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French Films Of 1998
A list of films produced in France in 1998. References External links French films of 1998at the Internet Movie DatabaseFrench films of 1998at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1998 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... Films French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Film
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including ''Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), ''Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), ''American History X'', ''The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: ''Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, ''Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The top 10 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natacha Régnier
Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film ''The Dreamlife of Angels''. Régnier is the first Belgian actress to win a César Award. Life and career Born in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in ''The Motorcycle Girl'' (1993), a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux. After that, she played a number of roles for French television. In 1998 Régnier and Élodie Bouchez received the '' Prix d'interprétation féminine'' (Best Actress) at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for their roles in '' La vie rêvée des anges'' by Erick Zonca. She has stated that her idol is film actress Sandrine Bonnaire. Régnier dated Jérémie Renier. Natacha Régnier was married to French musician Yann Tiersen, but they are now divorced. They have a daughter. She received a Magritte Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé (, ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife Lucile Hadžihalilović were the co-founders of a production company Les Cinémas de la Zone. He has directed seven feature films: '' I Stand Alone'' (1998), ''Irréversible'' (2002), ''Enter the Void'' (2009), ''Love'' (2015), ''Climax'' (2018), '' Lux Æterna'' (2019), and ''Vortex'' (2021). Early life Noé was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father Luis Felipe Noé is of Spanish, Italian, and French-Basque descent while his mother, Nora Murphy is of Irish and Spanish descent. He has a sister named Paula. He lived in New York City for one year as a child, and his family emigrated to France in 1976 to escape the political situation in Argentina at the time. Noé graduated from Louis Lumière College in France. Artistry His work has been strongly associated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Stand Alone (film)
''I Stand Alone'' (french: Seul contre tous, links=no, lit=Alone Against Everyone) is a 1998 French psychological drama art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé as his directorial debut, and starring Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankye Pain, and Martine Audrain. The film, focusing on several pivotal days in the life of a butcher facing abandonment, isolation, rejection and unemployment, was the director's first feature-length production, and is a sequel to his 1991 short film ''Carne''. Plot The film opens by revealing the history of the Butcher (who's given no other name) presented in narration which plays over a montage of still photographs: Orphaned at a young age, he was sexually abused by a priest. As a teenager, unable to have the opportunity to study and learn the profession of his choice, he reluctantly embraces the career of a butcher specializing in horse meat, a job already frowned upon at the time in France. After several years of hard work, he finally opens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Career Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife''). She has primarily worked in Italian films but made her English-speaking film debut as Princess Aura in ''Flash Gordon'' in 1980. American movies she appeared in include '' Love and Money'' (1982), ''Casanova'' (1987), ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989), '' A Season of Giants'' (1990), ''Oscar'' (1991), '' Once Upon a Crime'' (1992), ''Somewhere in the City'' (1998) and '' To Rome with Love'' (2012). In 2008, Muti introduced her own line of jewelry and subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Sarmiento
Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and television series'. She is the widow of Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011) with whom she collaborated for decades as regular editor and co-writer. She has also edited films for Luc Moullet, Robert Kramer and Ventura Pons and is a Guggenheim Fellow (1988). Biography Sarmiento was born in the Chilean municipality of Valparaíso and was first exposed to film at the age of five, becoming familiar with the work of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and others. She rarely saw French films due to censorship but, thanks to what she refers to as a "moment of magic", was able to watch Jean-Luc Godard's ''Breathless'' (1960) at the age of twelve. She went on to study film and philosophy at the University of Valparaíso and married filmmaker Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Cannes Film Festival
The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film '' Mia aioniotita kai mia mera'' by Theo Angelopoulos. The festival opened with ''Primary Colors'', directed by Mike Nichols, and closed with ''Godzilla'', directed by Roland Emmerich. Isabelle Huppert was the mistress of ceremonies. In 1998, two new sections were added to the Official Selection, the Un Certain Regard and the Cinéfondation. The aim of the Cinéfondation section is to support the creation of works of cinema in the world and to contribute to the entry of the new scenario writers in the circle of the celebrities. For this, fifteen to twenty short and medium-length films by students from film schools from around the world are selected and the best three are awarded by the Cinéfondation and Short films Jury. Section Un Certain Regard "awards young talent and encoura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films '' The Patriots'' (1994), '' A Self Made Hero'' (1996), ''For Sale'' (1998), ''Alias Betty'' (2001), ''Mademoiselle Chambon'' (2009), '' 9 Month Stretch'' (2013), and '' Number One Fan'' (2014). Kiberlain has appeared in over sixty films and won two César Awards from eight nominations. In 2021, she made her directorial debut with the drama film '' A Radiant Girl''. Career Kiberlain attended Cours Florent 1987–1989 and French National Academy of Dramatic Arts 1989–1992. Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995. In addition to her acting career, she also has recorded an album ('' Manquait plus qu'ça'', released in 2005), which was well received in France. Her second album ''Coupés bien net et bien carré'' was released in October 2007. Personal life Kiberlain married actor Vincent Lindon in 1998, with whom she has a daughter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laetitia Masson
Lætitia Masson (born 18 August 1966) is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed twelve films since 1991. Her film ''À vendre'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998. American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film '' Mia aioniotita kai mia mera'' by Theo A .... Early life and education Laetitia Masson spent her early years in Nancy, France. Her parents, both teachers, appreciated film. Masson saw her first film by Jean-Luc Godard at the age of seven. Her father was an amateur filmmaker inspired by New Wave cinema, and exposure to this love of film may have contributed to her study of literature and cinema in Paris, before studying as La Fémis film school. There, Masson graduated from the “Départment Image,” in 1991. Career Laetitia Masson has had a prolif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Sale (1998 Film)
''For Sale'' (french: À vendre) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Laetitia Masson. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Sandrine Kiberlain - France Robert * Sergio Castellitto - Luigi Primo * Jean-François Stévenin - Pierre Lindien * Aurore Clément - Alice * Chiara Mastroianni - Mireille * Mireille Perrier - Primo's Ex-Wife * Samuel Le Bihan - Eric Pacard * Caroline Baehr - Marie-Pierre Chénu * Roschdy Zem - The Banker * Frédéric Pierrot * Didier Flamand * Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (born 25 December 1963) is a French actor and film director. His daughter, Alice de Lencquesaing, is also an actress. Filmography As an actor *''Les dernières heures du millénaire'' (1990, Short) *''Madame Bovary'' ... References External links * 1998 films 1998 drama films French drama films 1990s French-language films Films directed by Laetitia Masson 1990s French films {{1990s-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Guillemin
Sophie Guillemin (born 1 December 1977) is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as ''L'Ennui'', ''Harry, He's Here to Help'', '' Un chat un chat'', and '' A la folie, pas du tout''. In 2017, whilst on the set of the TV movie '' Remember us'', she met the actor Thierry Godard. The couple were married in August 2018. Biography As a hopeful actress, Sophie Guillemin hoped to make pocket money by applying for minor roles in the cinema. She happened to stumble into the cast of Cédric Kahn, who had been searching for the female main character of his film ''L'Ennui'', the adaptation of ''La noia de Moravia'', for the past two years. The role earned her a César nomination in 1999 in the best new female category. Gérard Lefort, journalist at Libération (newspaper), Libération, wrote about Sophie Guillemin: "having sent a video essay to the casting of ''L'ennui'', Sophie Guillemin has established herself by exploitingher "body of Venus and her soul of Greek antiquity". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
