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The Conquest (2011 Film)
''The Conquest'' (french: La conquête) is a 2011 French Biographical film on Nicolas Sarkozy directed by Xavier Durringer. Plot On May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy, between two phone calls to his wife Cécilia, remembers the past five years. In 2002, he returned to the forefront of political life by being appointed interior minister by President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, in the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Gradually, he managed to make a name and decided to prepare to succeed President Chirac at the Elysee in 2007. However, he must cope with significant challenges as his rivalry with the Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, or the secret romance with Cecilia advertising Richard Attias and his affair with the journalist Anne Fulda. Cast * Denis Podalydès as Nicolas Sarkozy * Florence Pernel as Cécilia Sarkozy * Bernard Le Coq as Jacques Chirac * Michèle Moretti as Bernadette Chirac * Hippolyte Girardot as Claude Guéant * Samuel Labarthe as Dominique de Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric And Nicolas Altmayer
Éric Altmayer (born 8 September 1962) and Nicolas Altmayer (born 26 January 1965) are French film producers. They are the founders of the Paris-based production company Mandarin Cinéma (also known as Mandarin Films). Selected filmography * 1996 : ''XY'' * 1997 : ''Grève party'' * 2000 : ''Jet Set '' * 2001 : ''3 Zéros'' * 2002 : '' Riders'' * 2002 : ''Dina'' * 2004 : '' People'' * 2005 : '' Sky Fighters'' * 2005 : '' Brice de Nice'' * 2005 : ''Ma vie en l'air'' * 2006 : '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' * 2006 : ''On va s'aimer'' * 2007 : '' Hellphone'' * 2007 : ''Le Nouveau Protocole'' * 2008 : ''The First Day of the Rest of Your Life'' * 2008 : '' La Possibilité d'une île'' * 2008 : ''L'Empereur de la nuit'' * 2008 : ''Another Kind of Silence'' * 2009 : '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' * 2011 : ''A Happy Event'' * 2011 : '' The Conquest'' * 2012 : '' In the House'' * 2013 : ''Young & Beautiful'' * 2013 : ''Paris à tout prix'' * 2013 : ''Le grand méchant loup'' * 2013 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippolyte Girardot
Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the father of actress Ana Girardot. Selected filmography * 1973: '' La Femme de Jean'', directed by Yannick Bellon, Rémi * 1980: ''Inspecteur la Bavure'', directed by Claude Zidi, a friend of Michel Clément * 1980: '' L'Amour nu'', directed by Yannick Bellon, Hervé * 1982: '' Le Destin de Juliette'', directed by Aline Issermann, Pierre * 1984: '' Le Bon Plaisir'', directed by Francis Girod, Pierre * 1984: ''Prénom Carmen'' (''First Name: Carmen''), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Fred * 1984: '' Fort Saganne'', directed by Alain Corneau, Dr Courette * 1985: ''L'Amour ou presque'', directed by Patrice Gautier, Luc * 1986: '' Manon des Sources'' (''Manon of the Spring''), directed by Claude Berri, Bernard Olivier * 1986: ''L'Amant magnifique'', directed by Aline Issermann, Vincent * 1986: '' Suivez mon regard'', directed by Jean Curtelin, The reporter in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Moreau (actor)
Nicolas Moreau (born 28 June 1969) is a French actor and a theatre director. Career Moreau debuted in 1995 in four roles: as Marc, the son of Claude Jade and Georges Claisse in Jacques Richards' television movie '' Porté disparu''; as Andreï in the adaption of Eduard von Keyserling's novel '' Été Brûlant'' with Claude Rich and Hélène de Fougerolles; in Denys de La Patellière's last film ''Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (with Bruner Cremer and Claude Winter); and as Luc Béraud in Denys de La Patelliére's '' Pasteur, cinq années de rage'' with Bernard Fresson. After many roles in television movies, he played the role of Émile Bernard in Roger Planchon's film ''Lautrec''. His television career was followed by, among others, Le Bois du Pardoux (2000) with Annie Girardot and Thierry Chabert's ''Des jours et des nuits'' (2005). Moreau returned to cinema in 2005 in Patrice Chéreau's ''Gabrielle''. In 2011 he played the role of Louis Eggenberger in Thierry B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Besnehard
Dominique Besnehard (; born 5 February 1954) is a French actor, film producer, casting director, writer and talent manager. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film '' À nos amours'', which was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography Actor Producer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Besnehard, Dominique 1954 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors People from Bois-Colombes 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégory Fitoussi
Grégory Fitoussi (born 13 August 1976) is a French actor best known for appearing in television series such as ''Spiral'', ''Spin'' and ''Mr Selfridge''. Personal life He was born in Paris to Pied-Noir Sephardi Jewish parents. His parents opened a clothing store in Paris managed by his mother, while his father designed the displays. He appears alongside his brother, Mikaël Fitoussi, in the short film ''Alliés Nés'', roughly based on his own family. He was in a relationship for several years with the actress Anne Caillon. He lives in Saint-Mandé, a high-end commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. Career Fitoussi appeared in the TF1 television soap in which he played Benjamin, the husband of the character . He also appeared in , a television series broadcast on France 2, in which he played the gynaecologist of Grace, the president of France. Later, he played Maître Vidal, the lawyer of (played by Muriel Robin), in the French docudrama '' The Poisoner'' (). Fitoussi had o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Gergorin
