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Costa-Gavras Filmography
Costa-Gavras is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer. Most of Gavras' films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in the English language. Films Short films As a producer Additional credits Acting appearances See also * List of awards and nominations received by Costa-Gavras The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Greek-French filmmaker, Costa-Gavras. Gavras won multiple awards and honours, both nationally and internationally. Academy Awards Amandaprisen Athens International Film Fe ... Sources * * Costa-Gavrasat UniFrance (in French) Costa-Gavrasat AlloCiné (in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa-Gavras Director filmographies French filmographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras Césars 2017
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thriller ''Z (1969 film), Z'' (1969), for which he won an Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Missing (1982 film), Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English. His film ''Z'' was the first film, and one of the few, to be nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Iraia, Loutra Iraias, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia. His family spent the Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Axe (film)
''The Axe'' (US title: ''The Ax'') (french: Le couperet) is a 2005 black comedy-drama thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard, and Olivier Gourmet. The film is an adaptation of the 1997 novel ''The Ax'' by Donald E. Westlake, and follows the attempts by a laid-off employee to get back on his feet. He eventually becomes so desperate that he is prepared to kill his job competitors. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Spain. Synopsis The 39-year-old chemist Bruno Davert has been working at a paper mill for 15 years, improving products and saving money for the shareholders. One day, the company announces that it is forced to " downsize", so 600 staff are laid off and many of their jobs are instead outsourced to a company in Romania. The result is a 16% increase in dividends to the company shareholders. Bruno was one of the 600 laid off, and two years later he has still not been able to find another job, in spite of numerous j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Angels
''Bay of Angels'' (french: La baie des anges) is a 1963 French film directed by Jacques Demy. Starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann, it is Demy's second film and deals with the subject of gambling. Costumes by Pierre Cardin. Plot Jean is a quiet young bank employee in Paris, living with his widowed father. After being taken to a casino by a colleague and winning at roulette, he decides to have a holiday on the south coast. His father warns him that gamblers always lose in the end, but the poison has entered his blood. In the casino at Nice he falls for Jackie, a brittle blonde fond of whisky, who has left husband and child to pursue her compulsion. Though she likes being with Jean, she warns him that she will sacrifice anything to keep on gambling, not for the money she claims but for the thrill. As her remaining belongings are in a suitcase at the railway station, where she plans to sleep, he offers her his hotel room. They drink, talk, and make love. Back in the casino, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Monkey In Winter (film)
''A Monkey in Winter'' () is a 1962 French comedy-drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. It is based on the novel '' A Monkey in Winter'' by Antoine Blondin. Set in a Normandy seaside town, it recounts the meeting and parting of two men at odds with life, one an old hotel keeper who dreams of dashing deeds in pre-war China and the other a young advertising executive who imagines he is an incarnation of Hispanic masculinity. Plot With his dutiful but unimaginative wife Suzanne, Albert Quentin runs a small hotel in a little town on the coast of Normandy. After an exciting career as a marine in the French Navy, during which he served in China, he is bored and takes to drink. In June 1944 he is on a binge with his neighbour Esnault, who runs a bar, when the Allies launch a huge air raid. Finding his way back to his cellar, he comforts his terrified wife there and promises her that if their hotel stays intact he will give up drink. After fifteen years of sobriety, and more bored than ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Gold In The World
''All the Gold in the World'' (French: ''Tout l'or du monde'') is a 1961 French-Italian comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Bourvil, Alfred Adam and Philippe Noiret. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq. Cast *Bourvil as Dumont and his sons: Mathieu, 'Toine, Martial * Alfred Adam as Alfred *Philippe Noiret as Victor Hardy *Claude Rich as Fred * as Stella *Annie Fratellini as Rose *Max Elloy as the country guard * Jean Marsan as speaker * Pascal Mazzotti as speaker * Albert Michel as Mayor of Cabosse *Michel Modo as Tony *Françoise Dorléac as journalist *Yves Barsacq as photographer *Paul Bisciglia as photographer *Robert Burnier as magazine's director * Catherine Langeais as speaker *René Hell as notary *Georges Bever *Christian Marin as television stage manager * as Léon Truc - guard in prison *Bernard Musson as villager *Paul Préboist as picnicker *Robert Rollis Robert Rollis (16 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croesus (film)
''Croesus'' (French: ''Crésus'') is a 1960 French comedy film directed by Jean Giono and starring Fernandel, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé and Rellys.Bessy & Chirat p.432 Cast * Fernandel as Jules * Marcelle Ranson-Hervé as Fine * Rellys as Paul * René Génin as Burie * Miguel Gamy as Albert * Edouard Hemme as Le curé * Paul Préboist as Le maçon * Jeanne Pérez as Marie * Pierre Repp as L'employé de banque * Luce Dassas as Rose * Charles Bouillaud as Le premier gendarme * Jeanne Mars as La femme de Paul * Jacques Préboist as Un policier * Etienne Fleurichamp as Émile * Lucien Verva as Le Hébé * Olivier Hussenot Olivier Hussenot (10 September 1913 – 25 August 1978) was a French theatre and film actor. Career The actor appeared in French, Italian and American films. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussenot, Oliv ... as Un policier References Bibliography * Maurice Bessy & Raymond Chirat. ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Still Hide To Smoke
''I Still Hide to Smoke'' (french: À mon âge je me cache encore pour fumer; ) is a 2016 French-Greek-Algerian drama film directed by Rayhana Obermeyer. The film premiered at the 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Plot Fatima is a strong-willed woman who works as a masseuse in a hamam in Algiers. The year is 1995, and the situation in the capital is tense, as laws are being passed limiting women's freedoms. But the hammam is a safe place to roll a cigarette or talk, away from the eyes of men. Women from different backgrounds gather there, and talk about their lives. On her way to work one day, Fatima witnesses a terror attack. In the hamam, rather than feeling safe, the atmosphere is electric and she finds it difficult to maintain order. The situation deteriorates when Meriem arrives at the hamam. Meriem is 16 years old and pregnant, and seeking refuge. Shortly thereafter, her brother Muhammad arrives, to "cleanse" his honor with blood. Cast * Hiam Abbass as Fatima * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea In The Harem
''Tea in the Harem'' (french: Le Thé au harem d'Archimède) is a 1985 film directed by Mehdi Charef, based on a book written by Charef in 1983. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1985. Cast * Kader Boukhanef - Madjid * Rémi Martin - Pat * Laure Duthilleul - Josette * Saïda Bekkouche - Malika * Nicole Hiss - Solange * Brahim Ghenaim - The father * Nathalie Jadot - Chantal * Frédéric Ayivi - Bengston * Pascal Dewaeme - Thierry * Albert Delpy Albert Delpy (born 13 September 1941) is a Vietnamese-born French actor and writer. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1970. Personal life He is the father of Julie Delpy and has appeared as her on-screen father in '' 2 Days in ... - Pelletier * Sandrine Dumas - Anita * Bourlem Guerdjou - Bibiche * Jean-Pierre Sobeaux - Jean-Marc * Nicolas Wostrikoff - Stéphane Notes References External links * 1985 films French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumière And Company
''Lumière and Company'' (original title: ) is a 1995 anthology film made in collaboration between forty-one international film directors. The project consists of short films made by each of the filmmakers using the original camera invented by the Lumière brothers Lumière is French for 'light'. Lumiere, Lumière or Lumieres may refer to: * Lumières, the philosophical movement in the Age of Enlightenment People *Auguste and Louis Lumière, French pioneers in film-making Film and TV * Institut Lumière, .... The shorts were edited in-camera and constrained by three rules: #A short may be no longer than 52 seconds #No synchronized sound #No more than three takes Directors References External links * * 1996 films Auguste and Louis Lumière Films directed by Merzak Allouache Films directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos Films directed by Vicente Aranda Films directed by Gabriel Axel Films directed by John Boorman Films directed by Youssef Chahine Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adults In The Room
''Adults in the Room'' ( gr, Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα, Enílikoi stin aíthousa) is a 2019 French-Greek political film directed by Costa-Gavras. It is based on the book ''Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment'' by Yanis Varoufakis about the 2015 Greek bailout. It is Gavras' first feature film that was shot in Greece. Plot In 2015, following Syriza's victory in the 2015 Greek legislative election, Minister of Finance Yánis Varoufákis is tasked by Prime Minister Aléxis Tsípras to negotiate a new deal on the memorandum of understanding signed by previous government with the Troika in order to avoid facing another inevitable debt crisis in the country months later. However, throughout successive meetings of the Eurogroup, Varoufákis's proposals are only met with flat refusals from the Troika. With constant threats from the European institution of an eviction of Greece from the Eurozone if their demands are not met, Greek PM Aléxis Tsí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
