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Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean-Pierre Darroussin (born 4 December 1953) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was born in Courbevoie, France. Theater Filmography Actor *1992: ''Riens du tout'' (directed by Cédric Klapisch starring Fabrice Luchini, Daniel Berlioux) - Domrémy *1993: ''Cuisine et dépendances'' (directed by Philippe Muyl starring Zabou Breitman, Sam Karmann) - Fred *1993: ''L'Argent fait le bonheur'' (directed by Robert Guédiguian starring Ariane Ascaride) - Le Curé *1994: ''Cache Cash'' (directed by Claude Pinoteau) - Jean *1994: ''L'Eau froide'' (directed by Olivier Assayas starring Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet) - Inspecteur *1995: '' Le Fabuleux Destin de Mme Petlet'' (directed by Camille de Casabianca) - Hervé Reyter *1995: ''À la vie, à la mort!'' (directed by Robert Guédiguian starring Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan) - Jaco *1996: '' Mon Homme'' (directed by Bertrand Blier starring Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin) - Gilbert's Client *1996: '' Un air de famille'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courbevoie
Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Paris. La Défense, a business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie (as well as parts of Puteaux and Nanterre). Name The name Courbevoie comes from Latin ''Curva Via'' and means "curved highway", allegedly in reference to a Roman road from Paris to Normandy that made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built. Administration Courbevoie is divided into two cantons: Canton of Courbevoie-1 and Canton of Courbevoie-2. History A wooden bridge was built crossing the Seine at Courbevoie by order of King Henry IV when in 1606 his royal coach fell into the river while being transported by ferry. Rebuilt in stone during the eighteenth century, this was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays '' 'Art''' and '' God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 black comedy film '' Carnage'', directed by Roman Polanski, was based on Reza's Tony Award-winning 2006 play ''God of Carnage''. Life and career Reza's father was a Russian-born Bukharan Jewish engineer, businessman, and pianist and her mother was a Jewish Hungarian violinist from Budapest. During the Nazi occupation, her father was deported from Nice to Drancy internment camp. At the beginning of her career, Reza acted in several new plays as well as in plays by Molière and Marivaux. In 1987, she wrote ''Conversations after a Burial'', which won the Molière Award, the French equivalent of the Tony Award, for Best Author. The North American production premiered in February 2013 at Players by the Sea in Jacksonville Beach Florida. Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Leterrier
François Leterrier (26 May 1929 – 4 December 2020) was a French film director and actor. He entered the film industry when he was cast in Robert Bresson's film ''A Man Escaped''. After this he went on to become a director himself. Life and career François Leterrier studied at the University of Paris where he took a degree in philosophy. During his student years he frequently attended the university's film club. He did his military service in Morocco, where he was discovered by the film director Robert Bresson, known for casting unknowns, who gave him the leading role in the 1956 film ''A Man Escaped''. After this, Leterrier was able to work as an assistant director for Louis Malle, Etienne Périer and Yves Allégret. His first film as director was ''Les Mauvais Coups'' from 1961, based on a novel by Roger Vailland. He also went on to adapt works by Jean Giono, Paul Morand and Raymond Queneau. François's son Louis is a film director notable for his action and blockbuster films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slices Of Life (1985 Film)
''Slices of Life'' (''Tranches de vie'') is a 1985 French comedy-sci fi film directed by François Leterrier. It is based on Gérard Lauzier's comic strip of the same name. Plot The film is a series of sketches Cast * Laura Antonelli as Monica Belli * Michel Boujenah as Michel Lambert * Josiane Balasko as Madame Dupuis * Jean-Pierre Cassel as The Earl of Forcheville * Christian Clavier as Charles-Henri * Marie-Anne Chazel as Béatrice * Ginette Garcin as Béatrice's mother * Roland Giraud as Jean * Pierre Mondy as The President * Gérard Jugnot as Malounian * Jean-Pierre Darroussin as The journalist * Annie Grégorio as The journalist * Daniel Prévost as TV Host * Pierre Richard as Dubois * Barbara Nielsen as Marianna * Martin Lamotte as Alain * Jacques Dynam as Alex * Anémone Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Haudepin
