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Robinson Stévenin
Robinson Stévenin (born 1 March 1981) is a French actor. Personal life Robinson's father is the actor Jean-François Stévenin Jean-François Stévenin (; 23 April 194427 July 2021) was a French actor and filmmaker. He appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film '' Cold Moon'', which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. He .... Also in the acting profession are his brother Sagamore Stévenin, Pierre Stévenin and his sister Salomé Stévenin. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenin, Robinson 1981 births Living people Most Promising Actor César Award winners French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors People from Lons-le-Saunier Male actors from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lons-le-Saunier
Lons-le-Saunier () is a commune and capital of the Jura Department, eastern France. Geography The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jura escarpment extends to the east and south, while to the west lies the plain of Bresse and to the north extensive vineyards. The river Vallière runs through the town, rising in a typical Jura blind valley not far away, at Revigny. It has been conduited since the 1960s on grounds of hygiene, since sewage outlets run into it. A small section remains in the open air near the parc des Bains, and only a single bridge (the pont de la Guiche) remains. The town is approximately equally placed between Besançon, Dijon, Bourg-en-Bresse and Geneva, though the last of these lies on the other side of the Jura massif. It is served by the A39 autoroute, by which Dijon can be reached in about an hour and Lyon in an hour and a half. The town's railway station lies on the line from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Schroeter
Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a cinema of Germany, German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cinema at large. Life and career Schroeter started out as an underground filmmaker in 1967. Garnering a small cult following, the director also made his mark on the international festival circuit. Defying categorization, his films lie somewhere between ''avant-garde'' and art cinema. :de:Magdalena Montezuma, Magdalena Montezuma was a German underground star that became his muse until her death in 1985. Other notable actors to star in his films include: Bulle Ogier, Carole Bouquet, and Isabelle Huppert. After attending the Film Festival at Knokke, Belgium in 1967, Schroeter made his first 8mm film, ''Maria Callas Portrait'', that consisted of animated stills of Callas overlaid with the sound of her singing. '':fr:Eika Katap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Rayman
Marcel Rajman (alias Simon Maujean, Faculté, Michel, and Michel Mieczlav; 1 May 1923 − 21 February 1944) was a Polish Jew and volunteer fighter in the FTP-MOI group of French Resistance fighters during World War II. He was also the head of "Stalingrad", a highly active militant group. Biography First years Marcel Rajman was born on 1 May 1923 in Warsaw. He came to France with his parents at the age of eight. At ten, he joined the '' Pionniers'' and the working men's sports club Yask. Making up for lost time, he studied with ease and passed his ''brevet élémentaire'' aged 15. He started working with his parents, as a textile worker. Second World War After the first groups of the ''Jeunesses communistes'' were formed, Rajman readily joined them and fought actively until the beginning of 1942, participating in illegal demonstrations, putting up posters, leafleting and other activity. He became in charge of the Jeunesses communistes in the 11th arrondissement. At the begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Army Of Crime
''The Army of Crime'' () is a 2009 French drama-war film directed by Robert Guédiguian and based on a story by Serge Le Péron, who is also one of three credited for the screenplay. It received a wide release in France on 16 September 2009 and opened in the United States in 2010. The film deals with the development of the Manouchian Group, a 23-member resistance unit led by an Armenian exile. They were captured in 1944, tried by a German military court and executed. The title of the film was taken from a propaganda poster known as ''L' Affiche Rouge'' (red poster), in which the Nazis sought to present these French Resistance fighters as foreign criminals. The caption read "Liberators? Liberation by the army of crime". Plot In Paris during the German occupation, resistance movements develop, including some by migrants. An ill-assorted group of resistance fighters commits disorganized attacks. Missak Manouchian, an Armenian exile, is ready to help but is reluctant to kill; for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Xavier De Lestrade
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (born 1 July 1963) is a French writer, director and producer of films and television series. Early life and education Lestrade was born in Mirande, Gers, in southwestern France. He studied law and journalism in Paris, and turned to making documentaries which scrutinize the mechanisms of society. Career Lestrade won an Oscar for Best Documentary for his ninth feature, '' Murder on a Sunday Morning'', in 2001. He is also known for his film '' The Staircase'', about the murder trial against author Michael Peterson, who was accused of killing his wife. He is an executive producer for the TV series ''Sin City Law'' (2007), which has been shown on the Sundance Channel Sundance Channel can refer to: * Sundance TV, formerly known as Sundance Channel (United States). * Sundance Channel (Canada) * Sundance Channel (Netherlands) * Sundance Channel (Europe) Sundance Channel can refer to: * Sundance TV Sundance TV ... in the US. His miniseries ''Laetitia'', bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian and French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, '' A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Career Bruni Tedeschi's debut film as a director, '' It's Easier for a Camel...'', earned her two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival for Emerging Narrative Filmmaker and Best Actress in 2003. The film also won an award at the Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival in 2004. It was also awarded Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film. It was also entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. According to Tim Palmer the film is an engaging example of contemporary French pop-art cinema, referring to directors who wittily merge the features of intellectual/arthouse cinema with mass/popular cinema, putting Bruni Tedeschi in the company of other filmmakers such as François Ozon, Maîwenn le Besco, Sophie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actrices
