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Jacques Besnard
Jacques Besnard (Also known as Jacques Treyens; born 15 July 1929 in Le Petit-Quevilly - died 9 November 2013 in Boutigny-Prouais) was a French film director, assistant director, film producer, producer, actor and screenwriter. Best known for ''Le Grand Restaurant'' (1966), ' (1967) and ' (1976). Life and career Jacques Besnard was born on 15 July 1929 in Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime, France. He began his career in 1962 as the first assistant to director André Hunebelle, after having had some previous experience as an actor in 1955 and as an assistant director under Maurice Régamey, Yves Robert and Alberto Lattuada between 1956 and 1961. Besnard worked alongside Hunebelle on Film, movies such as: ''The Mysteries of Paris (1962 film), Les Mystères de Paris'' (1962), ''Shadow of Evil, Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117'' (1964), ''Fantômas (1964 film), Fantômas'' (1964), ''OSS 117 Mission for a Killer, Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117'' (1965) and ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Petit-Quevilly
Le Petit-Quevilly (, locally ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department, region of Normandy, France. Geography A residential and light industrial suburb situated inside a meander of the river Seine on the opposite bank to Rouen city centre, at the junction of the D3 and the N338 roads. Population Sports US Quevilly-Rouen is based in the commune. Places of interest * The recently restored church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century. * The church of St. Antoine. * The church of St. Bernadette, dating from the sixteenth century. * The recently restored chapel of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century. * The seventeenth century manorhouse of Queval. * Vestiges of a Carthusian monastery. * An old cottonmill, restored and now used as offices and a college. * Amable-et-Micheline-Lozai Stadium People * Daniel Horlaville, retired professional footballer was born here in 1945. * Patrice Rio, retired professional footballer was born here in 1948. * Valérie Fourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of Evil
''Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117'' released in the USA as ''Shadow of Evil'' is a 1964 French/Italian international co-production Eurospy spy-fi film. It was based on Jean Bruce's 1960 novel ''Lila de Calcutta'', the 74th OSS 117 novel. It was the second OSS 117 film directed by André Hunebelle and produced by Paul Cadéac, the first in the series in colour, the first co-produced by the Italian company Da.Ma. Cinematografica and the last to star Kerwin Mathews as OSS 117. The film was shot on Thai locations and featured action scenes arranged by Hunebelle's stunt coordinator Claude Carliez with production design by René Moulaert. Plot Secret Agent OSS 117, Colonel Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (Kerwin Mathews) is sent to Thailand following the murder of OSS agent Christopher Lemmon. Lemmon had been investigating the break out of plague epidemics in India following health workers inoculating the locals to protect them from cholera. Lemmon had discovered that the medicine made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. Life and career Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish origin, and French Jewish Marcelle Houry, a journalist and art critic. Tannenbaum was absent from the life of Oury and he was raised in an unobservant house of his mother and maternal grandmother Berthe Goldner.Michael Mulvey (photographer), Mulvey, Michael. (2017). "What Was So Funny about ''Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob'' (1973): A Comedic Film between History and Memory", ''French Politics, Culture & Society'', 35(3), pp. 24-43 , p. 29 Oury studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He became a member of the Comédie-Française before World War II, but fled with all his family (mother, grandmother and unofficial wife, actress ) to Switzerland to escape the anti-Jewish persecutions by the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard Theatre (aesthetic)
Boulevard theatre is a theatrical aesthetic that emerged from the boulevards of Paris' old city.Brunet, Brigitte"Le Théâtre de Boulevard".''French Studies'' 59: 417–418, July 2005 Origin Starting from the second half of the 18th century, popular and bourgeois theatre alike took up residence on the boulevard du Temple, then nicknamed 'boulevard du Crime' due to the many melodramas and murder stories shown there. In addition to the many attractions on display there – fireworks, pantomime, acrobats, etc. – a so-called 'boulevard' repertoire emerged separate from upper-class theatre. Then, starting from the Second French Empire, vaudeville theatre and comédie d'intrigue arrived on the scene. Style Boulevard theatre consists mostly of comedies but also dramas. In general, the characters are simply drawn, ordinary or easily understandable. There is a strong tendency to avoid touchy subjects, such as politics and