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Kraked Unit
''Kraked Unit'' is a French based band founded in 2000 by French composer and DJ Loïk Dury in collaboration with other musicians and composers. They focus on the creation of music for films, including films by Cédric Klapisch: '' L'auberge espagnole'' (2001), '' The Russian Dolls'' (2004), '' Paris'' (2008). They also compose music for catwalk shows by Karl Lagerfeld, Paco Rabanne and Kenzo. In 2021, they compose the sound identity of Radio France, including France Inter or FIP. Releases, Appearances * 2002 - remix of "The Man With The Drum" by Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble appeared on their album Brotherhood and on Eclectic Aesthetic compilation * 2005 - Les poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) OST, Up Music/WM France * 2008 - Paris La Bande Originale du Film de Cédric Klapisch OST, Up Music/WM France * 2009 La Face Cachée des Fesses Arte* 2013 - Chinese Puzzle ''Chinese Puzzle'' (french: Casse-tête chinois) is a 2013 French comedy-drama film written and directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric Klapisch
Cédric Klapisch ( ; born 4 September 1961) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Klapisch was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII. He was rejected on two occasions by the French film school IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques), now known as La fémis. He later attended the film school at New York University from 1983 to 1985. During the 1980s, he started to shoot short films such as ''In transit'' or ''Ce qui me meut''. He subsequently worked as a scriptwriter and he became a director for feature films. He has also directed a nature documentary for French television. In 1992, Klapisch shot his first feature film, ''Riens du tout''. A year later, a TV channel asked him to make a film about high school life, set in 1975, '' Le p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'auberge Espagnole
''L'Auberge Espagnole'' (; literally: "the Spanish inn"), also known as ''Pot Luck'' (UK) and ''The Spanish Apartment'' (Australia), is a 2002 French-Spanish film directed and written by Cédric Klapisch. It is a co-production of Mate Production, Via Digital, BAC Films, ', France 2 Cinéma and Studio Canal). An economics graduate student from France, Xavier, spends a year in Barcelona to study. His fellow Erasmus students are from all over Western Europe and have a flatshare. They each speak different languages and have different cultural standards. The film is told in the first person by Xavier. The dialogue is mostly in French, with some English and much Spanish, a little Catalan, Danish, German and Italian. It is the first part of the '' Spanish Apartment'' trilogy, which continues in the sequels ''Russian Dolls'' (2005) and ''Chinese Puzzle'' (2013). Plot Xavier (Romain Duris), a 24-year-old student from France, attends the Erasmus programme in Barcelona to further his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Russian Dolls
''Russian Dolls'' (french: Les Poupées russes) is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film, the sequel to (2002) and the second part of the ''Spanish Apartment'' trilogy, which is concluded with '' Chinese Puzzle'' (, 2013). Cédric Klapisch wrote and directed the film, whose settings include Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ..., London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Klapisch makes use of digital and split-screen effects in the film, as well as non-linear narrative. Plot The film begins with friends from ''L'Auberge espagnole'' meeting in Saint Petersburg at the wedding of Wendy's brother, William. Xavier begins to reminisce about the events of the past several years. Xavier and Martine have split up and Martine has since had a child and become a committed envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris (2008 Film)
''Paris'' is a 2008 French film by Cédric Klapisch concerning a diverse group of people living in Paris. The film began shooting in November 2006 and was released in February 2008. Its UK release was in July 2008. Commentators have noted the similarity in style of this film to Woody Allen's ''Manhattan'' and Robert Altman's ''Short Cuts''. Plot The film is set principally in Paris, with one thread of the story set in Africa. Over the course of several months, various stories are intertwined, with different characters and plot threads intersecting. * Pierre is a cabaret dancer who learns from a cardiologist that he has a severe heart condition. The only potential cure is a heart transplant. Unable to dance any more, he retires to his apartment, and waits to hear if a donor becomes available. He becomes reflective on his condition and his past life. He watches old film of him as a dancer on stage, and calls an old girlfriend from his school days. He refuses to tell his parents of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 until his death, and was also creative director of the Italy, Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. He collaborated on a variety of fashion and art-related projects. Lagerfeld was recognized for his signature white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves, and high, starched, detachable collars. Early life Lagerfeld was born on 10 September 1933 in Hamburg, to Elisabeth (née Bahlmann) and businessman Otto Lagerfeld. His father owned a company that produced and imported evaporated milk; while his maternal grandfather, Karl Bahlmann, was a local politician for the Centre Party (Germany), Catholic Centre Party. His family belonged to the Old Catholic Church. When Lagerfeld's mother met hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Rabanne
Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (born 18 February 1934), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne (; ), is a Spanish fashion designer who became known as an '' enfant terrible'' of the 1960s French fashion world. Early life and education Rabanne was born 18 February 1934 in the Basque town of Pasajes, Gipuzkoa province. His father, a Republican Colonel, was executed by Francoist troops during the Spanish Civil War. Rabanne's mother was chief seamstress at Cristóbal Balenciaga's first couture house in Donostia, Basque Country, and moved Rabanne's family when he opened Balenciaga in Paris in 1937, due to the Spanish Civil War. In mid-1950s Paris, while studying architecture at l'École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Rabanne earned money making fashion sketches for Dior and Givenchy, and shoe sketches for Charles Jourdan, nevertheless he subsequently took a job with France's foremost developer of reinforced concrete, Auguste Perret, working there for over ten years. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenzo Takada
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "build, create" *健蔵, "healthy, storehouse" *憲蔵, "constitution, storehouse" *研造, "polish, create" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People * Emperor Kenzō (顕宗, born 5 AD), 23rd Japanese imperial ruler * Adachi Kenzō (謙蔵, 1864–1948), Japanese politician * Kenzo Fujisue (健三, born 1964), Japanese politician *, Japanese sport wrestler * Kenzo Kitakata (born 1947), Japanese novelist * Kenzō Kotani (1909–2003), last Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith * Kenzo Mori (1914–2007), Japanese-Canadian journalist and editor * Kenzo Nakamura (兼三, born 1973), retired judoka * William K. Nakamura (1922–1944), United States Army soldier *Kenzo Nambu (born 1992), Japanese footballer * Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio France
Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: * France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety of music, plus hourly news bulletins with extended news coverage in the morning, midday, and early-evening peaks * France Info — 24-hour news * France Culture — cultural programming covering the arts, history, science, philosophy, etc. together with in-depth news coverage at peak times * France Musique — classical music and jazz * France Bleu — a network of 44 regional stations, mixing popular music with locally based talk and information, including: **France Bleu 107.1 — for the Paris-Île-de-France region ** France Bleu Béarn — Pyrénées-Atlantiques ** France Bleu Nord — Nord and Pas de Calais * FIP — specialising in a wide range of music – classical, hip hop, jazz, chanson, rock, blues, world music – and minim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Inter
France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a " generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of music. It is broadcast on FM from a nationwide network of transmitters, as well as via the internet. The channel announced during 2016 that it would discontinue transmissions from the Allouis longwave transmitter on 162 kHz with effect from 1 January 2017, thereby saving approximately €6 million per year. Transmission from Allouis of the atomic-clock-generated time signal ( ALS162) would, however, continue after this date as the signal is critical for over 200,000 devices deployed within French enterprises and state entities, such as French Railways ( SNCF), the electricity distributor ENEDIS, airports, hospitals, municipalities, etc. History France Inter was founded as part of the reor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIPS 140-2
The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2, (FIPS PUB 140-2), is a U.S. government computer security standard used to approve cryptographic modules. The title is ''Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules''. Initial publication was on May 25, 2001, and was last updated December 3, 2002. Its successor, FIPS 140-3, was approved on March 22, 2019, and became effective on September 22, 2019. FIPS 140-3 testing began on September 22, 2020, although no FIPS 140-3 validation certificates have been issued yet. FIPS 140-2 testing was still available until September 21, 2021 (later changed for applications already in progress to April 1, 2022), creating an overlapping transition period of more than one year. FIPS 140-2 test reports that remain in the CMVP queue will still be granted validations after that date, but all FIPS 140-2 validations will be moved to the Historical List on September 21, 2026 regardless of their actual final validation date. Purpose Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
