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Myriam Boyer
Myriam Boyer (born 23 May 1948) is a French actress. She appeared in more than eighty films and television shows since 1970. At the age of 18, she married with whom she had a son, Clovis Cornillac. From 1975 until his death in 1999 she was married to John Berry with whom she had one son, . Filmography Theater References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyer, Myriam 1948 births Living people French film actresses Actresses from Lyon French television actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Cannes Film Festival
The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. '' Ismael's Ghosts'', directed by French director Arnaud Desplechin, was the opening film for the festival. The festival celebrated its 70th edition. In late March 2017, the official poster of the festival was revealed featuring Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. The actress responded, "'I am honoured and proud to be flying the flag for the 70th Festival de Cannes, and delighted with this choice of photo. It's the image I myself have of the Festival, of an event that illuminates everything around … Happy anniversary!" The Palme d'Or was awarded to the Swedish film, '' The Square'' directed by Ruben Östlund, which also served as the closing night film of the festival. Juries Main competition *Pedro Almodóvar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Vicas
Victor Vicas (25 March 1918 – 9 December 1985) was a Russian-born French film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Wayward Bus'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1983 he directed all thirty six episodes of the French TV series ''The Tiger Brigades''. Selected filmography * '' Dreams That Money Can Buy'' (1947, director: Hans Richter) - cinematographer * '' No Way Back'' (1953) - director * '' A Double Life'' (1954) - director * ''Master of Life and Death'' (1955) - director * ''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (1956) - director * ''The Wayward Bus'' (1957) - director * '' Count Five and Die'' (1957) - director * ''Amour de poche'' (1957, director: Pierre Kast) - actor * ' (1959) - director * '' Jons und Erdme'' (1959) - director * '' Two Among Millions'' (1961) - director; co-director: Wieland Liebske * '' Stop Train 349'' (1963, director: Rolf Hädrich) - translation to English * ''Jack and Jenny ''Jack and Jenny'' (german: J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Lang
Michel Lang (9 June 1939 – 24 April 2014) was a French film and television director, best remembered for his comedy films in the late 1970s and 1980s. After 1990, he directed predominantly for French television. Filmography * 1964 : '' Un tout autre visage'' * 1976 : ''À nous les petites Anglaises'' with Sophie Barjac and Rémi Laurent * 1977 : '' Une fille cousue de fil blanc'' with Aude Landry and Serge Reggiani * 1978 : '' L'Hôtel de la plage'' with Sophie Barjac and Myriam Boyer * 1980 : '' Tous vedettes'' with Leslie Caron * 1981 : '' On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus'' with Sabine Azéma and Georges Beller * 1982 : '' Le Cadeau'' with Pierre Mondy and Claudia Cardinale * 1984 : '' L'Étincelle'' * 1985 : ''À nous les garçons'' with Sophie Carle and Franck Dubosc * 1987 : ''Club de rencontres'' with Francis Perrin and Jean-Paul Comart * 1991 : '' Duplex'' (TV) * 1991 : ''Mascarade'' (TV) * 1992 : '' Le Fils d'un autre'' (TV) * 1992 : '' Softwar'' ('' Mord im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday Hotel
''Holiday Hotel'' ( French title:''L'Hôtel de la plage'') is a 1978 French comedy film directed and written by Michel Lang. The film stars Sophie Barjac and Myriam Boyer on a summer holiday in Brittany. Cast Controversy The uncensored broadcast of the movie by TV5 Monde TV5Monde (), formerly known as TV5, is a French public television network, broadcasting several channels of French-language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union. The network is available acros ... on 7 June 2015 in Indonesia led to the banning of the channel by Indonesian authority. References External links *Turner Classic Movies overview 1978 films 1970s sex comedy films Films set in hotels Films set on beaches French sex comedy films 1970s French-language films Films about vacationing 1978 comedy films Films directed by Michel Lang 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Barma
Claude Barma (3 November 1918, in Nice – 30 August 1992, in Paris), was a French director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes. Biography After studying electrical engineering, he entered television in 1946 with the drama ''Chambre 34'', his directorial debut. On 24 February 1950, he produced the first live French television show by transmitting part of Marivaux's ''Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard'' and the ''Comédie-Française''. His first series followed in 1950, ''Agence Nostradamus'', which was also the first series on French television. In 1955, he staged a trial court scripted by Peter Desgraupes and Dumayet Peter (producers of the series). ''En votre âme et conscience'' was an original series, designed for small-screen drama, taking place entirely in a court where the camera filmed uninterrupted. In 1959, the television drama ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' was adapted by Barma for live transmission, with the role of D'Artagnan played by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Jean Pierre Lefebvre (; born 17 August 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers. Biography Jean Pierre Lefebvre studied literature at the University of Montréal and taught for two years at the Jesuit-run Loyola College in Montreal (now part of Concordia University). He began writing as a film critic, first for ''Quartier Latin'', then for ''Séquences'' and '' Objectif''. He directed his first film, a short drama, then three independent features. He joined the National Film Board of Canada and made two films, including the 1968 feature '' My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette)'', co-starring Raôul Duguay and produced by Clément Perron. Lefebvre was then asked to head the NFB's French-language fiction studio. He began its ''Premières Oeuvres'' series, designed to make low-budget shorts and features. Four features and a number of shorts were produced within a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
