List Of French Films Of 1991 ...
A list of films produced in France in 1991. See also *1991 in France References External links French films of 1991at the Internet Movie DatabaseFrench films of 1991at Cinema-francais.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:French Films Of 1991 1991 Films French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1991 In Film
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Thelma & Louise'', ''JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after ''It Happened One Night'' (1934) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director ( Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress (Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * July 3 – '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic. *August 7 - ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Delicatessen (1991 Film)
''Delicatessen'' is a 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Dominique Pinon and Marie-Laure Dougnac. It was released in North America as "presented by Terry Gilliam." Plot In a dilapidated apartment building in post-apocalyptic France, food is in short supply and grain is used as currency. On the ground floor is a butcher's shop, run by the landlord, Clapet, who posts job opportunities in the newspaper to lure victims to the building, whom he murders and butchers as a cheap source of meat to sell to his tenants. Following the murder of the last worker, unemployed circus clown Louison applies for the vacant position. Louison proves to be a superb worker with a spectacular trick knife, and the butcher is reluctant to kill him too quickly. During Louison's routine maintenance, he acquires a package dropped by a mailman. Louison delivers the package to Clapet's daughter, Julie, who says the package contains confections ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1991 Cannes Film Festival
The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to ''Barton Fink'' by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The festival opened with ''Homicide'', directed by David Mamet and closed with ''Thelma & Louise'', directed by Ridley Scott. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition: *Roman Polanski (Poland) Jury President *Férid Boughedir (Tunisia) *Whoopi Goldberg (USA) *Margaret Menegoz (France) * Natalya Negoda (Soviet Union) *Alan Parker (UK) *Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France) * Hans Dieter Seidel (Germany) *Vittorio Storaro (Italy) *Vangelis (Greece) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or: *Géraldine Chaplin (actress) (United States) President *Didier Beaudet (France) *Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania) *Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain) *Gilles Colpart (critic) (France) *Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden) *Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France) *Roger Kaha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernard Favre
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of German ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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L'entraînement Du Champion Avant La Course
''L'entraînement du champion avant la course'' is a 1991 French drama film directed by Bernard Favre. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Richard Berry - Fabrice * Valérie Mairesse - Loren * Mireille Perrier Mireille Perrier (born 14 November 1959) is a French actress and stage director. Career She debut in theater with the ''Compagnie du Hasard'' in 1977, where she remained a member for two years. Her first starring role was in Leos Carax's '' B ... - Liliane * Jef Odet Sarfaty - Mouloud * Daniel Milgram - The clerk * Yvon Back - The neighbor * Daniel Schenmetzler - The boss * Raymonde Heudeline - MRS Zablinsky * Françoise Miquelis - The client * Hélène Phillipe - The client * Sylvie Jobert - The wise woman * Olivier Caillabet * Pierre-Alain de Garrigues * Julia Maraval - The elder girl * Marguerite Mousset - The youngest girl References External links * 1991 films 1990s French-language films ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksander Bardini
Aleksander Bardini (17 November 1913 – 30 July 1995) was a Polish theatre and opera director, actor, notable professor at the State Theatre School in Warsaw. He appeared in 30 films between 1937 and 1994. Selected filmography * '' Long Is the Road'' (1948) * ''Landscape After the Battle'' (1970) * ''Spiral'' (1978) * '' No End'' (1985) * ''The Last Manuscript'' (1987) * ''Dekalog'' (1988) * '' Korczak'' (1990) * ''The Double Life of Véronique'' (1991) * ''Prince of Shadows ''Beltenebros'', also known as ''Prince of Shadows'', is a 1991 Spanish crime- thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu. It was ...'' (1991) * '' Three Colours: White'' (1994) References External links * 1913 births 1995 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish male film actors 20th-century Polish Jews Actors from Łódź 20th-century Polish male actors {{Poland-ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Władysław Kowalski (actor)
Władysław Kowalski (24 February 1936 – 29 October 2017) was a Polish actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films and television shows between 1957 and 2015. Selected filmography * ''Samson'' (1961) * ''Dreszcze'' (1981) * ''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema'' (1990) * ''The Boy on the Galloping Horse'' (2006) * '' Katyń'' (2007) * ''Louise's Garden'' (2008) * ''Body Body may refer to: In science * Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space * Body (biology), the physical material of an organism * Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of anima ...'' (2015) References External links * 1936 births 2017 deaths Polish male film actors People from Tomaszów Lubelski County Recipient of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irène Jacob
Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-Swiss actress known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. She won the 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Kieślowski film ''The Double Life of Veronique'', and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her 1994 film '' Three Colours: Red''. Her other film appearances include ''The Secret Garden'' (1993), '' Beyond the Clouds'' (1995), ''U.S. Marshals'' (1998), and ''Eternity'' (2016). Early life Irène Jacob was born in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris. The youngest child with three older brothers, she was raised in a highly educated and intellectual family and environment: her father, Maurice Jacob, was a physicist; her mother, a psychologist; one brother, Francis Jacob, a musician; and her other two brothers, scientists.Flint In 1969, at the age of three, Irène moved with her family to Geneva, Switzerland, where she became interest ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Krzysztof Kieślowski
Krzysztof Kieślowski (; 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the ''Three Colours'' trilogy (1993 –1994).Stok 1993, p. xiii. Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994). In 1995, he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. In 2002, Kieślowski was listed at number two on the British Film Institute's ''Sight & Sound'' list of the top ten film directors of modern times. In 2007, ''Total Film'' magazine ranked him at No. 47 on its "100 Greatest Film Directors Ever" list. Early life Kieślowski was born in Warsaw, Po ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Double Life Of Véronique
''The Double Life of Veronique'' (french: La double vie de Véronique, pl, Podwójne życie Weroniki) is a 1991 drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Irène Jacob. Written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the characters of Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. The two women do not know each other, and yet they share a mysterious and emotional bond that transcends language and geography. ''The Double Life of Véronique'' was Kieślowski's first film to be produced partly outside his native Poland. It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Actress Award for Jacob. ''The Double Life of Véronique'' was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot In Poland in 1968, a little girl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor, comedian, and author. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film ''Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard''. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of the butcher and main antagonist in the black comedy ''Delicatessen'' by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films ''The City of Lost Children'' and ''A Very Long Engagement ''A Very Long Engagement'' (french: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, italic=yes, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard ...''. Author Theater Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dreyfus, Jean-Claude 1946 births Living people Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marie-Laure Dougnac
Marie-Laure Dougnac (born 1 February 1962) is a French actress specializing in the dubbing of English films and TV shows into French. Acting career Dougnac had a cameo in the short film ''Foutaises'' and she also portrayed Julie Clapet, the butcher's daughter in the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film ''Delicatessen''. She also appeared in the 2001 film ''Amélie''. Theatre * 2000 : '' La main passe'' by Georges Feydeau, produced by Gildas Bourdet, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Théâtre Comédia Dubbing Films * Joey Lauren Adams : Layla Moloney in '' Big Daddy'' * Heather Graham : Alice Loudon in '' Killing Me Softly'' (in France, ''Feu de glace'') * Renee O'Connor : Dr. Jessica Ryan in ''Boogeyman 2'' * Parker Posey : Danica Talos in '' Blade: Trinity'' * KaDee Strickland : Susan Williams in ''The Grudge'' * Liv Tyler : ** Arwen in ''The Lord of the Rings'' ** Betty Ross in ''The Incredible Hulk'' * Naomi Watts : Eleonor Whitman in '' The International'' (in France, ''L'Enquête ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |