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Full Speed (1996 Film)
''Full Speed'' (french: À toute vitesse) is a 1996 French drama film directed by Gaël Morel. Cast * Élodie Bouchez - Julie * Stéphane Rideau - Jimmy * Pascal Cervo - Quentin * Meziane Bardadi - Samir * Salim Kechiouche - Jamel * Romain Auger - Rick * Mohammed Dib Mohammed Dib ( ar, Ù…Øمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. He is probably Algeria's most prolific ... - Karim References External links * 1996 drama films 1996 films French LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films {{1990s-France-film-stub 1996 LGBT-related films 1990s French-language films 1990s French films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He grew up in the nearby village of Lacenas in the Villefranche district. At the age of 15, Morel left home to pursue film studies in Lyon, and later moved to Paris. There he met French director André Téchiné, who cast him in the lead role of François in the multi- César Award-winning 1994 film ''Wild Reeds'' (''Les Roseaux sauvages''), which brought him fame, earning much critical praise for his performance and a 1995 César nomination for Most Promising Young Actor. While his ''Wild Reeds'' co-stars Élodie Bouchez and Stéphane Rideau have both gone on to successful acting careers (he has often cast them in his own films), Morel has chosen to write and direct. Filmography As actor As director Awards * 1995 - César nomination : Meilleur Espoir Masculin (Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élodie Bouchez
Élodie Bouchez-Bangalter (born 5 April 1973) is a French actress. She became internationally known for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show ''Alias'' and for playing Maïté Alvarez in the film ''Wild Reeds''. Early life and career Bouchez was born in Montreuil-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. She is best known for her César Award's Most Promising Actress winning film ''Wild Reeds'' (1994) by André Téchiné, and the Best Actress Award for the film '' La Vie rêvée des anges'' at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. She also won the Best Actress award for ''Poetical Refugee'' (original French title ''La faute à Voltaire'') at the Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival-2001. In the fall of 2005, she joined the cast of the American TV series ''Alias'' for its fifth and final season. She played Renée Rienne, an assassin who works unofficially for a black ops division of the CIA. Although considered a main cast member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Rideau
Stéphane Rideau (born 25 July 1976) is a French actor. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby game and then auditioned for a role in the film ''Les Roseaux sauvages'' (''Wild Reeds'') by André Téchiné. He was, at the time, sixteen years old. He later played the role of a gay teenager in ''Presque rien'' (''Come Undone'') directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. Rideau has a long acting experience that includes the films ''Loin'', '' Le Ventre de Juliette'', ''Le Clan ''3 Dancing Slaves'' (French: ''Le Clan'') is a 2004 French film directed by Gaël Morel. Plot Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc (Nicolas Cazalé) i ...'' and '' Le Cadeau d'Élena''. He currently lives with his partner Celia and their daughter. Filmography External links Official website of Stéphane Rideau* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rideau, Stephane 1976 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Lapoirie
Jeanne Lapoirie is a French cinematographer. She began her career in the 1980s, working as camera operator and cinematographer with directors such as Luc Besson and Agnès Varda. She is also known for her collaborations with André Téchiné and François Ozon. She was nominated for a César Award for Best Cinematography for her work in Ozon's ''8 femmes'' in 2003 and ''Michael Kohlhaas ''Michael Kohlhaas'' is a novella by the German author Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Kleist published fragments of the work in volume 6 of his literary journal ''Phöbus'' in June 1808. The complete work wa ...'' in 2014. Selected filmography References External links * Jeanne Lapoirie, Afc Living people Cinematographers from Paris French women cinematographers 1963 births {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Cervo
Pascal Cervo (born 16 July 1977) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Pascal Cervo grew up in Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne, France. He was discovered at the age of 16 while shopping in Paris by Catherine Corsini for her film ''Les Amoureux'' (with Nathalie Richard), where he played Marc, a teenager who began to realize his homosexuality. He then played in ''À toute vitesse'' (Full Speed), a film by young Gaël Morel where he was Quentin, a writer that everyone falls in love with. Pascal Cervo pursues a career of strong loyalty, working with art filmmakers such as Gaël Morel, Laurent Achard, Paul Vecchiali (of whom Cervo is one of his favorite and recurring actors), Pierre Léon, etc. He also worked with Jean-Claude Biette and Robert Guédiguian and played in TV series and in theatre. He directed three short films, the first in 2008 ''Valérie n'est plus ici'' (Valérie is not here anymore), then ''Monsieur Lapin'' (Mister Rabbit) - a reflection on l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Kechiouche
Salim Kechiouche (born 2 April 1979) is a French actor. Early life He was born to Algerian parents. While 15 years old, he was first discovered by French actor director Gaël Morel. Morel gave him his first role in a feature film, '' À Toute Vitesse'' (''Full Speed''), released in 1996. Kechiouche has acted in most of Morel's works, including ''Premières Neiges'' in 1999, ''Le Clan'' (''Three Dancing Slaves'') in 2004 and '' Après Lui'' (2007). He entered acting school and graduated in 2002. Salim Kechiouche now lives in Paris, dividing his time between cinema and the stage. Career Film and stage In addition to Morel, Kechiouche has worked with other French directors such as François Ozon, as well as with non-French directors. In 2003, Kechiouche played the role of Karim in ''Gigolo'', directed by German director Bastian Schweitzer, opposite Amanda Lear. Kechiouche played a self-destructive gigolo trying to get his life back on track in the jet-set world of Paris. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Dib
Mohammed Dib ( ar, Ù…Øمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. He is probably Algeria's most prolific and well-known writer. His work covers the breadth of 20th century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria's fight for independence. Life Dib was born in Tlemcen in Algeria, near the border with Morocco, into a middle-class family which had descended into poverty. After losing his father at a young age, Dib started writing poetry at 15. At the age of 18, he started working as a teacher in nearby Oujda in Morocco. In his twenties and thirties he worked in various capacities as a weaver, teacher, accountant, interpreter (for the French and British military), and journalist (for newspapers including ''Alger Républicain'' and ''Liberté'', an organ of the Algerian Communist Party). In 1952, two years before the Algerian revolution, he married a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Drama Films
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1996 Films
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included ''Scream'', '' Independence Day'', '' Fargo'', '' Trainspotting'', '' The Rock'', ''The English Patient'', ''Twister'', ''Space Jam'', ''Mars Attacks!'', ''Jerry Maguire'' and a film version of the musical '' Evita''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Independence Day'' became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by '' Aladdin'' (2019). * ''Rumble in the Bronx'' was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region. It became the year's most profitable film, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget. It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then. Events * July 10 – Nickelodeon releases its first feature film, ''Harriet the Spy'', a spy-comedy-drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name. It also launches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French LGBT-related Films
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