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Jean-Pierre Coffe (; 24 March 1938 – 29 March 2016) was a French radio and television presenter, food critic, and author. Early life and education Jean-Pierre Coffe spent a major part of his childhood in the town where he was born, Lunéville. He never knew his father, mobilized in 1937 and killed on the field of battle in 1940. He was raised by his mother, who took over the family hairdressing salon. His grandmother was a cook and his grandfather a market gardener. His mother left Lorraine for Paris where he studied at boarding school. At the age of 13, he was seized by a passion for theatre. After completing his studies, he took classes at the Cours Simon and had a number of small jobs at the same time. Television career Jean-Pierre Coffe then began a career in television in the early 1970s. He joined Canal+ on November 4, 1984, and appeared on a number of occasions in the programs hosted by Michel Deist. In 1992 and 1993, he made his first appearances in ''La Grande Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunéville
Lunéville ( ; German : ''Lünstadt'' ; Lorrain: ''Leneinvile'') is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lunéville was a renowned resort in the 18th century, known as the capital of Lorraine. The grand Château de Lunéville, built in 1702 for Leopold, Duke of Lorraine to replace an older palace, was the residence of the duke of Lorraine until the duchy was annexed by France in 1766. The château was designed in the style of Versailles to satisfy Leopold's wife, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV, and became known as the "Versailles of Lorraine". It includes a chapel designed by Germain Boffrand. Leopold and his wife were the parents of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (through him they were the grandparents of Marie Antoinette). The last duke of Lorraine was Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Drucker
Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was included in the price of their TV sets. Career Drucker was born in Vire. He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. Although he kept doing live coverage of major association football matches until 1986, he soon turned to hosting variety shows, such as ''Champs-Élysées'' on Antenne 2 in the 1980s, then '' Stars 90'' on TF1 in the 1990s, then finally '' Vivement dimanche'' on France 2 every Sunday afternoon since 1998. Drucker is known for his polite, toned-down attitude towards show-business stars, and is best known outside France for the incident between Serge Gainsbourg and American singer Whitney Houston on the television programme, ''Champs-Élysées''. Personal life Drucker is Jewish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was originally established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, and it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François Lecointre, who succeeded fellow retired General Benoît Puga in office. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia And The Migoo
''Mia and the Migoo'' (, ) is a 2008 French-Italian animated film produced by Folimage and directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film is about a young girl's search for her father in a tropical paradise, threatened by the construction of a gigantic hotel resort. The English version stars the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods, John DiMaggio, and Amanda Misquez. The film won the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature at the 22nd European Film Awards. The English version of the film was given a limited release in the United States on 27 March 2011 and opened to generally mixed critical reviews. Synopsis At a remote construction site in Latin America, an American developer named Jekhide attempts to build a resort, however, the site is attacked by a mysterious force, causing several workers to get trapped underground. One of the worker's daughters Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother's grave, she sets ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Mixed Up (film)
''All Mixed Up'' () is a 1985 French comedy film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Balasko and Isabelle Huppert. Plot Rose-Marie, a would-be vamp living in a disadvantaged area, gets beaten up by her policeman husband. She takes refuge in a nearby apartment, disturbing her neighbor Anita, a depressed bag lady who was about to commit suicide. The two women knock out Rose-Marie's husband. Believing him dead, they escape and embark on an helter-skelter trip where they are soon joined by Rico, a petty criminal on the run. Cast * Isabelle Huppert as Rose-Marie Martin * Josiane Balasko as Anita * Farid Chopel as Rico Da Silva * Jean Carmet as Mr. Buzinski * Coluche as Coyotte * Dominique Lavanant as Dr. Belin's nurse * Daniel Russo as André Martin * Howard Vernon as Dr. Belin * Bruno Moynot as The policeman See also * Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swann In Love (film)
''Swann in Love'' (, ) is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It is based on Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel sequence ''In Search of Lost Time'', specifically a self-contained section of the first volume, the title of which typically translates as '' Swann's Way'' (1913). It was nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Plot The film's story follows an original treatment of Proust's story by theater and film director Peter Brook, who was originally going to make the movie, setting it as a day in the life of the aging and ill Charles Swann ( Jeremy Irons), who looks back on his past life in flashbacks. The young Swann is an idly wealthy eligible bachelor in the best circles of ''Belle Époque'' Paris, although he is still regarded as something of a social outsider because of his Jewish background. He has been having an affair with the Duchess de Guermantes ( Fanny Ardant), but he soon becomes intrigued and then obsessed by the young courtesan Odette de Cr� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros-Câlin
