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La French
''The Connection'' (french: La French) is a 2014 action crime thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez and produced by Alain Goldman. The film was inspired by the events of the French Connection in the 1970s, starring Jean Dujardin as police magistrate Pierre Michel (juge) and Gilles Lellouche as Gaëtan "Tany" Zampa, a drug gang ringleader. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2014. Plot 1970s Marseilles is ruled by a brutal drug gang importing morphine from Turkey, transforming it into heroin and exporting the product to New York under the gang name ''la French''. The gang, led by the cold-hearted Gaètan ''Tany'' Zampa ( Gilles Lellouche), is boosting its income from drug trafficking by doing extortion and robberies. Former Juvenile Court judge Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) is transferred to an organized crime unit, but finds out that la French's crimes are difficult or impossible to prove and that the police unit investigating heroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric Jimenez
Cédric Jimenez (born 26 June 1976) is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter. Career Jimenez's 2014 film '' The Connection'' (''La French''), starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2015, he directed an adaptation of Laurent Binet's prize-winning novel '' HHhH'', starring Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Mia Wasikowska, Jack O'Connell and Jack Reynor Jack Reynor (born 23 January 1992) is an Irish-American actor. His notable roles include the films '' What Richard Did'', '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', ''Glassland'', ''Macbeth'', '' Sing Street'', and ''Midsommar'', as well as the seri .... The film was released the following year. Filmography References External links * 1976 births Living people French people of Spanish descent French film producers French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Mass media people from Marseille {{France-film-director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Burlet
Pauline Burlet (born 9 April 1996) is a Belgian actress, who starred as 'Lili Franchet' in the French TV series ''Résistance''. Her first major role was in the 2007 film, '' La Vie en rose'', as a young Edith Piaf. Burlet won a Magritte Award in 2014 for "most promising actress" for her performance in '' The Past (Le Passé)''. Filmography Film * '' La Vie en rose'' (2007) as 10 years old Edith Piaf * ''2 Sœurs'' (2007) (Short film) as Alice * ''Alessandro'' (2009) (Short film) as Sabrina * '' Dead Man Talking'' (2012) as Sarah Raven * '' The Past'' (2013) as Lucie * '' The Connection'' (2014) as Lily Mariani * '' Jailbirds'' (2015) as Jeanne * ''Le Semeur'' (2017) as Violette Television * ''À tort ou à raison'' (2009–2011) (TV series) as Carole Scola * '' Resistance'' (2014) (TV series) as Lili Franchet * ''Road to Istanbul ''Road to Istanbul'' (french: La Route d'Istanbul) is a 2016 French-Algerian drama film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. It was shown in the Panor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Godon
Eric Godon (born 7 February 1959) is a Belgian character actor, director and writer. Recognisable by his burly appearance and deep voice, he is perhaps best known in English language circles, for his roles in ''In Bruges'', and '' The Missing''. Life and career Godon studied Germanic Philology in Brussels, and was a member of the Belgian Junior national football team. He began his acting career at the age of 42. He is largely self-taught, and is well versed in improvisation. He speaks many languages, which have proven useful in his international acting career. In addition to his native language (French), he is fluent in Dutch, Flemish, English and German, and is also reasonable in Hebrew, Spanish, Italian and Russian. He is pursuing an international career. After '' Fishing Without Nets'', an American independent film by Cutter Hodierne shot in Kenya, he played the character of mayor Georges Deloix in the first series of the BBC drama '' The Missing''. In 2015, he appeared alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriem Akheddiou
Myriem Akheddiou (born 27 September 1978) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and began working in theatre after developing an interest in acting. She collaborated with directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on a number of films, appearing in ''The Kid with a Bike'' (2011), ''Two Days, One Night'' (2014), ''The Unknown Girl'' (2016), and ''Young Ahmed'' (2019). Her film credits also include '' A Happy Event'' (2011), '' The Connection'' (2014), and ''The Benefit of the Doubt'' (2017), which earned her a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Most Promising Actress. Personal life Akheddiou was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Moroccan father and a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ... mother. She has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Defferre
Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956–1957. His main achievement was to establish the framework used to grant independence to France’s African territories. As the Socialist candidate for president in 1969, he received only 5 percent of the vote. He was much more successful in promoting François Mitterrand as leader of the Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste''; PS) in 1971. He held a series of ministerial portfolios after the Socialist victory in 1981, especially as minister of state for the interior and decentralization. Biography A lawyer and member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), Defferre was involved in the Brutus Network, a Resistance Socialist group, during World War II. A long-standing member of the National Assembly (1945–1958, 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine is a French actor of Russian-Polish origin, born on 27 February 1948 in Paris. A screen performer, he has participated in numerous plays, films and television series in France and abroad. Life and career Féodor Atkine was born to a Russian father from Harbin, capital of Manchuria, in northeast China, whose family had fled the pogroms in Poland and Ukraine to take refuge in the Far East the day before of the Russo-Japanese War. He has the distinction of participating in many productions where he speaks in French, English and/or Spanish; he has been involved in films by Woody Allen, Claude Zidi, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Éric Rohmer, etc. He has participated in several plays as well as radio productions. Atkine is also known for dubbing in American films or television series but also for characters in Disney productions. He is (among others) the regular French voice of William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Laurie (which he not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussa Maaskri
Moussa Maaskri ( ar, موسى معسكري) (born 15 November 1962) is an Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...n-born French actor. He appeared in more than 70 films since 1990. Selected filmography References External links * 1962 births People from Constantine, Algeria Living people French male film actors Algerian male film actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male television actors French male stage actors 21st-century Algerian people {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Todeschini
Bruno Todeschini (born 19 September 1962) is a Franco-Swiss actor. Life and career Todeschini studied at L'école supérieure d'art dramatique in Genève and after graduating in 1986, he joined the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, directed by Patrice Chéreau. He has since then been appearing on television (''Les Rois maudits'', 2005) and in films, many directed by Chéreau. Personal life Todeschini has a child from a previous relationship, a son named Romain, born in 1997. He is married to actress Sophie Broustal, with whom he has a daughter, Paloma, born on 6 June 2006. He is fluent in French and Italian. Selected filmography * 1987 - ''Hôtel de France'' * 1992 - '' La sentinelle'' * 1994 - '' Coming to Terms with the Dead'' * 1995 - ''El pasajero clandestino'' * 1997 - '' Comanche Territory'' * 1998 - '' Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train'' * 2000 - '' Le Libertin'' * 2002 - '' A Private Affair'' * 2003 - '' Son frère'' * 2004 - '' Olgas Sommer'' * 2004 - ''Secret Agent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacky Imbert
Jacques Imbert (30 December 1929 – 11 November 2019) was a French gang leader who first came to prominence in 1960s Marseille's underworld, where he was considered "The Last Godfather". His nickname "''Jacky le Mat''" means "Jacky the madman" in Provençal. He was also known as "Pacha" and "Matou". Early life Imbert was born in Toulouse, the son of an aviation worker with a passion for opera. Imbert was sentenced to five years in prison in 1947 for an assault on his mother-in-law's lover in a Montpellier bar, but served less than two due to good conduct. On his time in prison, he later declared: The first true damned stupidity of my life, I had hit my mother-in-law's lover a little too hard. I got five years! The prison, this is the place where I met the biggest number of tossers. A pack of pathetic ones, of losers. But I was put in a cell with a true tough guy. I said, "This is it, my path." The "tough guy" was Gustave Méla, nicknamed "Gu le Terrible", another cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel (; born 11 May 1974) is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...'s '' The Piano Teacher'' as well as in 2022 for his role in '' Peaceful''. He also starred in Claude Chabrol's '' La Demoiselle d'honneur''. Selected filmography References External links * Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors French male child actors Male actors from Paris Best Supporting Actor César Award w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Gouix
Guillaume Gouix (; born 30 November 1983) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He starred in the limited television series ''Gone for Good'' (2021). Career Guillaume Gouix learned acting at the Conservatory of Marseille, then at the Regional School of actors of Cannes. On stage, he works often with directors of Didier Galas, Jean-Pierre Vincent and Bruno Bayen±. Gouix made his big screen debut in the film "Deuxième quinzaine de juillet" directed by Christophe Reichert. He is also known for the role of Serge in the TV Series The Returned. Personal life Since 2014, Gouix has been in a relationship with French actress Alysson Paradis Alysson Paradis (born 29 May 1984) is a French actress. She is the younger sister of French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis and the aunt of model and actress Lily-Rose Depp. Personal life Since 2014, Paradis has been in a relationship with F .... In September 2015, the couple's first child, a son, was born. On 22 April 2022, Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |