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Christian Fechner
Christian Fechner (26 July 1944 – 25 November 2008) was a French film producer, screenwriter and director. After starting off as an illusionist, he became a music producer with French singer Antoine. He transformed Antoine’s musicians, les Problems, into a band named Les Charlots. Fechner produced such films as ''Les bidasses en folie'', ''Les fous du stade'', ''Bons baisers de Hong Kong'', ''Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine'', ''Papy fait de la résistance'', ''Les Spécialistes'', '' Marche à l'ombre'', ''The Children of the Marshland'', '' La Tour Montparnasse Infernale'', ''Chouchou''. In 2005, he produced '' Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie'' (and marked his last great success making nearly $151,211,264 at the box office. Christian Fechner died of cancer on 25 November 2008. Fechner had two children: film producer Alexandra Fechner and Maxime Fechner, owner of the fashion brand Kymerah. Filmography Producer * 1972 : '' Stadium Nuts'' (''Les Fous du s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agen
The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. Geography The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department of Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The city centre lies on the east bank of the river Garonne, the Canal de Garonne flows through the city, approximately halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse . Climate Agen features an oceanic climate (Cfb), in the Köppen climate classification. Winters are mild and feature cool to cold temperatures while summers are mild and warm. Rainfall is spread equally throughout the year; however, most sunshine hours are from March–September. Toponymy From Occitan ''Agen'' (1197), itself from Latin ''Aginnum'' (3rd century ''Itinéraire d'Antonin''), from a Celtic root ''agin-'' meaning "rock or height". Population Economy The town has a higher level of unemployment than the national average. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director (French: ''César du meilleur réalisateur''). History Superlatives Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nomination ... for '' My New Partner'', for which he was also nominated for Best Writing. Filmography as director External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zidi, Claude 1934 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters Film directors from Paris Best Director César Award winners French people of Algerian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film '' Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He is the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. His 1996 film '' Mon Homme'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2005 film ''How Much Do You Love Me?'' was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press. Personal life With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he has a daughter named Béatrice. He also has a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg. He is married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila. Filmography Theatre * 1997: ''Les Côtelettes'' * 2010: ''Désolé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calmos
''Calmos'' is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Blier. A comedy that explores the battle of the sexes, often explicitly, it satirises both the rise of feminism in France and traditional attitudes of Frenchmen. Synopsis Paul, a married gynecologist in Paris, is weary of women's bodies and needs. Leaving a patient in the stirrups, he heads for the freedom of the street. There he meets Albert, who has that morning left his wife. Each recognises a kindred spirit, and the two travel to a remote village, were they rent a house and lead a relaxed bachelor existence. Their enthusiasm for good food and wine earns them the friendship of the village priest. However, the idyll ends when their wives track them down and coerce the priest, after negotiation, into recalling them to their marital duties. After weeks of freedom, a weekend at home with the wife is more than either can bear. They run away to open country, where they are joined by other men who cannot stand the demands of wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche. Doillon was born in Paris. He has two daughters: Lola Doillon (born 1975), whose mother is film editor Noëlle Boisson, and Lou Doillon (born 1982), from his relationship with English actress Jane Birkin in the 1980s. . Accessed 25 March 2014 He has three other children named Lili, Lina, and Lazare. His 1989 film '' The 15 Year Old Girl'' was entered into the |
Un Sac De Billes
''A Bag of Marbles'' (french: Un sac de billes) is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French Jewish author Joseph Joffo. It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to the Zone Libre. Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged by the newly founded publishing house Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès to get the help of an editor to publish the text.Un sac de billes de Joseph Joffo (Fiche de lecture): Résumé complet 2806219027 Hadrien Seret, lePetitLittéraire.fr, - 2011 "Décryptez Un sac de billes de Joseph Joffo avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr " The book was a phenomenal best-seller, being made into a major film two years later. Plot summary Joseph is an ordinary boy with ordinary interests; he dislikes lessons and enjoys playing marbles with his friends. But in 1941, when Paris is occupied by the Nazis, his childhood comes to an end. Never before having known what it means to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Course à L'échalote
''La Course à l'échalote'' is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. Plot Young and dynamic, founded with power from the "20th Century Bank", Pierre Vidal regularly spies with his binoculars his partner Janet, who works in a hairdressing salon. Fed up with being constantly watched, she takes advantage to excite his jealousy. His boss has taken a few days of vacation, and Pierre is in charge to replace him. More nervous than ever of this enormous responsibility, he will soon have to take to the coffer halls a certain Monsieur de Rovère, who came to bring the transfer of shares act of the ''Alcazar'', the famous Parisian cabaret. But the famous briefcase containing the documents is stolen on their sight. Cast * Pierre Richard ... Pierre Vidal * Jane Birkin ... Janet * Michel Aumont ... Commissaire Brunet * Marc Dolnitz ... Marc * Amadeus August ... Gunther * Henri Déus ... Mike * Luis Rego ... Frantz * Catherine Allégret ... Nicole * André Bézu ... André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvan Chiffre
Yvan Chiffre (3 March 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a French director, producer, and stunt coordinator. He is the father of Philippe Chiffre, Romain Chiffre and the grand father of César Chiffre. Biography He was the stunt coordinator of '' Thunderball'' and '' Triple Cross'' by Terence Young, '' Is Paris Burning?'' by René Clément, '' Z'' by Costa Gavras, ''Hotel Paradiso'' by Peter Glenville. He was also the official stunt double of Jean Marais and Alain Delon, was stunt man on the '' Longest Day'', and stunt double of Cary Grant in ''Charade'', Sterling Hayden in '' Poppies Are Also Flowers'', Eddie Constantine in ''Lucky Jo'' and many others... He also contributed to major French films like ''Zorro'' by Duccio Tessari, ''La Grande Vadrouille'' by Gérard Oury, ''Le Cercle Rouge'' by Jean-Pierre Melville, and more than 200 others. In 1992, he published an autobiography ''A l'ombre des stars'', about his stuntman life. In 2014, he received in Paris the UNESCO p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Moutarde Me Monte Au Nez
''Lucky Pierre'' (french: La moutarde me monte au nez, lit=The Mustard Is Rising Into My Nose; also known as ''I'm Losing My Temper'') is a 1974 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 .... Plot Pierre Dubois is a mathematics teacher at an all-girls high school in Aix-en-Provence. He also works as a ghostwriter for his father the mayor, who is seeking re-election, and for his friend who works for a tabloid newspaper. When Pierre's students sitch the contents of his folders as a joke, a speech for the mayor, an article on a famous actress, and his students' papers all end up in the wrong hands. Pierre finds himself on a film set trying to resolve the mix-up, and ends up spending the night at the house of a famous actress. The tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Pierre Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer. Early life Pierre Richard was born in a bourgeois family from Valenciennes. He is the grandson of Léopold Defays who was the director of the company Escaut-et-Meuse. His name comes from the stage name of Pierre Richard-Willm who was his mother's favorite actor. Pierre Richard spent his childhood and a part of his teenage years in his native city where he was a student at the Henri-Wallon high school. Skipping classes regularly to go to the cinema, it was Danny Kaye in ''Up in Arms'' that revealed his vocation. This was received with only a moderate enthusiasm by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
''I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything'' (french: Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout) is a 1973 French comedy film directed by Pierre Richard. Plot Pierre Gastié-Leroy (Pierre Richard) is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing (Bernard Blier). Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate in him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys," at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory. They will have fun making mischief and being overzealous to convince the supervisors on increasing the working rhythms, denouncing the trade union leaders, battling a strike and finally, stealing 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
