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Les Petites Vacances
''Stolen Holidays'' (french: Les Petites Vacances) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Olivier Peyon. Plot Danielle ('' Bernadette Lafont''), a grandmother in her sixties, is planning to take her two grandchildren to their father’s house for the Easter vacation. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Danielle has regularly taken on this responsibility after her daughter’s divorce. This time, however, the children’s father is not there to welcome them, giving Danielle the opportunity to spend a bit more time with her grandchildren and to take them out for the day. Jumping at every opportunity presented to them, Danielle soon transforms this day-outing into an impromptu holiday. Only what starts out as a fun adventure gradually turns into an inexorable deconstructing experience, and it soon becomes impossible for Danielle to contemplate taking the kids back… Cast * Bernadette Lafont as Danièle * Adèle Csech as Marine * Claude Brasseur as The stranger in the palace * Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Peyon
Olivier Peyon is a French screenwriter and film director, born in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France, on January 23, 1969. Olivier Peyon grew up in the suburbs of Paris. He went to college in Nantes to study Economics then returned to Paris where he began working as a production assistant, notably on films by Idrissa Ouedraogo. Then he translated English-language films for French distribution, including works by Coen Brothers('' Fargo'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''O'Brother'', ''Intolerable Cruelty''), Ken Loach (''The Wind that shakes the barley''), Stephen Frears ('' High Fidelity'', ''The Hi-Lo Country''), Danny Boyle (''Trainspotting'', ''Shallow Grave'', ''A Life Less Ordinary''), Jane Campion (''Portrait of a Lady''), as well as ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'', ''Being John Malkovich'', ''Notting Hill'', ''The Usual Suspects'' and the TV series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He started out with the short film ''Promis, juré'' (1996), followed by ''Jingle Bells'' (1997), selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Lafont
Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 – 25 July 2013) was a French actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told ''The New York Times'' her work was "the motor of my existence". Career Bernadette Lafont had her debut in ''Les Mistons'' ("The Mischief Makers") in 1958 and became part of the Nouvelle Vague in the 1960s because of her films with François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol. In 1986 Lafont was awarded a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ''An Impudent Girl (L'Effrontée)''. In the following year, she was again nominated, this time for ''Masques''. For her long service to the French motion picture industry, she was awarded an Honorary César in 2003 . In May 2007, she chaired the jury for the fifth edition of the Award for Education presented at the 60th Cannes Film Festival. She was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor on 14 July 2009. Her complete filmography includes T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adèle Csech
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Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur. He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx. From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's '' Bande à part'' (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series ''The New Adventures of Vidocq''. A big commercial success were the comedies ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Franchi
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Claire Nadeau
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Éric Savin
Éric Savin (born Dijon, 14 November 1964) is a French film and TV actor. Biography Savin comes from a rugby family, which meant he was more interested in a sports career. But a strong conviction led him to Paris to try a career as an actor. He was a hospital agent at the Bichat hospital in Paris from 1985 to 1988, and then passed the (Drama school) Cours Florent free class competition. It was during an audition that he met Xavier Durringer (playwright , screenwriter and filmmaker) with whom he still works today. He made his stage debut in 1989 in '' Lorenzaccio'' (written by Alfred de Musset) directed by Francis Huster. Bertrand Tavernier entrusted him with his first cinema role in 1992, as ''Inspector Lefort'' in '' L.627''. He then alternated between theater, television and cinema. His first theatre successes came with Durringer's shows like ''La Petite Entaille'' in 1991, or ''Sureur'' in 1997, presented at the Avignon Festival. In 1993, he starred with actress Karin Viard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Legendary film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's ''A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's ''The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's ''The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's ''The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller '' Children of Men''." He also stated, "In the (Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Drama Films
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2000s French-language Films
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2006 Drama Films
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