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La Nuit Des Horloges
''La nuit des horloges'' (English: ''The Night of the Clocks'' or ''Night Clocks'') is a 2007 French fantasy film directed by Jean Rollin. The film stars the French writer and former pornographic actress Ovidie, with others who have appeared in many of Rollin's early works - Françoise Blanchard, Dominique, Nathalie Perrey and Jean-Loup Philippe. His penultimate film, it marks forty years of Rollin's career and pays homage to many of his earlier film works and serves as a thank you to his many loyal fans. Plot A young woman named Isabelle has recently inherited a country mansion from her late uncle, writer and filmmaker, Jean Michel. Upon her arrival, Isabelle goes to visit her uncle's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery and then to his former home which is now hers. Once there, Isabelle discovers that the property retains a vivid memory of her cousin and that both the cemetery and her new home are haunted by the characters and fantasies of his life. Cast * Ovidie ... Isabelle * Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Overview Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short films and his achievements with his first four vampire classics ''Le viol du vampire'' (1968), '' La vampire nue'' (1970), '' Le frisson des vampires'' (1970), and '' Requiem pour un vampire'' (1971). Rollin's subsequent notable works include '' La rose de fer'' (1973), '' Lèvres de sang'' (1975), '' Les raisins de la mort'' (1978), '' Fascination'' (1979), and '' La morte vivante'' (1982). His films are noted for their exquisite, if mostly static, cinematography, off-kilter plot progression, poetic dialogue, playful surrealism and recurrent use of well-constructed female lead characters. Outlandish dénouements and abstruse visual symbols were trademarks. Belied by high production values and precise craftsmanship, his films were made with li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidie
Ovidie is a French director, actress, producer, journalist, ex porn actress and a writer. First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed pornographic films as well as documentaries and has written several books. Overview Ovidie refused to give her real name to the press. Her parents are liberals from "a good family background" who were teachers in 2003. She was married; her husband left a teaching position at the University of Paris to edit a pornographic magazine. They later divorced, but her job was not a factor in the divorce. Ovidie has denied entering the pornography industry for either sex or money, describing herself as middle class. Her involvement in dance and choreography, and her interest in expression of the human body, played a part in attracting her to the industry. At the time she became a pornographic actress, she described herself as a " very active militant feminist". She first viewed pornography to get a sense of the injustice t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Blanchard
Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard (6 June 1954 – 24 May 2013) was a French actress and voice dubbing artist. Her most notable work is that of her role in the 1982 French film ''La morte vivante'', directed by Jean Rollin. Blanchard had collaborated with Rollin on several occasions in films '' Les trottoirs de Bangkok'' (1984), ''À la poursuite de Barbara'' (1991) and '' La nuit des horloges'' (2007). She had worked frequently with directors Richard Balducci and Jesús Franco. She was also known for her work as a voice artist, having dubbed films, such as, Robert Altman's ''Popeye'' (1980), ''The NeverEnding Story III'' (1994) and ''Hackers'' (1995), and animated television series, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and ''Totally Spies!'' Career Blanchard's career stretched from between the late 1970s until the early 1990s. She may have been best known for playing Catherine Valmont in 1982 horror ''La Morte Vivante'' (''The Living Dead Girl''), a film from Jean Rollin. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Perrey
Nathalie Perrey or Natalie Perrey (28 February 1929 – 25 March 2012) was a French actress. She is best known for her many years working with director Jean Rollin, appearing in several of his films. She has consistently worked as a film editor and script supervisor among other things throughout her long career. Career Nathalie Perrey has worked more that forty years in the French film industry, most notably as an actress of French cinema. She is seen in many small or supporting roles, and is most memorably known for working with director Jean Rollin in several productions over a thirty-year period. Making her film debut in 1969, Perrey was cast in Jean Rollin's ''La vampire nue'', his second feature film. Subsequently, she received minor roles in several of his other films including '' La rose de fer'', '' Lèvres de sang'', 'La nuit des traquées'', '' Les paumées du petit matin'', ''Perdues dans New York'', ''Les deux orphelines vampires ''Les deux orphelines vampires'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Loup Philippe
Jean-Loup Philippe (born 24 March 1936) is a French actor, writer and director of film and theatre He is best known for his role in Jean Rollin's 1975 horror classic '' Lèvres de sang''.Richey, Jeremy (February 8, 2009) He had collaborated will Rollin on several occasions, having worked on '' Les paumées du petit matin'' (1981), '' Killing Car'' (1993) and '' La nuit des horloges'' (2007). Career Philippe began his acting career in 1956, appearing uncredited in the film ''En effeuillant la marguerite'', with Daniel Gélin and Brigitte Bardot. He had a larger role in his next film, ''Escapade'', with Louis Jourdan. Following his 1957 film, ''Une manche et la belle'', his acting career became somewhat erratic, with film appearances occurring every few years. After a long break, Philippe returned with the film, ''L'itinéraire marin'' in a small role, and his first time working with French director Jean Rollin. He starred in the 1963 film ''Les bonnes causes'', with award-winni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures in the arts buried at Père Lachaise include Michel Ney, Frédéric Chopin, Émile Waldteufel, Édith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Georges Méliès, Marcel Marceau, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Thierry Fortineau, J.R.D. Tata, Jim Morrison and Sir Richard Wallace. The Père Lachaise is located in the 20th arrondissement and was the first garden cemetery, as well as the first municipal cemetery in Paris. It is also the site of three World War I memorials. The cemetery is located on the Boulevard de Ménilmontant. The Paris Métro station Philippe Auguste on Line 2 is next to the main entrance, while the station Père Lachaise, on both Line 2 and Line 3, is 500 meters away near a side entrance. History and description Origin The cemetery of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
Jean-Pierre Bouyxou (born 16 January 1946) is a French film critic, author, filmmaker and actor. Career He started his career as a writer in 1964 when his article was published in fanzines ('' Mercury'', '' Lunatique''). Some other magazines he wrote for were ''Vampirella'', ''Sex Stars System'', ''Zoom (1969–1976), '' Métal hurlant'', ''L'Écho des savanes'', '' Penthouse'', ''Lui'', ''Hara-Kiri'', ''Paris Match''. He was editor-in-chief of ''Fascination'' for thirty issues, from 1978 to 1986. He participated in the happenings of Jean-Jacques Lebel. He worked with Roland Lethem, Étienne O'Leary, , |
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore genre film fans, and distributors, who take advantage of the eclectic line up to select domestic and international films for release across North America. By virtue of the reputation developed over the last 15 years, this festival has been described as perhaps the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Overview The history of the Fantasia Festival has roots in the Asian Film scene in Montreal. Beginning in 1996 where it screened Asian films from Hong Kong and Anime from Japan, the festival later expanded its international repertoire and screened genre films from all across the world. Since this time many world and international premieres have featured at Fantasia fest, including '' Shaun of the Dead'', ''Perfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia University
Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the three universities in Quebec where English is the primary language of instruction (the others being McGill and Bishop's). As of the 2020–21 academic year, there were 51,253 students enrolled in credit courses at Concordia, making the university among the largest in Canada by enrollment. The university has two campuses, set approximately apart: Sir George Williams Campus is the main campus, located in the Quartier Concordia neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville Marie; and Loyola Campus in the residential district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. With four faculties, a school of graduate studies and numerous colleges, centres and institutes, Concordia offers over 400 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs and courses. Conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, it was spoken at home by 59.1% of the population and 69.2% in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area. Overall, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
