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Détective
''Détective'' is a 1985 French crime film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Soundtrack/Sound Design at Film Fest Gent in 1985. Plot In a room of a grand Paris hotel, two detectives are keeping watch. One is William, who used to be the hotel detective until he was fired after an unexplained death in that room. The other is his nephew Isidore, accompanied by his girlfriend Arielle. In a second room is Jim, a boxing promoter, accompanied by his boxer Tiger with his girlfriend Princesse. Jim is counting on a big win for Tiger, in order to repay his debt to a couple in a third room. These are Émile, a pilot whose business charters are losing money, and his wife Françoise. Émile is in urgent need of cash to avoid collapse and to give his wife a divorce. A fourth room has, with his entourage, an old mafioso who has turned up to collect old debts, including some from Jim. While Émile is b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy (; born 21 December 1969) is a French and American actress, screenwriter, and film director. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including '' Europa Europa'' (1990), '' Voyager'' (1991), '' Three Colours: White'' (1993), the '' Before'' trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013), '' An American Werewolf in Paris'' (1997), and '' 2 Days in Paris'' (2007). She has been nominated for three César Awards, two Online Film Critics Society Awards, and two Academy Awards. She moved to the United States in 1990 and became a US citizen in 2001. Family Delpy was born in Paris, the only child of Albert Delpy, a French actor and theater director born in Vietnam, and Marie Pillet, a French actress in feature films and the avant-garde theater. Her mother was also known for signing the 1971 ''Manifesto of the 343'', signed by women demanding reproductive rights and admitting to having abortions when they were illegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Cuny
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Odéon-Théâtre de France. His film work included collaborations with directors Marcel Carné, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi and Luis Buñuel. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1988 film ''Camille Claudel'', and won the Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992. Early life René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany.Alain Cuny , at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016. He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (; born 22 June 1966) is a French actress and singer. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), '' The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for '' Venus in Fur'' (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ''Place Vendôme'' (1998) and '' La Vie en Rose'' (2007). She has been married to Polish film director Roman Polanski since 1989. Life and career Early life Seigner is the daughter of Jean-Louis Seigner (1941-2020), photographer, and Aline Ponelle, journalist. She is the older sister of Mathilde Seigner, actress, and , singer. Through their father, they are the granddaughters of the actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991) and the nieces of the actress Françoise Seigner (1928-2008), both deans and members of the Comédie-Française. She is the niece of doctor Véronique Vasseur. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur (; 15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur. He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 1960s and a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx. From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's '' Bande à part'' (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series '' The New Adventures of Vidocq''. A big commercial success were the comedies '' La Boum'' (1980) and '' La Boum 2'' (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character. Brasseur died on 22 December 2020 at the age of 84. He is buried alongside his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (; born 6 July 1948) is a French film, television, and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for ''Every Man for Himself (1980 film), Every Man for Himself'' (1980), ''Strange Affair (1981 film), Strange Affair'' (1981), ''La Balance'' (1982), and ''The Young Lieutenant'' (2005). Her other films include ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' (1973), ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002), ''Tell No One'' (2006), and ''The Assistant (2015 film), The Assistant'' (2015). In 2009, she was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Early life Baye was born in Mainneville, Eure, Normandy to Claude Baye and Denise Coustet, two painters. At 14, she joined a school of dance in Monaco. Three years later she went to the United States. On returning to France, she continued with dance but also registered for the Simon Course and was admitted to the Conservatoire, from wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Hallyday
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and Pop music, pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, Hallyday released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the List of the best-selling music artists, best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 Music recording sales certification, gold albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten ''Victoires de la Musique''. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed nine times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor best known for being an important figure of the French New Wave and his portrayal of Antoine Doinel in a series of films by François Truffaut, beginning with '' The 400 Blows'' (1959). He has worked with Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, and Jacques Rivette, as well as other notable directors such as Jean Cocteau, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Aki Kaurismäki. Early life Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in '' The 400 Blows''. To cast the two central characters, Antoine Doinel and his partner-in-crime René Bigey, Truffaut published an announcement in '' France-Soir'' and auditioned several hundred children in September and October 1958. Jean Domarchi, a critic at '' Cahiers du cinéma'', had earlier r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Luc Godard Filmography
Jean-Luc Godard was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor whose career spanned nearly seventy years. He directed, wrote, produced and edited many films. The following attempts to be a comprehensive filmography. Early short films: 1955–1959 New Wave ''(Nouvelle Vague''): 1960–1967 Feature films Short films Dziga Vertov Group/political films: 1968–1972 Although Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin were the principal creative forces behind these films, they usually went without on-screen credit. Most of the films from this time period were credited to the Dziga Vertov Group collective. Transitional period (SonImage): 1974–1978 Swiss Films: 1979–1988 Feature films Short films/videos Late films: 1988–2023 Feature and short films Video work Acting credit only Contribution works References External links * {{Jean-Luc Godard Godard, Jean-Luc Filmography A filmography is a list of films related by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Demy. He was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. According to AllMovie, his work "revolutionized the motion picture form" through its experimentation with narrative, continuity, sound, and camerawork. During his early career as a film critic for '' Cahiers du Cinéma'', Godard criticized mainstream French cinema's "Tradition of Quality" and championed Hollywood directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks. In response, he and like-minded critics began to make their own films, challenging the conventions of traditional Hollywood in addition to French cinema. Godard first received global acclaim for '' Breathless'' (1960), a milestone in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Fest Gent
Film Fest Gent, also known as International Film Fest Gent, is an annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium. The festival held its first edition in 1974, under the name Internationaal Filmgebeuren Gent, and has since grown into the largest film festival in Belgium. The festival also puts the spotlight on film music; since 2001, Film Fest Gent has hosted the World Soundtrack Awards, a series of prizes for the best soundtracks for film and television. The festival takes place every year in October, with an international jury awarding the Grand Prix for Best Film and the Georges Delerue Award for Best Soundtrack or Sound Design. Apart from the official competition, there are sections such as global cinema, classics, and an annual special focus. From 2000 to 2018, a European short film competition was organised. In 2019, the short film competition was reformed into an international competition, with the International Short Film Award as the main prize. History 1974-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Cannes Film Festival
The 38th Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 20 May 1985. Czechoslovakian filmmaker Miloš Forman served as jury president for the main competition. Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama film '' When Father Was Away on Business''. The festival paid a tribute to American actor James Stewart and screened a restored version of his 1954 film '' The Glenn Miller Story'', directed by Anthony Mann. The festival opened with ''Witness'' by Peter Weir, and closed with '' The Emerald Forest'' by John Boorman. Juries Main competition *Miloš Forman, Czechoslovakian filmmaker - Jury President *Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer *Jorge Amado, Brazilian author *Mauro Bolognini, Italian director *Claude Imbert, French journalist * Sarah Miles, British actress *Michel Perez, French * Mo Rothman, American producer * Francis Veber, French filmmaker and producer * Edwin Zbonek, Austrian filmmaker ''Camera d'Or'' *Bernard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935 – 2 July 2010) was a French actor and theatre director. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist ''Le Monde'', 3 July 2010 Marina and her husband Jean Terzieff, a n-born sculptor of Russian and Romanian descent who came to from |
