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French Films Of 2003
A list of films produced in France in 2003. External links * 2003 in France * 2003 in French television French films of 2003at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...French films of 2003at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 2003 2003 Films French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. ''Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Of Love And Chance
''Games of Love and Chance'' (french: L'Esquive) is a 2003 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Sara Forestier. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing and Most Promising Actress. The film was shot in Seine-Saint-Denis in 6 weeks in October and November 2002. Synopsis A group of teenagers from the housing projects of the Paris suburbs practice a passage from the play ''The Game of Love and Chance'' by Marivaux for their French class. Abdelkrim, or Krimo, who initially does not act in the play, falls in love with Lydia. In order to try to seduce her, he accepts the role of Arlequin and joins the rehearsal. But his timidness and awkwardness keeps him from participating in the play as well as succeeding with Lydia. Cast Other than Sara Forestier, many of the actors in this film were inexperienced in cinema and recruited specifically for the film. * Osman Elkharraz as Krimo * Sara Forestier as Lydia * Sabrina Ouazan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yann Samuell
Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with '' Love Me If You Dare.'' His second film was the romantic comedy ''My Sassy Girl'' (2008). Additional works include '' L'âge de raison'' (2010). Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, ''La guerre des boutons.'' This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice.Tobias Grey, "Waging War(s) of the Buttons in France" ''Wall Street Journal,'' 15 September 2011, accessed 2 November 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me If You Dare (film)
''Love Me If You Dare'' (french: Jeux d'enfants, lit=Children's games) is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Yann Samuell. It stars Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard as best friends Julien Janvier and Sophie Kowalsky who begin playing a game of dares as children and find themselves unable to stop as they grow older, even when the game threatens to destroy their lives. Plot The film begins where a little girl, Sophie, is being bullied by other children. Only a bus driver and a boy, Julien, help her collect her books that the others have thrown into a puddle. To cheer Sophie up, Julien gives her a small tin box, a gift from his fatally ill mother. Because it is important to him, he asks her to lend it back to him from time to time. As Julien wants the box back at the moment he gave it to her, Sophie demands proof of how important it is to him. Julien disengages the handbrake of the bus without hesitation, and the bus full of children rolls down a hill. Their game h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Moscow International Film Festival
The 25th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 to 29 June 2003. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-Spanish film ''The End of a Mystery'' directed by Miguel Hermoso. Jury * Sergei Bodrov (Russia – President of the Jury) * Agnieszka Holland (Poland) * Ken Russell (Great Britain) * Moritz Bleibtreu (Germany) * Babak Payami (Iran) * Mika Kaurismäki (Finland) * Olga Budina (Russia) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden St. George: ''The End of a Mystery'' by Miguel Hermoso * Special Silver St. George: ''Roads to Koktebel'' by Alexey Popogrebsky, Boris Khlebnikov * Silver St.George: ** Best Director: Jang Joon-hwan for ''Save the Green Planet!'' ** Best Actor: Faramarz Gharibian for '' Dancing in the Dust'' ** Best Actress: Shinobu Otake for '' Owl'' * Special prize for an outstanding contribution to world cinema: Kaneto Shindo * Stanislavsky Award: Fanny Ardant References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Jean-Hugues Anglade (born 29 July 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, known for his roles as Eric in ''Killing Zoe'', Zorg in ''Betty Blue'' and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita in '' Nikita''. Personal life Anglade was born in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. His father was a vet and his mother was a social worker. On the 21st of August 2015, Anglade was a passenger on board the Paris-bound Thalys Thalys (French: ) is a French-Belgian high-speed rail, high-speed train operator originally built around the LGV Nord high-speed line between Gare du Nord, Paris and Brussels-South railway station, Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar tr ... train that suffered an attempted attack. However, the assailant was subdued by other passengers. The event resulted in injuries to four passengers, including Anglade. He cut his hand while breaking the glass on the emergency alarm. Theatre Filmography References External links * 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is a French actress and singer. She is the daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. Early life Mastroianni was born to French actress Catherine Deneuve and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni. Her parents were both married to other people at the time of their affair and stayed together