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François Cluzet
François Cluzet (born 21 September 1955) is a French film and theatre actor. Cluzet has collaborated with many important European and American directors, including Claude Chabrol, Bertrand Tavernier, Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland, Robert Altman and Olivier Assayas. In 2007, he won a French César Award after starring as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller ''Tell No One'' (original title ''Ne le dis à personne''). Cluzet may be best known for his role as Philippe in the international hit film ''The Intouchables'' (2011). Career Cluzet grew up in Paris, and made his stage debut in 1976. Three years later, he made his premiere appearance on the big screen in ''Cocktail Molotov'' with Diane Kurys. A year later, Cluzet appeared in acclaimed family drama '' Cheval d'orgueil'' directed by Claude Chabrol. The two reunited in 1982 for ''Les Fantômes du chapelier''. In 1983, Cluzet acted in '' L'Été meurtrier'' with Jean Becker. He was nominated for a César Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Awards 2014
Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar River, a river within the Magdalena Basin of Colombia * Cesar River, Chile * Cesar Department, Colombia Other uses * César (grape), an ancient red wine grape from northern Burgundy * French ship ''César'' (1768), ship of the line, destroyed 1782 * Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems (C.E.S.A.R), in Brazil * Cesar, a brand of dog food manufactured by Mars, Incorporated People with the given name * César (footballer, born May 1979), César Vinicio Cervo de Luca, Brazilian football centre-back * César (footballer, born July 1979), Clederson César de Souza, Brazilian football winger * César Alierta (born 1945), Spanish businessman * César Augusto Soares dos Reis Ribela (born 1995), Brazilian footballer * César Azpili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coup De Foudre (film, 1983)
Love at first sight is a personal experience as well as a common trope in literature: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. Described by poets and critics since the emergence of ancient Greece, falling in love at first sight has become a common theme in Western fiction. Historical conceptions Greek In the classical world, the phenomenon of "love at first sight" was understood within the context of a more general conception of passionate love, a kind of madness or, as the Greeks put it, ''theia mania'' ("madness from the gods"). This love passion was described through an elaborate metaphoric and mythological psychological effect involving "love's arrows" or "love darts," the source of which was often given as the mythological Eros or Cupid, sometimes by other mythological deities (such as Rumor). At times, the source of the arrows was said to be the image of the beautiful lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prêt-à-Porter (film)
''Prêt-à-Porter'', released in the United States as ''Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)'', is a 1994 American satirical comedy-drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman and shot on location during the Paris Fashion Week with a host of international stars, models, and designers. The film features an extensive ensemble cast, including Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, and Sally Kellerman. Plot Models, designers, industry hot shots and journalists gather for Paris Fashion Week, to work, bicker, and try to seduce each other. Early on, Fashion Council head Olivier de la Fontaine chokes to death on a sandwich, leaving behind a wife, a mistress, and a mysterious Russian companion who has fled the scene. As the death is being investigated, Fashion Week continues. Injecting herself between the designers, American television personality Kitty gets sound bites from the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Affaire De Femmes
''Story of Women'' (french: Une affaire de femmes) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the true story of Marie-Louise Giraud, guillotined on 30 July 1943 for having performed 27 abortions in the Cherbourg area, and the 1986 book ''Une affaire de femmes'' by Francis Szpiner. The film premiered at the 45th Venice International Film Festival, in which Isabelle Huppert was awarded the prize for best actress. It has been cited as a favorite by filmmaker John Waters (filmmaker), John Waters, who presented it as his Maryland Film Festival#John Waters picks, annual selection within the 2008 Maryland Film Festival. Plot Under the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Paul Latour is a prisoner of war in Germany and his wife Marie lives hand-to-mouth with their two children in a squalid flat. A neighbour, whose husband is also in Germany, has fallen pregnant and is trying to lose the baby. Marie helps her successfully. Other wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Enfer (film, 1994)
Hell, in many religions, is a place of suffering during the afterlife, where wicked or unrighteous souls are punished. Hell may also refer to: * Hell in Christianity * Christian views on Hades * Hel (location), Germanic underworld from which the word "hell" derives * Gehenna or ''Gehinnom'' * Jahannam, Gehenna in Islam * Tartarus * Underworld, the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living * Any place or situation of great suffering Arts and entertainment Film and television * Jigoku (1960 film) (地獄, ''Hell''), also titled ''The Sinners of Hell'' a Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa * ''Hell'' (1964 film) or ''Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno'' (''L'enfer''), an unfinished French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot * ''Hell'' (1994 film) (''L'enfer''), a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, adapted from Clouzot's 1964 film * ''Hell'' (2005 film) (''L'enfer''), a French film directed by Danis Tanović * ''Hell'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Révolution Française (film)
