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Éric And Nicolas Altmayer
Éric Altmayer (born 8 September 1962) and Nicolas Altmayer (born 26 January 1965) are French film producers. In 1996, they founded the Paris-based production company Mandarin Cinéma (also known as Mandarin Films). Selected filmography Sources: * 1996 : ''XY'' * 1997 : ''Grève party'' * 2000 : ''Jet Set (film), Jet Set'' * 2001 : ''3 Zéros'' * 2002 : ''Steal (film), Steal'' * 2002 : ''Dina'' * 2004 : ''People (film), People'' * 2005 : ''Sky Fighters'' * 2005 : ''Brice de Nice'' * 2005 : ''Love Is in the Air (2005 film), Love Is in the Air'' * 2006 : ''OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' * 2006 : ''On va s'aimer'' * 2007 : ''Hellphone'' * 2007 : ''Le Nouveau Protocole'' * 2008 : ''The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (film), The First Day of the Rest of Your Life'' * 2008 : ''La Possibilité d'une île (film), La Possibilité d'une île'' * 2008 : ''L'Empereur de la nuit'' * 2008 : ''Another Kind of Silence'' * 2009 : ''OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' * 2011 : ''A Happy Event'' * 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Set (film)
''Jet Set'' is a 2000 French comedy film, directed by Fabien Onteniente. A sequel, ''People'', was released in 2004. Plot Jimmy ( Bruno Solo), desperate to save his suburban bar from bankruptcy, conceives a plan to attract the "jet set", the rich and glamorous celebrities of France. He sends his friend Mike ( Samuel Le Bihan), a down-at-heel unemployed actor, to infiltrate French high society and garner contacts with prestigious personalities to invite. Hijinks ensue. Cast * Samuel Le Bihan as Mickaël Gonzalvez aka « Mike » * Lambert Wilson as Artus de Poulignac * Ornella Muti as Camilla * Ariadna Gil as Andréa * Bruno Solo as Jimmy * José Garcia as Mellor de Silva * Aurore Clément as Nicole * Estelle Larrivaz as Lydia * Lorà nt Deutsch as Fifi * Elli Medeiros as Danielle Joubert * Antoinette Moya as Mme Gonzalvez * Guillaume Gallienne as Evrard Sainte Croix * Armelle as Frénégonde * Valérie Benguigui as The Baroness * Adel Kachermi as Himself Reception The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maestro (2014 Film)
''Maestro'' is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Léa Fazer. The idea of the film came from co-writer Jocelyn Quivrin's experience of working with director Éric Rohmer in 2006 on Rohmer's last film ''Romance of Astree and Celadon''. It stars Pio Marmaï, Michael Lonsdale, Déborah François and Alice Belaïdi. Plot Maestro is a semi-autobiographical French dramedy inspired by actor Jocelyn Quivrin’s experiences on the set of Éric Rohmer, Eric Rohmer’s final film. It follows Henri, a struggling actor who dreams of becoming an action star but finds himself cast in a low-budget, poetic costume drama directed by the enigmatic and aging auteur Cedric Rovere. Initially dismissive of the film’s artistic style, Henri focuses on pursuing a romantic interest in his co-star Gloria, but the real story lies in his evolving mentorship with Rovere. As the film progresses, Henri undergoes a transformation, learning to appreciate culture and art under Rovere’s subtle guidan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Of 85
''Summer of 85'' () is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by François Ozon, partly based on the 1982 novel '' Dance on My Grave'' by Aidan Chambers. It stars Félix Lefebvre and Benjamin Voisin. It was released in France on 14 July 2020 by Diaphana Distribution. Plot In the summer of 1985 in Normandy, Alexis, a 16-year-old who is fascinated by death, goes out to sea. A thunderstorm forms, causing his boat to capsize, and he is rescued by 18-year-old David. The pair go to David's house, where Alexis meets his overbearing, single mother, and learns that David was forced to work at the family's fishery shop following his father's death. Alexis also adopts the name Alex, after David's mother mishears his name. David and Alex begin a romantic and sexual relationship over the course of 6 weeks. Alex has a tumultuous relationship with his parents, with his father insisting that he drop out of school to work, while Alex himself is passionate in writing. After an argument w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of Henri Pick
