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Marie-France Garcia
, known professionally as (born 9 February 1946 in , French Algeria) is a French singer and actress. She is a transgender Parisian pop icon of the 1970s. Biography Marie-France was hired in 1969 by the cabaret bar in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where she gained recognition by portraying Marilyn Monroe. She remained one of the celebrities of that music-hall until 1987. She became a member of (FHAR, 'Homosexual Front of Revolutionary Action'), alongside . As a member of FHAR, she was interviewed in the magazine (special issue "" (3 billion perverts), 1973). She was a member of a small group, the Gazolines, with . The two performed in by Adolfo Arrieta (1974). Marie-France was often referred to as transsexual, a word that she disliked, and one which certain television hosts automatically questioned. "When one has passed onto the other side, why do they keep this title?" she regrets. She appeared as a singer in by in 1976, where she produced "", a song written by . S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oran (department)
: ''For the departamento in Argentina, see Orán Department.'' Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) was a French ''département'' in Algeria existing from 1848 until 1974. Originally a French province, it was departmentalised on 9 December 1848. Its principal town, Oran, was made the prefecture of the ''département''. There were three French ''départements'' in Algeria: Oran in the west, Alger in the center, and Constantine in the east. Oran covered 67,262 km², encompassing five sub-prefectures of Mascara, Mostaganem, Sidi Bel Abbès, Tiaret and Tlemcen. It was only in the 1950s that the Sahara was annexed into departmentalised Algeria, which explains why the ''département'' of Oran limited itself to what is the northwest of Algeria today. However, prior to departmentalisation, the two eastern territories of the south were managed by the department of Oran. In 1956 an administrative reform aimed at taking into account the strong demographic growth in Algeria split the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/ new wave duo Soft Cell where he became known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond's career spanning over four decades has enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim, and he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. He spent a month in a coma after a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2004 and later became a patron of the brain trauma charity Headway. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to arts and culture. Early life Almond was born in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sandra Mary Diesen and Peter John Sinclair Almond, a Second Lieutenant in the King's Liverpool Regiment. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Keufs
''Lady Cops'' or ''Les Keufs'' is a 1987 French comedy film directed by Josiane Balasko. Plot Mireille Molineux, police inspector, stalking pimps. With the complicity of Yasmina, a prostitute, she stops Charlie, her pimp. To avenge Mireille, Jean-Pierre, another pimp, accused of corruption. She then investigated two inspectors IGS: Blondel and Lacroix. Soon after, Charlie is released for lack of evidence. To keep Yasmina, he removes his son and threatened to kill him. Cast * Josiane Balasko as Inspector Mireille Molyneux * Isaach de Bankolé as Inspector Blaise Lacroix * Jean-Pierre Léaud as Commissioner Bullfinch * Ticky Holgado as Inspector Blondel * Florent Pagny as Jean-Pierre * Catherine Hiegel as Dany * Dora Doll as Madame Lou * Marie France as The coach * Jean-Marie Marion as Charlie * Patrick Pérez as Jeannot * Patrick Olivier as Inspector Averell * Jacques Delaporte as Inspector MacDo * Max Vialle as The Captain * Fred Romano as Lisa * Rocky as Begude * Jean-F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Innocents (film)
'' Les Innocents '' ( en, The Innocents) is a 1987 French drama film directed by André Téchiné and starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Simon de La Brosse and Abdel Kechiche. The plot follows a girl who, whilst looking for her runaway brother, encounters a number of people who influence her life. The film was partially inspired by a William Faulkner novel. Téchiné uses several French-Arab relationships to mirror the tensions between France and its former colonies. Jean-Claude Brialy won a César award for Best Supporting Actor and the film was nominated for three other César awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Music. Plot Jeanne, a young woman born and raised in Northern France, is visiting the Mediterranean for the first time. She arrives at the southern French seaport of Toulon to attend the wedding of her older sister Maïté to Nourredine, a North African. However, her main goal is to repatriate her deaf-mute younger brother, Alain, with whom she had been living f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Circles
"Love Circles" is the second and final single released from Squeeze's eighth album, ''Frank''. It featured a rare lead vocal turn by Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze. Musical career Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written ly ... – the only other Squeeze single on which Difford sang lead throughout the entire track was 1979's " Cool for Cats". Track listing 7" vinyl # "Love Circles" (4:25) # "Red Light" (4:19) 12" vinyl and CD # "Love Circles" (4:25) # "Red Light" (4:19) # "Who's That?" (2:39) External linksSqueeze discography at Squeezenet Squeeze (band) songs 1990 singles Songs written by Glenn Tilbrook Songs written by Chris Difford 1989 songs A&M Records singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Ze Kick (film)
''Billy Ze Kick'' is a 1985 French film directed by Gérard Mordillat. Zabou Breitman received a César nomination for Most Promising Actress. Plot Billy Ze Kick is name of a fictional serial killer in a bedtime story that a police inspector reads to his daughter. Soon three girls turn up murdered in his neighbourhood, and the killer leaves a note signed "Billy Ze Kick." Cast *Francis Perrin as Inspecteur Chapeau *Dominique Lavanant as Madame Achere *Zabou Breitman as Juliette Chapeau * Marie France as Miss Peggy * Patrice Valota as Eugene * Jacques Pater as Inspecteur Cordier * Pascal Pistacio as Hippo * Cérise Bloc as Julie-Berthe *Michael Lonsdale as Commissaire Bellanger *Yves Robert Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with ... as Alcide * Benjamin Azenstarck as Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Matton
Charles Matton, also known as Gabriel Pasqualini, (13 September 1931 – 19 November 2008) was a multitalented French artist: painter, sculptor, illustrator, writer, photographer, screenwriter and a movie director. Illustrations In the 1970s, Matton worked with Jean-Paul Goude at '' Esquire'', working as an illustrator and a photographer. The ''Boxes'' In 1983, Matton was able to show his art in Paris, and in 1987, he exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo. There, he showed what would become his famous ''Boxes''. Then, in 1989, he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, the Centre Georges Pompidou. During the last decade of his life, Matton showed his work all around the world, especially in New York and Los Angeles, through the Forum Gallery. After his death, his wife, Sylvie Matton, kept promoting his work and exhibitions took place in Germany and England. Films * 1999 : '' Rembrandt'' * 1994 : ''The Light of the Dead Stars'' * 1988 : ''Douanes'' (documentary) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermula
''Spermula'' is a French erotic fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ... film from 1976 director by Charles Matton. Plot In the 1930s in the United States, a sect composed of rich and eccentric libertines who reject any idea of love, considered artistic creation as a form of evil and tried to find in total sexual freedom the ecstasy of pure being. Following a conference that they called in New York in 1937, all members of the sect disappeared. Years later a journalist tracked them down to a secret location in the forests of South America, but is not heard from again. From out of a mist a huge flying boat wings its way through the nighttime sky. Inside, Spermula and her cohorts are on their way back to civilization to bring their message of peace and freedom t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Arrabal
Fernando Arrabal Terán (born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterrado", or "half-expatriate, half-exiled". Arrabal has directed seven full-length feature films and has published over 100 plays; 14 novels; 800 poetry collections, chapbooks, and artists' books; several essays; and his notorious "Letter to General Franco" during the dictator's lifetime. His complete plays have been published, in multiple languages, in a two-volume edition totaling over two thousand pages. ''The New York Times'' theatre critic Mel Gussow has called Arrabal the last survivor among the "three avatars of modernism". In 1962, Arrabal co-founded the Panic Movement with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor, inspired by the god Pan (mythology), Pan. He was elected Transcendent Satrap of the 'Pataphysics#The Collège de 'Pataphysique, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse
''I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse'' ( French: ''J'irai comme un cheval fou'', also known as ''I Will Go Like a Wild Horse'') is a 1973 French surreal drama film directed by Fernando Arrabal. The movie first released on November 22, 1973 in France and stars George Shannon as an epileptic boy who, falsely suspected of murdering his mother, flees to the desert where he meets a hermit and brings him back to the city where the hermit becomes a circus performer. Since its release the movie has been shown at some film festivals such as the 2013 ''Psych Out'' film festival in Newcastle upon Tyne. Plot After the death of his mother (Emmanuelle Riva), the epileptic Aden Rey ( George Shannon) flees to the desert in order to avoid any police questioning, as they believe that he was responsible for his mother's death. It is in there that Aden meets the savage yet noble Marvel (Hachemi Marzouk). While the two men bond over their travels, Aden tries to convince Marvel that civilization is much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Cayatte
André Cayatte (3 February 1909, in Carcassonne – 6 February 1989, in Paris) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Cayatte began his directoral career at the German-controlled Continental Films during the French occupation. Some of Cayatte's earlier films that addressed his characteristic themes include ''Justice est faite'' (''Justice is Done''; 1950), ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'' (''We Are All Murderers''; 1952), and ''Le passage du Rhin'' ('' Tomorrow Is My Turn''; 1960). In 1963, he undertook a bold experiment in film narrative with a set of two films: ''Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'') and ''Françoise ou La vie conjugale'' (''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise''). These two films tell the same story from two different points of view. His 1973 film, '' Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu'', won the Silver Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chemins De Katmandou
''Les Chemins de Katmandou'' ("the roads to Kathmandu") is a 1969 novel by the French writer René Barjavel. It tells the story of a man who joins a group of hippies who live and travel in Nepal, where they take drugs and practice free love in the belief that it will free them from materialism, only to meet disappointment. Adaptation The novel was written in tandem with a 1969 film of the same name (in English, ''The Pleasure Pit''), directed by André Cayatte and starring Renaud Verley and Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, Order of British Empire, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She als .... The film had 1,635,664 admissions in French cinemas. References 1969 French novels French novels adapted into films French-language novels Hippie movement Literature related to the sexual revolution Novels about drugs No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