''La Révolution française'' is a two-part 1989 historical film co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of the Estates-General to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre. The film had a large budget (FRF 300 million) and boasted an international cast. It was shot in French, German and English. Plot ;Part I: ''La Révolution française: les Années lumière'' (''The French Revolution: Years of Hope''), directed by Robert Enrico The first part focuses on the events of the early days of the French Revolution. The film opens in 1774 with a young Robespierre reading a document in front of a carriage in the College Louis le Grand. He is splashed with mud after a horse's hoof smacks the muddy ground, prompting his classmates to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Enrico
Robert Georgio Enrico (13 April 1931 – 23 February 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France, to Italian immigrant parents, and died in Paris. Filmography as director * '' Fait d'hiver'' (1999) * '' Saint-Exupéry: La dernière mission'' (1996) (TV) * ''Vent d'est'' (1993) * ''La Révolution française'' (1989) (segment "Les Années Lumière") * '' Le Hérisson'' (1989) (TV) * ' (1987) * ' (1986) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1985) (TV miniseries) * '' Au nom de tous les miens'' (1983) *''Heads or Tails'' (1980) * ' (1980) * '' Un neveu silencieux'' (1977) * '' Le vieux fusil'' (1975) – César Award for Best Film * '' Le Secret'' (1974) * ' (1972) * ''Boulevard du Rhum'' (1971) * '' Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément...'' (1971) * '' Ho!'' (1968) * ''Tante Zita'' (1967) * '' Les aventuriers'' (1967) * ''Les Grandes Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trop Belle Pour Toi
''Too Beautiful for You'' (french: Trop belle pour toi) is a 1989 French Romance film, romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It tells the story of Bernard (Gérard Depardieu), a well-established BMW car dealer in the South of France, who is cheating on his beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) with his ordinary-looking secretary (Josiane Balasko). Premise Bernard Barthélémy, owner of a BMW car dealership, is married to a exceptionally beautiful woman, Florence, but he falls in love with a plain-looking but warm-hearted woman, Colette, who has been hired as a temp secretary at his dealership. This relationship will change his life. The film features surreal, fantasy sequences and a non-linear timeline. Cast Reception The film had 2,031,131 admissions in France. Accolades * 1989 Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Prix spécial du jury at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival * 1990 received five César Awards : ** César Award for Best Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He is the son of famous French actor Bernard Blier. His 1996 film ''Mon Homme'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2005 film ''How Much Do You Love Me?'' was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where he won the Silver George for Best Director. A defence of Blier's work until 2000 was written by Sue Harris, Queen Mary College, London and published in 2001 by Manchester University Press. Personal life With his former wife Françoise, to whom he was married for twenty years, he has a daughter named Béatrice. He also has a son, Léonard, born 1993, with actress Anouk Grinberg. He is married to actress Farida Rahouadj, with whom he has a daughter named Leila. Filmography Theatre * 1997: ''Les Côtelettes'' * 2010: ''Désolé p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force Majeure (film, 1989)
In contract law, (from Law French: 'overwhelming force', ) is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from legal liability, liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, Strike action, strike, riot, crime, epidemic or sudden legal changes prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. Explicitly excluded is any event described as an ''act of God,'' which covers a separate domain and legally differs, yet it is still related to contract law. In practice, most clauses do not excuse a party's non-performance entirely but only suspend it for the duration of the .Principle of Force Majeure (including international references) Trans-Lex.org is generally intended to includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Jolivet
Pierre Jolivet (; born 9 October 1952) is a French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. His film '' Zim and Co.'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and his film '' The Night Watchman'' won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film in 2015. His brother is Marc Jolivet, the actor, script-writer, director, and humourist. They are the sons of Jacques Jolivet (author), and Arlette Thomas, the French voice of the cartoon characters ''Calimero'' and ''Titi'' (Tweety). Selected filmography * ''Le Dernier Combat'' (1983) * ''Strictement personnel'' (1985) * ''Force majeure'' (1989) * '' A Mere Mortal (Simple mortel)'' (1991) * ''Fortune Express ''Fortune Express'' is a 1991 cinema of France, French drama film directed by Olivier Schatzky. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Thierry Frémont as Gadouille * Cris Campion as Pascal Perkiss * Hervé Laudi ...'' (1991) * ''À l'heure où les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolat (1988 Film)
''Chocolat'' is a 1988 French period drama film written and directed by Claire Denis in her directorial debut that follows a young girl who lives with her family in French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) play the parents of protagonist France (Cécile Ducasse), who befriends Protée ( Isaach de Bankolé), a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Plot An adult woman named France walks down a road toward Douala, Cameroon. She is picked up by William J. Park (Emmet Judson Williamson), an African American who has moved to Africa and is driving to Limbe with his son. As they ride, France's mind drifts and we see her as a young girl in Mindif, French Cameroon in 1957, where her father was a colonial administrator. The story is told through the eyes of young France, showing her friendship with the "houseboy," Protée, as well the sexual tension between him and her young and beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
