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Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including ''L'Étudiante (film), L'Étudiante'' (1988), ''Pacific Palisades (film), Pacific Palisades'' (1990), ''Fanfan'' (1993) and ''Revenge of the Musketeers (1994 film), Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1994). She became an international film star with her performances in ''Braveheart'' (1995), ''Firelight'' (1997), Anna Karenina (1997 film), ''Anna Karenina'' (1997) and as Elektra King in the 19th List of James Bond films, James Bond film ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999). Some of her later films tackle critical social issues such as ''Arrêtez-moi'' (2013), Jailbirds (2015 film), ''Jailbirds'' (2015) and ''Everything Went Fine'' (2021). Marceau has appeared on mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabourg Film Festival
The Cabourg Film Festival takes place on the seaside of Normandy every year in June. With romance as its theme, the festival presents a selection of films dedicated to passion, love, and fantasies. The festival was founded by Gonzague Saint Bris in 1983, and its director is Suzel Pietri. Today, the festival reaches several towns on the Côte Fleurie between Cabourg, Houlgate and Dives-sur-Mer. At nightfall, the festival also offers several open air screenings on the beach of Cabourg. Both the Grand Jury, consisting of professionals from the film and cultural industries, and the Youth Jury awards prizes to the best feature films. In addition to the official competition, the ''Panorama'' section allows the public to preview a selection of French and foreign films, which are all eligible for the Audience Award. The short film competition includes a selection of romantic French shorts that another jury will reward with the following prizes: best short film, best actress, and best ... [...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] |
Fort Saganne
''Fort Saganne'' is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, and Sophie Marceau. Based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel, the film is about a soldier of humble beginnings who volunteers for service in the Sahara in 1911. After falling in love with the beautiful young daughter of the regional administrator, he is ordered to go on missions in the desert, where he engages in several successful campaigns and experiences severe loneliness. Later, while on a diplomatic mission to Paris, he has a brief affair with a journalist. Returning to Africa, he leads a gallant defense against a feared sultan and is awarded the Legion of Honour medal. He returns to his home a national hero and marries the young girl he has not forgotten, but their happiness is interrupted by the onset of World War I. ''Fort Saganne'' was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. At the time of its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Francs
The franc (; , ; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was reintroduced (in decimal form) in 1795. After two centuries of inflation, it was redenominated in 1960, with each (NF) being worth 100 old francs. The NF designation was continued for a few years before the currency returned to being simply the franc. Many French residents, though, continued to quote prices of especially expensive items in terms of the old franc (equivalent to the new centime), up to and even after the introduction of the euro (for coins and banknotes) in 2002. The French franc was a commonly held international reserve currency of reference in the 19th and 20th centuries. Between 1998 and 2002, the conversion of francs to euros was carried out at a rate of 6.55957 francs to 1 euro. History The French Franc t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Besse
Ariel Besse or Ariel Besse-Atanoux (7 October 1965 – 29 May 2022) was a French actress. Her first film role was a starring part in Bertrand Blier's 1981 film '' Beau Pere'', when she was 15. Besse's parents sued the distributors for the poster, which shows her breasts, as it was exhibited on billboards around France without their permission, losing the case. She is also noted for playing Aline in the film '' Mora'' (1982). After three films, she quit acting and became a mail carrier for La Poste, and had three children. In 2004, she made a minor screen acting comeback, appearing in one episode of the French television series '. Besse died at 56 on 29 May 2022, at her home in Flayosc Flayosc (; Provençal Occitan: ''Flaiòsc'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Geography Flayosc is west of Draguignan, about from the Mediterranean Sea (to the southeast ..., Var. Filmography References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France-Soir
''France Soir'' () was a French newspaper that prospered in physical format during the 1950s and 1960s, reaching a circulation of 1.5 million in the 1950s. It declined rapidly under various owners and was relaunched as a populist tabloid in 2006. However, the company went bankrupt on 23 July 2012, before re-emerging as an online-only media in 2016. In 2020, according to NewsGuard, this media "fails to adhere to several basic journalistic standards". History ''France Soir'' was founded as the underground paper ''Défense de la France'' ("Defense of France") by young resistance leaders, Robert Salmon and Philippe Viannay, in 1941. The first editions were printed on a Rotaprint 3 offset printing machine hidden in the cellars of the Sorbonne. Distributed to Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon and to Britain by the resistance networks Combat and Témoignage chrétien, ''Défense de la France'' became the largest circulation newspaper in the underground press, with 450,000 copies per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau-père
''Beau Pere'' (), also known as ''Stepfather'', is a 1981 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, based on his novel of the same name. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse and Maurice Ronet and is about a 30-year-old pianist who has an affair with his 14-year-old stepdaughter after her mother dies in a car accident. The film played at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and had an international release. It received some positive reviews in spite of its controversial subject. Plot Rémi is a struggling pianist with a wife, Martine, a model who is getting too old to find desirable work, and a 14-year-old stepfamily, stepdaughter, Marion. When Martine is killed in a Traffic collision, car crash, Marion expresses her desire to stay with Rémi in their apartment, but is taken away by her father Charly, an alcoholic who dislikes Rémi. Marion comes back, much to her father's disapproval, and takes up babysitting to help make ends meet while Rémi gives piano lessons. Soon, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont SA () is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO). History Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its make of camera-projector. Léon Gaumont's secretary Alice Guy-Blach� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau (; 25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France (region), Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. (in French) His sister was the actress Arlette Merry, and his brother was the director Jack Pinoteau, Jacques Pinoteau. Filmography * 1971 : ''It Only Happens to Others'' * 1973 : ''Escape to Nowhere (1973 film), Escape to Nowhere'' with Lino Ventura, Leo Genn et Suzanne Flon * 1974 : ''The Slap (film), The Slap'' with Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot et Isabelle Adjani * 1976 : ''Le Grand Escogriffe'' with Yves Montand, Agostina Belli et Claude Brasseur * 1979 : ''Jigsaw (1979 film), Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère)'' with Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson et Donald Pleasence * 1980 : ''La Boum'' with Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey et Sophie Marceau * 1982 : ''La Boum 2'' with Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey et Sophie Marceau * 1984 : ' with Lino Ventura, Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was originally established in 1802 by Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, and it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its Seat (legal entity), seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General François Lecointre, who succeeded fellow retired General Benoît Puga in office. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander (order), Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture (France)
The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) on national soil and abroad. Its budget is mainly dedicated to the management of the (six national sites and hundred decentralised storage facilities) and the regional (culture centres). Its main office is in the in the 1st arrondissement of Paris on the . It is headed by the Minister of Culture, a cabinet member. The current officeholder has been Rachida Dati since 11 January 2024. History Deriving from the Italian and Burgundian courts of the Renaissance, the notion that the state had a key role to play in the sponsoring of artistic production and that the arts were linked to national prestige was found in France from at least the 16th century on. During the pre-revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
