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Étienne Chicot
Étienne Chicot (5 May 1949 – 7 August 2018) was a French actor and composer. . ''Stephane Larue''. Retrieved 8 August 2018. Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chicot, Etienne French male film actors 1949 births 2018 deaths 20th-century French male actors[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fécamp
Fécamp () is a commune in the northwestern French department of Seine-Maritime. Geography Fécamp is situated in the valley of the river Valmont, at the heart of the Pays de Caux, on the Alabaster Coast. It is around northeast of Le Havre, and around northwest of Rouen. History Origin of the name According to its late medieval founding legend, the trunk of a fig tree (''ficus'') carrying the Precious Blood of Christ collected by Joseph of Arimathea was washed ashore on the riverbank at Fécamp in the 1st century. Immediately, a fountain of holy blood gushed from the site; the relic attracted many medieval pilgrims, enhancing the reputation of the city. The monks' legend justified the artificial etymology of the name to ''Fici-campus'', the camp of the fig tree. Fécamp, however, is mentioned in 875 as ''Fiscannum'' and in 990 as ''Fiscannus'' and as late as 1496 which stem from the Germanic root ''fisc'' (English "fish") with an unknown suffix. It used to be the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Police War
''The Police War'' (French: ''La guerre des polices'') is a French police drama film directed by Robin Davis and starring Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich and Marlène Jobert. The French title (literally: "the war of the polices") refers to the rivalry between the two divisions of the French police force: the Territorial Brigade and the Anti-Gang Brigade. The film is loosely based on the real-life competition between French police divisions to capture gangster Jacques Mesrine, who was considered at the time France's public enemy number one. Mesrine was shot dead by police ten days before the film's release, generating public curiosity and helping the film become a box-office success in France. Plot The team of Commissaire Ballestrat from the Territorial Brigade stakes out the hideout of a dangerous criminal named Sarlat. Suddenly, Commissaire Fush and his team from the Anti-Gang Brigade arrive to the site. The ambitious Ballestrat would rather let Sarlat escape than allow the riva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Circuit
''Mortelle Randonnée'' is a 1983 French thriller film inspired by the novel ''Eye of the Beholder'' by Marc Behm. Directed by Claude Miller, the film stars Michel Serrault as The "Eye" Beauvoir, Isabelle Adjani as Catherine, and Geneviève Page as Mme. Schmidt-Boulanger. The film had a total of 916,868 admissions in France. ''Mortelle Randonnée'' was released in the United States as ''Deadly Circuit'' and in the United Kingdom as ''Deadly Run''. The film was remade in 1999 as '' Eye of the Beholder''. Plot The plot revolves around Catherine, a serial killer who seduces men and then murders them throughout countries in Europe. Catherine is trailed by the detective "The Eye" Beauvoir, who fantasizes that she is his long-lost daughter and disposes of her trail of corpses to foil the police. Catherine has a real love affair with a blind architect (Sami Frey), but Beauvoir's jealousy causes the man's death. Catherine returns to her psychotic killing. As the police dragnet closes in, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Villiers
François Villiers (2 March 1920 – 29 January 2009) Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was a French film director. He was responsible for several films, from '' Hans le marin'' in 1949, to '' Manika, une vie plus tard'', in 1989, which won the Prix du Public at Cannes. Family He was the younger brother of actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and therefore uncle of Tina Aumont Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was a French and American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film .... His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr (died 1942). Filmography Television References External links *The Complete Index To World Film since 1895 2009 deaths 1920 births French military personnel of World War II Knights of the Legion of Honour Film directors from Paris Place of death missing {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Choc
() is a 1982 French crime thriller film directed by Robin Davis and starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, and Philippe Léotard. Based on the novel '' The Prone Gunman'' (''La position du tireur couché'') by Jean-Patrick Manchette, the film is about a hitman who wants to retire from his life in organized crime and flees to the country where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman. Plot Martin Terrier (Alain Delon) wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his organized crime employers are unwilling to see him turned out to pasture, Terrier knows too much, and he is still useful to the organization. He escapes to the countryside where he meets Claire ( Catherine Deneuve), and the two soon fall in love. Back in Paris to confront his employers, Terrier learns that they've stolen all his money from the bank. They give him an ultimatum—do one last job for them and he gets his money and his freedom. Cast * Alain Delon as Martin Terrier / Christian * Catherine D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Coggio