religion. The style is not designed to challenge preconceived ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor. His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to join his family evacuated near Châteauroux and Neuvy-Saint-Sépulcre. He was a tram driver time in Limoges and seller of underwear. At the end of the war he returned to his home, in his house in Valenciennes, where he worked briefly for his father, and then entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1948. Selected filmography *1934: ''Judex'' – Roger de Trémeuse *1947: ''Un flic'' – Un jeune homme chez le coiffeur (uncredited) *1951: ''Bouquet de joie'' – Georges *1952: ''Une fille sur la route'' – Loulou – le pianiste *1952: ''L'amour toujours l'amour'' – Jacques *1955: '' Les Diaboliques'' – Le soldat *1955: ''La villa Sans-Souci'' *1955: ''Cherchez la femme'' – Joe *1955: ''Gas-Oil'' – Le chauffeur de car *1955: ''Une fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office
A box office or ticket office is a place where ticket (admission), tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a Wicket gate, wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a synonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The term is also used to refer to a ticket office at an arena or a stadium. ''Box office'' business can be measured in the terms of the number of tickets sold or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue). The projection and analysis of these earnings is greatly important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans. This is predominant in the Hollywood movie industry. To determine if a movie made a profit, it is not correct to directly compare the box office gross with the production budget, because the movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. Life and career His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He is notable for being one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas. His complete filmography includes 138 titles. He often appeared in Italian films too, particularly in the last decade of his life. He was awarded an Honorary César (the French Oscar) in 1989, 24 days before he died. Personal life He is the father of director Bertrand Blier. He has appeared in a number of his son's films, most notably ''Buffet froid ''Buffet froid'' is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. The film is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Halain
Jean-Marie Hunebelle, known professionally as Jean Halain, born 14 January 1920 in Paris, died 14 September 2000 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, was a film screenwriter. Son of André Hunebelle, he was a scriptwriter and screenwriter of numerous films of Louis de Funès. Screenwriter * 1948 : '' Métier de fous'', directed by André Hunebelle * 1949 : ''Millionaires for One Day'', of André Hunebelle * 1950 : '' La Rue sans loi'', of Maurice Labro * 1952 : ''My Husband Is Marvelous'', of André Hunebelle * 1954 : '' Cadet-Rousselle'', of André Hunebelle * 1955 : ''L'Impossible Monsieur Pipelet'', of André Hunebelle * 1956 : '' Casinos de Paris'', of André Hunebelle * 1956 : ''Thirteen at the Table'', of André Hunebelle * 1958 : ''Taxi, roulotte et corrida'', of André Hunebelle * 1959 : '' Le Bossu'', of André Hunebelle * 1960 : '' L'assassin est dans l'annuaire'', of Léo Joannon * 1960 : '' Le Capitan'', of André Hunebelle * 1961 : '' Le Comte de Monte-Cristo', of Claude Autant-Lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Restaurant
''The Big Restaurant'' (french: Le grand restaurant) is a French language, French Comedy film, comedy Thriller (genre), thriller film from 1966, directed by Jacques Besnard, written by Jean Halain and Louis de Funès and starring Louis de Funès and Bernard Blier. The film is known under the titles ''The Restaurant'' or ''The Big Restaurant'' (international English title), ''What's Cooking in Paris'' (U.S.), ''El gran restaurante'' (Spain), ''Das große Restaurant'' (East Germany), ''Oscar hat die Hosen voll'' (West Germany), ''Grand restaurant pana Septima'' (Czechoslovakia) and ''Chi ha rubato il presidente?'' (Italy). Plot Septime runs a top Paris restaurant, fawning to customers (unless they are German) and bullying his staff. Novalès, head of a Latin American country who is on a state visit to France, comes to dinner and is served a speciality of the house, a flambéed dessert. When Septime lights it, it explodes. Once the smoke has cleared, the president has vanished. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Louis De Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès also enjoys widespread international recognition. In addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he is also still a household name in many other parts of the world, including German-speaking countries, the former Soviet Union, former Eastern Bloc, Italy, Spain, Greece, Albania, ex-Yugoslavia, as well as Turkey, Iran, Israel, and Mauritius. Despite his international fame, Louis de Funès remains almost unknown in the English-speaking world. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
