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Philippe Sarde
Philippe Sarde (born 21 June 1948) is a French film composer. Considered among the most versatile and talented French film composers of his generation, Sarde has scored over two hundred films, film shorts, and television mini-series. He received an Academy Award nomination for '' Tess'' (1979), and twelve César Award nominations, winning for '' Barocco'' (1976). In 1993, Sarde received the Joseph Plateau Music Award. Life and career Philippe Sarde was born 21 June 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. His mother, Andrée Gabriel, was a singer in the Paris Opera. Through his mother's encouragement, he became interested in music from the early age of three. When he was four years old, he conducted a brief section of ''Carmen'' at the Paris Opera. At the age of five, he began experimenting with sound recording and made his first short films. Sarde loved both music and film, and had trouble deciding on his career direction. Sarde entered the Paris Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and Essonne to the south. With a population of 1,624,357 (as of 2019)Populations légales 2019: 92 Hauts-de-Seine INSEE and a total area of 176 square kilometres (68 square miles), it has the second highest among all departments of France, after Paris. It is the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Sarde
Alain Sarde (born 28 March 1952) is a French film producer and actor. Early life Alain Sarde was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Career David Lynch's '' Mulholland Drive'', a film Sarde co-produced, received the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture. '' The Pianist'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the BAFTA Award for Best Film. Another film of his – '' Intimate Strangers'' – is being remade by Paramount Pictures. In May 2024, Sarde was accused by nine women including Annelise Hesme and Laurence Cote of rape and sexual assault between 1985 and 2003 after French magazine ''Elle'' investigated. Filmography *'' Don't Touch The White Woman!'' (1974) *'' Barocco'' (1976) *'' First Name: Carmen'' (1983) *'' My Best Friend's Girl'' (1983) *'' Mixed Blood'' (1984) *'' Bitter Moon'' (1992) *'' L.627'' (1992) *'' Wild Reeds'' (1994) *'' The Bait (L'Appât)'' (1995) *'' Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (1995) *'' Ponette'' (1996) *'' La Belle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clockmaker
''The Clockmaker'' (, also known as ''The Clockmaker of St. Paul'' and ''The Watchmaker of St. Paul'') is a 1974 French crime drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, his feature film debut. Based on the 1954 novel '' L'Horloger d'Everton'' by Georges Simenon, it tells the story of a widowed father who first discovers how little he knows about his teenage son, who kills a man and with his girl goes on the run, but then decides that whatever their faults he will stand by the pair. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. In the United States, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review. Plot Respected professionally and socially, the widowed watchmaker Michel Descombes lives peacefully over his shop in Lyons with his teenage son Bernard, who works in a factory. One morning when his son has not come home, which is not unusual, police arrive and take Michel t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Valise
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heavenly Bodies (film)
''The Heavenly Bodies'' () is a Canadian- French comedy film, directed and co-written by Gilles Carle and released in 1973.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 96. The film stars Donald Pilon as Desmond, a pimp in Quebec in 1938 who moves to a rural mining town with a group of prostitutes to open a brothel in a decrepit old hotel, amid the early warning signs about the approaching outbreak of World War II.Charles-Henri Ramond"Corps célestes, Les – Film de Gilles Carle" ''Films du Québec'', January 2, 2009. The cast also includes Micheline Lanctôt, Carole Laure, Jacques Dufilho and Yvon Barrette. Due to the film's temporal setting, recordings of Adolf Hitler are heard on radio broadcasts at various points in the film, although the conclusion transcends time to communicate a message of hope by incorporating audio clips of much later political figures such as John F. Kennedy and Pierre Trudeau. The film was positively reviewed by critics. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Train (1973 Film)
''The Train'' () is a 1973 in film, 1973 cinema of France, Franco–cinema of Italy, Italian film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre. The film is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Georges Simenon. Plot In May 1940 a packed train takes refugees from a French village near the Belgian border fleeing advancing German forces. The passengers include Julien, a short-sighted radio repairer, his daughter and pregnant wife. The women are assigned to a carriage for women at the front while he has to scramble into a cattle truck at the rear. There he becomes entranced by a mysterious and beautiful young woman travelling alone. At a station, the train is split and he is separated from his wife and daughter. As his half of the train slowly continues across war-torn France, sometimes bombed and strafed by German aircraft, he and the silent woman gradually become intimate and eventually lovers. He learns that she is a German named Anna, that she is Jewish and that her husband was tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux Hommes Dans La Ville
