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Didier Decoin
Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977. Biography He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at ''France Soir'', ''Le Figaro'' and ''VOD'', and radio Europe 1. At the same time he started writing. While continuing his writing, he became writer in film and television (and adapted scripts for television as the major TV films ''Les Misérables'', ''The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Balzac'' and ''Napoleon''). In 1995, he became the Secretary of the Académie Goncourt. Bibliography Novels * ''Le Procès à l'Amour'' (Seuil, 1966) (Bourse Del Duca). See * ''La Mise au monde'' (Seuil, 1967) * ''Laurence'' (Seuil, 1969) * ''Elisabeth ou Dieu seul le sait'' (Seuil, 1970) (prix des Quatre Jurys) * ''Abraham de Brooklyn'' (Seuil, 1971) (prix des Libraires) * ''Ceux qui vont s'aimer'' (Seuil, 1973) * ''Un policeman'' (Seuil, 1975) * ''John l'Enfer'' (Seuil, 1977) (Prix Gonco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the Parisian area, located from its Kilometre zero, centre. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and thus the seat of the larger arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt. Boulogne-Billancourt includes two large islands in the Seine: Île Saint-Germain and Île Seguin. With a population of 121,334 as of 2018, it is the most populous commune in Hauts-de-Seine and most populous suburb of Paris, as well as one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. Boulogne-Billancourt is one of the wealthiest regions in the Parisian area and in France. Formerly an important industrial site, it has successfully reconverted into business services and is now home to major communication companies headquartered in the Val de Seine Central business district, business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Early life Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. Career In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film ''Le coup du berger'' (''Fool's Mate'') by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French ''nouvelle vague'' and a star. He appeared in films of ''nouvelle vague'' directors such as Claude Chabrol (''Le Beau Serge'', 1958; '' Les Cousins'', 1959), Louis Malle (''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'', 1958; ''Les Amants'', 1958), François Truffaut (''Les 400 Coups'', 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (''Une femme est une femme'', 1961), Éric Rohmer (''Claire's Knee'', 1970), as well as in films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables (2000 Miniseries)
''Les Misérables'' is a 2000 French television miniseries based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great .... It was broadcast in four ninety-minute parts. This adaptation is widely considered to be the most faithful to the novel, maintaining the setting, time period and covers the full arc of the story. The original French language broadcast was critically acclaimed and is considered one of the best television adaptations, especially in its home country of France. However, the truncated three-hour English version was derided for bad acting and is considered very poor. The producers opted to co-film entire scenes in English, instead of using dubbing. The largely French ensemble struggled to deliver solid performances in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Corbiau
Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1987), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and ''Le roi danse'' (2000). Two of them (''Le maître de musique'' and ''Farinelli'') were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a .... He lives in Belgium and is working on several projects. References External links * 1941 births Living people Belgian film directors {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Roi Danse
''The King is Dancing'' (''Le Roi danse'') is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, ''Lully ou le musicien du soleil'' (1992). The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert. Plot Lully (Boris Terral) starts to gain the favour of the 14-year-old King Louis in 1653 by giving him specially designed shoes for '' Ballet Royal de la Nuit''. His subsequent rise draws hostility from the old cadres of the court, particularly the royal composer Cambert (Johan Leysen). However, following Cardinal Mazarin's death, Louis (Benoît Magimel) installs himself in full power as the king in 1661 and he is now at stake with the religious establishment created and controll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series ''Les Misérables'' with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is '' Balzac: A Passionate Life'' (1999) and ''Cet amour-là'' (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and '' Raspoutine'' (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; , ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Count Of Monte Cristo (1998 Miniseries)
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (a.k.a. ''Le Comte de Monte Cristo'') is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas père. Plot Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body to find the treasure Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him. Cast *Gérard Depardieu as Edmond Dantès *Sergio Rubini as Bertuccio *Ornella Muti as Mercedes Igualada *Jean Rochefort as F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father of French film director Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They .... Filmography References External links * 1938 births Living people French film directors Hungarian Jews Hungarian emigrants to France {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob The Liar
''Jakob the Liar'' is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker. The film stars Robin Williams, Alan Arkin, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, and Bob Balaban. The film is set in 1944 in a ghetto in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust and tells the story of a Polish-Jewish shopkeeper named Jakob Heym who attempts to raise the morale inside the ghetto by sharing encouraging rumors that he claims he has heard on a radio. It is a remake of the 1975 East German-Czechoslovak film '' Jakob der Lügner''. Plot In Poland of early 1944, a Polish-Jewish shopkeeper named Jakob Heym is summoned to the German headquarters after being falsely accused of being out after curfew. While waiting for the commander, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast speaking about Soviet offensives. Returned to the gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Moati
Serge Moati (born Henry Moati; 17 August 1946) is a French journalist, television presenter, film director and writer. He is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel '' Les Belles de Tunis''. As is his sister, Serge Moati is a French citizen, with Tunisian-Jewish origins. He is the father of the actor Félix Moati. Moati was formerly a political consultant/public relations manager for François Mitterrand. Filmography * '' Changer la vie, Mitterrand 1981-1983'' (2011) - TV movie * '' Je vous ai compris: De Gaulle 1958-1962'' (2010) - TV movie * ''Roses à crédit'' (2010) - producer * '' Mitterrand à Vichy'' (2008) - TV movie * '' Les mitterrand's''' (2006) - TV documentary * '' Capitaines des ténèbres'' (2005) - TV movie * '' Radio France: 24 heures sur 24'' (2003) - TV documentary * '' Un an après'' (2003) - TV documentary * ''Tous en scène! Ou spectacles d'une élection'' (2002) - TV movie * '' Une vie ordinaire ou Mes questions sur l'homosexualité'' (2001) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Life
''Out of Life'' (french: Hors la vie) is a 1991 film directed by Lebanese director Maroun Bagdadi. The film tells the story of a French photographer (played by Hippolyte Girardot), who is kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon, and attempts to maintain his personal dignity in the face of torture and brainwashing. The story was inspired by the events surrounding the kidnapping of Roger Auque during the Lebanon hostage crisis. The film was produced by the French companies Galatée Films and Films A2. Cast * Hippolyte Girardot - Patrick Perrault * Rafic Ali Ahmad - Walid 'Chief' * Hussein Sbeity - Omar * Habib Hammoud - Ali 'Philippe' * Majdi Machmouchi - Moustapha * Hassan Farhat - Ahmed 'Frankenstein' * Hassan Zbib - Fadi * Nabila Zeitouni - Najat * Hamza Nasrallah - 'De Niro' * Sami Hawat - Hassan * Sabrina Leurquin - Isabelle * Roger Assaf - Farid * Nidal Al-Askhar - Khaled's Mother (as Nidal Ashkar) * Fadi Abou Khalil - (as Fady Abou Khalil) Awards The film won the Jury Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Béhat
Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor. Biography Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: ''L'Hercule sur la place''. As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band. He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes. He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in '' L'Hercule sur la place and'' Charles IV le Bel in ''Les Rois maudits'' (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film '' Elle court, elle court la banlieue,'' Jean Yanne's 1972 film ''Chobizenesse'' and Bernard Paul's 1975 film ''Beau Masque.'' As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film '' Rue barbare.'' Several of his subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
