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Amidou
Hamidou Benmessaoud ( ar, حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's '' Les paravents''. Amidou was best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he shot eleven films, including Lelouch's film debut '' Le propre de l'homme'' (1960). He made his debut in a Moroccan film in 1969, starring in ''Soleil de printemps'' directed by Latif Lahlou. His career included roles in Spaghetti Westerns like ''Buddy Goes West'' and several American productions, including William Friedkin's ''Sorcerer'', John Frankenheimer's ''Ronin'' and John Huston's ''Escape to Victory''. In 1969, Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in ''Life Love Death'' by Claude Lelouch, and later won best actor awards at the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcerer (film)
''Sorcerer'' is a 1977 American thriller film directed and produced by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. The second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel ''Le Salaire de la peur'', it has been widely considered a remake of the 1953 film ''The Wages of Fear'', although Friedkin disagreed with this assessment. The plot depicts four outcasts from varied backgrounds meeting in a South American village, where they are assigned to transport cargoes of aged, poorly kept dynamite that is so unstable that it is 'sweating' its dangerous basic ingredient, nitroglycerin. ''Sorcerer'' was originally conceived as a side-project to Friedkin's next major film, ''The Devil's Triangle'', with a modest US$2.5 million budget. The director later opted for a bigger production, which he thought would become his legacy. The cost of ''Sorcerer'' was earmarked at $15 million, escalating to $22 million following a troubled production with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Fille Et Des Fusils
''Une fille et des fusils'' is a 1965 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. It is also known in the English-speaking world as ''The Decadent Influence'' or ''To Be a Crook''. Plot Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn more money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their following deeds. Cast *Jean-Pierre Kalfon as ''Jean-Pierre'' *Amidou as ''Amidou'' *Pierre Barouh as ''Pierre'' * Jacques Portet as ''Jacques'' * Janine Magnan as ''Martine'' * Yane Barry as ''the bistrokeeper'' *Betty Beckers Betty Beckers (3 May 1925, in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. People from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges are called ''Villene ... as ''the prostitute'' Background *With the film becoming Lelouch's first commercial success, he attempted to destroy all copies and negat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Love Death
''La Vie, l’Amour, la Mort'' is a film directed by Claude Lelouch in 1968 (released in France in 1969). Synopsis François Toledo, a married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a colleague. However, after three dates, he feels dishonoured when he suffers from impotence. In frustration, he strangles some prostitutes before being arrested. He is tried and convicted, and sentenced to death on the guillotine. Starring *Amidou : ''François Toledo'' *Caroline Cellier : ''Caroline'' * Janine Magnan : ''Janine'' *Marcel Bozzuffi *Pierre Zimmer *Pierre Collet *"El Cordobés" *Annie Girardot * Jacques Henry *Robert Hossein * Catherine Samie : ''Julie'' Awards *Best Actor at the Rio Festival for Amidou Hamidou Benmessaoud ( ar, حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he m ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosebud (1975 Film)
''Rosebud'' is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and . Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger. Kim Cattrall made her film debut as a teenager. Barbara Emerson, who had been cast as one of the girls, was replaced during production. Plot Larry Martin (O'Toole) is a ''Newsweek'' reporter, secretly working for the CIA as he travels around the globe tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the anti-Israel terrorist Palestinian Liberation Army from the yacht ''Rosebud''. Martin must contend with the girls' fathers, all of whom are wealthy, connected and concerned. Sloat (Attenborough), the extremist head of Black September, is connected with the kidnappings, and is subsequently hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigade Antigangs
''Brigade antigangs'' is a 1966 French-Italian film directed by Bernard Borderie. Synopsis Restaurateur Sartet is investigated over being behind a great many robberies. When a special task force known as ''Brigade antigangs'' under the helm of chief inspector Le Goff catches him red-handed, he has just secretly provided his sister with access to his booty. Sartet's sister invests the booty in hiring henchmen who are supposed to free Sartet. They eventually kidnap Le Goff's brother who happens to be a famous footballer. The chief inspector is informed his brother is about to die unless the police releases Sartet. Cast * Robert Hossein: chief inspector Le Goff * Raymond Pellegrin: Robert Sartet * Gabriele Tinti: Jobic Le Goff * Pierre Clementi: Trois-Pommes * Amidou: Nez Cassé ("Broken Nose") * Ilaria Occhini: Angèle Le Goff * Michel Galabru Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Goes West
''Buddy goes West'' ( it, Occhio alla penna, also known as ''A fist goes West'') is a 1981 Spaghetti Western comedy film directed by Michele Lupo. Plot In the Old West, a mysterious man, nicknamed "Doc", arrives in a dusty town. Doc is a bandit who robbed a city physician, keeping his instruments' briefcase. He is misunderstood by local residents for a real doctor, and induced to care in particular for sick children. While treating them, Doc becomes aware that the small town is harassed by a criminal gang that bribes the sheriff. Doc immediately proclaims himself the new sheriff, and proceeds to hunt down the bandits. Cast * Bud Spencer: Buddy * Amidou: Girolamo * Joe Bugner: Sheriff Bronson * Riccardo Pizzuti: Colorado Slim * Carlo Reali: Sarto * Renato Scarpa: Logan * Sara Franchetti: Witwe Gordon * Giovanni Cianfriglia: Jack Bolt * Nazzareno Zamperla Nazzareno Zamperla (25 April 1937 – 19 March 2020) was an Italian actor and stuntman. Career Born in Treviso into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Moments
