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Claudie Ossard
Marie-Claude Ossard (born 16 December 1943 in Paris) is a French film producer. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ossard, Claudie French film producers 1943 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
''Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'' is a 2009 French romantic drama film directed by Jan Kounen. It was chosen as the Closing Film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and was shown on 24 May 2009. ''Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'' is based on the 2002 fictional novel '' Coco and Igor'' by Chris Greenhalgh and traces a rumoured affair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1920, the year that Chanel No. 5 was created. Greenhalgh also wrote the screenplay for the film. Chanel and its former chief designer Karl Lagerfeld lent their support to the production; they granted access to the company's archives and to Coco Chanel's apartment at 31, rue Cambon, Paris. Plot An introductory scene takes place in Paris in 1913, where Coco Chanel attends the first, scandalous performance of Igor Stravinsky's ''The Rite of Spring''. The rhythmic and harmonic dissonance of the score and the surprising choreography of the piece result in heckling and outrage among much of the audience. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky (2009 Film)
''Ricky'' is a 2009 French fantasy film directed by François Ozon about a human baby who develops a set of functional wings, and how the parents cope with the child's abnormality. Plot Katie (''Alendra Lamy'') lives with her daughter Lisa (''Mélusine Mayance'') in welfare housing in eastern Paris. Their family is disrupted when Katie falls in love with Paco (''Sergi López''), her Spanish co-worker in a cosmetics factory. A baby is born after Paco moves in. The child, who they name Ricky (Arthur Peyret), becomes a source of anxiety and unwelcome surprise as he is noisy and demanding. To make matters worse, Ricky's shoulder blades begin growing wings. The baby also starts to fly. He becomes a public curiosity further throwing the family into disarray and fear for Ricky's safety. Katie and Paco put a rope on Ricky so he won't fly away. They let go of Ricky as Katie is holding the rope and everyone is surprised to see Ricky flying. But when Katie accidentally let go the rope Ricky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, Je T'aime
''Paris, je t'aime'' (; ''Paris, I love you'') is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements (districts). The 22 directors include Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Isabel Coixet, Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Nobuhiro Suwa, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Yolande Moreau, and Gus Van Sant. Production Julio Medem was attached to the project for a long time. He was supposed to direct one of the segments starring Javier Bardem et Maria Valverde, but this finally fell through because of scheduling conflicts with the filming of '' Caótica Ana'' (2007). ''Paris, je t'aime'' is the first feature film to be fully scanned in 6K and mastered in 4K in Europe (as opposed to the normal 2K). Encoding the image took about 24 hours per reel (at Laboratoires Éclair). Both Emmanuel Benbihy and Gilles Caussade served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laisse Tes Mains Sur Mes Hanches
''Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches'' (''Leave Your Hands on My Hips'') is a 2003 French comedy film directed, written and starring Chantal Lauby. Plot Odile Rousselet is an actress of 42 years who lives with Mary, her 18-year-old daughter. When this one leaves to move in with her boyfriend, she finds herself alone and decided to get out more. It was at the carnival she makes new friends ... Cast * Chantal Lauby as Odile Rousselet * Claude Perron as Nathalie * Rossy de Palma as Myriam Bardem * Jean-Hugues Anglade as Jérôme * Jean-Pierre Martins as Kader * Armelle Deutsch as Marie * Alain Chabat as Bernard * Dominique Besnehard as Gérald * Françoise Lépine as Hélène * Hélène Duc as Madame Tatin * Maurice Chevit as Robert * Françoise Bertin as Monique * Dorothée Jemma as Alice * Christophe Debonneuil as Guillaume * Boris Terral as Eric * Olga Sékulic as Aurélie * Candide Sanchez as Guitou * Jérôme Bertin as Jean-Pôl * Jean-Luc Borras as Kevin * Thomas Derichebourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie
''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while dealing with her own isolation. The film features an ensemble cast of supporting roles, including Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, and Maurice Bénichou. The film was theatrically released in France on 25 April 2001 by UGC-Fox Distribution and in Germany on 16 August 2001 by Prokino Filmverleih. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Tautou's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Que La Lumière Soit
''Let There Be Light'' (original title: ''Que la lumière soit !'') is a 1998 comedy fantasy film directed by Arthur Joffé, starring an ensemble cast. Cast * Hélène de Fougerolles as Jeanne * Tchéky Karyo as Harper * Ticky Holgado as Angel René * Bruce Myers (actor), Bruce Myers as The Rabbi * Lorella Cravotta as Rachel * Gordon Tootoosis as Indian God * Catherine Jacob (actress), Catherine Jacob as God Suzanne * Patrick Bouchitey as Pilot God * Arielle Dombasle as Blond God * Élie Semoun as Seller God * Yolande Moreau as Contractual God * Frédéric Mitterrand as Driver God * Julien Guiomar as God Father * François Morel (actor), François Morel as Gravedigger God * Sergio Castellitto as Tourist God * Michel Galabru as Southern God * Arthur Joffé as Shower & Phone God * Patrick Poivre d'Arvor as Journalist God * José Garcia (actor), José Garcia as The Journalist * Éric Blanc as Guardian God * Jacques Weber as Professor Lang * Rufus (actor), Rufus as Harper's driver * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Lost Children
