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Nicolas Errèra
Nicolas Errèra (born 21 May 1967) is a French composer and musician working all over the world. Co-founder of innovatives electronics groups Grand Popo Football Club and Rouge Rouge, he also composes soundtracks for films and television. Early life Nicolas Errèra comes from a family of artists. An only child, his father is a playwright and his mother a set designer. He was born in Paris. He majored in science to attain his baccalaureate and also studied philosophy. When he was a teenager he joined the group of the English theatre director Peter Brook, under whom he featured in 3 plays. Alongside his studies he took lessons in piano and composing at the École normale de musique de Paris, studying under Serge Petigirard (piano) and Max Deutsch (composing). Here he was awarded his first prize for composing. He also studied Harmony and Counterpoint with the composer Jeannine Richer . In 1998 he set up the electro pop group Grand Popo Football Club and in 2002 he created the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticky Fingers (2009 Film)
''Sticky Fingers'' (french: Les Doigts croches) is a 2009 Canadian film written and directed by Ken Scott. Plot Set in 1964, Donald Quintal (Patrice Robitaille) meets Father Padre Carmet (Jorge Sabate) at a missionary but is told by Carmet that he cannot be given the money. Donald begins his story that he was a part of ''The Panet Street Gang'' that was made up of six Montreal gangsters, and that four years ago, while they were in prison, they planned a bank heist. When the heist went awry, they all voted to give Jimmy the $2 million from the heist, seeing as he had devoted his life to God, on the condition of promising to share it when they all met again. Jimmy hid under the floor while the other five were taken away. When the five were released from prison, they met at a parish chapel near the Franco-Spanish border. Donald explained to the group that he had received a letter from Jimmy that they were to walk 830 km of the Camino pilgrimage to Santiago to get their share of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidden Man
''Hidden Man'' () is a 2018 Chinese action comedy film co-written and directed by Jiang Wen and starring Eddie Peng, Liao Fan, Jiang Wen, Zhou Yun, and Xu Qing. The film is an adaptation of Zhang Beihai's wuxia novel ''Xia Yin''. The film was released on July 13, 2018, in China. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast Production Wuxi Zizai Film and Television Company Limited bought the film rights to the wuxia novel ''Xia Yin'' () written by Zhang Beihai. The film became the third in a series, with two prequels, ''Let the Bullets Fly'' (2010) and ''Gone with the Bullets'' (2014). Filming locations included Xi'an, Beijing, and Yunnan. American actor Kevin Spacey was supposed to appear in a scene, but this was cut after Spacey's Kevin Spacey sexual misconduct allegations, sexual assault allegations came to light. Release On May 15, 2018, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busan International Film Festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), formerly the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from 13 to 21 September 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea. The main focus of the BIFF is to introduce new films and first-time directors, especially those from Asian countries. Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan (renamed Asian Project Market in 2011) was established to connect new directors to funding sources. The 16th BIFF in 2011 saw the festival move to a new permanent home, the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City. History 1990s * 1st Busan International Film Festival, 13–21 September 1996 : Films screened: 173 films from 31 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Cry
''Mountain Cry'' ( zh, 喊山) is a 2015 Chinese drama film directed by Larry Yang. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Ge Shuiping. ''''. Retrieved 4th October 2016 Synopsis Set in a remote village, the story begins with the sudden death of a husband and father whose family is new to the village's tight-knit traditional community. In the aftermath of that tragic event, the villagers come to know and understand the man's widow, a mysterious mute with a story to tell and the power to tell it wordlessly.Cast *Lang Yueting as Hong Xia *Wang Ziyi as Han Chong *Cheng Taishen *Yu Ailei as La Hong *Guo Jin *Xu Caigen as Qi Liu *Zhao ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connected (2008 Film)
''Connected'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong action film, and a remake of the 2004 American film ''Cellular'' co-written, produced and directed by Benny Chan. The film stars Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung and Liu Ye. ''Connected'' tells the story of Bob (Koo), a single father who receives a distressing phone call on his cellular phone from Grace Wong (Hsu), a woman who has been kidnapped by a gang of corrupt Interpol agents who have a hidden agenda. The film began development at Warner China Film HG, the Chinese production arm of Warner Bros., who felt that a remake of ''Cellular'' would reach out to Hong Kong's cell phone user population, and decided to hire Benny Chan to develop a screenplay for the film. Chan and his screenwriters spent two years working on the script. For ''Connected'', Chan wanted to improve on the previous film by making the characters and the situations in his remake seem more believable. Principal photography took place in Hong Kong. ''Connected'' was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaolin (film)