for four years, separating in 1975, when Chiara was two years old. She later revealed that she could not recall them being together: "I've never seen my parents together, never in my whole life. They split when I was two, so I've no recollection of them as a couple. I've never even seen them kiss except in the movies." Mastroianni has two half-siblings, a brother, Christian Vadim, from her mother's relationship with director Roger Vadim, and a sister, Barbara Mastroianni, from her father's marriage to actress Flora Carabella. Carabella is rumoured to have offered to adopt Mastroianni and raise her with her older sister as both her paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, '' A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Personal life Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy, in the Piedmont region of Italy. Like her younger sister, Carla Bruni, she has settled in France. The girls were raised bilingual, as their family moved to Paris in 1973, fearing kidnappings and, later, the terrorism of the Red Brigades. She holds dual Italian and French citizenship. Her mother is Italian with French ancestry. Her father is Italian. She is second cousin of Alessandra Martines. Tedeschi had a relationship with the French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. Together they adopted a girl from Senegal in 2009. Selected filmography She was present at the 2005 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, to promote two films she had acted in: ''Tickets'' (2005), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Easier For A Camel
''It's Easier for a Camel...'' (french: Il est plus facile pour un chameau...) is a 2003 French comedy film written, directed by and starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. It was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. It won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2003. Tedeschi won prizes for Emerging Narrative Filmmaker and Best Actress at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. Cast * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Federica * Chiara Mastroianni as Bianca * Jean-Hugues Anglade as Pierre * Denis Podalydès as Philippe * Marisa Bruni Tedeschi as Mother (as Marysa Borini) * Roberto Herlitzka as Father * Lambert Wilson as Aurelio * Pascal Bongard as Priest * Nicolas Briançon as Director * Yvan Attal as Man in Park * Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in ''Sur mes lèvres'', directed by Jacques Audiard. She has al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile De France
Cécile de France (; born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as '' L'Art (délicat) de la séduction'' (2001) and ''Irène'' (2002), she gained international attention for her lead roles in ''High Tension'' (2003) and ''Hereafter'' (2010). Life and career Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she studied theatre for two years with actor Jean Paul Denizon, assistant to British director Peter Brook. She then spent three years (1995–98) at the acting academy ENSATT (''École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre'') in the ''Département Comédie'' first at the ''Rue Blanche'' in Paris, then in Lyon. She was discovered by the agent Dominique Besnehard and appeared in French hit films such as ''L'Art (délicat) de la séduction'' (2001) and ''Irène'' (2002). Her international breakthrough came with the horror film ''High Tension'' (2003, UK title: ''Switchblade Romance'', U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja, (; born 7 August 1978) is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film '' Haute Tension'' (known as ''High Tension'' in the US and ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK). He has also directed the films ''The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006), '' Mirrors'' (2008), '' Piranha 3D'' (2010), '' Horns'' (2013) and '' Crawl'' (2019). Personal life Aja's pseudonymous surname is formed from the initial letter of each of the three parts of his real name. He was born in Paris, France, and is the son of Jewish French '' Pied-Noir'' director Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan. Career Aja acted at a very young age in minor roles in his father's films such as ', and the two ' films. He made his directorial debut at the age of eighteen with the short film ''Over the Rainbow'', which received a Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haute Tension
''High Tension'' (French: ''Haute Tension'', ; released in the United Kingdom as ''Switchblade Romance'') is a 2003 French slasher film directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France and Maïwenn, alongside Philippe Nahon appeared in supporting roles. Its plot follows two female students who arrive at a secluded farmhouse to study, where they are shortly invaded by a serial killer. Associated with the New French Extremity movement, ''High Tension'' was picked up by Lions Gate Entertainment following a successful screening at the Midnight Madness section of the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was re-dubbed in English and re-edited to secure an R rating. Lions Gate then spent $14 million to open the film in wide release in the United States,Keating, Gina. "Lions Gate CEO says lessons learned this year", ''Reuters'', December 16, 2005 where it eventually only grossed $3.6 million; Lions Gate later released the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