Jean-Louis Gergorin is a French cybersecurity expert, strategy consultant, former diplomat, and former executive vice president of EADS—the giant European aerospace company that controls and has been subsequently known as Airbus. He was at the origin of the Clearstream 2 incident in France; a significant occurrence in French political life from 2006 to 2010. He was later found in this case guilty of slanderous denunciation, and use of forgery. Education Gergorin was educated at two top French schools, the École Polytechnique and École Nationale d'Administration. Gergorin was also a research fellow at the RAND Corporation and Harvard Kennedy School and is a graduate of the Executive Education Program at Stanford Business School. Career In 1973, Gergorin was cofounder and deputy head of the Policy Planning Staff of the French Foreign Ministry. From 1979 to 1984 he was Director of Policy Planning, reporting directly to the French Foreign Minister. In November 1984 he join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Rondot
Philippe Rondot (5 October 1936 – 31 December 2017) was a French general, formerly an important personality of the French intelligence. He worked for both the domestic intelligence DST and the foreign intelligence DGSE (traditionally rival services) and was an aide to several Defence Ministers. Early life Philippe Rondot was born in Nancy in 1936. He graduated from the ''École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr'' in 1965, and he earned a PhD in political sociology. Career Rondot joined the "special services" in 1965 as an officer of the "action" branch of the SDECE (ancestor of the present DGSE). In the late 1970s, he joined the DST. In 1994, he was active in the capture of terrorist Ilich RamÃrez Sánchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") in Sudan. He also took part in hostage liberations in Libya and Iraq. From 1997, he was in charge of coordinating intelligence at the Defence Ministry, until he retired on 31 December 2005. His title was "''conseiller pour le renseignement et les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Debré
Jean-Louis Debré (; born 30 September 1944) is a former French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.CV on the National Assembly website (in French). He was from 1995 until 1997 during the presidency of . Since 2016 he has been President of the Superior Council of Archives. Early life and family Debré was born in |
Rachida Dati
Rachida Dati (; ar, رشيدة داتي, link=no; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Prior to her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007. After his victory, Sarkozy appointed her to his Government on 18 May 2007. She was elected mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris on 29 March 2008. Early life and education Rachida Dati was born on 27 November 1965 in Saint-Rémy, Burgundy to a Moroccan father, a bricklayer named Mbarek, and an Algerian mother, named Fatima-Zohra. She was the second child of twelve in an impoverished family, and she spent her childhood in Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy. Even though Dati was raised in a devout Islamic environment, she attended Catholic schools; Dati's own personal religious beliefs have been described as "unclear. She st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Guaino
Henri Guaino (born 11 March 1957) is a French speechwriter and politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Yvelines from 2012 to 2017. A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously was a special advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 until his retirement from politics following the 2012 election. Career Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy Guaino was responsible for writing the Dakar address which Sarkozy delivered in 2007 and was criticised for being patronising towards the African continent. National Assembly In the 2012 legislative election, he was elected to the National Assembly for the Yvelines department. On 3 September 2012, he unexpectedly announced his intention to run for the presidency of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Guaino stated that his aim was to represent the Gaullist component of the UMP's heritage in this internal election, Gaullism, a way forward for France, a movement within the party h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Lefebvre
Frédéric Lefebvre (; born 14 October 1963 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician who served as Secretary of State for Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises, Tourism, Services, Liberal professions and Consumption under the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, François Baroin, in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. From 2008 to 2009 and from 2013 until 2017, he was a member of the National Assembly, representing the Hauts-de-Seine department. He is also the founder of l'Ame Nord, a non-profit organization dedicated to serve the interests of French residents living in the US and Canada. Political career Lefebvre was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 elections. In parliament, he served on the Finance Committee from 2007 until 2009. In 2008, he introduced an amendment to President Nicolas Sarkozy's immigration law to allow illegal foreign employees to apply for work permits if their employers can show they are important to the economy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Cassignard
Pierre Cassignard (19 December 1965 – 20 December 2021) was a French stage and screen actor. Early life Pierre Cassignard was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande in Grionde, France, on 19 December 1965. In the early 1980s, he moved to Paris to study theater, but wound up working in a production a few days later. He landed his first role in the play House & Garden in 1987. Television and Film followed quickly when he was cast in the TV series Haute Tension in 1988. Cassignard was well received. In 1996, he won the coveted Moliere for Best Actor in the Carlo Goldoni play The Venetian Twins. He was also nominated as Best Newcomer for the same role. A second Best Actor nomination came in 2005, again for a Carlo Goldoni play, the Mistress of the Inn ''The Mistress of the Inn'' ( it, La locandiera ), also translated as ''The Innkeeper Woman'' or ''Mirandolina'' (after the play's main character), is a 1753 three-act comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni about a coquette. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
