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Jack And The Cuckoo-Clock Heart
''Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart'' is a 2013 French 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film based on the concept album by the French rock band Dionysos, and on the novel '' La Mécanique du cœur'' written by the band's lead singer Mathias Malzieu. The music of the film was entirely composed by Dionysos. The original French language version, ''Jack et la mécanique du cœur'', which translates literally as ''Jack and the Mechanic of the Heart'', was released in October 2013, with English, German, Finnish, and Spanish-language versions following in 2014. Summary In Edinburgh, Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Due to the extreme cold, he is born with a frozen heart that will not beat. The attendant midwife Madeleine saves his life by replacing his heart with a fragile but working cuckoo clock. She then advises him of three rules to prevent his untimely death: he must never play with the hands of the clock, lose his temper, or fall in love. Jack's moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Malzieu
Mathias Malzieu (born 1974), the lead singer of the French band Dionysos, co-founded the group in 1993 when he lived in Valence in Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Three of his school-friends (Eric Serra Tosio, Michael Ponton and Guillaume Garidel), comprised the original band membership. Books Malzieu has written the following books: * ''38 mini westerns avec des fantômes'' (2002) * '' Maintenant qu'il fait tout le temps nuit sur toi'' (2005) * '' La mécanique du cœur'' (2007); English translation titled ''The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart'' released in September 2009 * '' Métamorphose en bord de ciel'' (2011) * '' Le Plus Petit Baiser Jamais Recensé'' (2013) * '' Journal d'un vampire en pyjama'' (2016); English translation titled ''Diary of a Vampire in Pyjamas'' released in May 2017 More recently : * '' Une sirène à Paris'' * '' Le dérèglement joyeux de la métrique amoureuse'' Movies Together with Stephanie Berla, he directed the movie "Jack and the Cuckoo-Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour. He was also one of the first filmmakers to use storyboards. His films include '' A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) and ''The Impossible Voyage'' (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. The 2011 film ''Hugo'' was inspired by the life and work of Méliès. Early life and education Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was born 8 December 1861 in Paris, son of Jean-Louis Méliès and his Dutch wife, Johannah-Catherine Schuering. His father h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani (singer)
Danièle Graule (1 October 1944 – 18 July 2022),La chanteuse Dani est morte à l’âge de 77 ans known as Dani, was a French actress and singer. Biography Dani was born in . In 1966 she was contracted to Pathé-Marconi and released her first single ''Garçon manqué''. In 1968 ''Papa vient d'épouser la bonne'' sold a million copies and was a major hit. Dani was meant to have been |
Richard Ridings
Richard Ridings (born 19 September 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama ''Fat Friends'', Bernard Green in the BBC One comedy-drama '' Common as Muck'', and is the voice of Daddy Pig in ''Peppa Pig''. He trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings. Career He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them ''Clockwise'', ''The Ink Thief'', ''Red Dwarf'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''Fierce Creatures'' and as Silas in '' Highlander: The Series''. Ridings voices Daddy Pig in the animated children's series ''Peppa Pig'', Father Christmas and Boss Dwarf in ''Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'', and Grooby in Q Pootle 5. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom '' Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', playing a sexually obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur H
Arthur Higelin (born 27 March 1966), better known under his stage name Arthur H (), is a French pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances—four of his albums were recorded live. Life and career He is the son of the French singer Jacques Higelin and Nicole Courtois, and half brother of singers Izïa Higelin and stage and film actor, theatre director and music video director Kên Higelin. After traveling in the West Indies, he studied music in Boston before returning to Paris and developing his eclectic but highly personal musical style, drawing on such influences as Thelonious Monk, Serge Gainsbourg, the Sex Pistols, jazz, blues, Middle Eastern music and the tango. He first performed in 1988 in clubs in Paris, as leader of a trio with bassist Brad Scott and drummer Paul Jothy. His first album, ''Arthur H'' (1990), combined rhythmic experimentation and ''bal-musette'' elements with a vocal style which has been compared to Tom Waits. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Buckley
Jessie Buckley (born 28 December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. The recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards, she was listed at number 38 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors of all time, in 2020. In 2019, she was recognised by ''Forbes'' in its annual 30 Under 30 list. A Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate, Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV talent show '' I'd Do Anything'', in which she came second. Her early onscreen appearances were in BBC television series, such '' War & Peace'' (2016) and ''Taboo'' (2017). Buckley made her film debut playing the lead role in '' Beast'' (2017), and had her breakthrough starring in the musical film '' Wild Rose'' (2018). Her performance as an aspiring country music singer in the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Buckley's career progressed with starring roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossy De Palma
Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as ''Law of Desire'', ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''Kika'', ''The Flower of My Secret'', '' Julieta'', and ''Parallel Mothers''. Life and Career Born in Palma de Mallorca, and her father was a mason from Asturias. In the 1980s, during the Movida cultural movement she moved to Madrid. In 1984 she founded the pop music group for which she was a singer and a dancer. In 1986 she met Pedro Almodóvar in a café in Madrid. He was impressed by her performance during one of the group's concerts. He proposed a role in his next film, ''Law of Desire''. Rossy lent some of her personal dresses to Carmen Maura, who was playing the main female character of the film, Tina Quintero. Her first major role was in 1988 in Almodóvar's ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Cornicard
Stéphane Cornicard is a multilingual actor and director (French, English, German, Spanish and Italian), who trained in France with François David, French director and writer, at Colby College, United States, U.S. and at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Career Cornicard's many credits include Jean in ''Saving Private Ryan'' by Steven Spielberg, Liquid Snake in Metal Gear and Gabe Logan in Syphon Filter, the evil Count Raum in ''Primal (video game), Primal'', enigmatic profiler Gerd Hanke in ''Evidence: The Last Ritual'' by Eric Viennot, the narration for Napoleon Bonaparte in the video game ''Napoleon: Total War'' in English, French, German and Spanish (as well as voicing Charlemagne in the later Total War: Attila, the voice of the character Riordan in BioWare's ''Dragon Age: Origins'', and Stroud in ''Dragon Age II'' and ''Dragon Age: Inquisition''. He gave his voice to the French Red Cross for their anti-personal landmines campaign. He also played the character Lonesome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999. Life and career Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. He was educated at the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen. Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the ''Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche''. Later he joined the '' Conservatoire National''. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the ''Compagnie Grenier Hussenot'' as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noticed for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director. After some supporting roles in ''Cartouche'', '' Captain Fracasse'' and in ''Marvelous Angelique'', Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in '' Hearth Fires'' in 1972. In this drama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Loizeau
Emily Loizeau (born 7 February 1975) is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled ''L'autre bout du monde'' (The Other Side of the World). Biography Loizeau was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France. Her father, Pierre Loizeau, was French, and her mother, Eliza Hutchinson, was British. Her maternal grandparents were actress Peggy Ashcroft and barrister Jeremy Hutchinson. ''The Times'', 30 November 1991, accessed 14 May 2016 Around 1980, when she was five years old, Loizeau began to learn piano. After studying classical music for many years, she turned to studying philosophy and then theatre in London, then worked assisting composer and stage manager |
Grand Corps Malade
Fabien Marsaud (born 31 July 1977), known professionally as Grand Corps Malade (GCM), is a French slam poet and lyricist. He has released seven studio albums so far, all of them reaching top-five status on the French SNEP chart. GCM started writing and performing a capella at slam events in 2003. Three years later, he signed with Universal's AZ affiliate and released his debut album ''Midi 20'', which became a top-ten selling record of the year in France. Grand Corps Malade's follow-up album, ''Enfant de la ville'' (2008), and third album '' 3ème temps'' (2010), were less successful commercially. In 2013, he released his family-inspired '' Funambule album'', while ''Il nous restera ça'' (2015) featured 11 collaborations with other musicians. His sixth album, ''Plan B'' (2018), reached number two on the SNEP album chart. In 2020, he released ''Mesdames'' (Ladies), featuring ten duets with women, which topped the French charts. Its lead single, "Mais je t'aime" (But I love you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Barks
Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a Manx people, Manx actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series ''I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series), I'd Do Anything'' in 2008. She has released three Album, studio albums: ''Looking in Your Eyes'' (2007), ''Samantha Barks'' (2016), and ''Into the Unknown'' (2021), and made her film debut as Éponine in the Tom Hooper-directed ''Les Misérables (2012 film), Les Misérables'' in 2012. Her performance in the film won her the Empire Award for Best Newcomer, Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and a shared National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, National Board of Review Award with the film's cast. Barks starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy ''Groove High'' (2012–2013) and again, in the London revival of the musical ''The Last Five Years'' in 2016. In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian Ward in ''Pretty Woman: The Musical'' on Broadway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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