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Serena (2014 Film)
''Serena'' is a 2014 drama film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by American author Ron Rash. Directed by Susanne Bier, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper as newlyweds running a timber business in 1930s North Carolina. Due to negative reviews, the film was a box office failure. Plot In Depression-era North Carolina, George Pemberton is an ambitious timber baron who falls in love with Serena Shaw, a young woman with a sad past. They marry, and she joins him on his land and starts to take control, pressuring and questioning George while remaining affectionate. George's business partner Buchanan feels threatened as Serena begins to undermine his authority. The partnership worsens, and Buchanan strikes a deal with the local sheriff, who wants to buy George's land to make a park. George is hurt by his betrayal, and Serena convinces him Buchanan was never his friend. On a shooting trip, George and Buchanan go alone to flush out a bear. George contemplates k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier (; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for ''In a Better World'') and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award (for directing ''The Night Manager (British TV series), The Night Manager''). Bier made her feature film debut with ''Freud's Leaving Home'' (1991). She has directed a string of films including ''Open Hearts'' (2002), ''Brothers (2004 film), Brothers'' (2004), ''After the Wedding (2006 film), After the Wedding'' (2006), and ''In a Better World'' (2010), where After the Wedding earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. She directed the English-language films ''Things We Lost in the Fire (film), Things We Lost in the Fire'' (2007), ''Love Is All You Need'' (2012), ''Serena (2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StudioCanal
StudioCanal S.A.S. (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ D.A., and Canal+ Production and also known as StudioCanal International) is a French film & television production and distribution company which is a subsidiary of Canal+ S.A.. , the company has 13 production companies in Europe and the United States, and holds around 9,000 titles in its extensive film library in which they ensure the preservation and restoration them for home video releases & digital platforms worldwide. History On 1 January 1987, Canal+ Productions was founded as a cinema film co-production subsidiary of the cable channel which had been established in November 1984, Canal+. The subscription channel was co-founded by André Rousselet and Pierre Lescure. This was to reduce Canal+'s dependence on the American major studios by building its own library that the pay-TV channel could use on their own channels and internationally. By December 1990, Canal+ Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Bodnia
Kim Bodnia (born 12 April 1965) is a Danish actor. He became widely known for his role as police detective Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian crime drama series '' The Bridge''. He's also known internationally for his lead role as drug dealer Frank in Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 directorial debut '' Pusher'', and as Konstantin in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's BBC America spy thriller TV series ''Killing Eve'' (2018–2022). Amongst his award wins and nominations, he is the recipient of two Robert Awards for Best Supporting Actor in '' Nightwatch'' (1994) and Best Leading TV Actor in ''The Bridge''. The latter also earned him a Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. In 2009, Bodnia won the Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the film '' Terribly Happy'' (2007), and in 2019, he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in ''Killing Eve''. Early life Bodnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ryan (actor)
Michael Ryan is a British actor. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Michael Living people British male film actors British male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Wakefield
Charity Wakefield is an English actress. Her appearances include roles in ''Sense & Sensibility'' (2008), ''Casualty 1900s'' (2008–2009), ''Wolf Hall'' and ' (2015), '' Close to the Enemy'' (2016), ', ''Genius'' and ''Bounty Hunters'' (2017), and as Georgina Dymova in ' (2020–2023). Early life and education Charity Wakefield was born in Tunbridge Wells. Her first taste of acting was in an amateur dramatics school production of ''Sleeping Beauty'' in 1987. Wakefield attended a three-year acting course at Oxford School of Drama graduating in 2003. Besides acting, Wakefield plays the violin and has a strong soprano singing voice. Career Wakefield made her screen debut in 2004, in ''(Past Present Future) Imperfect''. She starred in a BBC1 production of ''Rapunzel'', in which Rapunzel is a young tennis star, and also appeared in ''Casualty 1907''. Her theatre credits include '' Yesterday Was a Weird Day'', a production about the 2005 London bombings, Constance in ''The Three Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Dennehy
Ned Dennehy (born 8 December 1965) is an Irish actor in films and television. His credits include ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'' (1998), '' Blitz'' (2011), ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'', '' Downhill'' (2014), '' Luther'', '' Banished'', '' Dickensian'', ''Peaky Blinders'' (2017), ''Versailles'', '' Broken'', '' Outlander,'' and ''Shōgun'' (2024). Career His first notable role was as Mider in ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog''. He also appeared in '' Blitz'', ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and the independent British feature film '' Downhill''. Dennehy's television work includes RTÉ's '' Damo and Ivor'', ''Glitch'', and the BBC dramas ''Parade's End'', '' Luther'', '' Banished'', and '' Dickensian''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Ritson
Blake Adam Ritson (born 14 January 1978) is an English actor. Early life Ritson was born on 14 January 1978 in London and attended the Dolphin School in Reading, Berkshire until 1993, before going to St Paul's School in West London on an academic scholarship. He then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied English and Medieval Italian, graduating in 2000. While a student he acted on both stage and screen, playing Paul Etheridge in ''White Chameleon'', Fleance in ''Macbeth'', and Augustus in Tom Stoppard's ''Arcadia'' (1996) at the National Theatre in productions directed by Richard Eyre and Trevor Nunn. Career Ritson is best known in recent years for playing King Edward III in the TV miniseries '' World Without End'' (2012), the Duke of Kent in ''Upstairs Downstairs'' (2010–2012), Mr Elton in the 2009 BBC adaptation of ''Emma'', Edmund Bertram in the 2007 ITV adaptation of ''Mansfield Park'', Giles Vicary in the BBC series '' Red Cap'' and for portraying side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conleth Hill
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a Northern Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for his role as Varys in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019). Early life Conleth Hill was born in Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He has an older brother who works as a cameraman, a sister who is a producer, and a younger brother, Ronan, who is a sound engineer who has won four Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on ''Game of Thrones''. Hill attended St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's (Clothworkers Company Scholar) acting programme in 1989. Career Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' '' Stones in His Pockets''. For his work in the Canadian production of the play he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award. He played the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Reid (actor)
Sam Reid (born 19 February 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Lestat de Lioncourt in the AMC (TV channel), AMC drama series ''Interview with the Vampire (TV series), Interview with the Vampire'' (2022–present), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. He received three AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, AACTA Award nominations for his leading roles in ''The Newsreader'' (2021–2025) and ''Lambs of God'' (2019). Reid also played John Davinier in ''Belle (2013 film), Belle'' (2013) and Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt in ''The Riot Club'' (2014). Early life and education Sam Reid was born on 19 February 1987, in New South Wales, Australia. He was raised on a cattle property in the Monaro (New South Wales), Monaro region. Reid is of Irish people, Irish descent from his mother's side. He has an older brother, Rupert Reid, who is also an actor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th-largest and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, United States. Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast of the United States, East Coast. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte is its List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
