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Léa Drucker
Léa Drucker (born 23 January 1972) is a French actress. Early life Born in Caen, Normandy, she is the niece of television presenter Michel Drucker, and of ex-president of M6 Jean Drucker. Her father Jacques is a medical doctor, and her mother, Martine, an English teacher. She is the cousin of the journalist Marie Drucker, daughter of Jean Drucker. Her paternal grandfather was Jewish. Having followed courses at the École of the rue Blanche, ENSATT (the ''École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre'') in Paris, her career has encompassed both classical theatre pieces like ''Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...'', and contemporary plays such as ''Blanc'' by Emmanuelle Marie. She has twice been nominated for a Molière Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after and Rouen. It is located inland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Hazanavicius
Michel Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, '' The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' (2006) and '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' (2009). Life and career Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988.Michel Hazanavicius. ''Allocine''. He began directing commercials for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Fitoussi
Marc Fitoussi (born 20 July 1976) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career After a university degree course in English and art history, Fitoussi joined the Conservatoire européen d'écriture audiovisuelle (CEEA) (European Conservatory for screen writing). It was there that he developed his screenwriting trade. He began also a parallel career as film director, making several short features including ''Illustre Inconnue'' and ''Bonbon au poivre'' which earned him a nomination for César Award for Best Short Film in 2007. The same year, he directed his first long film ''La Vie d'artiste'', with Sandrine Kiberlain, Denis Podalydès and Émilie Dequenne in the lead rôles. This film won the Prix Michel-d'Ornano for the best work of French fiction at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2010, his second long film was released, '' Copacabana'', whose action takes place in the Belgian town of Ostend, starring Isabelle Huppert and her daughter Lolita Chammah in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aure Atika
Aure Atika (born 12 July 1970) is a French actress, writer and director. Life and career The daughter of Jewish-Moroccan Ode Atika Bitton and Frenchman Michel Fournier (his father was born in Algeria from the Aimeur family of film actors and directors), Atika was born in Portugal and grew up in Paris. She won the 2004 Best French-Language Short Film Award at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival for ''À quoi ça sert de voter écolo?'' (What's the Point of Voting Green?) (2003) and was nominated for the 2010 César Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Mademoiselle Chambon'' (2009). Atika has one daughter, Angelica (February 2002), with Philippe Zdar of house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ... group, Cassius. Filmography Film As director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narco (film)
''Narco'' is a 2004 French film about Gus (played by Guillaume Canet) a narcoleptic, whose life is made difficult by his inability to keep a job because of his narcolepsy. Plot The main character Gus experiences vivid dreams during his narcoleptic episodes, which inspire him to create comic book style art of extremely high quality. When Samuel Pupkin, the psychiatrist who runs a group attended by Gus, learns of this, he recalls his own desire to be a comic book artist, instead of following the family tradition of psychiatry, a dream prevented by his lack of artistic talent. Motivated by greed, jealousy, and desire for fame he hatches a plot, involving figure skating assassins, to steal Gus's work and pass it off as his own. The attempt on Gus's life fails but he ends up in a coma. Pupkin pays Gus's wife and best friend (who have begun an affair) for the art and sells it to a failed-comedian turned successful publisher, who in turn plans to erase the text and replace it with his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabrouk El Mechri
Mabrouk el Mechri (born 18 September 1976) is a French director, screenwriter, and actor. Biography El Mechri was born in Versailles near Paris, France. He has directed a number of films. After his three shorts ''Mounir et Anita'', ''Generation Cutter'', and ''Concours de circonstance'', he directed his first long feature ''Virgil'' in 2005 about the life of a boxer, followed by a comedy entitled ''Stand Up!''. His 2008 movie entitled JCVD about Jean-Claude Van Damme and featuring him as the actor garnered Mabrouk El Mechri critical acclaim. The film, a comedy drama and at certain times biographical of Van Damme was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, 2008 Rome Film Festival (L'Altro Cinema), and the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (Midnight Madness). He is now working on his new movie ''Sage femme'' (2008) featuring Vanessa Paradis. He was married to actress Audrey Dana, with whom he had a child in 2008. Until 2014 he was in a relationship with Virginie Efira with w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Lellouche