''Actrices'' (''Actresses'') is a French comedy-drama film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a ''Prix Spécial du Jury'' in the Un Certain Regard section. Plot Marcelline is a chagrined actress, haunted by ''Natalia Petrovna'', the heroine of the Turgenev play '' A Month in the Country'', that she is rehearsing. Trying to escape her fears she visits the swimming pool. While she is swimming she listens to Glenn Miller. At the age of 40 she is unmarried and lives only for her work at the theatre. When she learns she will probably never have children, this heightens her anguish. She tries to communicate with those around her - living or dead: the Virgin Mary, the protecting ghost of her father seated on the family sofa, the mischievous phantom of her lover perched in a tree. She laughs and cries in turn, a nothing perturbs her, a look from her mother, or simply a kiss from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer () is a French actor, singer, writer, and film director. He is the father of actresses Romane Bohringer and . Early life Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, France, to a French mother, Huguette Foucault and a German father. His parents met during World War II, making him a child of war. At his birth, his parents left him with his maternal grandmother who lived in an HLM in , his mother leaving to live in Germany. His father, dispatched to the Russian front, was taken prisoner for five years. Despite these difficulties, Bohringer describes his childhood with his grandmother as a happy one. During his life, he was able to see his father only three times. He made his stage debut near the end of the 1960s. His first play, ''Les Girafes'', was produced by Claude Lelouch. He entered the world of film with his first feature, Gérard Brach's ''La Maison'', in 1970. Career In 1972, Richard Bohringer landed a significant role in '. It took until the beginning o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Villaverde
Teresa Villaverde (born 18 May 1966) is a Portuguese people, Portuguese film director. Her film ''The Mutants (film), Os Mutantes'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography *''A Idade Maior'' (1991) *''Três Irmãos'' (1994) *''The Mutants (film), Os Mutantes'' (1998) *''Água e Sal'' (2001) *''A Favor da Claridade'' (2004) *''Visions of Europe'' (2004) *''Transe'' (2006) *''Swan (2011 film), Swan'' (2011) *''Bridges of Sarajevo'' (2014) *''Paris 15/16'' *''Colo (film), Colo'' (2017) *''O Termometro de Galileu'' (2018) *''Six Portraits of Pain'' (2019) *''Où en êtes-vou, Teresa Villaverde?'' (2019) Awards *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 1999 for Best Director in ''The Mutants (film), Os Mutantes''. *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 1999 for Best Film in ''The Mutants (film), Os Mutantes''. *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 2007 for Best Film in ''Transe''. References 1966 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transe
''Transe'' is a 2006 Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde. It won a Special Jury Award at the 2007 Lecce European Film Festival. Plot Sonia is a young woman from St. Petersburg. After her personal and work life fall apart, she leaves Russia in search of a better life. She eventually arrives in Germany and finds an undeclared job at a car dealership. One day, an individual comes to her work, telling that the other immigrants have been taken by the authorities. Promising to help her get her passport, Sonia gets into the car with him. After falling asleep, another man enters the car and begins driving. With the situation still unclear, he lets her out, but she is left in the wilderness. Still in the forest and unconscious, she is picked up by the same person, who locks her naked in a bathroom until she pleads for help. When he finally lets her out, he proceeds to rape her as she tries to warm herself under a bed's covers. He then tells her that he has no other choice but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colonel (2006 Film)
''The Colonel'' () is a 2006 French-Belgian film directed by Laurent Herbiet, based on a novel by Francis Zamponi. Plot France, 1993. The retired Colonel Raoul Duplan is shot in his home. As the police are baffled, young army officer Galois is brought to help the investigation. Shortly thereafter she receives a letter containing some diary pages of a lieutenant Guy Rossi who served in 1955 in the Algerian war under the command of Duplan and disappeared in 1957 under mysterious circumstances. Every day Galois receives a continuation of the diary in which Rossi describes in detail his ambivalent relationship to Duplan and his dirty methods. As she reads the diary the film flashes back to black-and-white scenes of Rossis' experiences. Rossi witness torture and public executions, and finds himself torn between wanting peace and disgust at the brutal methods being employed to secure it. Rossi inadvertently reveals information to a friend sympathetic to the rebels which may have led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the ''Service Cinéma de l'Armée''. From 1965 until 1974, Miller worked in assistant and supervisory capacities for many of France's major directors, including Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard. His principal mentor was François Truffaut, under whose tutelage Miller directed a trio of shorts and (''The Best Way to Walk'', 1976), his first theatrical feature, a coming-of-age drama which bore traces of Truffaut's '' Les Mistons'' (1957) and ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). Miller received César nominations for Best Director and César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation for this film. His subsequent films can also be perceived as homages to Truffaut, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
