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Trap For Cinderella (novel)
''Trap for Cinderella'' is a psychological mystery novel by Sébastien Japrisot, originally published in French as ''Piège pour Cendrillon'' in 1962. It received the 1963 Grand Prix de Littérature policière. It's notable for the subversion of the rules of the mystery genre: the heroine—who suffers from amnesia and tries to reconstruct her past—simultaneously takes on the roles of victim, witness, detective and murderer. Plot A young woman wakes up in a hospital, badly burned and suffering from amnesia. She receives a new face through plastic surgery but still doesn't remember who she is. Doctor Doulin who treats her, tells her that her name is Michele Isola, also called Mickey or Mi, and she is twenty years old. She was caught in a fire accident in a seaside villa with her friend Domenica Loi, also known as Do. The latter died in the fire. When Mickey is discharged from the hospital, she comes to stay with her family friend and childhood governess Jeanne Murneau. Mickey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot (4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the established formulas "into their component pieces to re-combine them in original and paradoxical ways." Some critics argue that though Japrisot's work may lack the explicit experimental element present in the novels of some of his contemporaries, it shows influences of structuralist theories and the unorthodox techniques of the New Novelists. He remains little known in the English-speaking world, though all his novels have been translated into English and all but one of them have been made into films. Biography Jean-Baptiste Rossi was born on July 4, 1931, in Marseille to an Italian immigrant family. His father abandoned them when the boy was six years old. Supported by his mother, Rossi went to study with the Jesuits at the Ecol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dany Carrel
Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles de Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932 or 20 September 1935) is a French actress. She was born in Vietnam - then French Indochina - to French father Aimé Chazelles de Chaxel and his Vietnamese mistress, Kim. She gradually retired starting from the eighties due to two bouts of cancer. In 2021, she was hospitalized for three weeks after contracting COVID-19. Selected filmography * '' Dortoir des grandes'' (1953) * “ Maternite Clandestine” (1953) * ''Women's Club'' (1956) * ''People of No Importance'' (1956) * '' Porte des Lilas'' (1957) * '' Girls for the Summer'' (1958) * ''This Desired Body'' (1959) * ''The Goose of Sedan'' (1959) * '' Mill of the Stone Women'' (1960) * ''The Hands of Orlac'' (1960) * ''Une souris chez les hommes'' (1964) * '' Trap for Cinderella'' (1965) * ''An Idiot in Paris ''An Idiot in Paris'' (French: ''Un idiot à Paris'') is a 1967 French comedy film directed by Serge Korber and starring Dany Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime Novels
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1962 French Novels
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarantula (novel)
''Mygale'' is a crime sci-fi thriller novel by Thierry Jonquet, first published in France by Editions Gallimard in 1984, and then in the United States in 2003 by City Lights. Its English translation was also published by Serpent's Tail in the United Kingdom and North America in 2005 as ''Tarantula'', and it has also been released under the title ''The Skin I Live In'', the title of Pedro Almodóvar's film of the same name, which was inspired by the novel. Plot Richard Lafargue is a renowned plastic surgeon keeping a young woman, "Eve", locked against her will in his villa. Alex Barny, a wanted fugitive after robbing a bank, decides to change the look of his face in order to avoid capture. He contacts Lafargue about the procedure and arranges to meet at his home. Another story surrounding a young man named Vincent Moreau is also told via first person narrative. After raping Lafargue's daughter (resulting in her mental and emotional deterioration), Vincent is captured and impris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Jonquet
Thierry Jonquet (; January 19, 1954 – August 9, 2009) was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was ''Mygale (novel), Mygale'' (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights Bookstore, City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as ''Tarantula'' in 2005 (Serpent's Tail). He wrote over 20 novels in French, including ''Le bal des débris'', ''Moloch'' and ''Rouge c'est la vie''. Jonquet died aged 55 in hospital in Paris. ''Tarantula'' was filmed by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, under the title ''The Skin I Live In'',Manohla Dargis, Dargis, Manohla"A Beautiful Prisoner Lost in Almodóvar’s Labyrinth"(partial paywall), review, ''The New York Times'', October 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15. which was entered in competition in May 2011 for the Cannes Film Festival. Bibliography * ''Mémoire en cage'' (1982) * ''Ils sont votre épouvante et vous êtes leur cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Du Palais-Royal