Didier Haudepin (born 15 August 1951) is a French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in 44 films and television shows, and plays since 1960. His film ''Those Were the Days'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. He is most well known for his lead role in ''Les amitiés particulières'', the film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Roger Peyrefitte, as Alexandre Motier. Selected filmography * '' Seven Days... Seven Nights'' (1960) * ''Les amitiés particulières'' (1964) * ''The Uninhibited'' (1965) * '' Cotolay'' (1966) * ''Promise at Dawn'' (1970) * '' A Time for Loving'' (1971) * '' L'innocente'' (1976) * ''No Trifling with Love'' (1977) * ''Those Were the Days Those Were the Days may refer to: Music Albums * ''Those Were the Days'' (Johnny Mathis album) (1968) * ''Those Were the Days'' (Cream album) (1997) * ''Those Were the Days'' (Dolly Parton album) (2005) * '' Those Were the Days – The Best of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is 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. He is the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. 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 With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he has a daughter named Béatrice. He also has a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg. He is married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila. Filmography Theatre * 1997: ''Les Côtelettes'' * 2010: ''Désolé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Story (film)
''Our Story'' (original title: ''Notre histoire'', also known as ''Separate Rooms'') is a 1984 French drama film starring Alain Delon and Nathalie Baye. Plot Alone in a first-class compartment of a train from Geneva to Paris, a man is reading a motor magazine and drinking beer. A woman enters, challenges him to make love, and afterwards gets out at the next stop. Following her, he takes her to a hotel for a further bout and afterwards hires a car to drive her to her empty home. He is Robert Avranches, a well-off garage owner with a wife and two little children, and she is Donatienne Pouget, a 33-year-old divorcee whose two children have been removed because of her lifestyle. When he says he'd like to stay with her, she says she is going dancing and returns late at night with a carload of friends from the night club. There follows a purgatory for Robert, obsessed with a woman who has slept with all the neighbours and now picks up men on trains for fun. Men try to dissuade him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Fansten
Jacques Fansten (born 1946) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970. Selected filmography * '' Stadium Nuts'' (1972) * '' Little Marcel'' (1976) References External links * 1946 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film producers Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Santelli
Claude Santelli (17 June 1923 – 14 December 2001) was a French film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. .... He directed 25 films between 1968 and 1996. Selected filmography * '' Histoire vraie'' (1973) * '' Madame Baptiste'' (1974) References External links * 1923 births 2001 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Metz 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Thomas
Pascal Thomas (born 2 April 1945) is a French screenwriter and film director. His 1999 film '' The Dilettante'' was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Pleure pas la bouche pleine!'' (1973) * ''Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants'' (1989) * '' La pagaille'' (1991) * '' La Dilettante'' (1999) * '' Day Off'' (2001) * '' Mon petit doigt m'a dit...'' (2005) * ''L'heure zéro ''Towards Zero'' (french: L'Heure zéro) is a 2007 French mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring François Morel, Danielle Darrieux and Melvil Poupaud. It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel ''Towards Zero'' by Agatha Christie. Cast ...'' (2007) * '' Le crime est notre affaire'' (2008) * '' Valentin Valentin'' (2015) References External links * 1945 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub ... [...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: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1971: '' Road to Salina'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe De Broca
Philippe de Broca (; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French movie director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful '' That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', '' The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique)'' and '' On Guard (Le Bossu)''. His works include historical, romantic epics such as '' Chouans!'' and '' King of Hearts (Le Roi de cœur)'', as well as comedies with a charismatic, breezy hero ready to embark upon any adventure which comes his way, so long as it means escaping everyday modern life: ''Practice Makes Perfect (Le Cavaleur)'', ''The Devil by the Tail (Le Diable par la queue)'', ''The African (L'Africain)''. He had links with the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he made six films, as well as with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort. Biography Philippe de Broca was born on 15 March 1933 in Paris, France. He was the son of a cinema set designer and the grandson of a well-known painter, Philippe de Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |