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La Rançon De La Gloire
''The Price of Fame'' () is a 2014 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Xavier Beauvois with an original score by composer Michel Legrand. The film was inspired by the true story about two marginalized immigrants who dug up Charlie Chaplin's coffin for ransom money in the 1970s. Its world premiere was 28 August 2014, directly competing for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was released on 7 January 2015 in France. Plot The story, inspired by actual events, takes place in 1977 in the Swiss town of Vevey, on Lake Geneva. Eddy, a 40-year-old thug, has just been released from the prison. In order to stay in his friend Osman's trailer, Eddy will have to take care of Osman's 7-year-old daughter Samira as Osman's wife Noor is hospitalized. It is the Christmas season, but the trio finds it hard to make ends meet and so, a crazy idea strikes Eddy when a news flash announces the death of Charlie Chaplin: they will steal the famous actor's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and Men'' received the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ... at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as France's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2014 film '' La Rançon de la gloire'' was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Personal life He is married to film editor Marie-Julie Maille. They have two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Geneva
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2014 Films
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Isabelle Caillat
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popular in England in the 13th century following the marriage of Isabella of Angoulême to the king of England. Today sometimes abbreviated to Isa. Etymology This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other western languages as Elisabeth.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 337a.Chantal Tanet et Tristan Hordé, ''Dictionnaire des prénoms'', Larousse, Paris, 2009, p. 38 These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Bapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Do De Lencquesaing
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (born 25 December 1963) is a French actor and film director. His daughter, Alice de Lencquesaing, is also an actress. Filmography As an actor *''Les dernières heures du millénaire'' (1990, Short) *''Madame Bovary'' (1991) *''La vie des morts'' (1991) as Nicolas *''Le sommeil d'Adrien'' (1991, Short) as Adrien *''De l'histoire ancienne'' (1991, Short) *'' The Sentinel'' (1992) *''Mensonge'' (1993) as Rémi *''Hélas pour moi'' (1993) as Ludovic, un élève *''Ainsi Soient-Elles'' (1995) as Laurent *''Encore'' (1996) as Bruno *''For Sale'' (1998) *''Alissa'' (1998) as Bukovski *''Mécréant'' (1998, Short) as Vincent *''Les infortunes de la beauté'' (1999) as François *''Marée haute'' (1999, Short) *''Sentimental Destinies'' (2000) as Arthur Pommerel *''Anywhere Out of the World'' (2000, Short) as Antoine *'' A Private Affair'' (2002) as Philippe *''Le loup de la côte Ouest'' (2002) as Le commissaire Vianet *''La vie promise'' (2002) as Maquereau 1 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyne Canto
Marilyne Canto (born 18 November 1963) is a French actress and film director. She won the 2007 César Award for Best Short Film The César Award for Best Short Film (french: César du meilleur film de court métrage) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1992. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Academy ... for '' Fais de beaux rêves''. Selected filmography References External links * 1963 births Living people French film actresses French film directors {{France-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oona Chaplin
Oona Castilla Chaplin (; born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-Swiss actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones'', Kitty Trevelyan in the BBC drama ''The Crimson Field'', and Zilpha Geary in the series ''Taboo''. A member of the Chaplin family, she is the daughter of actress Geraldine Chaplin, granddaughter of English filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of Irish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She was named after her maternal grandmother Oona O'Neill, Charlie Chaplin’s fourth and final wife. Early life Chaplin was born in Madrid to English-American actress Geraldine Chaplin and Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla. Her paternal grandmother is Mapuche. She has a half-brother named Shane from her mother's previous relationship with film director Carlos Saura. Chaplin spent her childhood mostly in Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Cuba, but travelled often because of her mother's film career. She starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macha Méril
Macha Méril (; born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940) is a French actress and writer. Biography Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (''A Married Woman'' / ''Une femme mariée''), Luis Buñuel ('' Belle de jour''), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder ('' Chinese Roulette''). She also appeared in the Quebec television series ''Lance et Compte''. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's ''Deep Red'' and in Aldo Lado Aldo Lado (born 5 December 1934) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer. Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia). Lado wrote the screenplays for 21 films between 1968 and 2004 and directed 14 films between 1971 and 1 ...'s '' Night Train Murders'' (1975). Theater Filmography References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Chaplin
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is or Eugenie. , a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Rabourdin
Olivier Rabourdin (born 3 March 1959) is a French film actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1985. In 2010 he was nominated for a French César Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle) for the role of Christophe in the film '' Of Gods and Men''. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabourdin, Olivier 1959 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors 21st-century French male actors Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adel Bencherif
Adel Bencherif (born 30 May 1975) is a French actor. He is best known for his role in the 2009 film ''A Prophet''. Filmography *2004: ''Grande École'' - Ouvrier flash-back 2 *2004: '' Safia et Sarah'' - Un jeune de la cité *2005: '' Ze film'' - Aziz *2006: ''Paris, je t'aime'' - Le voleur de gutitare (segment "Place des Fetes") *2006: ''Cages'' - Rabbah *2006: '' Djihad!'' (TV) - Karim *2007: '' Les Liens du sang'' (TV) - Abdel *2007: ''Frontier(s)'' - Sami *2007: ''Andalucia'' directed by Alain Gomis - Farid *2008: ''Go Fast'' - Sed *2009: ''A Prophet'' (in French ''Un prophète'') directed by Jacques Audiard - Ryad *2010: '' Of Gods and Men'' *2011: '' Sleepless Night'' *2013: ''Rock the Casbah'' *2013: '' The Dream Kids'' - Sofiane *2015: ''Spectre'' - Abrika *2016: ''Iris'' - Malek Ziani *2016: ''London Has Fallen'' - Raza Mansoor *2019: ''War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Laudenbach
Philippe Laudenbach (born 31 January 1936) is a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1963. Career Nephew of Pierre Fresnay (born Peter Laudenbach), Philippe is formed to the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He received a nomination for Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his performance in ''The crazy's hat'' Luigi Pirandello. Personal life He is married to Francine Walter, actress and drama teacher at La Bruyère and to the Théâtre de l'Atelier The Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theatre at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The theatre opened on 23 November 1822 under the name Théâtre MontmartreEdward Foreman, ''Historical dictionary of French t .... Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laudenbach, Philippe 1936 births Living people People from Bourg-la-Reine French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
