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Roger Dumas (actor)
Roger Dumas (9 May 1932 – 2 July 2016) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1954 and 2016. He was born in Annonay, Ardèche. Selected filmography * ''Wild Fruit'' (1954) - Hans * ''Before the Deluge'' (1954) - Un élève (uncredited) * ''Les premiers outrages'' (1955) - Jojo - l'employé de l'auberge * '' Maid in Paris'' (1956) - Un jeune dragueur au jardin * ''If All the Guys in the World'' (1956) - Jean-Pierre * ''Pardonnez nos offenses'' (1956) * ''Les promesses dangereuses'' (1956) - La Bourride * ''The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (1956) - Marc * '' Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (1957) - Maxime Brissac * '' Mimi Pinson'' (1958) - Pierrot * ''Asphalte'' (1959) - Marcel * ''Rue des prairies'' (1959) - Fernand Neveux * ''Signé Arsène Lupin'' (1959) - Isidore Bautrelet dit Véritaz * ''Carillons sans joie'' (1962) - Adolphe Charlier, dit 'le môme' * '' Cross of the Living'' (1962) - Sylvain * ''The Deadly Decoy'' (1962) - Louis * ''Pouic-P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annonay
Annonay (; oc, Anonai) is a commune and largest city in the north of the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department although it is not the capital which is the smaller town of Privas. Other communes in the Ardéche department are Aubenas, Guilherand-Granges, and Tournon-sur-Rhône. Geography The commune consists of the city of Annonay and the hamlets of Vissenty, Chatinais, and Boucieu. With residential development, these four entities have merged into one today. Further away is the hamlet of Toissieu. Annonay was built over several small hills at the confluence of the rivers Cance (Canse) and Deûme (Deôme). Annonay is a crossroads of trade routes: from the Rhône Valley to the region of Saint-Étienne (east-west) and from Lyon to south of the Massif Central (north-south). It is located south of Lyon, south-west of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, and north-west of Saint-Vallier at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Caroline (1968 Film)
''Darling Caroline'' (French: ''Caroline chérie'') is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring France Anglade, Vittorio De Sica and Bernard Blier.Caldiron & Hochkofler p.181 Made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany, it was based on the novel of the same title by Jacques Laurent which had previously been adapted into a film in 1951. It was shot at the Epinay Studios near Paris. The film's sets were by the art director Jean André. The costumes were designed by Jacques Fonteray. It was shot in widescreen and Eastmancolor. Cast * France Anglade as Caroline de Bièvre - une jolie aristocrate aux nombreuses aventures * Vittorio De Sica as Le comte de Bièvre - le père de Caroline * Bernard Blier as Georges Berthier * Karin Dor as Isabelle de Loigny * François Guérin as Gaston de Salanches * Charles Aznavour as Jules, le Postillon * Giorgio Albertazzi as Albencet, le géologiste * Françoise Christophe as Madame C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inch'Allah Dimanche
''Inch'Allah Dimanche'' ( ar, إن شاء الله الأحد, en, Sunday God Willing) is a 2001 French/Algerian movie by Yamina Benguigui about the life of an Algerian immigrant woman in France. Though this is Beguigui's first feature-length fiction film it is largely descriptive of her family's experience moving to France and the struggles for autonomy Algerian women continue to face even today. The film won a variety of international awards, including the 2001 International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Although Benguigui was urged to change the name of the film after the September 11 attacks, she chose to keep the original title, a portion of which is in Algerian Arabic. This film explores the complexities of immigration and the role of women in Algerian society. Cast *Fejria Deliba – Zouina *Rabia Mokeddem – Aïcha, mother *Amina Annabi – Malika *Anass Behri – Ali *Hamza Dubuih – Rachid *Zinedine Soualem – Ahmed *Mathilde Seigner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentimental Destinies
''Sentimental Destinies'' (french: Les Destinées sentimentales) is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. Running from the 1890s to the 1930s, the film tells the story of two wealthy Protestant families in the south-west of France: the Pommerels who make cognac and the Barnerys who make porcelain. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Uninterested in the pottery business, Jean Barnery is ordained as a pastor and marries Nathalie, a woman quite unsuited to the role. When her behaviour with another man excites comment, he sends her and their daughter Aline away with an allowance. When people start commenting that it is worse for a pastor to have a separated wife open to any mischief, he brings her back to the marital home. Then he meets Pauline Pommerel and loses his heart to her. He divorces Nathalie, gives up his calling, marries Pauline, and they move to a rural chalet in Switzerland, where they have a son they name Max. Though the three live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corridors Of Time
''The Corridors of Time'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1965 as a serial in ''Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances ...'', May–June 1965 and as a book by Doubleday. Background ''The Corridors of Time'' alternates between the European Stone Age and a repressive future. In this vision of tomorrow, almost everyone is either an agricultural serf or an industrial slave, but the rulers genuinely believe they are creating a better world. Set largely in Denmark, it treats the Neolithic society with knowledge and respect while not hiding its own faults. It is there that the protagonist, having access to literally all periods of the past and future, finally decides to settle down and finds a happy and satisfying lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World (1995 Film)
