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Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Jean-Claude Bouillaud (7 June 1927 – 20 June 2008) was a French film and television actor. Biography Jean-Claude Bouillaud is the son of Charles Bouillaud, prolific actor from the 1940s to the 1960s. He first worked for about fifteen years as a bank employee. After a career in the amateur theater, he became a professional actor playing with Philippe Noiret at the Théâtre National Populaire with Jean Vilar as a director. A background and supporting actor, unknown but familiar to the audience, he was very popular with film directors like Claude Chabrol, Claude Sautet and Yannick Andréi. In television, he acted in many crime series. Partial filmography * ''Mr. Freedom'' (1969) * ''The Bar at the Crossing'' (1972) .... Carletti * ''Au-delà de la peur'' (1975) * ''Womanlight'' (1979) .... Le pilote de ligne * ''Laisse-moi rêver'' (1979) .... fireman * ''L'Entourloupe'' (1980) .... grocery store owner * ''The Horse of Pride'' (1980) * ''A Bad Son'' (1980) .... Henri * '' La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. After Reims, it is also the second largest subprefecture in France. The name ''Le Havre'' means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as ''Havrais'' or ''Havraises''. The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517. Economic development in the Early modern period was hampered by religious wars, conflicts with the English, epidemics, and storms. It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre started growing and the port took off first with the slave trade then other international trade. After the 1944 bombings the firm of Auguste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horse Of Pride
''The Horse of Pride'' is a 1980 rural drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is '' Le cheval d'orgueil''. It is based on '' Le cheval d'orgueil'', an autobiography by Pêr-Jakez Helias. The film takes place in the Bigouden area south of Quimper.Diarmuid Johnson, 'Helias, Pêr-Jakez (1914–95)', in John T. Koch (ed.), ''Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia'', Volumes 1-5 (2006)pp. 900–901online Plot Set in Brittany from 1908–1918, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways which is three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' stories at night, politics and religion during their little free time. These are difficult times for them – la Chienne du Monde drives some to commit suicide; Ankou (death) is always a possibility. Pierre is born into this provincial family, his lyric childhood interrupted by the outbreak of war and his father's conscription. He learns his catechism and, as a child o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Bovary (1991 Film)
''Madame Bovary'' is a 1991 French Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the 1857 novel ''Madame Bovary'' by French author Gustave Flaubert. Set in Normandy in the 1850s, the film follows the story of Emma Bovary, an attractive young woman full of romantic notions, whose marriage to an unexciting country doctor leads her to adulterous affairs, debts and eventual suicide. Plot Facing spinsterhood on her widowed father's farm Emma, with the help of her father, is successful in attracting and contracting a marriage with the local doctor, whose wife has recently died. Charles Bovary is kindly and conscientious, but lacks assertiveness and is a dull conversationalist. Following an aristocratic ball she is more dissatisfied than ever and her husband, noticing this, moves to a larger town with potentially greater diversions, where he is befriended by the apothecary. There she meets the law clerk Léon, with whom she can talk about art, literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trois Places Pour Le 26
''Three Seats for the 26th'' (french: Trois places pour le 26) is a 1988 French romantic musical film, scripted and directed by Jacques Demy to music by Michel Legrand. Set in Marseille, it shows the singer and actor Yves Montand returning to the city where he grew up and looking up old friends, including his first love Mylène, who had been a prostitute and is now the wife of a jailed baron. The purpose of his visit is to rehearse a stage musical based on his life, where the female lead he falls in love with is Marion, the daughter Mylène had after they parted. It was Demy's last picture. Plot The film opens with the famous singer and actor Yves Montand arriving in Marseille, where he grew up, to rehearse a new musical based on his life. From his years as an unknown, including the loss of his first great love, the show moves on to his artistic and amorous links with great stars like Édith Piaf and Marilyn Monroe. In his free time he looks up old friends, hoping in particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken With Vinegar
''Cop au Vin'' (french: Poulet au vinaigre) is a 1985 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The original French title is a pun: it literally means "vinegar chicken," but "poulet" is also French slang for "cop." Chabrol made a sequel in 1986 titled ''Inspecteur Lavardin''. Plot In a small town in France, Louis lives in a large tumbledown house where he looks after his disabled and eccentric mother and works by day as the postman. Henriette, the post office clerk, keeps trying to inveigle him but, in addition to the demands of his mother, he spends his evenings spying on his three enemies. These are three leading citizens who have formed a syndicate to buy and develop his house: the lawyer Lavoisier, the doctor Morasseau, and the butcher Filiol. As he and his mother refuse all offers from this unpleasant trio, the two are subject to continual harassment. One day when Filiol is particularly obnoxious, Louis that night puts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twin (1984 Film)
''The Twin'' (french: Le jumeau) is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Yves Robert, starring Pierre Richard, Camilla More and Carey More. Based on Donald Westlake's novel ''Two Much'', the story involves an indebted Frenchman who meets a pair of beautiful and rich American twin sisters. Inventing a twin brother, he manages to marry both and live their opulent lifestyle. Its American/Spanish remake '' Two Much'', starring Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, was released in 1995. Plot Owner of a struggling business in Paris, Matthias Duval stakes all he has in a game of poker and loses. At a party he meets a beautiful young American, Liz, and they soon end up in bed. Next morning she says that she has a twin called Betty, to which he jokes that he has a twin called Mathieu. When he meets Betty, she says she must meet his brother. Creating a different persona as "Mathieu", he starts romancing Betty as well. What he does not know is that each sister must get married by the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My New Partner
''My New Partner'', also called ''Le Cop'', is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi that stars Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue but is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from training. His efforts to enmesh his colleague in the prevailing corruption succeed spectacularly. The original French title is ''Les Ripoux'', backslang for ''les pourris'' meaning ''the rotten ones''. It won the César Award for Best Film in 1985 and was followed by two sequels: '' Ripoux contre Ripoux'' (1990) and '' Ripoux 3'' (2003). Plot René has spent 20 years policing a tough quarter of Paris. Passionate about betting on horses, his dream being to become an owner, he lives with Simone, a retired prostitute. He knows qll the petty crooks on his patch and lets them earn a living in exchange for favours and information. When François, an idealistic young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiter!
