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Cinéfranco
Cinéfranco is an annual film festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which presents a weeklong program of both Canadian and international French language films. History The festival was established in 1997 by Marcelle Lean, a former chair of the Ontario Film Development Corporation, and was staged for the first time in February 1998."Festival opens a door to French film". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 27, 1998. Lean remained the event's executive director as of 2015. Unlike larger events such as the Toronto International Film Festival, all films throughout the week were screened in a single theatre venue."Bringing more than l'amour to the English". ''Toronto Star'', March 26, 2010. To establish broader audience appeal beyond the city's francophone community alone, all films were screened with English language subtitles. Separately from the main festival, an annual youth program of films for children and teenagers is also staged each year. The separate youth program was launched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's In A Name? (2012 Film)
''What's in a Name?'' (original title: ''Le Prénom'', literally "The First Name") is a French-Belgian comedy film, written and directed by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte and released in 2012. It is adapted from the play '' Le Prénom'' by the same authors. The film was a box office success in France, selling 3,340,231 tickets. Plot Vincent, a real estate agent and father-to-be is invited for dinner by his sister Elisabeth and his brother-in-law Pierre. Their childhood friend, Claude (a trombonist for Radio France's orchestra), is also invited. Vincent is a wealthy, successful businessman, while Pierre, a university professor, is much more liberal. Elisabeth is a high school teacher for literature. Vincent's wife Anna is running late thanks to a business meeting. While waiting for dinner to be served, Vincent decides to play a practical joke by pretending that his unborn son will be named Adolphe after the French literary hero. This causes a huge argument betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacon On The Side
''Bacon on the Side'' (french: Il reste du jambon?; ) is a French romantic comedy film, released in 2010. '''', October 26, 2010. Written and directed by , the film stars and as Djalil Boudaoud and Justine Lacroix, a surgeon and a television reporter who en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Agents
''Female Agents'' (french: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a 2008 French historical drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu. Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in ''The Times'' newspaper of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), from Mauritius (then a British colony), one of the heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films. Plot In May 1944 Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau), a member of the French Resistance, flees to Spain after her husband is killed, where she is captured and later expatriated to London. She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the secret spy and sabotage service initiated by Winston Churchill. Louise is given an urgent first m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gilded Cage (2013 Film)
''The Gilded Cage'' (french: La Cage Dorée; Portuguese: ''A Gaiola Dourada'') is a Franco-Portuguese comedy film released in 2013. The film was Ruben Alves' directorial debut and it was inspired by his parents' life. The film was released April 24 in France and was released on August 1 in Portugal, after a successful preview showing at the Azores Festival. It won the People's Choice Award at the 26th European Film Awards. It was the film with the most admissions at the Portuguese box office in 2013, with 755 000 and it is the 7th film with most admissions and the 3rd highest-grossing in Portugal since 2004. The film won the Radio-Canada Audience Award at the 2014 edition of the Cinéfranco film festival. Cast * Rita Blanco as Maria Ribeiro * Joaquim de Almeida as José Ribeiro * Roland Giraud as Francis Cailaux * Chantal Lauby as Solange Cailaux * Barbara Cabrita as Paula Ribeiro * Lannick Gautry as Charles Cailaux * Maria Vieira as Rosa * Jacqueline Corado as Lourdes * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tournée Québec Cinéma
The Tournée Québec Cinéma is an annual touring film festival, organized by Québec Cinéma to promote and distribute French language films from Quebec in cities in English Canada where such films would not ordinarily receive theatrical distribution. In some cities the event is staged as a standalone festival, while in others the organization partners with an established local francophone or international film festival to present a selection of Quebec films within the other festival's program. Standalone events are currently staged in Kelowna, Nelson and Victoria, British Columbia;"Le cinéma québécois sur grand écran dans nos régions" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Men (film)
''Free Men'' (french: Les Hommes libres) is a 2011 French war drama film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other Muslims from the Maghreb in Paris played in the French Resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944). It features two historic figures: Si Kaddour Benghabrit, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and Salim Halali, an Algerian Jewish singer. The film stars Tahar Rahim playing a fictional young Algerian and Michael Lonsdale as the rector. Plot In occupied Paris, the young unemployed Algerian, Younes Ben Daoud, makes a living on the black market. He is arrested by the police, and to avoid prison he agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspect that the mosque leadership, including its rector Si Kaddour Benghabrit, is helping resistance fighters and protecting North African Jews by giving them Muslim birth certificates. While at the mosque, Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris (2008 Film)
