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Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ('' Code inconnu'', ''Le Temps du Loup'', and '' Caché''), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's ''Amélie''. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of ''The Mahabharata''. Filmography *1969: '' Paris n'existe pas'' (directed by Robert Benayoun) *1972: '' Les Camisards'' (directed by René Allio) - Moïse Plantat *1973: '' Le Mariage à la mode'' (directed by Michel Mardore) *1976: ''Le Petit Marcel'' (directed by Jacques Fansten) - Garcia *1976: '' Un éléphant ça trompe énormément'' (directed by Yves Robert) - Gonthier *1977: ''La Question'' (directed by Laurent Heynemann) - Vincent *1977: ''L'Animal'' (directed by Claude Zidi) - Le valet *1978: ''Dirty Dreamer'' (directed by Jean-Marie Périer) - Taupin *1978: '' Les Routes du sud'' (directed by Joseph Losey) - Garcia *1978: ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tlemcen
Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the port of Rachgoun. It had a population of 140,158 at the 2008 census, while the province had 949,135 inhabitants. Former capital of the central Maghreb, the city mixes Berbers, Berber, Arabs, Arab, Hispano-Moorish, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman, and Western influence on Africa, Western influences. From this mosaic of influences, the city derives the title of capital of Andalusian art in Algeria. According to the author Dominique Mataillet, various titles are attributed to the city including "the pearl of the Maghreb", "the African Granada" and "the Medina of the West". Etymology The name Tlemcen (''Tilimsān'') was given by the Zayyanid King Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan. One possible etymology is that it comes from a Berber languages, Berber word ''tilma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Fansten
Jacques Fansten (born 1946) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970. Selected filmography * '' Stadium Nuts'' (1972) * ''Little Marcel ''Little Marcel'' (french: Le Petit Marcel) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Jacques Fansten. Cast * Jacques Spiesser - Marcel * Isabelle Huppert - Yvette * Yves Robert - Commissaire Mancini * Michel Aumont - Taron * Pierre-Olivier Sc ...'' (1976) References External links * 1946 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film producers Writers from Paris {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I As In Icarus
''I as in Icarus'' (french: link=no, I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil. Selected cast *Yves Montand as Henri Volney *Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger *Roger Planchon as Prof. David Naggara *Pierre Vernier as Charly Feruda *Jacques Denis as Despaul *Georges Staquet as Le gardien de l'immeuble d'assassinat *Brigitte Lahaie as Ursula Hoffman Plot The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren Commission) refuses to agree to the commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation. Fictional state The action takes place in a fictional Western state wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raoul Ruiz
__NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul. Raoul may also refer to: Given name * Raoul Berger, American legal scholar * Raoul Bova, Italian actor * Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died 1320), grammarian * See Lament for the Makaris for Roull of Corstorphin and Roull of Aberdene; fifteenth-century poets * Raoul de Godewaersvelde, French singer * Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy; also known as Raoul, Duke of Burgundy (and later king of the Franks), son of Richard of Autun * Raoul Heertje, Dutch stand-up comedian * Raoul Moat, English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt * Raoul of Turenne or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840–866 * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) or Saint Raoul * Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian * Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), film director * Raoul, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Surname * Raoul (Byzantine family), Byzantin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vocation Suspendue
''The Suspended Vocation'' (french: La vocation suspendue) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is a free adaptation of the perverse theological 1950 novel of the same name by Pierre Klossowski.Goddard, Michael (2013). ''The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies'', Wallflower Press, pp. 39-45 Plot The film centers on a Dominican monk named Jérôme (played by one actor in colour and another actor in black-and-white) and his interactions with various higher-ups within the French Catholic Church. Cast * Didier Flamand as Jérôme # 1 * Pascal Bonitzer as Jérôme # 2 * Daniel Gélin as Malagrida * Édith Scob as Angélique * Gabriel Gascon as The father-confessor * Geneviève Mnich as Sister Théophile * Maurice Bénichou Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ('' Code inconnu'', '' Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Losey
Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom. Among the most critically and commercially successful were the films with screenplays by Harold Pinter: ''The Servant'' (1963) and ''The Go-Between'' (1971). Losey's 1976 film ''Monsieur Klein'' won the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. He was a four-time nominee for both the Palme d'Or (winning once) and the Golden Lion, and a two-time BAFTA nominee. Early life and career Joseph Walton Losey III was born on January 14, 1909, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he and Nicholas Ray were high-school classmates at La Crosse Central High School. He attended Dartmouth College and Harvard University, beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Périer
Jean-Marie Périer (born 1 February 1940) is a French photographer and film director. On 22 June 1963, the magazine '' Salut les copains'' organised a concert on Place de la Nation in Paris, with singers such as Johnny Hallyday, Richard Anthony, Eddy Mitchell and Frank Alamo. It attracted over 150,000 young people and raised their spirits, with the following day's issue of the journal ''Paris-Presse'' having the headline "Salut les voyous!" The photographer and friend of many singers who photographed the concert was Jean-Marie Périer. Filmography * 1970 : ''Tumuc Humac'', a film taking place in the Tumuk Humak Mountains, with Marc Porel, Dani, François Périer and André Pousse * 1973 : ', with Jacques Dutronc and Keith Carradine as John * 1973 : ''Témoignages'' (TV series) (episode : ''Un monstre''), with François Périer * 1978 : ''Dirty Dreamer'', with Jacques Dutronc and Lea Massari * 1980 : '' Téléphone public'' (screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Dreamer
''Dirty Dreamer'' (or Sale Rêveur) is a French drama film directed by Jean-Marie Périer. Plot A young man, who lives in a vacant lot with a band of misfits, invents a love story with an elegant young woman. Cast * Jacques Dutronc : Jérôme * Lea Massari : Joséphe * Jean Bouise : Robert * Maurice Bénichou Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke ('' Code inconnu'', '' Le Temps du Loup'', and '' Caché''), and ... : Taupin * Marthe Villalonga : Madame Taupin * Anémone : Colette * Dominique Bernard : Monsieur Taupin * Greg Germain : César * Nathalie Périer : Anne * Magali Clément : The Standardist * Caroline Loeb : The Waiter Accolades References External links * 1978 films 1978 drama films French drama films 1970s French-language films 1970s French films {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director for ''My New Partner'', for which he was also nominated for Best Writing. Filmography as director External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zidi, Claude 1934 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters Film directors from Paris Best Director César Award winners French people of Algerian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Animal
''L'Animal'' is a 1977 French action comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch. It was distributed in the United States by Analysis Film Releasing Corp under the title ''Stuntwoman''. Plot Mike Gauché (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a professional film stuntman who works with his fiancée Jane Gardner (Raquel Welch). However minutes before their long planned marriage they are called to perform a car stunt for a movie but it goes wrong, as a brake problem causes their car to fall and they end up in a hospital with bruises and broken legs. Exasperated by the behavior of her fiancé, Jane decides to leave. After his recovery Mike is no longer able to find work in the movie business and is forced to simulate mental retardation and to invent a family to receive Social Security benefits. One day his stuntman friend Santos asks him to replace him from time to time at his job which involves dressing up as a gorilla for advertising pasta at a supermarket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Heynemann
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Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planet (51) Nemausa *Laurent, South Dakota, a proposed town for the Deaf to be named for Laurent Clerc See also *Laurent series, in mathematics, representation of a complex function ''f(z)'' as a power series which includes terms of negative degree, named for Pierre Alphonse Laurent *Saint-Laurent (other) *Laurence (name), feminine form of "Laurent" *Lawrence (other) Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
