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Dominique Besnehard
Dominique Besnehard (; born 5 February 1954) is a French actor, film producer, casting director, writer and talent manager. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film '' À nos amours'', which was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography Actor Producer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Besnehard, Dominique 1954 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors People from Bois-Colombes Male actors from Île-de-France 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bois-Colombes
Bois-Colombes () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes. History The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of Colombes. Mairie de Bois-Colombes.JPG, Bois-Colombes Townhall Asnieres - Bois-Colombes - Rue des Bourguignons.jpg, The Rue des Bourguignons BoisColombesEglise.jpg, Notre-Dame de Bon Secours Population Transport Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Bois-Colombes and Les Vallées. Education The commune has: " Bois-Colombes. Retrieved on Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Rouffio
Jacques Rouffio (14 August 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film '' My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister'' was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with '' Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German .... Filmography as director * ' (''Horizon'') (1967) * '' Sept morts sur ordonnance'' (''Seven Deaths by Prescription'' a.k.a. ''Besti ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Thief
''The Little Thief'' () is a 1988 French drama directed by Claude Miller. It is based upon an unfinished script by François Truffaut. Truffaut died before being able to direct the film himself. The film had 1,834,940 admissions in France. Set in the French countryside after the end of World War II, it tells the story of a 15-year-old girl abandoned by her parents, who is looking for love and independence but succumbs to stealing and sleeping with men. Plot Janine lives with her uncle and aunt, who have little sympathy for her as her mother left her to go with a lover to Italy and she never knew her father. She dreams of luxury, stealing American cigarettes and expensive underwear from shops. When found out, she leaves to become a live-in maid for the Longuets, a rich and friendly young couple. Tired after a long day's work, in the cinema she falls asleep on the shoulder of Michel, a married man in his forties keen on poetry and music. They start an affair, but he also tries to im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Girod
Francis Girod (9 October 1944 – 19 November 2006) was a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film ''L'enfance de l'art'' was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. In 1994 he was a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Slogan (film), Slogan'', directed by Pierre Grimblat (1969) - screenwriter, along with Pierre Grimblat and Melvin Van Peebles * ' (1974) * ''Rene the Cane'' (1977) * ''The Savage State'' (1978) * ''The Lady Banker'' (1980) * ' (1982) * ''Le Bon Plaisir'' (1984) * ''Descente Aux Enfers'' (1986) * ''Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur'', directed by Jacques Rouffio (1986) – actor * ''L'enfance de l'art'' (1988) * ''Lumière and Company'' (1995) * ''Passage à l'acte'' (1996) * ''Terminale (film), Terminale'' (1998) * ' (2006) References External links * 1944 births 2006 deaths French film directors French male film actors French male sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Krawczyk
Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish people, Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984 in film, 1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986 in film, 1986) * ''L'été en pente douce'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''Taxi 2'' (2000 in film, 2000) * ''Wasabi (film), Wasabi'' (2001 in film, 2001) * ''Taxi 3'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 film), Fanfan la tulipe'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''La vie est à nous !'' (2005 in film, 2005) * ''Taxi 4'' (2007 in film, 2007) * ''L'Auberge rouge (film), L'Auberge rouge'' (2007 in film, 2007) Actor * ''Papillon du vertige'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''XY, drôle de conception'' (1996 in film, 1996) - L'homme spermogramme #2 * ''Amour et confusions'' (1997 in film, 1997) * ''Héroïnes'' (1997 in film, 1997) - Médecin * ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999 in film, 1999) - Church's Peer - Coron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'été En Pente Douce
''L'été en pente douce'' (''Summer on a gentle slope'') is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released in 1987. Synopsis Following the death of his mother, Stephane Leheurt, nicknamed Fane (Jean-Pierre Bacri), rejoins his mentally handicapped brother Maurice, nicknamed Mo, (Jacques Villeret) at their mother's house. He wants a quiet life with his brother and his pretty girlfriend Lilas ( Pauline Lafont). But Voke the neighbouring garage owner has eyes on the house, and on Lilas. Cast * Jacques Villeret - Maurice Leheurt, nicknamed Mo * Jean-Pierre Bacri - Stéphane Leheurt, Fane * Pauline Lafont - Lilas * Jean Bouise - Olivier Voke * Guy Marchand - André Voke * Jean-Paul Lilienfeld - Shawenhick * Jacques Mathou - Jeannot * Dominique Besnehard - Leval * Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Biography Career Filmography As director * 1958: ''La Môme aux boutons'' * 1960: ''Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1961: ''Le Monocle noir'' * 1962: ''Le Septième juré'' * 1962: ''En plein cirage'' * 1962: ''L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: ''Les Tontons flingueurs'' * 1964: ''Salad by the Roots'' * 1964: ''Le Monocle rit jaune'' * 1964: ''Les Barbouzes'' * 1965: ''Les Bons Vivants'', co-directed with Gilles Grangier * 1966: ' * 1966: ''Ne nous fâchons pas'' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ''Le Pacha (1968 film), Le Pacha'' * 1971: ''Road to Salina'' * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier (; 14 March 1939 – 20 January 2025) was a French film director and writer. His 1978 film '' Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. Career His 1996 film '' Mon Homme'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2005 film '' How Much Do You Love Me?'' was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press. Personal life and death Blier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 14 March 1939, as the son of pianist Gisèle Brunet and actor Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenue De Soirée
''Evening Dress'' (, also known as ''Ménage'') is a 1986 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Michel Blanc won the award for Best Actor. Background The idea for ''Tenue de soirée'' came to Blier around the time of ''Les Valseuses'', and his intention then was to cast Depardieu with his co-star from the earlier film, Patrick Dewaere. In the 1980s Blier created the screenplay and shared it with Depardieu, with the other male lead now intended for Bernard Giraudeau, but he was in turn replaced by Michel Blanc.Roud, Richard. Cannes '86. ''Sight and Sound'', Summer 1986, p162-163. After ''Les Valseuses'' and '' Préparez vos mouchoirs'' the Depardieu-Blanc couple in this film allows Blier to examine further aspects of male relationships, mainly in terms of dominant/dominated. Although Blier had wanted to repeat the central trio of ''Valseuses'' (Depardieu, Dewaere, Miou-Miou), the suicide of Dewaere in 1982 had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Blue
''Betty Blue'' () is a 1986 French erotic psychological drama film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, based on the 1985 novel ''37°2 le matin'' by Philippe Djian. The film stars Jean-Hugues Anglade and Béatrice Dalle. It was the eighth highest-grossing film of 1986 in France. The film received both a BAFTA Award and Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1987. Plot Zorg, an aspiring writer in his 30s, makes a living as a handyman for a community of beach houses in the seaside resort of Gruissan on France's Mediterranean coast. He meets Betty, a volatile and impulsive 19-year-old woman, and the two begin a passionate affair, living in his borrowed shack on the beach. Following a row with him where she tears apart and smashes up the house, she finds the manuscript of his first novel; she reads it in one long sitting and decides that he is a genius. However, after another argument with his boss, she empties the shack and burns it down. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Confortès
Claude Confortès (28 February 1928 – 15 June 2016) was a French director for stage and film and actor. As an actor, he starred in Yves Robert Yves Robert (; 19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting w ...'s '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962, and played a supporting role in '' Germinal'' in 1993. Confortès was also known as a comedy film director. https://www.cinecomedies.com/news/evenements/hommage-a-claude-confortes/ References External links * 1928 births 2016 deaths People from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Male actors from Île-de-France French film directors French comedy film directors French theatre directors French male film actors 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights {{france-film-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