''Paris'' is a 2008 French film by Cédric Klapisch concerning a diverse group of people living in Paris. The film began shooting in November 2006 and was released in February 2008. Its UK release was in July 2008. Commentators have noted the similarity in style of this film to Woody Allen's ''Manhattan'' and Robert Altman's ''Short Cuts''. Plot The film is set principally in Paris, with one thread of the story set in Africa. Over the course of several months, various stories are intertwined, with different characters and plot threads intersecting. * Pierre is a cabaret dancer who learns from a cardiologist that he has a severe heart condition. The only potential cure is a heart transplant. Unable to dance any more, he retires to his apartment, and waits to hear if a donor becomes available. He becomes reflective on his condition and his past life. He watches old film of him as a dancer on stage, and calls an old girlfriend from his school days. He refuses to tell his parents of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Trogi
Ricardo Trogi (born March 25, 1970) is a Canadian filmmaker, director and actor. Career Trogi was born in Quebec City, Quebec. His first two films, ''Québec-Montréal'', about seven twenty-something travellers driving between the two cities, and ''Dodging the Clock (Horloge biologique)'', a look at three men and their decisions about having children, were both critical and commercial hits, with ''Quebec-Montréal'' receiving four Jutra Awards. His third feature titled ''1981'', a semi-autobiographical film about a boy's coming of age, was released in September 2009; it was followed by the sequel films ''1987'' in 2014 and ''1991'' in 2018. In addition to film work, Trogi also directed the 2004-2005 television series ''Smash'' and the 2020 comedy series ''La Maison-Bleue''. Awards *Jutra Award for Best Director, ''Québec-Montréal'' (2003) *Prix Iris for Best Director, ''1991'' (2019) Filmography Director ;Films *2002: ''Québec-Montréal'' *2005: ''Dodging the Clock (Horloge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 (film)
''1991'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2018. The third film in his semi-autobiographical series after ''1981'' and ''1987'', the film centres on Ricardo's (Jean-Carl Boucher) 1991 trip to Italy to pursue a relationship with Marie-Ève (Juliette Gosselin). The film finished 2018 as the year's top-grossing Canadian film, and was named the winner of the Golden Screen Award at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards. It received 16 Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, including Best Film. Plot In 1991, Ricardo Trogi is 21 and studies cinema at UQAM in Montréal. His friend and “the woman of his life”, Marie-Ève Bernard, invites him to go in Italy to study Italian in Perugia. Determined, Ricardo accepts without hesitation. After landing in Paris, Ricardo rides a train to Perugia, where he meets Arturo, a stowaway who earns his living by playing ''Like a Rolling Stone'' on guitar in the streets. On arrival, failing to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar (born 26 January 1963) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 2016 film ''Heaven Will Wait (Le Ciel attendra)'', for which she was a nominee for the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay at the 22nd Lumières Awards. Her newest film, ''A Good Man (2020 film), A Good Man'', was named as an Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.Fabien Lemercier"Pyramide selling A Good Man and Simple Passion at Cannes" ''Cineuropa'', June 19, 2020. Filmography *Wah-Wah (film), Wah-Wah - 2005 *''Ma première fois'' - 2012 *''Bowling'' - 2012 *''Once in a Lifetime (2014 film), Once in a Lifetime (Les Héritiers)'' - 2014 *''Heaven Will Wait (Le Ciel attendra)'' - 2016 *''All About Mothers (La Fête des mères)'' - 2018 *''A Good Man (2020 film), A Good Man'' - 2020 References External links * 1963 births French film directors French screenwriters French film producers French women film directors French women s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once In A Lifetime (2014 Film)
''Once in a Lifetime'' (original title: ''Les Héritiers'') is a 2014 French drama film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. Plot Based on a true story, the film chronicles the relationship of a teacher with teenagers who have long since dropped out of the school system. This teacher of Leon Blum high school at Créteil (Val-de-Marne), decides to enter a national competition titled "Children and adolescents in the Nazi concentration camp system". Initially tumultuous and frustrating, the atmosphere quickly evolves as they meet with a survivor of the camps and increasing intensity during a visit to a museum dedicated to this period of history. This experience will change their lives. Cast * Ariane Ascaride as Anne Gueguen * Ahmed Dramé as Malik * Noémie Merlant as Mélanie * Geneviève Mnich Geneviève Mnich (born 19 February 1942), is a French actress. She has appeared in 80 films since 1972. She was born in Cuffies, Aisne, France. Selected filmography * ''Joséph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Alves
Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for '' The Gilded Cage'' which he wrote and directed. Biography Alves was born the son of Portuguese guest workers in Paris. At 20, he became a full-time actor and initially played minor roles in French television productions and in some short films.Interview mit Regisseur Ruben Alves, 24 December 2013 on the Website ''The Adelaide Review'', retrieved 18 October 2015. His directorial debut, apart from a short film in 2002 'À l'abri des regards indiscrets', was in 2013 with the immigrant comedy ''La cage dorée''. The film was inspired by his parents' biography, and Alves has a small guest role in the film as 'Miguel'. The movie has been a great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
