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Muriel Robin
Muriel Robin (born 2 August 1955) is a French actress and comedian. She won an International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2007 and received a nomination for a César Award in 2001 and six nominations for a Molière Award. Early years Muriel Robin is the youngest of three children of Antoine Robin and Aimée Rimbaud, who owned shoe-shops in Montbrison. She had two sisters, Nydia and Martine. In 1960, the family moved to Saint-Étienne. When she was very young, she liked to make people laugh and dreamed of becoming a singer. After a lacklustre school career and a love of parties, she ended up failing her Baccalaureate twice in a row. Unsure of which career to follow, she started to sell shoes in one of the family's three shops, without being really motivated. In 1977, aged 22, she left Saint-Étienne for Paris, taking a course in dramatic arts at Cours Florent, the entry college for the National Superior Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, in Paris. She left as Conservatory Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basankusu
Basankusu is a town in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main town and administrative centre of the Basankusu Territory. In 2004, it had an estimated population of 23,764. It has a gravel airstrip, covered and open markets, a hospital, and three cellphone networks, the first of which was installed in 2006. The town is also known as a centre for bonobo conservation efforts. Despite such developments, most inhabitants live at a subsistence level: hunting, fishing, keeping chickens and keeping a vegetable plot. In 2010, the workers at the local palm plantation would earn an average monthly salary of $40 (US dollars), most others would have much less. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tcherniakowski (29 January 1928 – 8 October 2016), better known as Pierre Tchernia, was a French cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. In France he was known as ''"Magic" Tchernia'' and ''Monsieur Cinema''. Early life Born in Paris as Pierre Tcherniakowski, he was the youngest of four children. His father, a Ukrainian immigrant, was an engineer and his mother a seamstress. He grew up in Courbevoie. In 1940, at age 12, he saw John Ford's Western ''Stagecoach'' and was inspired to work in cinema. After graduation, he enrolled in a film and photography technical school, and then joined the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies. Career He was part of the creation of the first televised news in France in 1949 and was an early French news presenter. In 1955 he became a producer of animation (with a heavy influence from the early animation of Walt Disney). For many years he hosted a television game show of movie trivia, ''Monsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series ''Les Misérables'' with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is '' Balzac: A Passionate Life'' (1999) and ''Cet amour-là'' (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and '' Raspoutine'' (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; , ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maïwenn
Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. She is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French and Algerian descent. Her Algerian ancestry comes from her maternal grandfather. Maïwenn's stage mother pressured her to act at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Maïwenn in her one-woman shows ''Le Pois Chiche'' (''The Chickpea'') and ''I'm an Actress''. Career Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress—notably as "Elle, as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the 1983 hit film ''L'été meurtrier'' (''One Deadly Summer''). Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in 1993, Maïwenn interrupted her career for several years. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ball Of The Actresses
''All About Actresses'' (french: Le Bal des actrices), also known as ''The Actress' Ball'', is a 2009 French mockumentary film directed by Maïwenn. The title is a reference to the film directed by Roman Polanski, ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' (''Le Bal des vampires''). Cast * Jeanne Balibar : Herself * Romane Bohringer : Herself * Julie Depardieu : Herself * Mélanie Doutey : Herself * Marina Foïs : Herself * Estelle Lefébure : Herself * Maïwenn : Herself * Linh Dan Pham : Herself * Charlotte Rampling : Herself * Muriel Robin : Herself * Karole Rocher : Herself * Karin Viard : Herself * Joey Starr : Himself * Yvan Attal : Himself * Jacques Weber : Himself * Pascal Greggory : Himself * Bertrand Blier : Himself * Christine Boisson : The drama teacher * Marilyne Canto : Marina's director * Charlotte Valandrey : Yvan's casting director * Nina Morato : Marina's casting director * Laurent Bateau : Marina's doctor * Boris Terral : The actor with Jeanne * Samir Guesmi : Jen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Haut, Musée Bas
''A Day at the Museum'' (french: Musée haut, musée bas; ) is a 2008 French ensemble comedy film directed by Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed .... Plot The museum seen as a microcosm. This is both a theater, with its stage and behind the scenes, and an anthill with his queen (Conservative), his soldiers (guards) her workers (handlers) and aphids (visitors). Cast References External links * 2008 films 2008 comedy films French comedy films 2000s French-language films 2000s French films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Faure (director)