''Le Nouveau monde'' is a 1995 French drama film directed by Alain Corneau about post-World War II France, starring Nicolas Chatel and Sarah Grappin. It also features American actors including James Gandolfini and Alicia Silverstone. It was released as ''New World'', direct-to-video in America. The film was released on 22 February 1995 in France, 20 July 1996 in Japan and 13 January 1998 in Turkey. Plot The 1950s in France. Patrick Carrion ( Nicolas Chatel) is a young boy who worships all things American, and comes of age in a small village near a U.S. military base. He has a pleasant French life with a lovely girlfriend, Marie-José Vire ( Sarah Grappin) and happy family. But one day, he meets an American soldier named Will Caberra (James Gandolfini James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (; September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor. For his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American Mafia crime boss in HBO's television series ''The Sopranos'', he won three Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tale Of Winter
''A Tale of Winter'' (french: Conte d'hiver; released in the United Kingdom as ''A Winter's Tale'') is a 1992 French drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer, and starring Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Hervé Furic and Michael Voletti. It is the second instalment in Rohmer's "Contes des quatre saisons" ("Tales of the Four Seasons") series, which also include ''A Tale of Springtime'' (1990), ''A Summer's Tale'' (1996) and ''Autumn Tale'' (1998). The film was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. Synopsis Prologue During her summer holidays at the French coast, young Félicie falls in love and has a romantic relationship with a young and handsome cook named Charles. Unfortunately, Charles is planning to go work in the United States in the Fall. Before they leave on their separate ways, Félicie gives Charles her contact information at the train station. Nervous, and unsure of the address of the new development she is moving into, she wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunker Palace Hôtel
''Bunker Palace Hôtel'' is a 1989 French post-apocalyptic film by comics artist Enki Bilal. Plot In the imaginary dictatorship of a futuristic world, rebellion has broken out. The men in power scramble to the 'Bunker Palace Hotel', a safehouse built long ago for this contingency. A rebel spy sneaks in and observes the raving of the powerful and decadent inhabitants. They wonder what has happened to their leader, who has not arrived. Cast * Jean-Louis Trintignant : Holm * Carole Bouquet : Clara * Maria Schneider : Muriel * Jean-Pierre Léaud : Solal * Roger Dumas : Zarka * Yann Collette : Orsini * Philippe Morier-Genoud : Destoop * Hans Meyer : Le président * Benoît Régent : Nikolaï * Jezabelle Amato : La matrone * Svetozar Cvetković : Marco * Snežana Nikšić * Rada Đuričin * Mira Furlan : Luise Production The film was filmed in Belgrade, Serbia. References External links Bunker Palace Hôtel' at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chouans!
''Chouans!'' is a 1988 French historical adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, and Lambert Wilson. Based on the 1829 novel ''Les Chouans'' by Honoré de Balzac, the film is about a woman who must choose between two brothers on opposite sides of the French Civil War of 1793. For her performance in the film, Sophie Marceau received the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Plot In 1793, during the French Revolution, a young woman named Céline ( Sophie Marceau), who was adopted by Count Savinien de Kerfadec, must choose between two men who have been raised like her brothers, Tarquin Larmor (Lambert Wilson) and Aurèle de Kerfadec (Stéphane Freiss), while they take opposite sides in the conflict. Tarquin, also adopted by the Count, is a partisan of the First French Republic and defends the new political system; Aurèle, the Count's natural son, supports Royalism. Both sons are in love with Céline. After the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Wrongdoers
''Association of Wrongdoers'' (french: Association de Malfaiteurs) is a 1987 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi.Alfred Krautz, Hille Krautz, Joris Krautz, Eberhard Spiess, ''Encyclopedia of Film Directors in the United States of America and Europe'' Plot Gérard and Thierry are business partners who are accused of stealing a safe from a wealthy tycoon in this situation comedy. A practical joke backfires when the two make their colleague Daniel believe he has won the lottery. The owner of the safe calls the police, who chase after the scheming duo. The two steal the safe a second time to cover the loss of the money taken in the first burglary. Monique is the sultry police commissioner and former flame of the robbery victim who investigates the bizarre case. Cast * François Cluzet as Thierry * Christophe Malavoy as Gérard * Véronique Genest as Monique Lemercier * Jean-Claude Leguay as Daniel * Jean-Pierre Bisson as Bernard Hassler * Claire Nebout Claire Nebout (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masks (1987 Film)
''Masks'' (french: Masques) is a 1987 French mystery thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Talent show host Christian Legagneur hires a young reporter, Roland Wolf, to write his biography. However, Wolf has ulterior motives - he is also investigating his sister's disappearance. Cast * Philippe Noiret as Christian Legagneur * Robin Renucci as Roland Wolf * Bernadette Lafont as Patricia, La masseuse / The masseuse * Monique Chaumette as Colette, la secrétaire / The secretary * Anne Brochet as Catherine * Roger Dumas as Manu * Pierre-François Dumeniaud as Max * Pierre Nougaro as Gustave * Renée Dennsy as Émilie * Yvonne Décade as Antoinette * Blanche Ariel as Rosette * René Marjac as Maurice * Paul Vally as Henry * Denise Pezzani as Mme Lemonier Reception The film received mixed reviews. ''Time Out'' said "Chabrol frames the verbal sparring with characteristic precision, but the subtle plot suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Public Woman
''The Public Woman'' (french: La femme publique) is a 1984 French erotic drama film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel ''Demons'' and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the lead actors. The film had a total of 1,302,425 admissions in France where it was the 28th highest-grossing film of the year. Plot summary An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoevsky's novel ''Demons''. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into committing a political assassination. Awards César Awards, France, 1985 ;Nominated *Best Actress - Valérie Kaprisky *Best Supporting Actor - Lambert Wilson *Best Writing - Adaptation - Andrzej Żuławski and Dominique Garni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