''Shaolin'' (also known title as ''The New Shaolin Temple'') is a 2011 Hong Kong - Chinese martial arts film directed by Benny Chan, who also produced with Albert Lee. It stars Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Fan Bingbing, Wu Jing, Yu Shaoqun, Xing Yu with a special appearance by Jackie Chan. The film's story is about a ruthless warlord who seeks refuge and redemption at Shaolin Temple after his second-in-command betrays him. The film was also released in Mandarin and Cantonese languages and was a commercial success. Plot The film is set in Dengfeng, Henan during the warlord era of early Republican China. Hou Jie, a ruthless warlord, defeats a rival, Huo Long, and seizes control of Dengfeng. Huo Long flees to Shaolin Temple to hide, but Hou Jie appears and shoots him after tricking him into giving up his treasure map. Hou Jie ridicules the Shaolin monks before leaving. Feeling that his sworn brother, Song Hu, is taking advantage of him, Hou sets a trap for Song in a restaurant under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Storm
''The White Storm'', formerly known as ''The Cartels War'' () is a 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese crime thriller film directed by Benny Chan and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo, and Nick Cheung. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival on 25 October 2013. A sequel titled '' The White Storm 2: Drug Lords'' was released on 16 July 2019, with Koo returning, Andy Lau joining the cast as well as producing and Herman Yau directing. Plot Ma Ho-tin, So Kin-chow and Cheung Tsz-wai are good brothers who grew up together. When they grew up, they were stationed in the Narcotics Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force. Among them, Chow has been undercover for a long time in the drug trafficking group. He can't live a normal life and make him extremely annoyed. Big brother A Tian and his detective brother A Wei often persuade him that he can return to the team after catching the last big drug lord. The high-level police force asked Aqiu to follow up to catch a long line t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Chan (film Director)
Benny Chan Muk-sing (; 24 October 1961 – 23 August 2020) was a Hong Kong film director, Film producer, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films such as ''A Moment of Romance'', ''Big Bullet'', ''Who Am I? (1998 film), Who Am I?'', ''Rob-B-Hood'', ''New Police Story'', ''Shaolin (film), Shaolin'', ''The White Storm'', ''Call of Heroes'', and ''Raging Fire (film), Raging Fire''. He was fluent in English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin and Standard Cantonese, Cantonese and was nominated for Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Best Director six times at the Hong Kong Film Awards, include ''Big Bullet'', ''Heroic Duo'', ''New Police Story'', ''Connected (2008 film), Connected'', ''The White Storm'' and ''Raging Fire (film), Raging Fire''. His last film, ''Raging Fire'', earned him Best Director award at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards and the film went on to win Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, Best Film award at the ceremony. Benny Chan d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. Life and career His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's ''Les Fourberies de Scapin''. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in '' Les Branquignols''. His first film was ''Ah! Les belles bacchantes'', starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller '' Les diaboliques'', starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play '' La cage aux folles'', written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butterfly (2002 Film)
The Butterfly (French: Le Papillon) in original French, is a film by Philippe Muyl starring Michel Serrault and Claire Bouanich. Synopsis Julien, (Serrault) an aging widower, is a passionate butterfly collector. Elsa, (Claire Bouanich) an eight-year-old girl, lives with her mother, a very young woman named Isabelle, who have both just moved into Julien's apartment building. The mother is usually away, leaving her daughter alone for long periods of time, and Elsa starts visiting a reluctant Julien. One day, Julien decides to go to the Vercors plateau The Vercors Massif is a range in France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains straddling the ''départements'' of Isère and Drôme in the French Prealps. It lies west of the Dauphiné Alps, from which it is separated by the rivers Drac ... in search of a rare butterfly called Isabelle which can live for only 72 hours. Elsa decides to join his adventure without telling him, and hides in his car. During the search Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
