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Let Joy Reign Supreme
''Que la fête commence...'' (English title ''Let Joy Reign Supreme'') is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret. It is a historical drama set during the 18th century French Régence centring on the Breton Pontcallec Conspiracy. It won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Prix Méliès, and the César Award for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing and Best Production Design, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Music. Plot In France in 1719, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans is the regent for the young Louis XV. He is sophisticated, gentle, a liberal and a libertine. He endeavours to keep his subjects cultured and happy—mainly to stop the peasants from rising up—but he knows he has no real royal authority. To assist him, Philippe enlists the aid of an atheistic and venal priest named Guillaume Dubois, another libertine who does not care for anyone except himself. The film begins with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Life and career Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. He said his father's publishing of a wartime resistance journal and aid to anti-Nazi intellectuals shaped his moral outlook as an artist. According to Tavernier, his father believed that words were "as important and as lethal as bullets". Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker from the age of 13 or 14 years. He said that his cinematic influences included filmmakers John Ford, William Wellman, Jean Renoir, Jean Vigo and Jacques Becker. Tavernier was influenced by the 1968 general strike in France. He associated with the OCI between 1973 and 1975, and was particularly struck by the writing of Leon Trotsky. The first film director with whom he worked was Jean-Pierre Melville. Later, his first fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Award For Best Director
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director ( French: ''César du meilleur réalisateur''). History Superlatives Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Director awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Director nominations: See also *Lumières Award for Best Director *Magritte Award for Best Director *European Film Award for Best Director *Academy Award for Best Director *BAFTA Award for Best Direction References External links * César Award for Best Directorat '' AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar Award for Best Director Director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ... Awards for be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette (born 4 April 1927) is a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1958. She was married to Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student and ... from 1962 until his death in 2006. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaumette, Monique 1927 births Living people Actresses from Paris French film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Beaune
Michel Beaune (1933–1990) was a French actor. Filmography *1960: ''Trapped by Fear'' - Un ami de Paul (uncredited) *1961: ''Les godelureaux'' *1964: '' Backfire'' - Daniel *1970: '' The Confession'' - L'avocat *1970: ''The Time to Die'' - Castagnac *1970: ''Sortie de secours'' *1972: ''Paulina 1880'' - Dadi *1972: ''Plot'' *1972: ''Les Rois maudits'' (TV Mini-Series) - Edward II of England *1973: ''The Inheritor'' - Frédéric Lambert *1974: ''Stavisky'' - Le journaliste maître-chanteur *1975: ''Un jour, la fête'' *1975: ''Let Joy Reign Supreme'' - Le capitaine La Griollais *1975: ''Incorrigible'' - Le ministre *1975: ''Le faux-cul'' - Ferjac *1975: ''The French Detective'' - L'inspecteur Dupuy *1976: ''Body of My Enemy'' - L'ami d'enfance *1977: ''La question'' - Professeur Fayard *1978: ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' - Le médecin dans la rue *1979: ''Cop or Hood'' - Marcel Langlois *1979: ''Le mors aux dents'' - Froment *1979: '' Courage - Let's Run'' - Noël *1980: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Desarthe
Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard. As a given name * Gérard Adanhoumé (born 1986), Beninese footballer * Gérard Araud (born 1953), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations * Gérard Asselin (born 1950), Canadian politician * Gérard Audran (1640-1703), French engraver * Gérard Bailly (born 1940), French politician * Gérard Balanche (born 1968), Swiss ski jumper and Olympian * Gérard Banide (born 1936), French football coach * Gérard Bapt (born 1946), French politician * Gérard Barray (born 1931), French film and television actor * Gérard Barreaux (1948-2010), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Jean-Roger Caussimon (24 July 1918 – 19 October 1985) was a French singer-songwriter and film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1945 and 1985 but is better known for having worked with poet-singer Léo Ferré. Discography Studio albums * ''Jean-Roger Caussimon chante Jean-Roger Caussimon'' (1970) * ''À la Seine'' (1972) * ''Musique légère'' (1974) * ''Il fait soleil'' (1975) * ''Chanson de l'homme heureux'' (1977) * ''Papy rock'' (1979) Live albums * ''Au théâtre de la Ville'' (1978) Posthumous releases * ''En public à l'Olympia 74'' (1992) * ''Jean-Roger Caussimon au cabaret du Lapin Agile'' (2003) Selected filmography * ''François Villon'' (1945) - Le grand écolier * '' The Last Judgment'' (1945) * ''Pétrus'' (1946) - Milou * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1946) - Marcel * ''Captain Blomet'' (1947) - Clodomir * ''La fleur de l'âge'' (1947) * ''Le mannequin assassiné'' (1948) - Jérôme * ''Scandals of Clochemerle'' (1948) - Samotras * ''The Murdered Model'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Adam
Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Josef Van Meulen, le boucher *''Au service du Tsar'' (1936) - Ossip *'' Life Dances On'' (1937) - Fred *'' People Who Travel'' (1938) - Le médecin (uncredited) *''La Glu'' (1938) - Raoul *'' Je chante...'' (1938) - Alfred *''La Famille Duraton'' (1939) - Le docteur *''Sur le Plancher des Vaches'' (1940) - Le journaliste (uncredited) *''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Guillaume *''La femme que j'ai le plus aimée'' (1942) - Charles, le fondé de pouvoir *''Croisières sidérales'' (1942) - Le décorateur (uncredited) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) - Ferdinand - le chauffeur de Palureau *''Port d'attache'' (1943) - Bertrand *''Farandole'' (1945) - Le marlou *'' Boule de Suif'' (1945) - Cornudet *''La Vie de Bohème'' (1945m) - Alexandre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Pascal
Christine Pascal (29 November 1953 – 30 August 1996) was a French actress, writer and director. Biography Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's '' Les Guichets du Louvre'' (1974), and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, '' L'Horloger de Saint-Paul'' (1974). Other films with Tavernier include ''Que la fête commence'' (1975), for which she received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress; ''The Judge and the Assassin'' (1976); '' Des enfants gatés'' (1977), which she co-scripted; and '' Round Midnight''. Other film appearances include '' Black Thursday'' (1974), ''La Meilleure façon de marcher'' (1976), ''The Maids of Wilko'' (1979), '' Entre Nous'' (1983), and '' Le Grand Chemin'' (1987). She made her directorial debut with '' Félicité'', and also directed ''La Garce'', ''Zanzibar'', ''Le Petit prince a dit ''Le Petit Prince a Dit'' is 1992 French-Swiss drama film written and directed by Christine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999. Life and career Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. He was educated at the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen. Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the ''Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche''. Later he joined the '' Conservatoire National''. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the ''Compagnie Grenier Hussenot'' as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noticed for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director. After some supporting roles in ''Cartouche'', '' Captain Fracasse'' and in ''Marvelous Angelique'', Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in '' Hearth Fires'' in 1972. In this drama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Louise Élisabeth D'Orléans
Louise Élisabeth, Duchess of Berry (born Marie Louise Élisabeth, Mademoiselle d'Orléans; 20 August 1695 – 21 July 1719) was Duchess of Berry by marriage to the French prince Charles, Duke of Berry. She is known affectionately by the moniker "Joufflotte". Life Marie Louise Élisabeth was born at the Palace of Versailles as the eldest surviving child to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his wife Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France. She was given the honorary title of ''Mademoiselle d'Orléans'' at birth, and was baptised at Saint-Cloud on 29 July 1696. Known as Louise Élisabeth, she grew up at the Palais-Royal, the Orléans residence in Paris. She recovered from a near fatal illness at the age of six; her father personally nursed her day and night in order to save her life. Her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, wrote in her memoirs that from a very early age, Louise Élisabeth: ... had entirely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Dubois
Guillaume Dubois (6 September 1656 – 10 August 1723) was a French cardinal and statesman. Life and government Early years Dubois, the third of the four great Cardinal-Ministers ( Richelieu, Mazarin, Dubois, and Fleury), was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in Limousin. He was, according to his enemies, the son of an apothecary, his father being in fact a doctor of medicine of a respectable family, who kept a small drug store as part of the necessary outfit of a country practitioner. He was educated at the school of the Brothers of the Christian Doctrine at Brive, where he received the tonsure at the age of thirteen. In 1672, having finished his philosophy course, he was given a scholarship at the college of St. Michel in Paris by the lieutenant-general of the Limousin. The head of the college, the abbé Antoine Faure, who was from the same part of the country as himself, befriended the lad, and continued to do so for many years after he had finished his course, finding him pupil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) on 15 February 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom. His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years' War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
