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Didier Decoin
Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. Biography He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at ''France-Soir'', ''Le Figaro'' and ''VOD'', and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films ''Les Misérables'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Balzac'' and ''Napoleon''). In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt. Bibliography Novels * ''Le Procès à l'Amour'' (Seuil, 1966) (Bourse Del Duca). See * ''La Mise au monde'' (Seuil, 1967) * ''Laurence'' (Seuil, 1969) * ''Elisabeth ou Dieu seul le sait'' (Seuil, 1970) (prix des Quatre Jurys) * ''Abraham de Brooklyn'' (Seuil, 1971) (prix des Libraires) * ''Ceux qui vont s'aimer'' (Seuil, 1973) * ''Un policeman'' (Seuil, 1975) * ''John l'Enfer'' (Seuil, 1977) (Prix Goncou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and thus the seat of the larger arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt. It is also part of the Métropole du Grand Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt includes one island in the Seine: Île Seguin. Boulogne-Billancourt is one of the wealthiest regions in the Parisian area and in France. Formerly an important industrial site, it has successfully reconverted into business services and is now home to major communication companies headquartered in the Val de Seine Central business district, business district. Etymology The original name of the commune was Boulogne-sur-Seine (meaning "Boulogne upon Seine"). Before the 14th century, Boulogne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Early life Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. Career In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film ''Le coup du berger'' ('' Fool's Mate'') by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French '' nouvelle vague'' and a star. He appeared in films of ''nouvelle vague'' directors such as Claude Chabrol ('' Le Beau Serge'', 1958; '' Les Cousins'', 1959), Louis Malle ('' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'', 1958; '' Les Amants'', 1958), François Truffaut ('' Les 400 Coups'', 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, ('' Une femme est une femme'', 1961), Éric Rohmer ('' Claire's Knee'', 1970), as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Corbiau
Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1988), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and '' Le roi danse'' (2000). Two of them (''Le maître de musique'' and ''Farinelli'') were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a .... He lives in Belgium and is working on several projects. Select Filmography * Le maître de musique (1988) * L'année de l'éveil (1991) * Farinelli (1994) * Versailles, la visite (1999) * Le roi danse (2000) * Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003) * Augustin Dumay, Laisser une trace dans le coeur (2009) * Abdel Rahman El Bacha: Un piano entre Orient et Occide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Roi Danse
''The King Dances'' (''Le Roi danse'') is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, ''Lully ou le musicien du soleil'' (1992). The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert. Plot Lully (Boris Terral) starts to gain the favour of the 14-year-old King Louis in 1653 by giving him specially designed shoes for '' Ballet Royal de la Nuit''. His subsequent rise draws hostility from the old cadres of the court, particularly the royal composer Cambert ( Johan Leysen). Following Cardinal Mazarin's death, Louis ( Benoît Magimel) installs himself in full power as the king in 1661. He is now at stake with the religious establishment created and controlled by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries), The Count of Monte Cristo'' with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series ''Les Misérables (2000 miniseries), Les Misérables'' with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is ''Balzac: A Passionate Life'' (1999) and ''Cet amour-là'' (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and ''Raspoutine (2011 film), Raspoutine'' (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was ''Les Liaisons dangereuses (miniseries), Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (2003) with Catherine D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (1998 Miniseries)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (a.k.a. ''Le Comte de Monte Cristo'') is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. The series had approximately 12 million viewers for each episode during its initial premier in September 1998. The series premiered on Bravo (American TV network), Bravo on 21 June 1999 in the United States. Plot Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies. Edmond escapes and creates a new identity for himself as he swears to exact a cruel v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father of French film director Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz () is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They Fall'' (1994), and Best Film and Best Editing for '' La Haine'' (1995). He also re .... Filmography References External links * 1938 births Living people French film directors Hungarian Jews Hungarian emigrants to France {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob The Liar
''Jakob the Liar'' is a 1999 American-made Holocaust film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft and Marsha Garces Williams. It is written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin based on the 1969 German novel '' Jacob the Liar'', by Jewish author Jurek Becker. The film stars Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon and Bob Balaban. The film is set in 1944 in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust and tells the story of a Polish-Jewish shopkeeper named Jakob Heym, who attempts to raise the morale inside the ghetto by sharing encouraging rumors that he claims to have heard on a radio. An earlier film based on the novel is the 1975 East German-Czechoslovak film '' Jakob der Lügner''. The movie was a critical and commercial failure: it grossed only $4 million against a $45 million budget, and received negative reviews by critics, with many comparing it unfavorably to the similarly themed Italian movie '' Life Is Beautiful'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Moati
Serge Moati (born Henry Moati; 17 August 1946) is a French journalist, television presenter, film director and writer. He is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel '' Les Belles de Tunis''. As is his sister, Serge Moati is a French citizen, with Tunisian-Jewish origins. He is the father of the actor Félix Moati. Moati was formerly a political consultant/public relations manager for François Mitterrand. Filmography * '' Changer la vie, Mitterrand 1981-1983'' (2011) - TV movie * '' Je vous ai compris: De Gaulle 1958-1962'' (2010) - TV movie * ''Roses à crédit'' (2010) - producer * '' Mitterrand à Vichy'' (2008) - TV movie * '' Les mitterrand's''' (2006) - TV documentary * '' Capitaines des ténèbres'' (2005) - TV movie * '' Radio France: 24 heures sur 24'' (2003) - TV documentary * '' Un an après'' (2003) - TV documentary * '' Tous en scène! Ou spectacles d'une élection'' (2002) - TV movie * '' Une vie ordinaire ou Mes questions sur l'homosexualité'' (2001) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouche (unfinished Film)
''Mouche'' (working title: ''L'Amour de vivre'') is an unfinished French romantic comedy drama film by Marcel Carné, adapted from Guy de Maupassant's short story of the same title, based on a screenplay conceived with Didier Decoin. The production, which halted in 1992 after eight-to-ten days of shooting, was Carné's final work as director. Though Carné had countless other film projects that were initiated but never completed—including adaptations of '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' and '' The Castle''—and although several were eventually made by others, such as ''Mary Poppins'' (1964), '' Germinal'' (1963) and '' La Reine Margot'' (1954), he considered his failure to make ''Mouche'' his greatest disappointment. ''Mouche'' was one of two unfinished projects that Carné had actually begun production on before being abandoned; the other being La fleur de l'âge' (1947). Premise The original Guy de Maupassant story of "Mouche" centers on a fun-loving group of young b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Life
''Out of Life'' () is a 1991 film directed by Lebanese director Maroun Bagdadi. The film tells the story of a French photographer (played by Hippolyte Girardot), who is kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon, and attempts to maintain his personal dignity in the face of torture and brainwashing. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the kidnapping of Roger Auque during the Lebanon hostage crisis The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly US, Americans and Western Europeans, but 21 national origins were repr .... The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2. Cast * Hippolyte Girardot - Patrick Perrault * Rafic Ali Ahmad - Walid 'Chief' * Hussein Sbeity - Omar * Habib Hammoud - Ali 'Philippe' * Majdi Machmouchi - Moustapha * Hassan Farhat - Ahmed 'Frankenstein' * Hassan Zbib - Fadi * Nabila Zeitouni - Najat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Béhat
Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor. Biography Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: ''L'Hercule sur la place''. As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes. He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in '' L'Hercule sur la place and'' Charles IV le Bel in ''Les Rois maudits'' (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film '' Elle court, elle court la banlieue,'' Jean Yanne's 1972 film ''Chobizenesse'' and Bernard Paul's 1975 film ''Beau Masque.'' As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film ''Rue barbare.'' Several of his subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
