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Miou-Miou
Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films include ''This Sweet Sickness (film), This Sweet Sickness'' (1977), ''Entre Nous (film), Entre Nous'' (1983), ''May Fools'' (1990), ''Germinal (1993 film), Germinal'' (1993), ''Dry Cleaning (film), Dry Cleaning'' (1997) and ''Arrêtez-moi'' (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle. Early life Miou-Miou was born Sylvette Herry in Paris. Her stage name, Miou-Miou (a reference to the sound of a cat), was given to her by Coluche. She was raised in Paris by her mother, a greengrocer. Career After studying acting Miou-Miou worked in improvisational theater with Coluche and Patrick Dewaere, joini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. An actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years until his suicide in Paris, in 1982. Career Early life Patrick Dewaere was the third child of an actor's family. His biological father, Michel Têtard, was a lyricist who had an affair with Dewaere's mother, Mado Maurin, who was married to Pierre-Marie Bourdeaux. Dewaere grew up believing Bourdeaux was his biological father. After Dewaere's parents divorced, his mother remarried Georges Collignon, who sexually abused Dewaere as a child. Under the direction of his mother, Dewaere, his four brothers and his sister performed in movies and television series. The family lived in Paris. Dewaere attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. One of his first TV appearances was in 1961, when he was 14 years old. He appeared in a video for the song "Spanish Harlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dry Cleaning (film)
''Dry Cleaning'' () is a 1997 drama film directed by Anne Fontaine and written by Fontaine and Gilles Taurand which stars Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, and Stanislas Merhar. The film won the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay at the 54th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Nicole and Jean-Marie Kunstler are a nice, hard working couple who have been married for 15 years. They operate a dry cleaning business that keeps them both too busy to change their routine. They met a brother-sister drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have ... performing team, then their lives completely changed. Cast Production The film is a Cinea, Les Films Alain Sarde and Maestranza Films French-Spanish co-production, with the participation of CNC, and Canal Plus. Accolades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entre Nous (film)
''Entre Nous'' (''"Between Us"''; also known as ''Coup de foudre'') is a 1983 French biographical drama film directed by Diane Kurys, who shares the writing credits with Olivier Cohen. Set in the France of the mid 20th century, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Christine Pascal, Denis Lavant and Dominique Lavanant. ''Coup de Foudre'' means "love at first sight". Plot In France in 1942, a young Jewish woman named Léna is interned by the Vichy authorities and faces the risk of deportation to Nazi Germany. Michel, one of the guards, offers to save her by marrying her. They escape on foot over the Alps to Italy. After the war, they settle in Lyon, where Michel opens a garage and Léna has two daughters with him. At a school event, she meets another mother, Madeleine, who is married with one son. The two women become close friends, and their husbands also get along, although both men secretly feel jealous of the bond their wives share. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrêtez-moi
''Arrêtez-moi'' (Stop Me) is a 2013 French thriller film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring Sophie Marceau, Miou-Miou, and Marc Barbé. Written by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and Jean Teulé, the film is about a woman who shows up at a police station and confesses to the murder of her abusive husband several years earlier. The female police officer who interviews her cannot understand why this woman who was never a suspect has come forward after all this time. The more she learns about the woman's life, the less she wants to arrest her. ''Arrêtez-moi'' was released on 6 February 2013 in France. Cast * Sophie Marceau as La coupable * Miou-Miou as Pontoise * Marc Barbé as Jimmy * Yann Ebonge as Joliveau * Valérie Bodson as Madeleine * Julie Maes as Brigitte * Arthur Buyssens as Cédric (17 ans) ** Vadim Goudsmits as Cédric (7 ans) * Thomas Coumans as Pontoise's friend * Eric Godon as The guardian Production ''Arrêtez-moi'' was filmed on location in Dunkirk Dunkirk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob
''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' (, ) is a 1973 French-Italian comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, starring Louis de Funès and Claude Giraud. It follows a bigoted businessman and a kidnapped revolutionist who disguise themselves as rabbis to escape from assassins. One of de Funès' most popular and iconic movies, it has become a cult following, cult classic. Plot Rabbi Jacob (Marcel Dalio) is one of the most beloved rabbis of New York City, New York. One day, the French side of his family, the Schmolls, invite him to celebrate the bar mitzvah of young David, and he boards a plane for his native France after more than 30 years of American life. His young friend Rabbi Samuel accompanies him. In Normandy (northern France), the rich businessman Victor Pivert (Louis de Funès) is also on his way to a wedding; his daughter (Miou-Miou) will be married the next day. Pivert is a dreadful man: bad-tempered, rude and bigoted, with a well-honed racism against Blacks, Jews, and pretty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoirs Of A French Whore
