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Catherine Jourdan
Catherine Jourdan (12 October 1948 – 18 February 2011) was a French actress. She appeared in 22 films and television shows between 1967 and 1989. She starred in the 1970 film '' Eden and After'', which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival was supposed to be held from 26 June to 7 July 1970. The festival opened with ''Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux. However, on 5 July the competition was cancelled and no major prizes .... Filmography References External links * 1948 births 2011 deaths French film actresses People from Indre-et-Loire 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azay Le Rideau
Azay-le-Rideau () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Château The château of Azay-le-Rideau was built from 1515 to 1527, one of the earliest French Renaissance châteaux. Built on an island in the river Indre, its foundations rise straight out of the water. It is one of the best known of the châteaux of the Loire valley. Church There is a church dedicated to Saint Symphorien near the château that is interesting for the number of architectural periods incorporated in its design. While the newest portion dates from 1603, the current façade incorporates an older 9th century façade in the Carolingian style. The original carved figures are still visible, though an added window destroyed part of the second row. The rest of the church is of a Romanesque style. It was built between 1518 and 1527. Wine Azay-le-Rideau is the centre of the Touraine Azay-le-Rideau AOC for white and rose wine. Twin towns Azay-le-Rideau is twinned with Croston in Lanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden And After
''Eden and After'' (french: L'Eden et après, sk, Eden a potom...) is a 1970 French-Czechoslovak drama art film directed by French novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot The film opens with words such as "object", "game", "blood" and "rape" shown intercut with the credits. A group of university students meet after class at a bar called Eden, where, amidst reproductions of Piet Mondrian's abstract paintings, they play various games—a simulated Russian roulette or pretending that one of them is poisoned, for example. Among these young people is Violette, who is the film's protagonist. One evening a stranger named Duchemin enters the bar and engages the students in games of magic tricks: he asks one of them to pick up broken glass pieces, then "heals" their bloody cut wounds—a trick he learned in Africa, he says. Violette takes a drug called "fear powder" offered by him and hallucinates, frightene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Berlin International Film Festival
The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival was supposed to be held from 26 June to 7 July 1970. The festival opened with ''Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux. However, on 5 July the competition was cancelled and no major prizes were awarded, due to a controversy surrounding the participation of Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film '' o.k. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * George Stevens, director and screenwriter (United States) - Jury President * Klaus Hebecker, journalist and film critic (West Germany) * David Neves, director, screenwriter and producer (Brazil) * Véra Volmane, journalist, writer and film critic (France) * Billie Whitelaw, actress (United Kingdom) * Alberto Lattuada, director and screenwriter (Italy) * Dušan Makavejev, director and screenwriter (Yugoslavia) * Gunnar Oldin, journalist and film critic (Sweden) * Manfred Durniok, director and producer (West Germany) Films in competition The followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Samouraï
''Le Samouraï'' (; ), is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film follows a professional hitman named Jef Costello who is identified by witnesses and his efforts to provide himself with an alibi that drive him further into a corner. The film stars Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon and Cathy Rosier. The film was released on 25 October 1967 and received positive reviews praising Melville's screenwriting and atmospheric direction and Delon's performance. The film grossed over 1.9 million admissions in France. An English-dubbed version was released in the U.S. in 1972 as ''The Godson'', apparently to capitalize on the success of ''The Godfather''. Plot Impassive hitman Jef Costello lives in a single-room Paris apartment whose spartan furnishings include a small bird in a cage. Costello's methodical modus operandi involves creating airtight alibis, including ones provided by his lover, Jane. After carrying out a contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl On A Motorcycle
