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Impardonnables
''Unforgivable'' (french: Impardonnables) is a 2011 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, and Mélanie Thierry. The film is an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel ''Unforgivable'' which received the Jean Freustié award in 2009. It was previously called ''The Angels Terminus''. The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes film festival. Plot Francis, an aging successful writer of crime novels, arrives in Venice where he plans to rent out an apartment to live in peace and quiet for the next year while writing a new novel. Through his search he meets Judith, a real estate agent, who insists on showing him a house accessible only by boat on the island of Sant'Erasmo. Francis is smitten with Judith, a beautiful ex-model about 20 years his junior, and acquiesces to rent the property if she moves in with him. Eighteen months later, Francis and Judith are blissfully married and living together in Sant'Erasmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Téchiné
André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with ''Cahiers du cinéma'' who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into filmmaking. He is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of emotions and the human condition. One of Téchiné's trademarks is the examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way, as can be seen in his most acclaimed films: ''My Favorite Season'' (1993) and ''Wild Reeds'' (1994). In his films he addresses various themes related to morality and the development of modern society, such as homosexuality, divorce, adultery, family breakdown, prostitution, crime, drug addiction or AIDS. Life André Téchiné was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Djian
Philippe Djian (; born 3 June 1949) is a popular French literature, French author of Armenian people, Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel ''"Oh..." (Elle'' for the English translation). Life and career Djian graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris (ESJ Paris). After a period of wandering and odd jobs, he published a volume of short stories, ''50 contre 1'' (1981), and then the novels ''Bleu comme l'enfer'' (1982) and ''Zone érogène'' (1984) before gaining fame with his subsequent novels ''37°2 le matin'' (1985), ''Maudit Manège'' (1986), ''Echine'' (1988), ''Crocodiles'' (short stories) (1989), ''Lent dehors'' (1991), ''Sotos'' (1993), and ''Assassins'' (1994). Five of his novels have been adapted into films: ''37°2 le matin'' (1986; English title ''Betty Blue'') which was filmed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, ''Bleu comme l'enfer'' (1986; English title ') directed by Yves Boisset; ''Impardonnables'' (2011; English title Unforgivab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Too Beautiful for You''. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 fragrance from 1986 to 1997. Life and career Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She was recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic ''That Obscure Object of Desire'' (1977), and in the internationally successful film ''Too Beautiful For You'' (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in ''Rive droite, rive gauche'' (1984). Bouquet is best known for her role as Bond girl Melina Havelock opposite Roger Moore in the 1981 James Bond film '' For Your Eyes Only'', and as a model for French luxury fashion label Chanel in the 1980s being the face of Chanel No. 5. She was the companion of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Asti
Adriana Asti (born 30 April 1931) is an Italian stage, film, and voice actress. Biography On stage, she starred in ''Saint Joan'' by George Bernard Shaw, ''Happy Days'' by Samuel Beckett, ''The Mistress of the Inn'' by Carlo Goldoni, and ''Three Men for Amalia''. She won the SIAE prize in 1990, and the Duse prize in 1993. In 1999, she wrote and starred in Alcohol. In 2000, she starred in ''French Ferdinand''. Personal life She was first married to Bernardo Bertolucci. Selected filmography *''Arrangiatevi!'', by Mauro Bolognini (1959) *''Rocco and His Brothers'', by Luchino Visconti (1960) *''Accattone'', by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1961) *'' Il disordine'', by Franco Brusati (1962) *''Before the Revolution'', by Bernardo Bertolucci (1964) *'' I visionari'', by Maurizio Ponzi (1968) *'' Più tardi, Claire, più tardi'', by Brunello Rondi (1968) *''Metti una sera a cena'', by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (1969) *''Homo Eroticus'', by Marco Vicario (1971) *''La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Richter
Max Richter (; ; born 22 March 1966) is a German-born British composer and pianist. He works within postminimalist and contemporary classical styles. Richter is classically trained, having graduated in composition from the University of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and studied with Luciano Berio in Italy. Richter arranges, performs, and composes music for stage, opera, ballet and screen. He has collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded eight solo albums, and his music is widely used in cinema, such as the score of Ari Folman's animated war film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008). As of December 2019, Richter has passed one billion streams and one million album sales. Early life and career Richter was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He grew up in Bedford, England, United Kingdom, and his education was at Bedford Modern School and Mander College of Further Education. He studied comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Loret
Alexis Loret (born 10 January 1975) is a French film and television actor. Devoting himself initially to cabinetmaking, he became a model, and was noticed by André Téchiné. Selected filmography *'' Alice et Martin'' (''Alice and Martin'') (1998) *''Le Jour de grâce'' (short, 2000) *''Sans plomb'' (''Unleaded'') (2000) *''Gamer'' (2001) *''Toutes les nuits'' (2001) *''Les Visiteurs en Amérique'' (2001) *'' Backstage'' (short, 2001) *''Le Nom du feu'' (short, 2002) *''Brocéliande'' (2002) *''Le Monde vivant'' (''The Living World'') (2003) *''Le Soleil assassiné'' (2003) *''Mariages!'' (2004) *''Marseille'' (2004) *''Le Pont des Arts ''Le Pont des Arts'' is a 2004 French drama film directed by Eugène Green, starring Natacha Régnier. Plot The story is of a young man who falls in love with and finds the whole meaning of his life contained in a young woman who sings a ba ...'' (2004) *''UV'' (2007) *''L'Année suivante'' (2007) *'' Impardonnables'' (''Unforgivable'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Dussollier
André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li .... Selected filmography Awards and nominations César Awards Lumières Award Molière Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dussolier, Andre 1946 births Living people People from Annecy French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Best Actor César Award winners Best Supporting Actor César Award winners Magritte Award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie Thierry
Mélanie Thierry is a French actress. Early life and career Mélanie Thierry began her career as a model in France, then moved into acting. She began with a series of roles in French productions, and at the age of 17 appeared in the internationally distributed ''The Legend of 1900''. She also appeared opposite Rufus Sewell in two episodes of the BBC costume drama '' Charles II: The Power and The Passion'', playing the king's French mistress Louise de Kérouaille. Thierry made her Hollywood début in the 2008 film ''Babylon A.D.'', as Aurora. Mélanie Thierry will be the President of the 2021 Camera d'or A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with a ... that will award a first feature film selected at the Festival de Cannes. Filmography References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Burr
Ty Burr (born August 17, 1957) is an American film critic, columnist, and author who currently writes a film and popular culture newsletter "Ty Burr's Watchlist" on Substack. Burr previously served as film critic at ''The Boston Globe'' for two decades, until 2021. Early life Born on August 17, 1957, in Boston, Burr grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He studied film at Dartmouth College and New York University. Career From 1982 to 1987, Burr worked at Home Box Office, where he helped program the Cinemax pay cable service as a film evaluator. From 1990 to 2002, he was a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he primarily covered films, video, music, and digital media. An early interest in the Internet led to his hand-coding the first EW web page and introducing and editing the magazine's New Media section. For two decades, until July 2021, Burr served as the film critic for ''The Boston Globe''. Beginning in January 2015, he also wrote a weekly Sunday column on a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 2002 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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