''The City of Lost Children'' (french: La Cité des enfants perdus) is a 1995 science fantasy film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Jeunet and Gilles Adrien, and starring Ron Perlman. An international co-production of companies from France, Germany, and Spain, the film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, ''Delicatessen'' and ''Amélie''. The musical score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti, with costumes designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Krank (Daniel Emilfork), a highly intelligent but malicious being created by a vanished scientist, is unable to dream, which causes him to age prematurely. At his lair on an abandoned oil rig (which he shares with the scientist's other creations: six childish clones, a dwarf named Martha, and a brain in a vat named Irvin) he uses a dream-extracting machine to steal dreams from children. The children are kidnapped for him from a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Dream
''Arizona Dream'' is a 1993 indie surrealist comedy drama film co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo. Plot Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo. Axel's cousin Paul coaxes Axel from his job tagging fish in New York City to Arizona to attend his uncle Leo's trophy wedding to a much younger woman. His uncle tries to persuade him to stay permanently and take over the family business of selling Cadillacs. Axel resists at first, but he decides to give it a try. Axel encounters two strange women: Elaine, a woman who always had a dream of building a flying machine, and her stepdaughter Grace, who is jealous of Elaine and dreams of killing herself and being reincarnated as a turtle. Axel starts lusting after Elaine and decides to help make her dreams come true. As he and Elaine build the machine day by day, Grace starts destroyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delicatessen (1991 Film)
''Delicatessen'' is a 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Marie-Laure Dougnac. It was released in North America as "presented by Terry Gilliam." Plot In a dilapidated apartment building in post-apocalyptic France, food is in short supply and grain is used as currency. On the ground floor is a butcher's shop, run by the landlord, Clapet, who posts job opportunities in the newspaper to lure victims to the building, whom he murders and butchers as a cheap source of meat to sell to his tenants. Following the murder of the last worker, unemployed circus clown Louison applies for the vacant position. Louison proves to be a superb worker with a spectacular trick knife, and the butcher is reluctant to kill him too quickly. During Louison's routine maintenance, he acquires a package dropped by a mailman. Louison delivers the package to Clapet's daughter, Julie, who says the package contains confections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis (film)
''Marquis'' is a 1989 French-language film, produced in Belgium and France, based on the life and writings of the Marquis de Sade. All the actors wear animal masks, and their voices are dubbed. There are a few scenes involving clay animation. The film was a project by French cartoonist Roland Topor, who had previously delivered the imagery for the animated cult classic '' La Planète Sauvage'' (1973). ''Marquis'' too is considered a cult classic today. The tagline used in the US release was, "A bizarre tale of sex, lust, and the French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...". Plot In pre-revolutionary France, the canine Marquis de Sade sits in jail working on his writing and having conversations with his penis which has a face and is named Colin. When Colin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte For Ever (film)
''Charlotte for Ever'' is a 1986 feature film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring himself, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin and . Plot Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends most of his time mooching about his house whilst pouring out his troubles to his drinking partner. The only thing that keeps him going is his love for his teenage daughter, Charlotte, but she despises him, believing him to be responsible for the accident in which her mother died. Stan's one hope is to patch things up with Charlotte. Cast * Charlotte Gainsbourg as Charlotte * Serge Gainsbourg as Stan * Roland Bertin as Leon * as Herman * Anne Zamberlan as Lola * Anne Le Guernec as Adelaide Production Charlotte Gainsbourg has only bad memories of the shooting of this film. Very disturbingly, her father had made her push her limits despite her young age. "He made me go too far, do things that bothered me. It was difficult. I sulked on the covers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Blue
''Betty Blue'' (french: 37°2 le matin, lit=37.2°C in the morning) is a 1986 French erotic psychological drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, based on the 1985 novel ''37°2 le matin'' by Philippe Djian. The film stars Béatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It was the eighth highest-grossing film of 1986 in France. The film received both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986. Plot Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is a thirty-something aspiring writer making a living as a handyman for a community of beach houses in the seaside resort at Gruissan on France's mediterranean coast. He meets 19-year-old Betty ( Béatrice Dalle), a volatile and impulsive young woman, and the two begin a passionate affair, living in his borrowed shack on the beach. Following a row with him where she tears apart and smashes up the house, she finds the manuscript of his first novel; she reads it in one long sitting and decides that he is a genius. However, after anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