''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' (French: ''La motocyclette'') is a 1968 British-French erotic romantic drama film directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull and featuring Roger Mutton, Marius Goring and Catherine Jourdan. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival but the festival was cancelled due to the May 1968 events in France. ''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' redefined the leather jacket for motorcyclists into a catsuit that Faithfull wore in the film. It was the first film to receive an X rating in the United States. Edited by Warner Brothers to get an "R" rating, the film was released as ''Naked Under Leather'' in the United States. Plot The film is set in France and Germany. Newly married Rebecca leaves her husband Raymond's bed on her prized motorbike—her symbol of freedom and escape. During her ride to visit Daniel, her lover in Heidelberg, she indulges in psychedelic and erotic reveries as she relives her changing relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In The Night
''Love in the Night'' (French: ''Vivre la nuit'', Italian: ''La ragazza della notte'') is a 1968 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Camus and starring Jacques Perrin, Catherine Jourdan and Georges Géret.Rège p.168 Cast * Jacques Perrin as Philippe * Catherine Jourdan as Nora * Georges Géret as Bourgoin * Estella Blain as Nicole * Serge Gainsbourg as Mathieu * Venantino Venantini as Bollert * Michel Creton Michel Creton (17 August 1942 in Wassy, Haute-Marne, France) is a French actor. He came to international attention with the release of ''Un homme de trop'' (''Shock Troops'') by Costa Gavras in 1967. Since then, he played in many films, appeared ... as Jacky, le loubard * Marcel Gassouk as Le chauffeur de Bourgoin * Albert Minski as Minski * François Patrice as François Patrice References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1968 films French drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amore E Rabbia
''Amore e rabbia'' ''(Love and Anger)'' is a 1969 Italian-French anthology film that includes five films directed by five Italian directors and one French director. It premiered at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival in 1969. Plot The film is composed of episodes that deal with some of the themes present in Jesus' parables and anecdotes of the canonical gospels. These issues, however, are reproduced in the present from their directors. Segments ''Indifference'' A man is suffering from road, badly injured. Passers do not deign to look at him, and continue walking on their way. The episode is taken from Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. ''Agony'' A bishop is ill and about to die. Before he dies, the man has a vision of God, who tells him that his life has been misspent. The bishop realizes that he spent his life not properly respecting the gospel, but now it is too late. ''The sequence of the paper flower'' A beautiful smiling guy's walking on the streets of a city, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondie (1975 Film)
''Vortex'' (french: Blondy; also known as ''Blondie'' and ''Germacide'') is a 1976 erotic thriller film directed by Sergio Gobbi Sergio Gobbi (born 13 May 1938 in Milan, Italy), born as Sergio Ehrlich, is an Italian-French filmmaker, who was married to Jocelyn Wildenstein. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo Zéro
''Zoo zéro'' is a 1979 French film directed by Alain Fleischer and starring Klaus Kinski. Plot A singer at a nightclub seeks to evade the control of her agent by wandering the city at night.. Cast * Catherine Jourdan - Eva * Klaus Kinski - Yavé * Pierre Clémenti - Ivo * Lisette Malidor - Ivy * Rufus - Yves * Piéral - Uwe * Alida Valli - Yvonne * Christine Chappey - Yvette * Anthony Steffen Anthony Steffen, born Antonio Luiz de Teffé von Hoonholtz (July 21, 1930 – June 4, 2004), was an Italian-Brazilian character actor, screenwriter and film producer. Steffen achieved fame as a leading man in Spaghetti Western features. He was also ... - Evariste * Jacky Belhassen - Yvon * Fabien Belhassen - Yvan References External links * 1979 films French science fiction drama films 1970s French-language films 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphrodite (film)
''Aphrodite'' is a 1982 softcore pornographic film directed by Robert Fuest. The film is inspired by the novel '' Aphrodite: mœurs antiques'' by Pierre Louÿs and stars Valérie Kaprisky and Horst Buchholz. The story follows a group of visitors who come to an island where they are involved in different sexual liaisons. ''Aphrodite'' was the final theatrical film by Robert Fuest. The film was shot in a studio at Hauts-de-Seine in France. The film is a French-Swiss co-production between Films de la Tour and Scipion Films. ''Aphrodite'' was released in France on 7 July 1982. The film was released in France on VHS in 1985. Principal cast * Horst Buchholz as Harry Laird * Valérie Kaprisky as Pauline * Delia Boccardo as Barbara * Capucine as Lady Suzanne Stanford * Catherine Jourdan as Valerie * Yves Massard as Baron Orloff * Daniel Beretta Daniel Beretta (born 24 December 1946 in Audincourt, Doubs) is a French actor. He has dubbed over Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel ('' Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the '' Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