''Memoirs of a French Whore'' (French: ''La Dérobade'') is a French film released in 1979. It was directed by Daniel Duval. It stars Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider and Niels Arestrup. Plot Marie is 19 and is bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets Gérard, who is handsome, brown-haired, showy and smooth-talking, and has no trouble seducing her. Blinded by love and too susceptible, Mary decides to leave her parents and her job as a clerk to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. But Gerard is a pimp, who soon forces her into prostitution. First in a brothel, then in the street or in the Bois de Boulogne, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence. Cast * Miou-Miou as Marie * Daniel Duval as Gérard * Maria Schneider as Maloup * Niels Arestrup as André * Jean Benguigui as Jean-Jean * Martine Ferrière as Madame Pedro * Brigitte Ariel as Odette * Marie Pillet as Lulu * Régis Porte as François * Isabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Sweet Sickness (film)
''Dites-lui que je l'aime'' (English: ''Tell Her I Love Her'') is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. It is based on the 1961 novel '' This Sweet Sickness'' by Patricia Highsmith. Plot David Martinaud is an accountant who leaves town for the weekends on the pretense that he is going to his native home to care for his parents, who are in fact dead. He is really fixing up a chalet, where he intends to move in with Lise, a woman he has loved since childhood - even though Lise is married to another man and has a child. Nevertheless, David begins stalking her, intent on making her love him by any means necessary. Cast * Gérard Depardieu - David Martinaud *Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ... - Juliette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Fools
''Milou en mai'', released as ''Milou in May'' in the UK and as ''May Fools'' in North America, is a 1990 film by Louis Malle. The film portrays the impact of the French revolutionary fervor of May 1968 on a French village. ''Milou en mai'' was filmed at Château du Calaoué, in the Gers ''département'', southwestern France. Synopsis Milou's mother dies, at the same time unrest and strikes are sweeping the country. Events interfere with funeral plans as the family gathers at Milou's house; they disrupt the family and a stranded truck driver. The film combines elements of social and interpersonal commentary with farce. Cast * Miou-Miou as Camille, Milou's daughter * Michel Piccoli as Milou * Michel Duchaussoy as Georges, Milou's brother * Bruno Carette as Grimaldi * François Berléand as Daniel * Dominique Blanc as Claire * Valérie Lemercier as Madame Boutelleau * Paulette Dubost as Mrs. Vieuzac, Milou's mother * Harriet Walter as Lily, Milou's sister-in-law * Martine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germinal (1993 Film)
''Germinal'' is a 1993 French-Belgian epic film based on the 1885 novel by Émile Zola. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars Renaud, Miou-Miou and Gérard Depardieu. At the time it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France. It was the fourth most attended film of the year in France. It won the César Award for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Music and Best Production Design. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film, set in the nineteenth century, closely follows the plot of the novel, which is a realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s. Synopsis The film takes place in Northern France in a coal mining town during the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Places (1974 Film)
''Going Places'' is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel with the same title. Its original title is ''Les Valseuses'', which translates into English as "the waltzers", a vulgar French slang term for "the testicles". It stars Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, who all had their breakthrough roles with this film. It is one of the most controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity, depiction of sexual acts, nudity and amorality. However, Blier's later acclaim for the rest of his filmography made it a cult film for modern critics. Plot Jean-Claude and Pierrot harass and sexually assault an older woman in a banlieue, steal her purse and run away. After they evade their pursuers, they loot the purse but are disappointed to find almost no money. They steal a Citroën DS for a joyride. When they bring it back at night, the owner awaits them with his gun drawn. Pierrot runs away but is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F Comme Fairbanks
''F comme Fairbanks'' is a 1976 French drama film directed by Maurice Dugowson. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Patrick Dewaere – André * Miou-Miou – Marie * John Berry (film director), John Berry – Fragman * Michel Piccoli – Etienne * Jean-Michel Folon – Jean-Pierre * Christiane Tissot – Sylvie * Diane Kurys – Annick * Jean Lescot – Jeannot le régisseur * Jean de Coninck (actor), Jean de Coninck – Le photographe * Evane Hanska – Françoise * Thierry Lhermitte – Le jeune cadre * Guiguin Moro – L'assistante * Christian Clavier – Le serveur * Yves Barsacq – Le vieux cadre * Jenny Clève – La grand-mère * Marc Lamole – Le patron du bistrot References External links * 1976 films 1970s French-language films 1976 drama films Films directed by Maurice Dugowson French drama films Films produced by Michel Seydoux 1970s French films French-language drama films {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000
''Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000'' () is a 1976 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. The location of the shooting was Geneva. The film follows the lives of couples in the wake of the social and political tumult of May 1968 in France, the various people including a history professor, a trade unionist and a bohemian. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast In alphabetical order * Jean-Luc Bideau as Max * Myriam Boyer as Mathilde * Raymond Bussières as Charles * Jacques Denis as Marco Perly * Roger Jendly as Marcel Certoux * Dominique Labourier as Marguerite Certoux * as Madeleine * Miou-Miou as Marie * Rufus as Mathieu Vernier Reception Critical response ''Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 '' has an approval rating of 83% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.5/10. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