''Waiter!'' (french: Garçon!) is a 1983 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Marie Dubois, Dominique Laffin, and Bernard Fresson. It received 4 César nominations, for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (twice) and Best Sound. Plot Alex, a former tap dancer, is an aging cafe waiter (chef de rang) in a large Parisian brasserie. He lives with his friend Gilbert, who also works at the brewery. Separated from his wife for a long time, he accumulates conquests. His dream: building an amusement park by the sea... Cast *Yves Montand - Alex *Nicole Garcia - Claire *Jacques Villeret - Gilbert *Rosy Varte - Gloria *Marie Dubois - Marie-Pierre * Dominique Laffin - Coline *Clémentine Célarié - Margot *Jean-Claude Bouillaud - Urbain *Bernard Fresson - Francis *Nicolas Vogel - Maxime *Pierre-Loup Rajot Pierre-Loup Rajot (born 9 February 1958) is a French stage, television and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Père Noël Est Une Ordure
''Santa Claus Is a Stinker'' or ''Le père Noël est une ordure'' is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982. Plot Pierre, a stuffy and self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people, and his well-meaning but naïve co-worker Thérèse, are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office, much to their displeasure. The building's lift is malfunctioning, and they receive visits from unwanted callers: Katia, a depressed transvestite who tries to hit on Pierre; M. Preskovitch who lives in the same building and always turns up unexpectedly to offer them various unappetizing pastries; and Josette, a heavily pregnant woman on the run from her violent fiancé Félix. Félix is working as a Santa Claus during the season and turns up on her trail in costume, brandishing a gun. Félix and Josette, a caricature trailer trash couple, end up struggling over the gun and accidentall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hatter's Ghost
''The Hatter's Ghost'' (french: "Les fantômes du chapelier") is a 1982 film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the 1947 story ''Le Petit Tailleur et le Chapelier'' by Georges Simenon. It takes place in Brittany and was shot in the towns of Concarneau and Quimper. Plot Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, appears to lead the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour, Kachoudas, an Armenian tailor. After Labbé kills his own wife, he kills six of her friends to stop them from visiting her and prepares to murder a seventh, who dies naturally. As a substitute, he murders the maid. Labbé soon confesses his crime to the dying Kachoudas. After getting drunk, he visits his favourite prostitute, Berthe, and kills her; he is found at the scene of the crime in the morning by police. Principal cast Critical reception ''TV Guide'' rated the film with 2 1/2 out of 5 stars and commented: From ''Time Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Professionnel
''The Professional'' (original title: ''Le Professionnel''; ) is a 1981 French action thriller film directed by Georges Lautner. The film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the title role. The film is based on award-winning 1976 novel ''Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal'' by Patrick Alexander. The film was a commercial success upon its theatrical release and was the fourth most watched feature film in France in 1981 behind '' La Chèvre'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''The Fox and the Hound'', selling 5,243,559 tickets. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic. Plot French secret agent Josselin Beaumont is sent to kill Colonel Njala, the dictator of Malagawi, a fictional African country. However, before he manages to accomplish his mission, the political situation changes drastically and the French secret service resorts to handing over Beaumont to the Malagawian authorities. After a long, unfair t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Hommes Préfèrent Les Grosses
''Men Prefer Fat Girls'' (Les hommes préfèrent les grosses) is a French comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It was released in 1981, adapted from a script by Josiane Balasko. Plot Lydie has just paid a considerable rent deposit for a new flat when her boyfriend breaks up with her. Now she is alone in a flat she cannot afford. So she starts looking for a flatmate and finally chooses Eva, a model. Eventually Lydie gets to know Eva's friends and that changes her life. Cast * Josiane Balasko : ''Lydie Langlois'' * Daniel Auteuil : ''Jean-Yves'' * Dominique Lavanant : ''Arlette'' * Luis Rego : ''Gérard Langlois'' * ''Ariane Lartéguy'' : ''Éva'' * Thierry Lhermitte : ''Hervé'' * François Berléand : ''Julien'' * Xavier Saint-Macary : ''Ronald'' * François-Eric Gendron : ''Adrien'' * Martin Lamotte : ''Paul Berthellot'' * Isabelle Mergault : ''Paul's lover'' * Chantal Neuwirth Chantal Neuwirth (born 1948) is a French actress, who also played on theatre. Theater Filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