''The Mystery of Henri Pick'' () is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Rémi Bezançon, based on the novel of the same name by David Foenkinos. Plot The film follows a literary critic as he investigates the mysterious author of a newly-published novel that has become a literary sensation, ''Last Hours of a Love Story.'' After a young publisher, Daphné Despero (Alice Isaaz), finds the novel in a library for rejected books in Brittany, she searches for the supposed author, Henri Pick, but finds out from his wife, Madeline Pick (Josiane Stoléru), and his daughter, Joséphine Pick (Camille Cottin) that he is a recently deceased owner of a former pizza shop''.'' A popular television-show literary critic, Jean-Michel Rouche (Fabrice Luchini), thinking it impossible that a simple pizza-maker from Brittany could have written a literary masterpiece, takes on the role of a detective and, with the help of Joséphine Pick, he explores the mystery of the novel's true authorship, unearthi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By The Grace Of God (film)
''By the Grace of God'' () is a 2019 French-Belgian drama film directed by François Ozon. The film stars Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet and Swann Arlaud as three victims of a Catholic priest's abuse, who are set to expose the sexual abuse hidden by the Catholic Church. It premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Jury Grand Prix. The film was released in France on 20 February 2019 and in Belgium a week later, and has received critical acclaim. Plot Alexandre Guérin lives in the Lyon region. A flourishing banking executive, husband of a loving wife and father of five children, he is a practicing Catholic, just like his family. One day, after a conversation with a former scout comrade like him, he remembers the sexual abuse he suffered from a pedophile priest, Father Bernard Preynat. The facts are prescribed. But, assailed by painful memories, Guérin decides to undertake an investigation. He gets in touch with the archbishop's psychologist, Régi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalouse (film)
''Jalouse'' is a 2017 French comedy film directed by David and Stéphane Foenkinos. Plot Almost overnight, Nathalie Pêcheux, a divorced French teacher, changes from a loving mother into a jealous monster. Her first target is her stunning 18-year-old daughter Mathilde, a ballet dancer, but her field of attack soon extends to her friends, colleagues, and even her neighbours. After the success of their film Delicacy, author and screenwriter David Foenkinos pairs up again with his brother Stéphane Foenkinos to portray a woman's radical and unexpected shift of character that oscillates between black comedy and psychological thriller. Cast * Karin Viard – Nathalie Pécheux * Dara Tombroff – Mathilde Pécheux * Anne Dorval – Sophie * Thibault de Montalembert – Jean-Pierre * Bruno Todeschini – Sébastien Corti * Marie-Julie Baup – Isabelle * Corentin Fila – Félix * Anaïs Demoustier Anaïs Aude Marie Michèle Demoustier (; born 29 September 1987) is a French actress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Amant Double
''L'Amant double'' (released in the United States as ''Double Lover'') is a 2017 erotic thriller drama film written and directed by François Ozon, based on the 1987 novel ''Lives of the Twins'' (also known as ''Kindred Passions'') by Joyce Carol Oates. It stars Marine Vacth as a young woman named Chloé who discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity. Plot Chloé, a dowdy museum attendant suffering depression and abdominal pain, consults a gynaecologist. She is told that no physical cause can be found and what she needs is a psychiatrist. She consults Paul, under whose sympathetic care she smartens up her appearance and reacts more warmly to people. In fact they have fallen in love, and they move into an apartment together. Unpacking things, she finds that Paul has changed his name and hidden his family details from her. In the street she sees Paul's double who, she discovers, is a psychiatrist named Louis. Booking a session with him, he is aggressive and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patients (film)
''Patients'' is a 2016 French drama directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir. Plot Following a serious sports accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets other disabled people (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as a disabled since his early childhood. Between impotence, despair and resignation, in the daily struggle to learn to move a finger or to hold a fork, some slowly find a little mobility while others receive the verdict of the disability for life. Despite everything, hope and friendship help them endure their difficulties. Cast * Pablo Pauly as Ben * Soufiane Guerrab as Farid * Moussa Mansaly as Toussaint * Nailia Harzoune as Samia * Franck Falise as Steve * Yannick Renier as François * Jason Divengele as Lamine * Rabah Nait Oufella as Eddy * Dominique Blanc as Dr. Challes * Alban Ivanov as Jean-Marie * Anne Benoît as Christiane * Côme Levin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brice 3
