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Béatrice Agenin
Béatrice Agenin (born 30 July 1950 in Paris, France) is a French stage, film, television actress and stage director. Career Second prize of French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1974, she was hired at the Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ... the same year, she was named Sociétaire in 1979 and chose to leave the Troupe in 1984. Filmography Theater Dubbing References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agenin, Beatrice 1950 births Living people Actresses from Paris French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of The Jellyfish
''L'année des méduses'' (''The Year of the Jellyfish'') is a 1984 French drama film inspired by a novel by Christopher Frank, directed by Frank himself with Valérie Kaprisky and Bernard Giraudeau. The film had a total of 1,554,641 admissions in France where it was the 23rd highest-grossing film of the year. Plot The teenage Chris is on holiday at Saint-Tropez with her mother Claude, while her father remains at work in Paris. After seducing a married friend of her parents and undergoing an abortion, she is looking forward to new sexual adventures. Initially she falls for the older Romain, whose interest is in supplying young girls to rich men. For himself, Romain is far more interested in the mother Claude, who gradually thaws to his approaches and becomes his enthusiastic lover. Put out at this, Chris befriends a German married couple but, after a threesome in their hotel room, the husband leaves in disgust. While starting a romance with the abandoned wife (Barbara), Chris mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Buñuel
Joyce Sherman Buñuel (born October 20, 1941) is a French director and screenwriter of American origin. Biography Joyce Sherman was born on October 20, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, into a family of Jewish emigrants who came from Russia in 1914. She told Le Monde in 1990, “You've seen Radio Days, by Woody Allen, it was exactly that! I can't say it any better! That was my house, the unmarried woman, she was my aunt! The street that overlooks the sea, the neighbors, the school, the parents, the football, the baseball, all that was my life!" Her father, a Menshevik, fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Buñuel was married to director Juan Luis Buñuel, the son of Luis Buñuel. The couple lived in Madrid and Mexico City, before moving to Paris in the early 1960s. The couple divorced after she made her first film, ''La Jument vapeur'', in 1976. She had several children from this marriage, including Diego Buñuel Diego Buñuel (born 21 July 1975 in Paris) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Bluwal
Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ... who directed more than 40 films in his career. Selected filmography Director * '' Carom Shots'' (1963) * '' The New Adventures of Vidocq'' (1971, TV series) * ''Clérambard'' (1990) * '' À droite toute'' (2008) Actor * ''Sortie de secours'' (1970) * '' Frantic'' (1988) - Man in Tweed * ''L'argent fait le bonheur'' (1993) - M. Viali * ''Le voyage en Arménie'' (2006) - Barsam (final film role) References External links * 1925 births 2021 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Eastman
Haldon Darryl Allan Eastman (born July 6, 1948) is a Canadian television director and executive producer. Born in Manitoba, Eastman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1971. He then studied at the Film School of the University of Bristol where he wrote and directed his first film '' A Sweeter Song''. He directed the feature films '' The War Boy'' (1985), '' Crazy Moon'' (1986) and '' Danger Zone'' (1996). Eastman was an executive producer for television shows including ''Night Man'', '' Beastmaster'' and ''Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda''. He has also directed episodes for TV shows such as ''The Littlest Hobo'', ''Road to Avonlea'', ''Beachcombers'', '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', ''Danger Bay'', ''Sliders'', ''Night Man'', '' F/X: The Series'', '' Poltergeist: The Legacy'', '' Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda'' and '' Degrassi: The Next Generatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Charlie (miniseries)
