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Daniel Prévost
Daniel Prévost (born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer. Early life Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie region), a fact which he did not discover until later life. Personal life He is the father of actors Sören Prévost, Erling Prévost and Christophe Prévost. Career After attending drama school in Paris, Prévost made his theatre début alongside the likes of Michel Serrault in ''Un certain M. Blot''. In his early beginnings he both performed alongside Boby Lapointe and became acquainted with Jean Yanne, later becoming one of the latter's favourite actors. Although his television and cinema career began in the 1960s, it was in the 1970s that he found fame through Jacques Martin's satirical news programme ''Le petit rapporteur'', the part for which he is best known. He excelled as an evilly leering tax inspector – "he'd audit his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garches
Garches () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Garches has remained largely residential, but is also the location of Raymond Poincaré University Hospital, which specialises in traumatology, road accidents and physiotherapy. Population Sites of interest 19 January Monument The northern part of Garches was largely destroyed in the Battle of Buzenval on 19 January 1871, when besieged Parisian forces under Louis Jules Trochu attempted to break through the German blockade and join the French troops at Versailles. Monuments in Rue du 19 janvier and Rue du Colonel de Rochebrune commemorate the events. Church of St. Louis Construction of the church began in 1298 following the canonisation of St. Louis, as recorded on the plaque at the entrance. It was the first church in France dedicated to St. Louis. The original church was partly destroyed in the Battle of Buzenval; it was rebuilt in 1876 and restored beginning in 1980 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Biography Career Filmography As director * 1958: ''La Môme aux boutons'' * 1960: '' Arrêtez les tambours'' * 1960: ' * 1961: '' Le Monocle noir'' * 1962: '' Le Septième juré'' * 1962: '' En plein cirage'' * 1962: '' L'Œil du Monocle'' * 1963: '' Les Tontons flingueurs'' * 1964: ''Salad by the Roots'' * 1964: ''Le Monocle rit jaune'' * 1964: ''Les Barbouzes'' * 1965: '' Les Bons Vivants'', co-directed with Gilles Grangier * 1966: ' * 1966: ' * 1967: ' * 1968: ' * 1968: ' * 1971: ''Road to Salina'' * 1971: ' * 1972: ' * 1973: ' * 1973: '' Quelques m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Boisrond
Michel Jacques Boisrond (9 October 1921, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais – 10 November 2002, La Celle-Saint-Cloud) was a French film director and screenwriter. His work spanned five decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Career A former apprentice of Jean Delannoy, Jean Cocteau, and René Clair, Michel Boisrond debuted as a full-fledged director in 1955 with ''Cette Sacrée Gamine'' starring Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the .... His works typically fall into the comedy, romance, or comedy drama genres. Filmography References External links * French film directors 1921 births 2002 deaths 20th-century French screenwriters French television directors People from Eure-et-Loir {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trop C'est Trop
Trop c'est trop ''(Too Much Is Too Much)'' is a French comedy film directed by Didier Kaminka in 1975 Didier (Kaminka), Philippe (Ogouz) and Georges (Beller) were born the same day at the same hour in the same room as the war was ending. A few years later, in school, the three boys are courting, each in his way, the beautiful Edina (Claudia Wells), also born at the same time, such affection leave quite indifferent, so that it does not hesitate to denounce them when are too urgent. In the age of thirty, the three friends yet still have not reached their goal and they are desperate to do this one day, Edina has indeed disappeared. Abandoning the idea to live without her, the three men set off in his research and eventually find her exposed to the advances of a fashion photographer they get rid laboriously after escaping three babes enamored, Patricia (Claude Jade), Carole (Chantal Goya) and Nicole (Nicole Jamet). Only in Hell, after the accidental death of Edina, the triple suicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Weinfeld
André Weinfeld is a French and American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer, photographer, and journalist. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the Sorbonne University in Paris. Early life After receiving a master's degree in psychology and French literature at the Sorbonne University, André Weinfeld - the son of Jean Weinfeld, a Bauhaus architect - was admitted as the head of his class at the renowned French Film School Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Weinfeld worked initially as a camera operator and then as a Cinematographer for several "French New Wave" short and full-length feature films, including collaborating with, among others, directors Philippe Garrel, Jean Eustache, Néstor Almendros, Dennis Berry, and Jackie Raynal, (on ''" Deux fois"''). He became – at age 19 – one of the youngest television directors, producers and journalists in France. French career For the next 10 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remo Forlani
Remo Forlani (1927–2009) was a French writer and screenwriter born in Paris to a French mother and an Italian immigrant father. In 1987 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie française. Selected filmography * ''Juliette and Juliette ''Juliette and Juliette'' (French: ''Juliette et Juliette'') is a 1974 French-Italian comedy films, comedy film directed by Rémo Forlani and starring Annie Girardot, Marlène Jobert and Pierre Richard.The A to Z of French Cinema p.188 Cast * Anni ...'' (1974) References External links * 1927 births 2009 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers French film critics French film directors French radio personalities French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French people of Italian descent Writers from Paris 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comment Réussir Quand On Est Con Et Pleurnichard
''How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby'' (french: Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard) is a French comedy film directed by Michel Audiard, released in 1974.Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard' at Allocine. It is notable as the first film with the actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus. Audiard appears in the film as a nurse. Synopsis Antoine (Jean Carmet) is a crybaby. This is an asset in his trade (sales representative for drinks) and for seducing women. Thus he becomes, through a rich nymphomaniac, director of a luxury hotel. Technical data *Director : Michel Audiard *Screenplay : Michel Audiard and Jean-Marie Poiré *Duration : 90 minutes *Release date : 19 June 1974 *Language: French Cast *Jean Carmet : Antoine Robineau *Jean-Pierre Marielle : Gérard Malempin *Stéphane Audran : Cécile Malempin *Jane Birkin : Jane * Evelyne Buyle : Marie-Josée Mulot *Jean Rochefort : Foisnard *Daniel Prévost : Carducci *Jeanne Herviale : Robineau's mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese In Paris
''Chinese in Paris'' (french: Les Chinois à Paris) is a 1974 French-Italian comedy film directed by Jean Yanne. The movie features an hypothetical Chinese invasion of western Europe and the life in Paris under communist Chinese rule. Cast * Jean Yanne - Régis Forneret * Nicole Calfan - Stéphanie * Michel Serrault - Grégoire Montclair * Kyōzō Nagatsuka - General Pou-Yen * Jacques François - Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert * Georges Wilson - Lefranc * Macha Méril - Madeleine Fontanes * Bernard Blier - President of France * Paul Préboist - Civil servant * Fernand Ledoux - Frugebelle * Daniel Prévost - Albert Fontanes References External links * See also * May 68 * Cultural Revolution * Chinese community in Paris As of 1990, the majority of Asians living in the Paris area were Overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese originating from several countries.Guillon, p187 The largest group includes ethnic Chinese from Indochina, and a smaller group originates from Zhej ... 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Girault
Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films between 1960 and 1982. In 1982, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 58. Filmography Director * '' Les pique-assiette'' (1960) * '' Les Moutons de Panurge'' (1960) * '' Les Livreurs'' (1961) * ''People in Luck'' (1963) * ''Les Bricoleurs'' (1963) * ''Pouic-Pouic'' (1963) * ''Let's Rob the Bank'' (1964) * ''The Troops of St. Tropez'' (1964) * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) * ''Gendarme in New York'' (1965) * '' Monsieur le président-directeur général'' (1966) * '' Les grandes vacances'' (1967) * '' A Strange Kind of Colonel'' (1968) * ''Le gendarme se marie'' (1968) * '' La maison de campagne'' (1969) * '' Le gendarme en balade'' (1970) * ''Le Juge'' (1971) * '' Jo'' (1971) * '' Les charlots font l'Espagne'' (1972) * '' Le concierge'' (1973) * ' ... [...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] |
Raoul André
Raoul André (24 May 1916 in Rabat (Morocco) - 4 November 1992) was a French director and screenwriter, He was married to actress Louise Carletti (December 1955), and he is the father of Ariane Carletti. Filmography * ''The Village of Wrath'' (1947) *'' Cab Number 13'' (1948) *'' L'Assassin est à l'écoute'' (1948) * ''Good Enough to Eat'' (1951) *'' Une nuit à Megève'' (1953) *'' Les Clandestines'' (1954) *'' Marchandes d'illusions'' (1954) *''Une fille épatante'' (1955) *''The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) *''Cherchez la femme'' (1955) *'' Les Indiscrètes'' (1956) * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) *' (1956) *'' La Polka des menottes'' (1957) *''Clara et les Méchants'' (1958) *'' Les Fruits du péché'' (1959) *'' La Planque'' (1961) *''Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent'' (1963) *'' Les Femmes d'abord'' (1963) *'' Ces dames s'en mêlent'' (1964) *''Mission to Caracas'' (1965) *' (1967) *' (1967) *' (1969) *'' Le Bourgeois gentil mec'' (1969) *''La dernière bourrée à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