The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history Originally known as the Théâtre des Beaujolais, it was a puppet theatre with a capacity of about 750 that was built in 1784 to the designs of the architect Victor Louis. In 1790 it was taken over by Mademoiselle Montansier and became known as the Théâtre Montansier. She began using it for plays and Italian operas translated into French and the following year hired Louis to enlarge the stage and auditorium, increasing its capacity to 1300. After Napoleon's decree on the theatres in 1807 introduced significant constraints on the types of pieces that could be performed, it was used for lighter fare, such as acrobatics, rope dancing, performing dogs, and Neapolitan puppets. In 1812 the theatre was converted into a café with shows. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Roach
Alexandra Elizabeth Roach (born 20 August 1987) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Becky in ''Utopia'' and DS Joy Freers in '' No Offence''. She has also made appearances in series including '' Being Human'', '' Inside No. 9'', '' Black Mirror'' and '' Killing Eve''. Life and career Roach was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales. A number of her relatives, including her father Jeff (who went on to work for the Welsh Rugby Union), her brother and her sister, have been part of the police force at one point. A fluent Welsh speaker, Roach appeared in long-running television soap ''Pobol Y Cwm'' in her early teens and won Best Juvenile Actor in a Soap at the Children in Entertainment Awards. After leaving the series in 2005, she spent time with the National Youth Theatre of Wales before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with a B.A. in acting in 2010. She has described how her Welsh accent counted against her in an early audition for a televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuppence Middleton
Tuppence Middleton (born 21 February 1987) is an English actress known for her performances in film, television and theatre. In 2010, she was nominated for the ''London Evening Standard'' Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Middleton appeared in various films before making her breakthrough in Morten Tyldum's historical drama ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), and subsequently appeared in The Wachowskis' science fiction film '' Jupiter Ascending'' (2015), Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's historical drama '' The Current War'' (2017), the film ''Downton Abbey'' (2019), and David Fincher's film ''Mank'' (2020). She made her first television appearance in ''Bones (TV series), Bones'' (2008) and subsequently appeared as a guest in ''New Tricks (TV series), New Tricks'' (2010), ''Friday Night Dinner'' (2011), and ''Lewis (TV series), Lewis'' (2013). She also appeared in ''Black Mirror'' (2013), as Miss Havisham in ''Dickensian (TV series), Dickensian'' (2015–2016), as Russian princess Hél� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Softley
Iain Declan Softley (born 28 October 1956) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films include ''Backbeat,'' '' Hackers, The Wings of the Dove'', '' K-PAX'', ''The Skeleton Key'', '' Inkheart'' and the BBC adaptation of Sadie Jones's novel ''The Outcast''. Career Softley was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, London, and Queens' College, Cambridge University, where he directed a number of highly-praised theatrical productions. He worked for Granada TV and the BBC in the 1980s before moving on to music videos and film. Softley's first film, the Stuart Sutcliffe biopic, ''Backbeat'', which he wrote and directed, was released in 1994. It opened the Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive a BAFTA Award nomination for Best British Film. For his work on the film, Softley received Best Newcomer Awards from The London Film Critics Circle and Empire Magazine. Following Backbeat, Softley directed the cyber thriller ''Hackers'', starring Angelina J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trap For Cinderella (2013 Film)
''Trap for Cinderella'' is a 2013 British thriller drama film written and directed by Iain Softley and starring Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox, Aneurin Barnard, Frances de la Tour and Emilia Fox. Based on the novel '' Piège pour Cendrillon'' by Sébastien Japrisot, the film is about a young woman who loses her memory after surviving a fire that kills her childhood friend. Through reading her dead friend's diary, she begins to put the pieces of her shattered life back together. Plot 20-year-old Micky (Tuppence Middleton) regains consciousness in a hospital after suffering severe burn injuries requiring reconstructive surgery, and she's still suffering from amnesia. She is shown photographs of friends and relatives, but she can't recognize anybody. The doctors tell her she lives in London and her parents died in a car accident when she was 9. Her aunt, Elinor (Frances de la Tour), took care of her ever since, but had died sometime before Micky's accident. Micky is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Cayatte
André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Cayatte began his directoral career at the German-controlled Continental Films during the French occupation. Some of Cayatte's earlier films that addressed his characteristic themes include ''Justice est faite'' ('' Justice is Done''; 1950), ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'' ('' We Are All Murderers''; 1952), and ''Le passage du Rhin'' ('' Tomorrow Is My Turn''; 1960). In 1963, he undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films: ''Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'') and ''Françoise ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise''). These two films tell the same story from two different points of view. His 1973 film, ''Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu'', won the Silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
