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Laure Calamy
Laure Calamy (born March 22, 1975) is a César Award-winning French film, TV and theatre actress best known for her roles in ''Call My Agent!'' and '' My Donkey, My Lover & I''. Early life Born in 1975, Calamy is the daughter of a psychologist and a doctor. She first tried her hand at theatre during her youth. In 2000, after completing the baccalaureate, Calamy moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire de Paris, from which she graduated in 2001. At the Conservatoire, she met Olivier Py, who directed her in ''Au monde comme pas y être'', ''Orlando ou l'impatience'' and ''Les Parisiens''. Career Critics lauded Calamy's performances in the short films ''Ce qu'il restera de nous'', directed by Vincent Macaigne, and ''Un monde sans femmes'', directed by Guillaume Brac, for which she received the Jeanine Bazin prize at the Festival Entrevues de Belfort. Her performance in Cécile Ducrocq's short film ''Back Alley'' (''La contre-allée''), which was first screened during Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and , ) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loiret and of the Regions of France, region of Centre-Val de Loire. Orléans is located on the river Loire nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, classified as a Loire Valley, World Heritage Site, where the river curves south towards the Massif Central. In 2019, the city had 116,269 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries. Orléans is the center of Orléans Métropole that has a population of 288,229. The larger Functional area (France), metropolitan area has a population of 451,373, the 20th largest in France. The city owes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Liar (Corneille Play)
''The Liar'' (french: Le Menteur) is a farcical play by Pierre Corneille that was first performed in 1644. It was based on ''La Verdad Sospechosa'' by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, which was published in 1634. Summary Dorante, the eponymous quasi-villain of the play, meets two women in the Tuileries in Paris, whose names are Clarice and Lucrece. He impresses them with his claim to have returned recently from the wars in Germany and boasts of the vital role he played. After they leave, he decides to court Clarice, mistakenly thinking her name to be that of her friend, Lucrece. Géronte, Dorante's father, announces to his son that he has found a girl for him to marry (Clarice). Dorante, wrongly believing that the girl that he likes is Lucrece, concocts an outrageous lie that he is already married in order to avoid having to marry Clarice. Meanwhile, Clarice is secretly engaged to Alcippe, who happens to be a childhood friend of Dorante. When Alcippe confr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed ''Merci Bernard'' and since 1988 works on ''Palace''. In 2008, Ribes had directed ''Batailles'' which he co-wrote with Roland Topor and next year became a director of the ''Un garçon impossible'', a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and 's ''Les Diablogues''. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed ''Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir'' in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed ''René l’énervé - Opéra bouffe et tumultueux'', on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play ''Théâtre sans animaux'' and Sébastien Thiéry's '' L’Origine du Monde'' in 2013. Theater Filmography *1978: '' The Swindle'' *1986: ''La galette du roi'' *199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Pliva
José Pliya (born April 17, 1966 in Cotonou) is an actor, stage director, and playwright from Benin. In 2003 he won the Young Writers' Award from the Académie française. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
78th Venice International Film Festival
The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as the President of the Jury, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the festival's top juror. Serena Rossi hosted the opening and closing nights. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''Happening'' directed by Audrey Diwan. Jury Main Competition (Venezia 78) * Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter (Jury President) * Saverio Costanzo, Italian director and screenwriter * Virginie Efira, Belgian actress * Cynthia Erivo, British actress and singer * Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress * Alexander Nanau, Romanian-German documentary director * Chloé Zhao, Chinese director and screenwriter Horizons * Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnian director (Jury President) * Mona Fastvold, Norwegian director * Shahram Mokri, Iranian director * Josh Siegel, director of the cinema department of MoMA * Nadia Terranova, Italian novelis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5050x2020
