), '' Insyriated'' (2017), and ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017). She gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series ''Succession'' (2018–2023). She has also acted in the Channel 4 series '' The Promise'' (2011), the Lifetime miniseries '' The Red Tent'' (2014), the Hulu comedy series '' Ramy'' (2019–present), and the Hulu drama series '' The Old Man'' (2022). Early and personal life Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel on 30 November 1960 to a family of Israeli Arabs of Palestinian descent. She was raised in the village of Deir Hanna. Since the late 1980s, she has lived in Paris, France, and holds French citizenship. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Frantz
Jacques Frantz (4 April 1947 – 17 March 2021) was a French actor. Nominated for the Molière Award, he was renowned for his theatre work, and his voice, which he lent to many actors, such as Robert De Niro, Mel Gibson, John Goodman, and Nick Nolte. Frantz also appeared in films. Since October 2013, he was the official voice of the radio station Nostalgie Nostalgie is a popular French radio station broadcasting on FM, mostly playing pre-2000s songs with 76% of them coming from the 1980s. Nostalgie is part of the NRJ Group. History Radio Nostalgie, now simply Nostalgie, was created on 16 Septemb .... Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frantz, Jacques 1947 births 2021 deaths French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors French male voice actors Actors from Dijon Male actors from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 20th-century French male actors 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 75th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is handed out annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non- English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. For the 75th Academy Awards fifty-four films were submitted. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Chad submitted films for the first time. The previous year's winner Bosnia & Herzegovina did not submit a film. The Brazilian submission, '' City of God'' was considered one of the favorites, but it was famously snubbed. When the film was released the following year in the US, it garnered nominations in four main categories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Swiss Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Switzerland has submitted 46 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since their first entry in 1961. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non- English dialogue. , five Swiss films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and two of these have won the award, most recently for the Turkish refugee drama ''Journey of Hope'' at the 1991 Academy Awards. Submissions The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
