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Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Pierre Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer. Early life Pierre Richard was born in a bourgeois family from Valenciennes. He is the grandson of Léopold Defays who was the director of the company Escaut-et-Meuse. His name comes from the stage name of Pierre Richard-Willm who was his mother's favorite actor. Pierre Richard spent his childhood and a part of his teenage years in his native city where he was a student at the Henri-Wallon high school. Skipping classes regularly to go to the cinema, it was Danny Kaye in ''Up in Arms'' that revealed his vocation. This was received with only a moderate enthusiasm by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a steady population decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded. The 1999 census recorded that the population of the commune of Valenciennes was 41,278, and that of the metropolitan area was 399,677. History Before 1500 Valenciennes is first mentioned in 693 in a legal document written by Clovis II (''Valentiana''). In the 843 Treaty of Verdun, it was made a neutral city between Neustria and the Austrasia. Later in the 9th century the region was overrun by the Normans, and in 881 the town passed to them. In 923 it passed to the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia dependent on the Holy Roman Empire. Once the Empire of the Franks was established, the city began to develop, though the archaeological record has still not revealed all it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Lanoux
Victor Lanoux (18 June 1936 – 4 May 2017) was a French actor best known to English speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in '' Cousin, Cousine''. Biography Victor Lanoux, born Victor Robert Nataf was the son of a Tunisian Jew from Sfax and a Catholic mother from Normandy. He was evacuated from Paris during the Second World War. Lanoux refers to the name used during his stay in La Chapelle-Taillefert during the French occupation where he lived until the age of 11, when he returned to Paris. He left school at age 14 to become an apprentice varnisher. He worked a variety of jobs, including the Simca automotive assembly line, until he served in the French Army during the Algerian War and was wounded, being awarded the Medal for War Wounded (Médaille des blessés de guerre). His father got him a job at the Studio de Billancourt. He learned acting by correspondence course, then a real course. Career In 1961 he met Pierre Richard who was looking for someone to partner his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toy (1976 Film)
''The Toy'' (french: Le Jouet) is a 1976 French comedy-drama film directed by Francis Veber. The film was remade in 1982 as the American film '' The Toy''. Plot The movie tells the story of a little boy who is trying to prove his father wrong by acting exactly like him. His father "buys" people and nothing can stop him from getting what he wants. His son does not see why he cannot do the same and decides to buy a man, who he encountered at the toy shop. The man he chose happened to be a journalist at his father's newspaper. Gradually with the help of his “toy” the boy manages to prove his father's wrong deeds by exposing them in the newspaper produced by him and his "toy". Along this journey, the boy establishes warm relationships with the man and refuses to stay with his father any longer. The message behind the story is that love and respect matter more than money. Cast *Pierre Richard as François Perrin *Michel Bouquet as Pierre Rambal-Cochet * Fabrice Greco as Eric Ramb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Jouet
''The Toy'' (french: Le Jouet) is a 1976 French comedy-drama film directed by Francis Veber. The film was remade in 1982 as the American film '' The Toy''. Plot The movie tells the story of a little boy who is trying to prove his father wrong by acting exactly like him. His father "buys" people and nothing can stop him from getting what he wants. His son does not see why he cannot do the same and decides to buy a man, who he encountered at the toy shop. The man he chose happened to be a journalist at his father's newspaper. Gradually with the help of his “toy” the boy manages to prove his father's wrong deeds by exposing them in the newspaper produced by him and his "toy". Along this journey, the boy establishes warm relationships with the man and refuses to stay with his father any longer. The message behind the story is that love and respect matter more than money. Cast *Pierre Richard as François Perrin * Michel Bouquet as Pierre Rambal-Cochet * Fabrice Greco as Eric Ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Veber
Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: ''Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire'' (as ''The Man with One Red Shoe''), ''L'emmerdeur'' (as ''Buddy Buddy''), '' La Cage aux Folles'' (as ''The Birdcage''), ''Le Jouet'' (as '' The Toy''), ''Les Compères'' (as '' Fathers' Day''), ''La chèvre'' (as ''Pure Luck''), ''Les Fugitifs'' (as ''Three Fugitives''), ''Le dîner de cons'' (as ''Dinner for Schmucks'') and '' La Doublure'' (as ''The Valet''). He also wrote the screenplay for '' My Father the Hero'', the 1994 American remake of the French-language film '' Mon père, ce héros''. Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance, ''Le dîner de cons''). This theatrical experience contributes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
''The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' (french: Le Retour du Grand Blond) is a 1974 French spy comedy film directed by Yves Robert. It is the sequel to '' The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' (1972). Veber said the film "wasn't good at all... I'm afraid I did it just for the money." Synopsis Three months after the events of '' The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'', Francois Perrin, the Tall Blond Man (who has been living happily with his lover Christine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), is once again pressed into service. Chief of Counter-Espionage Colonel Toulouse has a new boss—the former Minister of Agriculture has become the Minister of Interior. Captain Cambrai (who has been investigating Colonel Milan's death and who is extremely suspicious of Toulouse's involvement) intercepts a letter written by Perrin to his best friend Maurice (who has recovered from his nervous breakdown of the previous film) in which Perrin assures Maurice that he (Maurice) is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
''The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' (french: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire) is a 1972 French spy comedy film directed by Yves Robert and written by Robert and Francis Veber, starring Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort and Mireille Darc. Pierre Richard reprised his rôle of François Perrin in the sequel titled '' The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'', released in 1974, and ''La Chèvre'', released in 1981. The film was remade in English as '' The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985), starring Tom Hanks and Dabney Coleman. Plot Bernard Milan, the second-in-command of France's Counter-Espionage department, is out to discredit his chief Louis Toulouse so that he can supplant him. When a French heroin smuggler who has been arrested in New York claims that the drug smuggling was a secret mission on the orders of French Counter-Espionage (actually on Milan's orders), the resulting bad press reflects on Toulouse, who cannot prove that Milan was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire
''The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'' (french: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire) is a 1972 French spy comedy film directed by Yves Robert and written by Robert and Francis Veber, starring Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort and Mireille Darc. Pierre Richard reprised his rôle of François Perrin in the sequel titled ''The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe'', released in 1974, and ''La Chèvre'', released in 1981. The film was remade in English as ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985), starring Tom Hanks and Dabney Coleman. Plot Bernard Milan, the second-in-command of France's Counter-Espionage department, is out to discredit his chief Louis Toulouse so that he can supplant him. When a French heroin smuggler who has been arrested in New York claims that the drug smuggling was a secret mission on the orders of French Counter-Espionage (actually on Milan's orders), the resulting bad press reflects on Toulouse, who cannot prove that Milan was respon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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