''The Grand Moments'' ( French: ''Les Grands Moments'') is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch in 1965. Details * Title : ''The Grand Moments'' * Director: Claude Lelouch * Photography : Jean Collomb * Producers: Films 13, Films de la Pléiade * Scenery : Robert Luchaire * Format : 2,35:1 ( Franscope) - Mono - 35 mm * Release date : 1965 Starring *Amidou : ''Roger Amy'' *Pierre Barouh : ''Karl Martin'' *Jean-Pierre Kalfon : ''Jean Mafitte'' * Janine Magnan : ''Janine'' * Jacques Portet : ''Jacques Framm'' About the film *After four attempts to destroy the negatives, Claude Lelouch eventually succeeded in 1964, within fifteen days of the success of ''Une fille et des fusils''. ''Les Grands Moments'' was a parody of the James Bond style of the period, but the film never found a distributor, and Lelouch thought the film was so bad that he attempted to destroy the negatives of the film, so that it would never be shown. Lelouch then drove all night, stopping only in Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Screens
''The Screens'' (french: Les Paravents) is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. Its first few productions all used abridged versions, beginning with its world premiere under Hans Lietzau's direction in Berlin in May 1961.Dichy (1993, xxv) and White (1993, 547). Its first complete performance was staged in Stockholm in 1964, two years before Roger Blin directed its French premiere in Paris.White (1993, 547) and Savona (1981, 124). Theme Genet was writing the piece as a war of independence was being conducted in French colonial Algeria. The work has no narrative structure, but comprises a series of 17 individual scenes depicting Arab insurrection against a stupid and blundering colonial power. Although the occupying army is not identified as specifically French (nor is the action intended to depict only the then-current insurgence—the French conquest of Algeria in the 1840s is also referenced), when the play was first performed in France, at the eminent Odéon theatre, Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live For Life
''Live for Life'' (french: Vivre pour vivre) is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch starring Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had a total of 2,936,035 admissions in France and was the 7th highest-grossing film of the year. Plot Robert Colomb (Yves Montand) is a famous TV newscaster, married to Catherine (Annie Girardot), but continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice (Candice Bergen). He takes her along on an assignment in Kenya and later establishes an "arrangement" with her in Amsterdam. He is then assigned to Vietnam, tells Candice their affair is over and discovers that is more than acceptable to her as she is tired of him. Returning from a Vietnamese prison, he decides to return to Catherine, but discovers she has made a new life for herself. Cast * Yves Montand as Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chamade (film)
''La Chamade'' (Heartbeat) is a 1968 French romantic drama film written and directed by Alain Cavalier and starring Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli. Plot Based on the 1965 novel ''La Chamade'' by Françoise Sagan, the film is about a beautiful woman who is mistress to Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman who provides for all her material needs, but for whom she has no true love. When she meets a charming young man her own age, Antoine, she falls in love. He finds her a menial job in a publishing firm, but she can not or will not hold it down. Soon she becomes pregnant with his child. But Charles helps her through her crisis by funding her abortion – against the wishes of Antoine, who nevertheless accepts, even though he planned on moving out of his bachelor flat, the three of them into a soulless concrete block, money being short. In the aftermath, her feelings for the younger Antoine fade. Eventually, she returns to the good-hearted businessman who has patiently waited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Voyou
''Le Voyou'', also known as ''The Crook'', is a highly stylized French action film which follows Simon the Swiss during his largest heist. Directed by Claude Lelouch in 1970, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, the movie makes use of several cinematic techniques to convey the elusive nature of the title character, including a circular narrative, dialogue littered with conflicting statements, flashbacks, musical montage, multiple styles of film editing, misaligned sound editing, and a movie within the movie. The film won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Direction in 1971. Cast * Jean-Louis Trintignant as Simon Duroc, or "The Swiss" * Danièle Delorme as Janine * Charles Gérard as Charlot * Christine Lelouch as Martine * Charles Denner as Mr Gallois * Amidou as Bill * Judith Magre Judith Magre (born 20 November 1926) is a French actress, born in Montier-en-Der, Haute-Marne Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smic Smac Smoc
''Smic, Smac, Smoc'' is a film directed by Claude Lelouch in 1971. Synopsis Three businessmen are best friends until one of them gets married. Details * Title: ''Smic, Smac, Smoc'' * Director: Claude Lelouch * Script: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven * Writers: Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven * Music: Francis Lai * Song by Charles Trenet * Assistant director: Claude Pinoteau * Director of photography: Claude Lelouch * Cameramen: Daniel Vigne, Dany Lévy * Lighting director: Jean Collomb * Sound engineer: Bernard Bats * Gaffer: Bernard Rochut * Chief editor: Jeanine Boublil * Assistant editor: Martine Lévy * Production director: Pierre Pardon * Press officer: Arlette Godon * Runners: Alain Basnier, Élie Chouraqui * Format: Colour (Eastmancolor) – 1:37.1 – 35mm * Length: 90 minutes * Release date: 1971 Starring * Catherine Allégret: Catherine * Amidou: Robert, dit « Smoc » * Charles Gérard: Charlot, dit « Smic » * Jean Collomb: Jeannot, dit « Smac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