''Two Men in Town'' ( a.k.a. ''Two Against the Law'') is a 1973 Franco-Italian film directed by José Giovanni. The film was remade in 2014. Synopsis Germain Cazeneuve left the police to work as a prison trainer, teaching inmates how to live once out of jail and how to stay out. He stands guarantor when Gino Strabliggi, a printer by trade, is paroled two years before his twelve-year sentence for bank robbery expires. Germain and his family offer friendship to Gino and his wife Sophie, who has waited faithfully for ten years, until two criminals racing along a country road kill Sophie by accident. Gino gets a steady job as a printer and meets Lucy, a bank employee, who moves into his flat. On a regular visit to the police station to renew his parole, he is seen by Inspector Goitreau who originally arrested him and immediately follows him. As he stops for petrol, some old associates spot him and give him the address of their hideout. Goitreau, suspecting Gino is part of their pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Bouffe
''La Grande Bouffe'' (, English titles ''The Grand Bouffe'' and ''Blow-Out'') is a 1973 French–Italian satirical film directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Andréa Ferréol. The film centres on a group of friends who plan to eat themselves to death. It satirises consumerism and the decadence of the bourgeoisie and was received controversially upon its release, but later gained a cult status. Plot The film tells the story of four friends who gather in a villa for the weekend, with the express purpose of eating themselves to death. ''Bouffer'' is French slang for "eating" (the Italian ''abbuffata'' means "great eating"). The first protagonist is Ugo, owner and chef of a restaurant, "The Biscuit Soup". The second is Philippe, a somewhat important magistrate who still lives with his childhood nanny, Nicole, who is overprotective of him to the point of trying to prevent him from having relationships with other w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César And Rosalie
''César and Rosalie'' () is a 1972 romance film starring Yves Montand and Romy Schneider, directed by Claude Sautet. Plot In Paris the beautiful divorcée Rosalie spends time with César, a coarse but good-hearted scrap merchant. At a wedding she sees her first love David, a shy graphic artist. Despite the efforts of César to stifle the renewed relationship, David and Rosalie run away to Sète on the Mediterranean. Distraught at being abandoned, César tracks them down and offers Rosalie her family's old holiday home on the island of Noirmoutier in the Atlantic, which he has bought. She accepts and all her family come to spend the summer there, but she falls into depression. In an effort to rally her, César goes to find David and persuades him to join them. This well-intentioned ploy backfires because Rosalie then runs away. Left together, the two rivals become good friends. A year later they are enjoying lunch when a taxi draws up and out steps Rosalie. Cast * Yves Montand - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza (1972 Film)
''Liza'' (, literally, ''The Bitch'') is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It is based on the short story "Melampus" by Ennio Flaiano. Plot The painter Giorgio lives on an island near the South coast of Corsica, alone with his dog. He is visited by the beautiful Corsican woman Liza, who has an affair with him. Cast * Catherine Deneuve as Liza * Marcello Mastroianni as Giorgio * Corinne Marchand as Giorgio's wife * Michel Piccoli as Giorgio's friend * Pascal Laperrousaz as Giorgio's son * Dominique Marcas as Maid * Valérie Stroh as Giorgio's daughter * Claudia Bianchi * Enrico Blasi Enrico Blasi (born February 16, 1972) is an American hockey coach, former player and athletics administrator who currently serves as head coach at the University of St. Thomas. Blasi was previously the head coach for the Miami RedHawks men's i ... * Mauro Benedetti * Claudine Berg as Liza's friend * Luigi Antonio Guerra Reception The film recorded admissions of 293 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellé (film)
''Helle'' is a 1972 French film directed by Roger Vadim. The film recorded admissions of 345,984 in France. at Box Office Story Plot Helle is a mentally retarded, deaf and mute village girl who lives high in the mountains of France. Due to her lack of understanding of what's good or bad, the village has taken advantage of her. Maria is a widow and has two sons, Julien and Fabrice. The eldest one, Julien, is a war veteran and his time in Vietnam has broken him. Fabrice, the younges ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
