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Michel Galabru
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for '' Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. He is also well known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in ''Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez'', ''Le gendarme se marie'', ''Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres'', '' Le gendarme en balade'', ''Le gendarme à New York'', ''Le gendarme et les gendarmettes'', ''Le petit baigneur'', ''L'avare'', '' Jo (film)'' and '' Nous irons a Deauville'' (with Michel Serrault). He worked with the actors Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault in '' La Cage aux Folles'', ''La Cage aux Folles II'', and '' La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding''; and ''Le viager''. Selected filmography Awards In 1977, Galabru received a César for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joseph Bouvier in Bertrand Tavernier's ''The Judge and the Assassin ''The Judge and the Assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safi, Morocco
Safi or Asfi ( ar, آسفي, ʾāsafī; ber, ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, asfi) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Asfi Province. It recorded a population of 308,508 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The city was occupied by the Portuguese Empire from 1488 to 1541, was the center of Morocco's weaving industry, and became a ''fortaleza'' of the Portuguese Crown in 1508. Safi is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was the site of Operation Blackstone, one of the landing sites for Operation Torch. Etymology The city's name as it is locally pronounced is "Asfi", which was Latinized as "Safi" and "Safim" under Portuguese rule. "Asfi" means ''flood'' or ''river estuary'' in Berber and comes from the Berber verbal root "ffey/sfi/sfey" which means ''to flood'', ''to spill'' or ''to pour''. 11th-century geographer Al-Idrisi gave an apparently false explanat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'avare
''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. The play The play was first produced when Molière's company was under the protection of Louis XIV. It was loosely based on the Latin comedy ''Aulularia'' by Plautus, from which many incidents and scraps of dialogue are borrowed, as well as from contemporary Italian farces. The miser of the title is called Harpagon, a name adapted from the Greek ἁρπάγη pronounced ''harpágay'', meaning a hook or grappling iron (ἁρπάγη < ἁρπάζω = grab). He is obsessed with the wealth he has amassed and always ready to save expenses. Now a widower, he has a son, Cléante, and a daughter, Élise. Although he is over sixty, he is attempting to arrange a marriage between himself and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of The Buttons (1962 Film)
''La Guerre des boutons'' or ''War of the Buttons'' is a 1962 French film directed by Yves Robert. War of the Buttons is about two rival kid gangs whose playful combats escalate into violence. The title derives from the buttons that are cut off from the rival team's clothes as combat trophies. The film is based on '' La Guerre des boutons'', a novel by Louis Pergaud (1882–1915), who was killed in action in World War I and whose works portray a fervent anti-militarism. The young and largely untrained actors included André Treton ("Lebrac"), Michel Isella ("l'Aztec") and Martin Lartigue ("Petit Gibus"). The character Petit Gibus's line of dialogue - uttered in frustration - "si j'aurais su, j'aurais pas v'nu" ("if I woulda known, I wouldn'ta come"), with its incorrect grammar (the correct form should be: "si j''avais'' su, je ne ''serais'' pas venu") has become a familiar tagline in France (the line was not in the original novel). The film won France's Prix Jean Vigo. The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fayette (film)
''La Fayette'' is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence. Cast * Michel Le Royer - Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, La Fayette * Howard St. John - George Washington * Orson Welles - Benjamin Franklin * Pascale Audret Pascale Audret (12 October 1935, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 17 July 2000) was a French actress who was most active during the 1950s through the 1960s. Career While she starred in over 25 films between 1955 and 1968, her success never crossed over int ... - Adrienne de La Fayette * Jack Hawkins - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, General Cornwallis * Liselotte Pulver - Marie Antoinette * Folco Lulli - Le Boursier * Wolfgang Preiss - Johann de Kalb, Baron Kalb * Edmund Purdom - Silas Deane * Georges Rivière - Charles Gravier, comte de Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Rififi Chez Les Femmes
''Du rififi chez les femmes'' ("The Riff Raff Girls") is a French-Italian film directed by Alex Joffé and released in 1959. Plot In Brussels, rival criminal gangs confront each other. One is led by Vicky, proprietor of a nightclub on a barge; the other by Bug, who wants to reign over the lucrative nightlife business. Vicky and her gang, who are planning a bank raid, are going to see their plans confounded by Bug. In effect, he is being manipulated by a police officer who forces him to help break up a drug trafficking deal in return for keeping his residence in Belgium. Bug and Yoko will strongly compromise the bank raid, believing that it is linked to the drugs. Book The film is based on the Auguste Le Breton novel, ''Du rififi chez les femmes'', published in 1957 and reprinted in 2010.Éditions Plon web siteDu rififi chez les femmes(accessed 11 February 2012) Production * Director: Alex Joffé * Screenplay: Alex Joffé, José Giovanni, Gabriel Arout, James-Jacques Mage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indestructible (film)