Gilles Lellouche (; born 5 July 1972) is a French actor. He started his career as a director. Lellouche has appeared in more than fifty films since 1995. He was nominated twice for a César Award; in 2006 for Most Promising Actor and in 2011 for Best Supporting actor for his performance in '' Little White Lies''. From 2002 to 2013, Lellouche was in a relationship with actress Mélanie Doutey. They have a daughter named Ava, born on 5 September 2009. His brother Philippe Lellouche is also an actor and director. Early life Lellouche was born in Savigny-sur-Orge, France, to a father of Algerian-Jewish descent, and to a mother of Irish Catholic background. '' |
Fabien Onteniente
Fabien Onteniente (born 27 April 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography * 1989 : '' Bobby et l'aspirateur'' (short film) * 1992 : ''À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop'' * 1995 : '' Tom est tout seul'' * 1996 : '' Le Tuteur'' (TV) * 1998 : '' Grève party'' * 2000 : ''Jet Set'' * 2001 : '' Tel épris'' (TV) * 2002 : ''3 zéros'' * 2004 : ''People'' * 2006 : ''Camping'' * 2008 : ''Disco'' * 2010 : ''Camping 2'' * 2013 : ''Turf'' * 2016 : ''Camping 3'' * 2019 : ''All Inclusive'' * 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ... : ''100% Bio'' (TV) External links * French film directors 1958 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypnotized And Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)
''Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted)'' (original title: ''Filles perdues, cheveux gras'' English: ''Lost Girls, Greasy Hair'') is a 2002 French musical comedy-drama film about the crossing paths of three lost young women. It was directed by Claude Duty. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2002. Plot Three lost women cross paths and help each other. Elodie (Olivia Bonamy) wants her daughter back, Natacha (Marina Foïs) wants her cat back, and Marianne (Amira Casar) wants her soul back. Cast * Amira Casar as Marianne * Marina Foïs as Natacha * Olivia Bonamy as Élodie * Charles Berling as Arnaud * Sergi López as Philippe * Léa Drucker as Coraline * Esse Lawson as Cindy * Margot Abascal as Corine * Evelyne Buyle as Madame Pélissier * Judith El Zein as Marianne's Mother * Béatrice Costantini as Natasha's boss * Amadou Diallo as Kirikou * Jean-François Gallotte as Jean-François * Amelle Chahbi as Karine * Lorella Cravotta as Chief Nurse * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina De Van
Marina de Van (; born 8 February 1971) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, '' Don't Look Back'', was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Her brother is , he appeared with her in the 1998 film ''Sitcom'' playing her brother. In her directing debut '' In My Skin'' in 2002, he played an intern. Kier-La Janisse Selected filmography * '' See the Sea'' (1997) (actress, writer) * ''Sitcom'' (1998) (actress) * '' 8 Women'' (2002) (writer) * '' In My Skin'' (2002) (writer/director) * ''La clef'' (2007) (actress) * '' Don't Look Back'' (2009) (writer/director) * '' Le petit poucet'' (2010) (director/collaborating writer) * ''Dark Touch'' (2012) (writer/director) Further reading *Tim Palmer Timothy J. Palmer (born 4 October 1962, in North Shields) is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter of rock and alternative music. He mixed Pearl Jam's debut album '' Ten'' (1991) and tracks on U2's album ''Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In My Skin (film)
''In My Skin'' ( French: ''Dans ma peau'') is a 2002 New French Extremity horror film written by, directed by, and starring Marina de Van. It details the downward mental spiral of Esther, a woman (played by de Van) who engages in increasingly destructive acts of self-mutilation following an accident that injures her leg at a party. Plot Esther (Marina de Van) seems to have it all: a great job, an active social life and an adoring boyfriend. One night, whilst attending a house party with colleagues, Esther hurts her leg in the backyard on some industrial supplies. Alone when it happens, she doesn't even realize she has been hurt until much later, briefly inspecting the injury in an upstairs bathroom. After the party, Esther visits a doctor (Adrian de Van) who patches her up and wonders why she didn't initially feel the injury. Esther wonders too, but seems unconcerned about any cosmetic damage. He asks her jokingly, "Are you sure it's your leg?" The next day, while taking a bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coline Serreau
Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus. Career In 1970, she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973. Her first film, the documentary film ''Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent?'' (1978), literally: ''But What Is It That They Want?'', was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public. Her biggest commercial success was the comedy film ''Three Men and a Cradle'' (''Trois hommes et un couffin''; 1985), for which she received three César Awards in 1986. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1986, her first drama for the stage ''Lapin Lapin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
