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Florence Thomassin
Florence Thomassin (born 24 June 1966) is a French actress and sculptor. In 2001, Thomassin was nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Beatrice in Bernard Rapp's ''A Question of Taste ''A Question of Taste'' (french: Une affaire de goût, also known as ''A Matter of Taste'' in the United States) is a 2000 French film directed by Bernard Rapp. Rapp and Gilles Taurand wrote the screenplay which was based on the book " Affaires ...'' ("Une affaire de goût"). Filmography References External links * 1966 births French film actresses French stage actresses French television actresses Living people Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élisa (film)
''Élisa'' is a French drama film directed by Jean Becker and starring Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Firmine Richard and Florence Thomassin. It was released in 1995. Plot Marie is a teenage girl living a criminal life with her friends on the streets of Paris. Her mother, Élisa, suffering from poverty, abandoned by her husband and estranged from her parents, had tried to kill her when she was very young and subsequently committed suicide, while her father has never been part of her life. One day she decides to find and take revenge on her father for not helping her when she was a child. When she finds him she realises that she cannot kill her own father, at least not before he has had the chance to explain. Cast *Vanessa Paradis as Marie Desmoulin *Gérard Depardieu as Jacques 'Lébovitch' Desmoulin *Clotilde Courau as Solange *Sekkou Sall as Ahmed *Florence Thomassin as Élisa Desmoulin *Michel Bouquet as Samuel *Philippe Léotard as Gitane Smoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Debuting as a director with the acclaimed 1991 black comedy ''Delicatessen,'' with collaborator Marc Caro, Jeunet went to collaborate with Caro once again with ''The City of Lost Children'' (1995). His work with science fiction and horror led Jeunet to become the fourth director to helm the ''Alien'' film series with ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), his first and only experience with an American film. In 2001, he achieved his biggest success with the release of ''Amélie'', gaining international acclaim and reaching BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. Widely regarded as one of the most influential and important directors in modern French cinema, his critical and commercial success earned him two Academy Award nominations. Life and career Jean-Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Long Engagement
''A Very Long Engagement'' (french: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, italic=yes, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. Plot Five French soldiers are convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near-certain death in no man's land between the French and German trench lines. It appears that all of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Esposito
Marc Esposito (born 16 July 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. His film ''Patrick Dewaere'' was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the film ''Le Coeur des Hommes'' in 2003 and its two sequels. Since ''Mon Pote'' in 2010, Esposito is also a producer, with its company: Wayan Productions. Filmography * ''Patrick Dewaere'' (1992) * ''Le Cœur des hommes ''Le Cœur des hommes'' ( en, The Heart of Men) is a 2003 French comedy drama film written and directed by Marc Esposito. The film was followed by two sequels: ''Le coeur des hommes 2'', released in 2007, and ''Le coeur des hommes 3'' in 2013. The ...'' (2003) * '' Toute la beauté du monde'' (2006) * '' Le coeur des hommes 2'' (2007) * '' Mon pote" (2010) * '' Le coeur des hommes 3 (2013) Co-screenwriting *'' L' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le CÅ“ur Des Hommes
''Le CÅ“ur des hommes'' ( en, The Heart of Men) is a 2003 French comedy drama film written and directed by Marc Esposito. The film was followed by two sequels: ''Le coeur des hommes 2'', released in 2007, and ''Le coeur des hommes 3'' in 2013. The opening and the closing credits of the film feature the song "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders. Main cast * Bernard Campan – Antoine * Gérard Darmon – Jeff * Jean-Pierre Darroussin – Manu * Marc Lavoine – Alex * Ludmila Mikaël – Françoise * Zoé Félix – Elsa * Florence Thomassin – Juliette * Alice Taglioni Alice Taglioni (born 26 July 1976) is a French actress. Personal life Alice Taglioni was born in Ermont, Val-d'Oise. She is the daughter of an Italian man from Lombardy. She was Miss Corsica in 1996, but refused to participate in the election ... – Annette Plot Alex, Antoine, Jeff and Manu have been friends for most of their lives and have achieved their professional goals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empty Days
''Empty Days'' (french: Rien à faire) is a 1999 French drama film written and directed by Marion Vernoux and starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The film was entered into the main competition at the 56th Venice International Film Festival, winning the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. Plot Cast * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marie Del Sol * Patrick Dell'Isola as Pierre Perset * Sergi López as Luis * Florence Thomassin as Sophie * Chloé Mons Chloé Mons (born in Lille on 1 December 1972) is a French actress and singer. Biography Chloé grew up in Lille in a family of musicians. She is the sister of Barnabé Mons, the leader of the psychedelic rock group Sheetah & Les Weissmullers. S ... as Catherine * Alexandre Carrière as Hervé * Rachid Bouali as le serveur du café * Annette Lowcay as la caissière du supermarché * Marco Cherqui as Antoine * Antoine Mathieu as Martineau * Éric Caravaca as le jeune homme du bus * Dodine Herry as la directrice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Boukhrief
Nicolas Boukhrief (born 4 June 1963) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created ''the Newspaper of the cinema'' on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he became the adviser on programming cinema. Since January 1997, he has been a programmer and presenter of ''My film club'' on Canal+. Along with Richard Grandpierre he was co-person in charge for Canal Plus Ecriture, and since 1997, of the department of Eskwad production within that chain. He was Andrzej Żuławski's assistant from 1985 to 1987. Thereafter he was a co-scenario writer of Jean-Jacques Zilbermann's film '' Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents'', and of ''Assassin(s) ''Assassin(s)'' is a 1997 French drama film directed, co-written, and co-edited by Mathieu Kassovitz, who also stars as Max. It was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Michel Serrault as Mr. Wagner * Mathieu Kassovitz as Max * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kounen
Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen; 2 May 1964) is a Netherlands-born French film director and producer. In France, he is mostly known for his films ''Dobermann'' (1997), '' Blueberry, l'experience secrete'' (2004) and ''99 francs'' (2007). Outside France he is better known for his interest in Shipibo-Conibo culture and shamanism, with which he became familiar during his trips to Mexico and Peru, and for directing some music videos of which, the most notable are the four videos he did for the English pop group Erasure in the 1990s (including three for the project Abba-esque) : ''Lay all your love on me'' (1992), ''Voulez-vous ''(1992), ''S.O.S.'' (1992) and ''Always'' (1994). Biography After studying at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, where he directed his first short films, Jan Kounen began work as assistant operator and director of music videos and documentaries. In 1989, he made the short film ''Gisele Kerosene'', crowned Grand Prix in the category of Avoriaz Fantastic Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobermann (film)
''Dobermann'' is a 1997 French crime film directed by Jan Kounen starring Tchéky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, and Monica Bellucci. Plot The charismatic criminal Dobermann (Vincent Cassel), who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers with his beautiful, deaf girlfriend Nat the Gypsy (Monica Bellucci). After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini (Tchéky Karyo), who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost. He manages to catch gang member Olivier, who is also a transvestite named Sonia. Christini threatens to kill Olivier's baby if he does not help him to catch the gang. Olivier has no choice and visits a party in a disco where the other gang members celebrate their robbery. He informs Christini with an alarm transmitter that all gang members are here so the police start a raid. After a gun fight the police arrest several members of the gang but some manage to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Romand
Françoise Romand, born in Marseilles, is a French filmmaker. Filmed in 1985, Romand's ''Mix-Up ou Méli-Mélo'' attained success in the United States after it was discovered by Vincent Canby of the New York Times. Journalist Jonathan Rosenbaum, of the Chicago Reader, selected it as the top film among his 10 best films of 1988 and among his 15 best films of the 1980s. Romand's other films include ''Appelez-moi Madame (Call Me Madame)'' (1986), ''Thème Je (The Camera I)'' (2004), ''Baiser d'encre (Ink Kiss)'' (2015). Biography Françoise Romand studied cinema at IDHEC (1974). In 1987, she received a Villa Médicis Hors Les Murs in the USA and received a retrospective at the Film Center Art Institute at the Museum of Chicago in 1995. From ''Mix-up ou Méli-mélo'' to ''Thème Je (The Camera I)'', she invented a new form of documentary which blends humor and fiction. In 2000, after filming characters with peculiar life stories, Romand turned the camera on herself. Her subjects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Grandperret
Patrick Grandperret (24 October 1946 – 9 March 2019) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His film '' Murderers'' was screened in the section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside o ...
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