''The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died'' (french: Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) is a 1977 French-Canadian feature from Jean Pierre Lefebvre. The second film in his Abel Gagné trilogy, preceded by '' Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça)'' in 1967 and followed by '' Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)'' in 1998, the film follows Abel (Marcel Sabourin) on a journey to France to visit the land of his ancestors. Synopsis Abel leaves Montreal for a visit to France, the country of his ancestors. In Paris he encounters several people, from a taxi-driver to a ''haute bourgeoisie'' family. He visits Jeanne (Myriam Boyer), a young widow who lives with her daughter (Viviane Lesser) and works in a garment factory. When Jeanne’s mother hangs herself they leave for Charleville, their hometown and Rimbaud's birthplace, where Abel meets Jeanne’s drunkard father (Roger Blin). Abel leaves for the Cote d’Azur where he meets Anne (Anouk Ferjac), a children’s court judge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Féret
René Féret (26 May 1945 – 28 April 2015) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film '' Solemn Communion'', was entered into the . In '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' (''L'Homme qui n'était pas là ''), his 1987 film adaption of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solemn Communion
''Solemn Communion'' (french: La Communion solennelle) is a 1977 French comedy-drama film directed by René Féret. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Christian Drillaud as Young Charles Gravet * Claude Bouchery as Jules Ternolain * Isabelle Caillard as Young Josette Dauchy * Patrick Fierry as Young François Dauchy * Véronique Silver as Josette Dauchy at 40 * Marcel Dalio as Old Charles Gravet * Myriam Boyer as Léone Gravet * Manuel Strosser as Julien III Gravet * André Marcon as Lucien Gravet * Marief Guittier as Julie Ternolain at 25 * Claude-Emile Rosen as Honore Dauchy * René Féret as Julien I Gravet at 30 * Andrée Tainsy as Charlotte * Roland Amstutz as Raoul L'Homme, le fils naturel de François * Monique Mélinand as Julie Ternolain at 45 * Vincent Pinel as Leon Gravet * Ariane Ascaride as Palmyre * Yveline Ailhaud as Marie * Eric Lebel as Julien I Gravet as child * Nathalie Baye as Jeanne Vanderberghe * Gérard Chaillou as Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies in London, he continued feeling drawn to film. Film career Tanner found work at the British Film Institute in 1955, subtitling, translating, and organizing the archive. His first film, ''Nice Time'' (1957), a short documentary film about Piccadilly Circus during weekend evenings, was made with Claude Goretta. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown as part of the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in May 1957. The debut film won a prize at the film festival in Venice and much critical praise. Tanner went to France for a while where he assisted with several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Who Will Be 25 In The Year 2000
''Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000'' (french: Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) is a 1976 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. The location of the shooting was Geneva. The film follows the lives of couples in the wake of the social and political tumult of May 1968 in France, the various people including a history professor, a trade unionist and a bohemian. Cast * Jean-Luc Bideau as Max * Myriam Boyer as Mathilde * Raymond Bussières as Charles * Jacques Denis as Marco Perly * Roger Jendly as Marcel Certoux * Dominique Labourier as Marguerite Certoux * as Madeleine * Miou-Miou as Marie * Rufus as Mathieu Vernier Reception The film was favourably reviewed by Pauline Kael in ''The New Yorker'': "The whole film is designed as a collection of little routines. ''Jonah'' is so ingeniously constructed that one can enjoy it the way one enjoyed Renoir's egalitarian films of the thirties, relating to each character in turn." The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Héroux
Denis Héroux, (; July 15, 1940 – December 10, 2015) was a Canadian film director and producer. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the older brother of prolific Quebec film and television producer Claude Héroux. Héroux wanted to become a teacher when he collaborated with Denys Arcand and Stéphane Venne on the 1962 film about life as a student, '' Alone or with Others (Seul ou avec d’autres)''. That year he went on to become a teacher and for the next six years, in addition to teaching, he also wrote two history books and continued to direct. By the late 1960s Héroux had become one of the most successful independent filmmakers with hits like 1968's ''Valérie'' and '' Here and Now (L'Initiation)'' in 1970. In 1975, riding the success of several other popular features he directed, such as the swashbuckler ''Quelques arpents de neige'' (1973), he became involved in co-production projects and big-budget Quebec features as partner with his wife Justine Héroux in Cinà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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