''The Indestructible'' (French: ''L'increvable'') is a 1959 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Darry Cowl, Line Renaud and Michel Galabru.Goble p.811 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Giordani. Cast * Darry Cowl as Hippolyte * Line Renaud as Liliane Robustal * Michel Galabru as Augustin Robustal * René Havard as Loulou * Patricia Karim as L'aviatrice * Robert Rollis as L'agent d'assurances * Lucien Raimbourg as Mr. Boudoux * Roland Armontel as Pivois * Francis Blanche as Francis Blanchard * François Marié * Jacques Mancier * Tania Miller * Gisèle André * Jack Ary Jack Ary (1919–1974) was a French film and television actor.Arnaud p.278 Selected filmography * '' My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Un pensionnaire de l'hôtel (uncredited) * '' Massacre in Lace'' (1952) - Un danseur (uncredited) * ''Monsieur ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife, My Cow And Me
My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Marketing year, variable period * Model year, product identifier Transport * Motoryacht * Motor Yacht, a name prefix for merchant vessels * Midwest Airlines (Egypt), IATA airline designation * MAXjet Airways, United States, defunct IATA airline designation Other uses * ''My'', the genitive form of the English pronoun ''I'' * Malaysia, ISO 3166-1 country code ** .my, the country-code top level domain (ccTLD) * Burmese language (ISO 639 alpha-2) * Megalithic Yard, a hypothesised, prehistoric unit of length * Million years See also * MyTV (other) * µ ("mu"), a letter of the Greek alphabet * Mi (other) * Me (other) * Myself (other) ''Myself'' is a reflexive pronoun in English. Myself may also refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Viager
''Le Viager'' is a French comedy film directed by Pierre Tchernia. It was released in 1972, adapted from a script by René Goscinny, the creator of the Asterix comics. Plot In 1930 in Paris, Dr Léon Galipeau examines 59-year-old Louis Martinet. Convinced that his patient has a maximum of two years to live, Galipeau convinces his brother Emile to use a 'viager' (life annuity) to buy Martinet's lovely country house in the fishing village of Saint-Tropez (at the time, St-Tropez was not the world renowned destination it is today). The 'viager' is a French system whereby someone buys a house from a person, repaying them by instalments until the person's death, only upon which the house finally transfers to the buyer. Thanks to Martinet's declining health, the Galipeau expect to not pay for long and get his house for cheap. Thinking Dr Galipeau is right, despite the fact that the doctor is always wrong whenever he says something (a running gag throughout the movie), Emile, under the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding
The Wedding may refer to: Books and plays * ''The Wedding'' (Sparks novel), a 2003 romance novel by Nicholas Sparks * ''The Wedding'' (Steel novel), a 2000 romance novel by Danielle Steel * ''The Wedding!'' (comics), ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #21 * ''Les Noces barbares'' (''The Wedding''), a 1985 novel by Yann Queffélec (winner of Prix Goncourt) * ''The Wedding'', a 1968 novel ''Dasma'' by Ismail Kadare * ''The Wedding'', a romance novel by Julie Garwood * ''The Wedding'', a novel by Dorothy West Theatre * ''The Wedding'' (1629 play), a Caroline era stage play by James Shirley * ''The Wedding'' (1901 play) (''Wesele''), a Polish play by Stanisław Wyspiański * ''The Wedding'' (Chekhov play), a play by Anton Chekhov Film and television Film * ''The Wedding'' (1944 film), a Russian film directed by Isidor Annensky * ''The Wedding'' (1972 film), a Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda * ''The Wedding'' (2000 film), a French-Russian film directed by Pavel Lung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cage Aux Folles II
''La Cage aux Folles II'' is a 1980 French comedy film and the sequel to 1978's '' La Cage aux Folles''. It is directed by Édouard Molinaro and stars Michel Serrault as Albin (stage name ZaZa), the female impersonator star of a gay night-club revue, and Ugo Tognazzi as Renato, his partner of over 20 years. Plot A spy plants a capsule of microfilm on Albin and from then on spies and government agents pursue him. Albin and Renato travel to Italy to hide at Renato's mother's farm. At each point along the way, we see the straight world's reaction to Albin. Cast * Michel Serrault as Albin Mougeotte/ZaZa Napoli * Ugo Tognazzi as Renato Baldi * Marcel Bozzuffi as Broca, chief of the government agents * Michel Galabru as Simon Charrier * Paola Borboni as Mrs. Baldi, Renato's mother * Benny Luke as Jacob, Renato and Albin's housekeeper * Giovanni Vettorazzo as Milan * Glauco Onorato as Luigi * Roberto Bisacco as Ralph * Gianrico Tondinelli as Walter * Giorgio Cerioni as Gunther * Nazzare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cage Aux Folles (film)
''La Cage aux folles'' (, English: "The Cage of Madwomen"; also released as ''Birds of a Feather'') is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a gay couple operating a drag nightclub in a French resort town, Rémi Laurent as the former's son, and Michel Galabru and Carmen Scarpitta as his new fiancée's ultra-conservative parents. The French-language picture was a Franco-Italian co-production by United Artists. This was the first film adaptation of Poiret's play, which was later adapted into the 1996 American film ''The Birdcage''. The film was released in Italy on October 20, 1978 and in France on October 25. It was a considerable commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing foreign-language films released in the United States of all time. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for three Oscars: Best Director (Molinaro), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk for an insurance company. After his return to his native city in 1936, he worked in a cured meats production plant where he achieved the position of accountant. During World War II, he was inducted into the Army and returned home after the Armistice of 8 September 1943, and joined the Brigate Nere for a while. His passion for theater and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he organized shows for his fellow soldiers. In 1945, he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris. A few years later, he formed his own successful musical revue company. Career In 1950, Tognazzi made his cinematic debut in ''I cadetti di Guascogna'' directed by Mario Mattoli. The following year, he me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
