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Guillaume Nicloux
Guillaume Nicloux (born 3 August 1966) is a French novelist, director and actor. He is the founder of the theatre company La Troupe. He has written crime fiction and directed films for cinema and French television. He won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival for ''The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq'', a comedic interpretation of a rumoured abduction of the writer Michel Houellebecq, starring Houellebecq as himself. His 2015 film '' Valley of Love'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Bibliography * ''Zoocity'' (1996) * ''Le Saint des seins'' (1996) * ''C'est juste une balade américaine'' (1997) * ''Le Destin est une putain'' (1998) * ''Jack Mongoly'' (1998) * ''Monsieur Chance'' (1998) * ''Le Poulpe, le film : pour l'attendrir, faut taper dessus'' (1998) * ''L'Honneur perdu de Georges Blesse'' (2000) * ''Des brutes et des méchants'' (2001) Filmography ;Director * '' Les Enfants volants'' (1990) * '' La Vie crevà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday (2010 Film)
''Holiday'' is a 2010 French comedy crime film directed by Guillaume Nicloux. Plot One evening, Michel Trémois fails in the pharmacy of a provincial railway station and remembers the sequence of events which, in two days, have pushed his life party weekend with his wife Nadine to rebuild their relationship and save their sexuality, nothing has finally gone as planned ... After a wild and tumultuous night embellished singular encounters, the wake-Michel is brutal and painful. He not only finds himself accused of murder but his wife was not found ... Cast * Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Michel Trémois * Judith Godrèche as Nadine Trémois * Josiane Balasko as Christiane Mercier * Françoise Lebrun as Marie-Paule * Biyouna as Eva Lopez * Pascal Bongard as Richard Ponce * Marc Rioufol as Anthony Rivière * Scali Delpeyrat as Fabien * Eric Naggar as M. Abraham * Yves Verhoeven as Inspector Delteil * Camille de Sablet as Sandy * Stéphan Wojtowicz as Sylvain Caccia * Nicolas Jouhet as O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime Fiction Writers
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turning Tide
''Turning Tide'' (original title: ''En solitaire'') is a 2013 French drama film directed by Christophe Offenstein. Plot Yann Kermadec has short notice to replace the main skipper in the Vendée Globe. After a few days of racing, Yann is first but he has to make a forced stop to repair his damaged rudder. His world tour is going to be bowled ... Cast * François Cluzet as Yann Kermadec * Samy Seghir as Mano Ixa * Virginie Efira as Marie Drevil * Guillaume Canet as Frank Drevil * Jean-Paul Rouve as Denis Juhel * Karine Vanasse as Mag Embling * Arly Jover as Anna Bruckner * José Coronado as José Monzon * Philippe Lefebvre as Raphaël Keriou * Dana Prigent as Léa Kermadec * Guillaume Nicloux as The Race Director * Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Clément'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' premiered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliente
''A French Gigolo'' (french: Cliente) is a 2008 French comedy-drama film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Nathalie Baye, Éric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré and Balasko. Plot Patrick is a male prostitute who hides his double life from his wife. When she finds out about his extramarital activities by answering his phone, she decides she will catch him in a hotel room with a client. At first offended by the behavior of her husband, she soon asks him to continue to be a male escort to help pay the bills. Patrick meets a female client, Judith, with whom they live out a complicated love story. Cast Development ''A French Gigolo'' premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October 2008. The film was also screened at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees. The ... [...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] |
Twice Upon A Time (miniseries)
''Twice Upon A Time'' (French: ''Il était une seconde fois'') is a four-part French sci-fi drama miniseries first broadcast in 2019, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, starring Gaspard Ulliel and Freya Mavor. The miniseries was broadcast in France via the network Arte on 29 August 2019. It was released in the United States on Netflix on 19 December 2019. ''Twice Upon A Time'' was the second collaboration between director Guillaume Nicloux and actor Gaspard Ulliel, the first was the 2018 war film ''To the Ends of the World''. Plot Vincent Dauda, in his thirties, dreams of winning back his ex, Louise. He's grief-stricken and driven to despair, kisses the break-up goodbye with nocturnal parties, ephemeral affairs... until the day when a delivery man gives him a parcel he never ordered. A strange box, without any bottom, through which he can time travel, which takes him back to Louise's side, before they split up. Cast *Gaspard Ulliel as Vincent Dauda *Freya Mavor as Louise Arron * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalasso (film)
''Thalasso'' is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Guillaume Nicloux, starring the writer Michel Houellebecq and the actor Gérard Depardieu as versions of themselves. It places Houellebecq at a health spa where he goes through a series of treatments while Depardieu keeps him company. The film has been described as a sequel to Nicloux's ''The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq'' (2014). Plot The film is set at a centre for seawater therapy in Cabourg. The writer Michel Houellebecq goes through a series of treatments offered at the health spa. He is accompanied by the actor Gérard Depardieu. Cast * Michel Houellebecq as Michel Houellebecq * Gérard Depardieu as Gérard Depardieu * Maxime Lefrançois as Maxine * Mathieu Nicourt as Mathieu * Luc Schwarz as Luc Production Guillaume Nicloux had previously made multiple films where the writer Michel Houellebecq appears as an actor as well as several films featuring Gérard Depardieu. Notably, he made ''The Kidnapping of Michel Houell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Ends Of The World
''To the Ends of the World'' (french: Les Confins du Monde) is a 2018 French film directed by Guillaume Nicloux. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Gaspard Ulliel : Robert Tassen * Guillaume Gouix : Cavagna * Lang Khê Tran : Maï * Gérard Depardieu : Saintonge * Jonathan Couzinié : Lieutenant Maussier * Kevin Janssens : Commandant Orlan * Anthony Paliotti : Capitaine Sirbon * Vi Minh Paul : Dao * Vianney Duburque Vianney may refer to: Persons Surname * John Vianney (1786–1859), French parish priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of all priests. Because of his fame, his name has been given to several places in Q ... : Armand References External links * 2018 films 2018 war drama films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Guillaume Nicloux French war drama films 2010s French films Ad Vitam (company) films {{2010s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End (2016 Film)
''The End'' is a 2016 French mystery drama film written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux and starring Gérard Depardieu. The film premiered in the Forum section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It was released on VOD on 8 April 2016. Cast * Gérard Depardieu as The man * Audrey Bonnet as The woman * Swann Arlaud as The young man * Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois (; born 20 March 1967) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Career His film ''Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. His film '' Of Gods an ... as Hiker * Didier Abot as Guy Accolades References External links * 2016 films 2010s mystery drama films 2010s French-language films French mystery drama films Gaumont Film Company films Films set in forests Films directed by Guillaume Nicloux 2016 drama films 2010s French films {{mystery-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