''Brice 3'' is a 2016 French comedy film directed by James Huth and starring Jean Dujardin, Clovis Cornillac, Bruno Salomone and Alban Lenoir. It is the sequel to the 2005 film ''Brice de Nice'', despite its name suggesting it is not the third installment in the franchise. Cast * Jean Dujardin as Brice Agostini (Brice de Nice) * Clovis Cornillac as Marius * Bruno Salomone as Igor * Alban Lenoir as Gregor * Noëlle Perna as Edwige * Jean-Michel Lahmi as Le chargé de mission * Gaston Le Poisson as Fabrice Le Fish * Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Dr. Louis-Do de Bordeaux * Katrina Grey Katrina Grey is a Slovak actress who is best known for the Hollywood movie Hard Target 2 as Kay Sutherland, and the French movie Brice 3. Early life Katrina Grey was born as Katarina Greguskova in Ilava, Slovakia. Following her film debut, sh ... as Braïce Kisseuse Release ''Brice 3'' was released in France on 19 October 2016 in 630 theatres. It opened to number one in its debut week, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frantz (film)
''Frantz'' is a 2016 drama film directed and co-written by François Ozon and starring Paula Beer and Pierre Niney. It is about a young German woman whose fiancé has been killed in World War I and the French soldier who comes bearing a secret about her fiancé. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, where Beer won the Marcello Mastroianni Award. At the 42nd César Awards, ''Frantz'' was nominated in eleven categories, winning one for Best Cinematography. ''Frantz'' is a loose adaptation of the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch film '' Broken Lullaby'', which in turn was based on Maurice Rostand's 1930 French play ''L'homme que j'ai tué''. Plot In Quedlinburg, Germany, in 1919, Anna, a young German woman grieving over the death of her fiancé, Frantz Hoffmeister, in World War I, leaves flowers at his grave. She sees there fresh ones and realizes that these are from Adrien, a young Frenchman she doesn't know. Adrien goes to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattaya (film)
''Pattaya'', known as ''Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya'' internationally, is a 2016 French comedy film directed by and starring Franck Gastambide. Plot Franky (Gastambide) and Krimo ( Malik Bentalha) dream of leaving their grim neighborhood for a trip to the famously sleazy Thai resort of Pattaya. To save money the two register their friend Karim (Anouar Toubali) to the Muay Thai Dwarf World Championship, behind his back. But what was to be for them a dream vacation will turn into the craziest and most dangerous adventure of their lives. Cast * Franck Gastambide as Francky * Malik Bentalha as Krimo * Anouar Toubali as Karim * Ramzy Bedia as Reza * Gad Elmaleh as The Moroccan * Sabrina Ouazani as Lilia * Sissi Duparc as Alexandra * Donia Eden as Aurélie * Sami Bouajila as Krimo's father * Fred Testot Frédéric Giacomo Testo (, ; born 20 February 1977), known as Fred Testot (), is a French actor, comedian and filmmaker. Since rising to prominence in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolat (2016 Film)
''Chocolat'' is a 2016 French drama film directed by Roschdy Zem and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée. Synopsis The clown Chocolat (clown), Chocolat becomes, in 1886, the first black artist of the French scene. Plot In 1897, a black man, the son of former Cuban slave, plays a small role as the cannibal Kananga in the modest circus Delvaux. George Foottit, a white clown, is asked by the director to bring up his routine. He gets the idea to have an act with Kananga; a white authoritarian clown and a black scapegoat named Chocolat. They are well received and the word spreads through France, reaching Joseph Oller, director of the Nouveau Cirque. He asks Foottit and Chocolat to take their show to his Parisian establishment. The success is immediate, and Chocolat becomes the first famous black clown. The success stirs envy in his previous employer's wife. She denounces him for being in France illegally. Chocolat is arrested and tortured by the police. "A negro always remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
