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Bernard Ballet
Bernard Ballet (January 1941 – 17 February 2022) was a French actor and director. Biography Ballet was born in Lyon in January 1941 to a large family. Seeking to become an architect, he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, but he was expelled from the school. He then attended the and took drama classes. His first play was directed by Marcel Maréchal, who offered him an understudy role in "Compagnie du Cothurne". From 1962 to the 1980s, Ballet appeared exclusively in plays directed by Maréchal. He also took part in cinema, appearing in dozens of films. Ballet died on 17 February 2022, at the age of 81. Filmography Cinema *''Uranus'' (1990) *' (1991) *' (1991) *' (1992) *' (1992) *' (1992) *'' The Birth of Love'' (1993) *' (1994) *' (1995) *' (1999) *' (1999) *' (2001) *' (2001) *'' Almost Peaceful'' (2002) *''Adolphe ''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city in France with a population of 522,250 at the Jan. 2021 census within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 2,308,818 that same year, the second largest in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Lyon Metropolis, Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,424,069 in 2021. Lyon is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region and seat of the Departmental co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vichy France
Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the Battle of France, defeat against Germany. It was named after its seat of government, the city of Vichy. Officially independent, but with half of its Metropolitan France, territory occupied under the harsh terms of Armistice of 22 June 1940, the 1940 armistice with Nazi Germany, it adopted Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, a policy of collaboration. Though Paris was nominally its capital, the government established itself in Vichy in the unoccupied "free zone" (). The German military administration in occupied France during World War II, occupation of France by Germany at first affected only the northern and western portions of the country. In November 1942, the Allies Operation Torch, occupied French North Africa, and in response the Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-arts De Lyon
The École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon is a school of art and design in Lyon, located in Les Subsistances, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is part of the École des Beaux-Arts tradition, that established the Beaux-Arts architecture style. History It was founded in 1756 by abbé Lacroix-Laval and a group of art lovers. The school of drawing was free of charge and, owing to its royal charter for academies in the provinces, in 1780 it became the École Royale académique de dessin et géométrie and became one of the earliest French art schools outside Paris. Directors *1960–1974: Jean Coquet *1974–1992: Philippe Nahoum *1992–1998: Guy Issanjou *1998–2011: Yves Robert *2011–present ... : Emmanuel Tibloux Notable teachers * * from 1900 professor of Life drawing * from 1939 * * Patrick Beurard-Valdoye * * * * * Veit Stratmann * * Olivier Zabat Notable alumni * Adrien Bas, c. 1902 * * , 1836 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Maréchal
Marcel Maréchal (25 December 1937 – 11 June 2020) was a French actor, writer, and director. Biography Since 1958, Maréchal had a successful acting career. That year, he founded the Théâtre du Cothurne in Lyon. Other theatres he worked at included the Théâtre du Huitième, the Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre National de la Criée, Théâtre du Rond-Point, and Trétaux de France. In 2001, Maréchal founded the Festival Théâtral de Figeac. Throughout his career, he dedicated himself to contemporary playwrights such as Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vauthier, and Louis Guilloux. He was invited to the Festival d'Avignon on several occasions. Marcel Maréchal died on 11 June 2020 in Paris at the age of 82. Filmography Cinema *''Trotsky'' (1967) *'' I as in Icarus'' (1979) - Rivoli, un cobaye *''Instinct de femme'' (1981) - Pierre, le mari de Marthe *''Il y a maldonne'' (1988) - William *'' Simple mortel'' (1991) - L'homme du parking *''Fanfan'' (1993) - Le père de Fanfan *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uranus (film)
''Uranus'' is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists. It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Michel Blanc as Gaigneux * Gérard Depardieu as Léopold Lajeunesse * Jean-Pierre Marielle as Archambaud * Philippe Noiret as Watrin * Gérard Desarthe as Maxime Loin * Michel Galabru as Monglat * Danièle Lebrun as Mrs. Archambaud * Fabrice Luchini as Jourdan * Daniel Prévost as Rochard * Myriam Boyer as Mrs. Gaigneux * Ticky Holgado as Mégrin, lawyer * Vincent Grass Vincent Grass (born 9 January 1949) is a Belgian actor. He has appeared in a number of both European and American film and television productions, the first being the Belgian television production ''Siska Van Roosemaal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birth Of Love
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost Peaceful as Madame Andrée
* Stanislas Merhar as Maurice
* Malik Zidi as Joseph
* Sylvie Milhaud as Madame Sarah
* Éric Laugérias as Ch ...
''Almost Peaceful'' () is a 2002 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Michel Deville. The film entered the main competition at the 59th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * Simon Abkarian as Monsieur Albert * Zabou Breitman as Léa * Vincent Elbaz as Léon * Lubna Azabal as Jacqueline * Denis Podalydès as Charles * Clotilde Courau as Simone * Julie Gayet Julie Gayet (; born 3 June 1972) is a French actress and film producer.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe (film)
''Adolphe'' is a 2002 in film, 2002 French drama film based on the novel ''Adolphe'' by Benjamin Constant. The film was directed by Benoît Jacquot and starred Isabelle Adjani as Ellénore and Stanislas Merhar as Adolphe. Cast * Isabelle Adjani - Ellénore * Stanislas Merhar - Adolphe * Jean Yanne - Count * Romain Duris - D'Erfeuil * Jean-Louis Richard - Mr. d'Arbigny * Anne Suarez - Mrs. d'Arbigny * Jacqueline Jehanneuf - Aunt Choupie * Jean-Marc Stehlé : Adolphe's father * Maryline Even : La femme de chambre * Bernard Ballet : The prefect * Isild Le Besco : La lingère * Pierre Charras : Le valet de chambre * Rémy Roubakha : Le concierge * François Chattot : The ambassador * John Arnold (actor), John Arnold : Le secrétaire d'ambassade * Maurice Bernart : Le monsieur * Isabelle Caubère : La femme du concierge * Christophe Lavalle : Le laquais d'ambassade References External links * French drama films 2002 films Films directed by Benoît Jacquot Films based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Births
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