''Gros-Câlin'' () is a 1979 French-Italian comedy film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Rawson and starring Jean Carmet and Nino Manfredi. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name by Romain Gary. Plot Cast *Jean Carmet as Émile Cousin *Nino Manfredi as Parisi * Marthe Villalonga as Madame Astrid * Veronique Mucret as Irene Dreyfus *Jean-Pierre Coffe as Father Joseph *Alvaro Vitali as Brancardier * Jacqueline Doyen as Madame Niatte * Jeanne Herviale as Irene's concierge *Enrico Maria Salerno Enrico Maria Salerno (18 September 1926 – 28 February 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Chris ... as The President * Francis Perrin as Taxi Driver * Katia Tchenko as The whore References External links * French comedy films Italian comedy films 1979 comedy films 1979 films Films with screenplays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Associate (1979 Film)
''The Associate'' (French: ''L'associé'') is a 1979 comedy film directed by René Gainville and starring Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger and Catherine Alric.Goble p.376 A co-production between France, Hungary and West Germany it is an adaptation of the 1928 novel '' The Partner'' by Jenaro Prieto. The film served as the inspiration for a 1996 American remake '' The Associate''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Sydney Bettex. Cast References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1979 films 1979 comedy films French comedy films Hungarian comedy films West German films 1970s French-language films Films direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violette Nozière
''Violette Nozière'', also titled ''Violette'', is a 1978 crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol starring Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. It tells the true story of teenage prostitute and murderer Violette Nozière, who poisoned her parents in 1933 France. Plot France in the early 1930s: teenager Violette lives with her parents, Baptiste Nozière, a train driver, and Germaine Nozière. Unbeknownst to Baptiste, he is not Violette's father, something known only to the mother and daughter. Rebelling against her petit-bourgeois parents, Violette secretly works as a prostitute. She falls in love with student Jean Dabin, whom she supports with thefts from her parents' as well as her prostitution. Violette's doctor informs her parents that she has contracted syphilis. She convinces them that she has inherited the disease and that they should take a "medicine" which is actually poison. The first murder attempt fails and both survive, although her mother is temporarily hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrambled Eggs (1976 Film)
''Scrambled Eggs'' () is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Joël Santoni and starring Jean Carmet. Cast * Jean Carmet - Marcel Dutilleul * Jean-Claude Brialy - Brumaire * Anna Karina - Clara Dutilleul * Michael Lonsdale - Le Président de la République * Michel Peyrelon - Le Ministre d'Agriculture * Michel Aumont - Le Chef de cabinet de la Présidence * Gabrielle Doulcet - La grand-mère * Jean-Pierre Cassel - Le représentant du dirigeant italien * Denise Bosc - La secrétaire d'Etat * Christian de Tillière - Le chauffeur de Brumaire * Lionel Vitrant - Le livreur de glaces * Claude Legros - Le concierge de l'Elysée * André Penvern * Albert Michel * Jean-Pierre Coffe - Le maire References External links * 1976 films French comedy films 1970s French-language films 1976 comedy films Films directed by Joël Santoni Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière 1970s French films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe 1
Europe 1, (''Europe un'') formerly known as Europe nº 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. It was owned and operated by Lagardère News, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it was one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in France and its programmes were received throughout the country. In January 2022, the right-wing populist media mogul Vincent Bolloré took over the station. History In 1955, to circumvent the prohibition of commercial broadcasting in France after the Second World War, Europe n° 1 was established in the Saarland, a German state that borders France and Luxembourg. Transmissions were not legally authorised, however, until France's post-war administration of the Saarland ceased and sovereignty returned to West Germany in 1957; so, during its first two years (1955–1957), under the direction of Sebastian Kralik, who had defected from Radio Luxembourg, Europe n° 1 was a pirate radio station. In 1959 the French government bough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the '' On n'est pas couché'' show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020. Early years Ruquier grew up in a large family of modest means, the second of five siblings. His father, Roger Ruquier, now deceased, was a boilermaker at construction sites in Le Havre and his mother, Raymonde Ruquier (1924-September 2015), was a housewife. In high school, Laurent entertained his friends by publishing his first satires in the school newspaper. At first he studied accounting - he obtained a DEUG in Economic and Social Administration (AES) at the Le Havre site of the University of Rouen and a Diploma from the Institute of Technology (DUT) in Business Management and Training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