Roger Coggio (11 March 1934 – 22 October 2001) was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 40 films between 1954 and 1998. He was married to actress Pascale Audret. He died of cancer. Selected filmography * '' Before the Deluge'' (1954) * '' Forgive Us Our Trespasses'' (1956) * ''Girl on the Road'' (1962) * ''The Immortal Story'' (1968) * '' Belle'' (1973) * ''La dernière bourrée à Paris'' (1973) * ''C'est encore loin l'Amérique ?'' (1980) * ''Le bourgeois gentilhomme'' (1981) * ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'' is a three-act ''comédie-ballet''—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on 6 October 1669 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. ...'' (1985) References External links * 1934 births 2001 deaths French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters Deaths from ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Téchiné
André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post-French New Wave, New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with ''Cahiers du cinéma'' who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into filmmaking. He is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of emotions and the human condition. One of Téchiné's trademarks is the examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way, as can be seen in his most acclaimed films: ''My Favorite Season'' (1993) and ''Wild Reeds (film), Wild Reeds'' (1994). In his films he addresses various themes related to morality and the development of modern society, such as homosexuality, divorce, adultery, family breakdown, prostitution, crime, drug addiction or AI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel America
''Hotel America'' () is a 1981 French romantic drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve and Patrick Dewaere. The film, set in Biarritz, tells the ill-fated romance of mismatched lovers. This is the first of several collaborations between Téchiné and Deneuve, who became his favorite actress. Plot Hélène, an anesthetist working in Biarritz, is driving home one night and nearly hits a pedestrian, Gilles Tisserand. The two go for a coffee and end up spending that night at a diner so that she can file a report, but Gilles has fallen in love with her by the next morning. He asks her for a date, and she accepts, but remains indifferent to him. Unfulfilled and aimless, Gilles has recently come back from a trip to New York, bringing with him a friend he met there, Bernard. An unemployed aspiring musician and would-be ladies' man whose only real occupation is to enjoy the moment and spend time with his steady girlfriend, Colette, a cheerful post office clerk. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the Cinema of France, French cultural landscape. His style, looks, and List of Alain Delon performances, roles, which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity. Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as ''Women Are Weak'' (1959), ''Purple Noon'' (1960), ''Rocco and His Brothers'' (1960), ''L'Eclisse'' (1962), ''The Leopard (1963 film), The Leopard'' (1963), ''Any Number Can Win (film), Any Number Can Win'' (1963), ''The Black Tulip (1964 film), The Black Tulip'' (1964), ''The Last Adventure (1967 film), The Last Adventure'' (1967), ''Le Samour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including '' Police Python 357'' (1976) and '' La Menace'' (1977). He directed Gérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation of '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991. Corneau died in Paris on 30 August 2010 from cancer, aged 67 and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. In 2024, Corneau was posthumously accused by Sarah Grappin of grooming her at 16. Filmography *'' France, Inc.'' (1973) *'' Police Python 357'' (1976) *'' La Menace'' (1977) *''Série noire'' (1979) *'' Choice of Arms'' (1981) *'' Fort Saganne'' (1984) *' (1986) *'' Nocturne Indien'' (1989) *'' Tous les Matins du Monde'' (1991) *''New World The term "New World" is used to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choice Of Arms
''Choice of Arms'' (French: ''Le Choix des armes'') is a 1981 French crime film directed by Alain Corneau. The main roles are played by Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. Although in structure a crime film, it is as much a character study of people under stress and an examination of aspects of French society. Plot Noël, a former gangster now breeding horses on his large estate outside Paris with his beautiful wife Nicole, has his quiet life turned upside down when two wanted crooks arrive in a stolen car. One is an old accomplice called Serge, fatally shot, while the other is a young psychotic called Mickey. When Serge dies, Noël buries him. Mickey goes into Paris and on his return finds two police detectives, Bonnardot and Sarlat, at Noël's house. After threatening them, he escapes and holes up with Dany, a friend in Paris. Thinking that Noël had betrayed him to the police, he turns up one evening as a dinner party is in progress and terrorises everybody. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Sautet
Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was a chronicler of post-war French society. He made a total of five films with his favorite actress Romy Schneider. Biography Born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer. His first movie, ''Hello Smile !, Hello Smile!'' (originally ''Bonjour Sourire'') was released in 1956. He earned international attention with ''The Things of Life'' (''Les choses de la vie'', 1970), which he wrote and directed, like the rest of his later films. Featuring Michel Piccoli in the male lead, it was shown in competition at the 1970 Cannes Festival. The film also revived the career of Romy Schneider; she acted in several of Sautet's later films. In his next film ''Max and the Junkmen'' (''Max et les Ferrailleurs'', 1971) Schneider played a prostitute, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
