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The Last Flight (2009 Film)
''The Last Flight'' (''Le dernier vol'') is a 2009 French film. Directed by Karim Dridi, it stars Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet. The film is based on the French novel ''Le dernier vol de Lancaster'' by Sylvain Estibal which is loosely based on the real life events surrounding the disappearance of British aviator Bill Lancaster. Synopsis Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont (Cotillard) goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet (Canet) of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other. Cast *Marion Cotillard as Marie Vallières de Beaumont *Guillaume Canet as Antoine Chauvet *Frédéric Epaud as Louis *Michaël Vander-Meiren as Vasseur *Guillaume Marquet as Capatain Vincent Brosseau *Saïdou Abatcha as Saïddou Production Karim Dridi decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Dridi
Karim Dridi (born 9 January 1961 in tunis) is a French Tunisian prolific film director and screenwriter. Career Dridi emerged as a director when he was still a child. His debut short ''Zoé la boxeuse'' was selected for several film festivals and won at the Grenoble short film festival. His 1994 film '' Pigalle'' entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the César Award for Best Debut in 1996. His next film '' Bye-Bye'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2000 musical road movie '' Cuba feliz'' was selected at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Antoine Raimbault's feature debut ''Conviction'' is based on Dridi's original idea. His 2024 movie ''Lazy Girls'' won third prize in the main competition at the Bergamo Film Meeting 2025. Filmography * '' Dans le sac'' (1987); * '' Zoé la boxeuse'' (1992); * '' Pigalle'' (1994); * '' Bye-Bye'' (1995); * '' Hors jeu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', and the eponym, eponymous ''The Marriage of Figaro (play), Le Mariage de Figaro''. One of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise". The oldest national newspaper in France, is considered a French newspaper of record, along with and ''Libération''. Since 2004, the newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group. Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012. ''Le Figaro'' is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after ''Le Monde''. It has a Centre-right politics, centre-right editorial stance and is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Other Groupe Figaro publications include ''Le Figaro Magazine'', ''TV Magazine'' and ''Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s French-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western Languages of Europe, European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic abjad, Northwest Semitic Shin (letter), šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma (letter), Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the ''Ξ, xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Vanier
Nicolas Vanier (born 5 May 1962) is a French adventurer, writer and director. Films Nicolas Vanier's 2004 film ''The Last Trapper'' followed a Trapping, trapper in the Yukon, Canadian Yukon. In 2009 Vanier's movie ' ("Wolf") detailed the life of the Evens tribe in Siberia, Verkhoyansk mountain range, who lived by raising large herds of reindeer which they protected from attacking wolves. In 2019, Nicolas Vanier's project ''Spread Your Wings (film), Spread Your Wings'' sold well in the international markets. Events In 2018 France Nature Environnement formally complained that Nicolas Vanier's film crew had disturbed a colony of Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingos by repeatedly flying overhead in an Ultralight aviation, ultralight and causing an estimated 11% of the French breeding population to abandon its nests and eggs. Vanier later agreed to end his filmmaking and transfer the movie's location to Norway. Filmography *''Les coureurs de bois'' (1982) *''Au nord de l'hiver'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur And The Invisibles
''Arthur and the Minimoys'' () is a 2006 English-language French live-action/animated fantasy film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is based on the first two books of the ''Arthur'' children's books series, ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' and ''Arthur and the Forbidden City'', by Besson. ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' was released theatrically in France on 29 November 2006 by EuropaCorp, followed by wide releases in a number of countries. It was re-released in France on 4 April 2007 with nineteen minutes of bonus footage. With a budget of €60 million, it was briefly the most expensive French film production, until it was surpassed by '' Astérix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). It was a box-office success in its home country. It received the Imagina Award in the category Prix du Long-Métrage. Its soundtrack album was released on 9 January 2007. The film received its release in the United States under the title ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' by the now-defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar (2009 Film)
''Avatar'' is a 2009 Epic film, epic science fiction film co-produced, co-edited, written, and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The first installment in the Avatar (franchise), ''Avatar'' film series, it is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Fictional universe of Avatar#Astronomy and geology, Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable Unobtainium, unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor mineral. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Fictional universe of Avatar#Na'vi, Na'vi, a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to a Genetic engineering, genetically engineered Na'vi body Brain–computer interface, operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to Telep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sheltering Sky (film)
''The Sheltering Sky'' is a 1990 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Paul Bowles (who appears in a cameo role) about a couple who journey to North Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the dangers that surround them. The story culminates with the man falling severely ill in a very remote area of the Sahara desert, from where the events turn catastrophic. Plot Three Americans from New York arrive in Oran, French Algeria, in 1947. Port Moresby and his wife Kit are accompanied by their friend George Tunner on a trip that will take them deep into the Sahara Desert. Tunner observes, "We're probably the first tourists they've had since the war," to which Kit replies "We're not tourists. We're travelers." While Tunner plans to return home in a few weeks, Port and Kit plan on staying for a year or two. While awaiting transport to a hotel, the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The English Patient (film)
''The English Patient'' is a 1996 Epic film, epic Romance film, romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the The English Patient, 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles. The eponymous protagonist, a man burned beyond recognition who speaks with an Received Pronunciation, English accent, recalls his history in a series of flashbacks, revealing to the audience his true identity and the love affair in which he was involved before the war. The film ends with a definitive onscreen statement that it is a highly fictionalized account of László Almásy (died 1951) and other historical figures and events. The film received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office. The film received twelve nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, winning nine, includi ... [...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] |