5050x2020 is a hashtag used to campaign for gender parity in the film industry. The campaign was launched by the Swedish Film Institute at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. Origin The campaign #5050x2020 was launched at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, when the Swedish Film Institute hosted an event titled FiftyFifty by 2020. Featured speakers were Sweden's Minister for Culture and Democracy, Alice Bah Kuhnke, and France's Minister for Culture, Audrey Azoulay, alongside Roberto Olla, the Executive Director of Eurimages, and Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute. Additional participants included Oscar-nominated director Ruben Östlund, producer Emilie Lesclaux, producer Chiara Tilesi, and director Alexandra-Therese Keining. Background When Anna Serner was appointed as CEO of the Swedish Film Institute in 2011, she made it a priority to ensure that half of all film funding would be allocated to female filmmakers. In 2011, women directed 26% of the films funded by the Swedish F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De La Porte Saint-Martin
The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. History It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under the direction of (1726–1810) to house the Paris Opéra, whose previous home, the second Salle du Palais-Royal, had burned down on 8 June 1781. The new theatre had a capacity of about 2,000 spectators and included a parterre with the lowest-priced tickets sold only to males who stood throughout the performances, an amphitheatre, and four rows of boxes. The Opéra used the theatre from 27 October 1781 until August 1794."Atlantes et cariatides des grands boulevards - Paris.fr" . The theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Hiegel
Catherine Hiegel (born 10 December 1946) is a French actress, comedian and director. Personal life Catherine Hiegel is the daughter of Pierre Hiegel, radio host, music critic, radio producer and artistic director of French houses of discs. She is also the niece of Pierre Bellemare. Career At ten, she played Cosette in a radio adaptation of Les Misérables, where her father played Jean Valjean. She sang in 1956 with André Claveau, ''Viens danser avec papa''. On the advice of her father, she stopped school to learn comedy. She took lessons with Raymond Girard and Jacques Charon, and began her career on stage to the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens with Cactus Flower, alongside Jean Poiret and Sophie Desmarets. She joined the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in the classes of Jean Marchat then Lise Delamare, and also attended classes of Jean-Laurent Cochet. She joined the Comédie-Française in 1969. She worked with directors as varied as Philippe Adrien, Patrice Chére ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Of Love And Chance
''The Game of Love and Chance'' (french: Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard) is a three-act romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux. ''The Game of Love and Chance'' was first performed 23 January 1730 by the Comédie Italienne. In this play, a young woman is visited by her betrothed, whom she does not know. To get a better idea of the type of person he is, she trades places with her servant and disguises herself. However, unbeknownst to her, her fiancé has the same idea and trades places with his valet. The "game" pits the two false servants against the two false masters, and in the end, the couples fall in love with their appropriate counterpart. Like many of Marivaux's other comedies, ''The Game of Love and Chance'' makes use of stock characters from the Commedia dell'arte. In this play, Arlequin is featured. Lisette, who appears in other Marivaux plays, also takes on a stock personality as the feisty servant. Plot summary Silvia is engaged to marry Dorante, a man s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De Marivaux
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are '' Le Triomphe de l'amour'', ''Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and ''Les Fausses Confidences''. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, '' La Vie de Marianne'' and ''Le Paysan parvenu''. Life His father was a Norman financier whose name from birth was Carlet, but who assumed the surname of Chamblain, and then that of Marivaux. He brought up his family in Limoges and Riom, in the province of Auvergne, where he directed the mint. Marivaux is said to have written his first play, the ''Père prudent et équitable'', when he was only eighteen, but it was not published until 1712, when he was twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molière Award For Best Actress
Molière Award for Best Actress. Superlatives Winners and nominees * 1987 : Suzanne Flon in '' Léopold le bien aimé'' ** Nicole Garcia in ''Two for the Seesaw'' (''Deux sur la balançoire'') ** Denise Grey in ''Harold and Maude'' (''Harold et Maude'') ** Jeanne Moreau in '' Zerline's Tale'' (''Le Récit de la servante Zerline'') ** Dominique Valadié in ''Hedda Gabler'' * 1988 : Jeanne Moreau in '' Zerline's Tale'' (''Le récit de la servante Zerline'') ** María Casares in ''Hecuba'' (''Hécube'') ** Anny Duperey in '' The Secret'' ''(Le Secret'') ** Macha Méril in '' L'Éloignement'' ** Delphine Seyrig in ''Woman in Mind'' (''Un jardin en désordre'') * 1989 : María Casares in ''Hecuba'' (''Hécube'') ** Suzanne Flon in ''Une absence'' ** Denise Gence in ''The Chairs'' (''Les Chaises'') ** Catherine Hiegel in ''La Veillée'' ** Isabelle Huppert in '' A Month in the Country'' (''Un mois à la campagne'') * 1990 : Denise Gence in '' Avant la retraite'' ** Jane Birk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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