Christian Faure (born 1954) is a French screenwriter and film director. Filmography References External links * 1954 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French-language film directors {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Besnard
Marie Besnard (15 August 1896 – 14 February 1980), also known as 'The Good Lady of Loudun', was an accused serial poisoner in the mid-20th century. Besnard was first charged with multiple murder on July 21, 1949, under her maiden name, Marie Joséphine Philippine Davaillaud. After three trials lasting over ten years (the first held in Poitiers), Besnard was finally freed in 1954, then acquitted on December 12, 1961. The case attracted widespread attention throughout the country and remains one of the most enigmatic in modern French legal history. Early life Born in Loudun, France, Marie married her cousin, Auguste Antigny, in 1920. The marriage lasted until his death from pleurisy on July 21, 1927 (Antigny was known to suffer from tuberculosis). When his body was eventually exhumed, 60 mg of arsenic were found in his remains. In 1928, Marie married Léon Besnard. Suspicious deaths When Léon Besnard's parents inherited family wealth, the couple invited them to mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poisoner
''The Poisoner'' or ''Marie Besnard, l'empoisonneuse'' is a 2006 French-Belgium drama television film directed by Christian Faure. It stars Muriel Robin as Marie Besnard and it was broadcast on TF1 in 2006. Plot In 1947, in Loudun, Mary and Leon Besnard celebrate with their friends, eighteen years of marriage. Marie surprising gestures moved between Leo and her best friend, Louise. Soon after, Leo gets sick and dies. Louise confided to a friend that Leo was convinced he was poisoned by his wife. In Paris, Simone Roulier, a trainee journalist, decides to cover the case. Cast * Muriel Robin as Marie Besnard * Mélanie Bernier as Simone Roulier * Olivier Saladin as Auguste Leclerc * Grégory Fitoussi as Monsieur Vidal * Marie-Hélène Lentini as Madame Rossignol * Mado Maurin as Madame Davaillaud * Maurice Antoni as Frédéric Joliot-Curie Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (; ; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist and husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, with who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coline Serreau
Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as the circus. Career In 1970, she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973. Her first film, the documentary film ''Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent?'' (1978), literally: ''But What Is It That They Want?'', was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public. Her biggest commercial success was the comedy film ''Three Men and a Cradle'' (''Trois hommes et un couffin''; 1985), for which she received three César Awards in 1986. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1986, her first drama for the stage ''Lapin Lapin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bécassine
''Bécassine'' is a French comic strip and the name of its heroine, appearing for the first time in the first issue of ''La Semaine de Suzette'' on February 2, 1905. She is considered one of the first female protagonists in the history of French comics. ''Bécassine'' is one of the most enduring French comics of all time, iconic in its home country, and with a long history in syndication and publication. Character The character Bécassine is a young Breton housemaid, usually depicted wearing a green dress pastiching traditional Breton peasant costume, with lace coiffe and clogs. She is said to come from Finistère, the area most associated with traditional Breton culture. However, her clothing has non-Breton elements, reminiscent of the local costume of Picardy. She is usually portrayed without a mouth. Seen as a stereotype and remnant of the contempt with which the Bretons were long seen, she is the typical provincial girl as seen by the more refined city people of Paris, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Award For Best Actress
The César Award for Best Actress (french: César de la meilleure actrice, link=no) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ''Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma'' to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the French film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via a run-off voting by all the members of the Académie. History Superlatives As of 2019, 82 actresses have been nominated in the category, with a total of 34 different winners. The average age at first nomination is 36 and the average age of winners at first win is 39. With five wins (1982, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2010), Isabelle Adjani has the most Best Actress Césars. Six actresses have won two Best Actress Césars: Romy Schneider (1976, 1979), Sabine Azéma (1985, 1987), Catherine Deneuve (1981, 1993), Nathalie Baye (1983, 2006), Yolande Moreau (2005, 2009) and Isabelle Huppert (1996, 2017). Adjani also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