''Champagne Charlie'' is a 1989 French-Canadian dramatic television miniseries, directed by Allan Eastman and starring Hugh Grant, Megan Gallagher, Megan Follows and Béatrice Agenin. It is based on the novel by Jacqueline Lefèvre and depicts the life of the nineteenth century wine merchant Charles Heidsieck. It had a budget of $7 million. Hugh Grant said "I play the archetypal hero. I hit people in the face, I rescue pretty girls. They fall in love with me. I'm a man, I'm charming. All the things I wanted to be. It's a very nice role, really."Victor Dabby, "'It's frightfully good stuff': Actor revels in bon vivant role". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 13, 1988. C8. Cast * Hugh Grant : Charles Heidsieck * Megan Gallagher : Pauline * Megan Follows : Louise Heidsick * Stéphane Audran : Thérèse * Georges Descrières : Pierre-Henri * Jean-Claude Dauphin : Ernest * Alexandra Stewart : Cécile * Vladek Sheybal : Count Plasky * R. H. Thomson : Robert Morgan * Kenneth Welsh : John Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film ''A Man and a Woman, A Man and A Woman''. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, ''A Man and a Woman'' won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism. Life and career Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to Charlotte (née Abeilard) and Simon Lelouch. His father was born to an Algerian Jewish family while his mother was a Conversion to Judaism, convert to Judaism. Lelouch says that his first contact with cinema was very young: "My mother hid me in mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itinerary Of A Spoiled Child
''Itinerary of a Spoiled Child'' or ''Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté'' is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch in 1988. Synopsis A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life. Details * Title : ''Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté'' * Director: Claude Lelouch * Writer : Claude Lelouch * Length: 125 minutes * Music : Francis Lai * Producers: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claude Lelouch * Country : France * Format : Colour (''Eastmancolor'') - 1.85:1 (Vistavision) - Dolby digital sound - 35mm * Genre : drama/adventure/comedy * Release: 30 Starring *Jean-Paul Belmondo as Sam Lion *Richard Anconina as Albert Duvivier *Marie-Sophie L. as Victoria Lion *Jean-Philippe Chatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Niermans (director)
Édouard Niermans (born 10 November 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' The Return of Casanova'' was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1992. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Den goda viljan'' by Bille August. The festival opened with ''Basic Instinct'', directed by Paul Verhoeven and closed with ''Far and Away'', directed by R .... Selected filmography * ''Anthracite'' (1980) * ''Poussière d'ange'' (1987) * '' The Return of Casanova'' (1992) * ''Le Septième Juré'' (2008) References External links * 1943 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French male film actors Male actors from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Santelli
Claude Santelli (17 June 1923 Р14 December 2001) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1968 and 1996. Selected filmography * ''Histoire vraie'' (1973) * ''Madame Baptiste ''Madame Baptiste'' is a 1974 French film directed by Claude Santelli. Cast * Isabelle Huppert - Blanche * Francine Berg̩ - The mother * Jean-Marc Bory - The father * Roger Van Hool - Raoul Aubertin * Christian Bouillette - Baptiste * Laure ...'' (1974) References External links * 1923 births 2001 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters People from Metz 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfo Aristarain
Adolfo Aristarain (born October 19, 1943) is an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter who is famous for his filmic sophistication and subtle examination of issues of political oppression. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' has deemed him "a master filmmaker." Biography Aristarain was born in Buenos Aires. After leaving Argentina, he started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before returning to Argentina in 1974, following the death of Argentine president Juan Perón. His first 3 films did not receive favorable reviews, but in 1981 ''Tiempo de revancha'' received both critical acclaim and public success. Released in the midst of the so-called Dirty War, Guerra Sucia ("Dirty War") when Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship, the film had strong political undercurrents but faced few problems from censors. As Aristarain would later explain, he initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régis Wargnier
Régis Wargnier (; born 18 April 1948) is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer. His 1992 film '' Indochine'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards. His 1995 '' A French Woman'' was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver St. George for the Direction. Filmography Director *1986 : '' La Femme de ma vie'' starring Jane Birkin *1988 : '' Sueurs froides'' (television series) *1989 : '' Je suis le seigneur du château'' starring Dominique Blanc *1992 : '' Indochine'' starring Catherine Deneuve *1995 : ''Une femme française'' starring Emmanuelle Béart *1995 : ''Lumière et compagnie'', collection of short films in cooperation with other international directors *1999 : '' Est-Ouest'' starring Sandrine Bonnaire *2003 : ''Cœurs d'Athlètes'' starring Haile Gebrsellasie *2005 : '' Man to Man'' starring Joseph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas *2007 : ''Pars vite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
