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Killer Kid
''Killer Kid'' is a 1994 French drama film directed by Gilles de Maistre, starring Tewfik Jallab and Younesse Boudache. Plot Two 11-year-old Arab boys become acquainted in France. One was raised in Lebanon where he was trained to kill efficiently and sent on a mission to commit a murder. The other was raised in France by an immigrant family and lives a life dominated by pop culture. The former comes to regard the latter as his role model. Production ''Killer Kid'' is based on the 1989 novel with the same name by Claude Klotz. It was the director Gilles de Maistre's first fiction film, after having made several documentaries. Reception The film was shown in the Cannes Junior sidebar of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize and Grand Prix du Public. It was released in France on 22 June 1994. Lisa Nesselson of '' Variety'' said the story is propelled by a documentary-like filming style and that the musical score has a "sinister verve", calling it a "harsh bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles De Maistre
Gilles de Maistre (born 8 May 1960) is a French filmmaker, journalist, and actor who was nominated for a César Award. Personal life He is married to screenwriter Prune de Maistre and has six children. He is a half-brother of Patrice de Maistre and is a grand-nephew of the director René Clément. He is a descendant of the philosopher Joseph de Maistre Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (; 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Despite his clos .... Filmography References External links * 1960 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French producers French cinematographers French-language film directors People from Boulogne-Billancourt {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Courtois
Miguel Courtois (born 1960) is a French/Spanish film director and producer. He is known for directing the 2004 biographical film, '' The Wolf''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtois, Miguel 1960 births Living people French film directors Spanish film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Cauvin
Claude Klotz (6 October 1932 in Marseille – 13 August 2010 in Paris), better known by his pen name Patrick Cauvin, was a French writer. Works All of his works were published with Le Livre de Poche except when otherwise noted. * 1971: ''Les Innommables'' ("The Unspeakables"), under his real name Claude Klotz * 1977: ''E=mc² mon amour'' ("E=mc² my love") * 1982: ''Nous allions vers les beaux jours'' ("We went to the beautiful days") * 1982: ''Monsieur papa'' ("Mister Daddy") * 1982: ''L'amour aveugle'' ("Blind love") * 1983: ''Pourquoi pas nous ?'' ("Why not us?") * 1983: ''Huit jours en été'' ("Eight days in summer") * 1984: ''C'était le Pérou'' ("It was Peru") * 1985: ''Dans les bras du vent'' ("In the arms of the wind") * 1986: ''Laura Brams'' * 1987: ''C'était le pérou Tome II'' ("It was Peru volume II") * 1987: ''Haute-Pierre'' * 1988: ''Povchéri'' * 1990: ''Werther, ce soir...'' ("Werther, this evening...") * 1992: ''Rue des bons-enfants'' ("Street of the good chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tewfik Jallab
Tewfik Jallab (born 9 January 1982) is a French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ... actor. Theater Filmography References External links ''Tewfic Jallab on Allociné''* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jallab, Tewfic People from Argenteuil 21st-century French male actors 20th-century French male actors French male television actors French male film actors French male comedians 1982 births French people of Moroccan descent Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Aubry
René Aubry is a French composer born in 1956. He is a multi-instrumentalist known for blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation. Aubry has composed for choreographers such as Carolyn Carlson and Pina Bausch. He has scored for films, including several adaptations of books by Julia Donaldson, and released many of his own albums. His music features in the Greek comic-satirical TV series '. Discography *''René Aubry'' (1983) *''Chrysalide'' (1987) *''Libre parcours'' (1988) *''Derives'' (1989) *''Steppe'' (1990) *''La révolte des enfants'' (1991） *''Après la pluie'' (1993) *''Killer Kid'' (1994) *''Ne m'oublie pas'' (1995) *''Signes'' (1997) *''Plaisirs d'amour'' (1998) *''Invités sur la terre'' (2001) *''Seuls au monde'' (2003) *''Projection privée'' (2004) *''Mémoires du futur'' (2006) *''Play time'' (2008) *''Refuges'' (2011) *''Forget Me Not'' (2013) *''Days'' (2014) *''Now'' (2015) *''Chaos'' (2017) * ''Petits sauts délicats avec grand écart'' (2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'', and '' Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ''Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Cannes Film Festival
The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Pulp Fiction'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The festival opened with '' The Hudsucker Proxy'', directed by Joel Coen and closed with ''Serial Mom'', directed by John Waters. Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Official Selection: *Clint Eastwood (USA) Jury President *Catherine Deneuve (France) Vice president *Pupi Avati (Italy) * Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Cuba) (author) *Kazuo Ishiguro (UK) *Alexander Kaidanovsky (Russia) * Marie-Françoise Leclère (France) *Shin Sang-ok (South Korea) *Lalo Schifrin (Argentina) * Alain Terzian (France) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Caméra d'Or: *Marthe Keller (Switzerland) President *Hans Beerekamp *Josée Brossard (France) *Mario Dorminsky (Portugal) *An-Cha Flubacher Rhim *François Ode (France) *Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanaticism
Fanaticism (from the Latin adverb ''fānāticē'' [fren-''fānāticus''; enthusiastic, ecstatic; raging, fanatical, furious]) is a belief or behavior involving uncritical wikt:zeal, zeal or an wikt:obsessive, obsessive enthusiasm. Definitions Philosopher George Santayana defines ''fanaticism'' as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim". The fanatic displays very strict standards and little tolerance for contrary ideas or opinions. Tõnu Lehtsaar has defined the term ''fanaticism'' as the pursuit or defence of something in an extreme and passionate way that goes beyond normality. Religious fanaticism is defined by blind faith, the persecution of dissidents and the absence of reality. Causes Fanaticism is a result from multiple cultures interacting with one another. Fanaticism occurs most frequently when a leader makes minor variations on already existing beliefs, which then drives the followers into a frenzy. In this case, fanaticism is used as an adjective d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Films
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first President of South Africa, president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skull, Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutu, Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 1994 Northridge earthquake, Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Drama Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
