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Albert Dupontel
Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up comedian. In February 1998, his film '' Bernie'' took the Grand Prize at the 9th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Fil ... which was attended by Dupontel. One-man shows Filmography As actor As filmmaker References External links official website* 1964 births Living people People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French people of Breton descent French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French humorists French stand-up c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Germinois''. With its elegant tree-lined streets it is one of the more affluent suburbs of Paris, combining both high-end leisure spots and exclusive residential neighborhoods (see the Golden Triangle of the Yvelines). Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a sub-prefecture of the department. Because it includes the National Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it covers approximately , making it the largest commune in the Yvelines. It occupies a large loop of the Seine. Saint-Germain-en-Laye lies at one of the western termini of Line A of the RER. History Saint-Germain-en-Laye was founded in 1020 when King Robert the Pious (ruled 996–1031) founded a convent on the site of the present Church of Saint-Germain. In 1688, James II of England exiled h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Award For Best Actor
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor (french: César du meilleur acteur). History Superlatives Winners 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Actor nominations: One actor has the record of most consecutive nominations with 4: Gerard Depardieu (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/ 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986/ 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) See also * Lumières Award for Best Actor *Magritte Award for Best Actor *European Film Award for Best Actor *Academy Award for Best Actor *BAFTA Award for Best Actor References External links * César Award for Best Actorat '' AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar Award For Best Actor Actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year since its inception, except for 2011 and 2013, when it was cancelled due to budget limitations and political instability. It is the only international competitive feature film festival recognized by the FIAPF in the Arab world and Africa, as well as the oldest in this category. History The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) is one of only 15 Festivals accorded as a category "A" status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations FIAPF. It is the oldest internationally accredited cultural feature film festival in the Arab World, Africa and the Middle East. Now briefly and in short, the history of CIFF goes back to 1975, after a visit to the Berlin Film Festival the late writer-critic Kamal El Mallakh and a group of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intimate Enemies (2007 Film)
''Intimate Enemies'' (french: L'Ennemi intime) is a 2007 French war film directed by Florent Emilio Siri, starring Benoît Magimel and Albert Dupontel. It was filmed in France and Morocco. Plot The film is set in 1959 during the Algerian War. Lieutenant Terrien (Benoît Magimel), an inexperienced and naïve junior French Army officer, has volunteered for active service, rather than a safe staff post in Algiers. He is posted to Kabylie, a remote and mountainous region of Algeria, as a replacement for Lieutenant Constantin (Hicham Hlimi) who was killed during a ‘friendly fire’ incident commanding a counter-insurgency ambush operation – i.e. he was accidentally killed by his own side during a confused fire-fight. The war in Algeria is much more complicated than Lieutenant Terrien anticipated as he takes over command of his new platoon at the outpost "Mazel". Within hours of taking over his new command Terrien is ordered to lead a ‘locate and destroy’ mission into the ''z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysalis (2007 Film)
''Chrysalis'' is a French science fiction film directed and co-written by Julien Leclercq and starring Albert Dupontel. The film was commercially released in France on 31 October 2007. Synopsis In the near future Paris, lieutenant David Hoffman from the European Police is chasing down Bulgarian human trafficker Dimitri Nicolov, along with his police partner and wife, Sarah. During the ensuing shoot-out, Sarah is killed by Nicolov and David is injured. Some time later, David is brought back to active service and given a new partner, Marie, the niece of a high-ranking Intelligence officer. They investigate the body of an illegal immigrant, Tatiana, found with strange marks under her eye from what looks like an eyelid retractor, and her brain cooked by electrical shocks. In the meantime, a young woman named Manon, who's been involved in a car accident, is being nursed to health at the hi-tech clinic directed by her mother, Professor Brügen. Manon seems to have issues recovering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Toulemonde
''Odette Toulemonde'' is a 2006 French comedy film written and directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Cast * Catherine Frot - Odette Toulemonde * Albert Dupontel - Balthazar Balsan * Jacques Weber - Olaf Pims * Fabrice Murgia - Rudy * Nina Drecq - Sue Ellen * Camille Japy Camille Japy (born 7 September 1968) is a Belgian-French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** Fr ... - Nadine External links * 2006 comedy films 2006 films French comedy films 2000s French-language films Films scored by Nicola Piovani 2000s French films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenue Montaigne (film)
''Fauteuils d'orchestre'' (literal translation, Orchestra Seats) is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Australia as ''Orchestra Seats'', and in the United States and English-speaking Canada as ''Avenue Montaigne''. Production Valérie Lemercier was awarded a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance. The movie was nominated for another four Césars and also received a shortlist nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The film is dedicated to Suzanne Flon (Madame Roux in the cast), who died after the film was completed. Cast * Cécile de France – Jessica * Valérie Lemercier – Catherine Versen * Albert Dupontel – Jean-François Lefort * Claude Brasseur – Jacques Grumberg * Dani – Claudie * Christopher Thompson – Frédéric Grumberg * Laura Morante – Valentine Lefort * Annelise Hesme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globes De Cristal Award For Best Actor
The Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actor was first awarded in 2006. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s {, class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" cellpadding="5" , - style="background:#BEBEBE;" ! style="width:8%;" , Year ! style="width:22%;" , Winner and nominees ! style="width:25%;" , Film ! style="width:20%;" , Director , - , rowspan="6" style="text-align:center", 2010(5th) , - style="background:#FAEB86" , Tahar Rahim , , ''A Prophet'' , , Jacques Audiard , - , François Cluzet , , '' In the Beginning'' , , Xavier Giannoli , - , Yvan Attal , , '' Leaving'' , , Catherine Corsini , - , Vincent Lindon , , ''Welcome'' , , Philippe Lioret , - , Jean Dujardin , , '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' , , Michel Hazanavicius , - , rowspan="6" style="text-align:center", 2011(6th) , - style="background:#FAEB86" , Michael Lonsdale , , '' Of Gods and Men'' , , Xavier Beauvois , - , Romain Duris , , ''Heartbreaker'' , , Pascal Chaumeil , - , Gérard Depardieu , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked Out (film)
''Locked Out'' (french: Enfermés dehors, ) is a 2006 French film directed by and starring Albert Dupontel, and written by him in collaboration with Guillaume Laurant. Plot A glue-sniffing homeless person stumbles upon a policeman taking his own life and decides to put his abandoned uniform to good use. Initially this means using it to steal food from the police canteen but soon Roland discovers that wearing the uniform gives him certain powers and responsibilities, particularly tracking down the kidnapped child of a former porn star with whose picture he had fallen in love. Cast * Albert Dupontel: Roland * Claude Perron: Marie * Nicolas Marié: Duval-Riché * Hélène Vincent: Madame Duval * Roland Bertin: Monsieur Duval * Yolande Moreau: Gina * Bouli Lanners: Youssouf * Bruno Lochet: M'Burundé * Serge Riaboukine: Jean-Pierre Lascoumes * Philippe Duquesne: The Indian * Lola Arnaud: Coquelicot * Dominique Bettenfeld: Sergeant Kur * Jackie Berroyer: The sex-shop customer * Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Long Engagement
''A Very Long Engagement'' (french: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, italic=yes, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. Plot Five French soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near-certain death in no man's land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash Truck
''Cash Truck'' (french: Le Convoyeur) is a 2004 French action thriller film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, who co-wrote the script with Eric Besnard. It was remade in English by director Guy Ritchie in 2021 as ''Wrath of Man''. Plot Fear and uncertainty prevail in the money transport company Vigilante. Three of the transports have recently been robbed and the guards killed. The perpetrators were able to escape undetected every time. It always seems to be the same gang. It is clear to the employees that there must be a mole in their company. In addition, the company will soon be bought by a U.S. company in a month. However, it is not yet clear who will be retained and who will lose his job. In this situation, Alexandre Demarre is hired as a new employee. At first he is watched suspiciously by his colleagues, but when he proves himself in a robbery and fends off the assailants, he is welcomed into the group. His living conditions remain a mystery, however, as he doesn't let any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Car Keys
''The Car Keys'' (french: Les Clefs de bagnole) is a 2003 French mockumentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Laurent Baffie. Plot It's hard to make a good movie. Laurent Baffie understands this and takes Daniel Russo on a quirky adventure in search of the car keys he lost. In reality, his keys are in his left pocket, but all of this is just an allegory of life, friendship, and adventure. An adventure in which Baffie plays himself, while at the same time directing, screenwriting, and producing. Cast and characters * Laurent Baffie as Laurent * Daniel Russo as Daniel * Alexandra Sarramona as Lucie * Pascal Sellem as Pascal * Bruno Moynot as Zadko Preskovic * Dani as The Bourgeois * Gérard Depardieu as Cheese maker * Alain Chabat as Dog seller * Michel Galabru as Teacher * Jean-Marie Bigard as Bank director * Mado Maurin as Woman in white * Chantal Ladesou as Bank teller * Chantal Lauby as clingy woman * Claire Maurier as Old lady * François Rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
