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Pardonnez-moi
''Pardonnez-moi'' () is a 2006 French film written and directed by Maïwenn, starring Maïwenn, Pascal Greggory, Hélène de Fougerolles, and Aurélien Recoing. The film was retitled ''Forgive Me'' for the English-language international market. In 2007, ''Pardonnez-moi'' received two nominations for César Awards, France's most prestigious film awards, for Best First Feature Film and Most Promising Actress. Synopsis A future mother, Violette, confronts camera in hand with a family secret inspired by her life: her incestuous relationship with her stepfather Paul (Aurélien Recoing), the biological father from her sister Nadia (Mélanie Thierry), whom she will end up wanting both as a father, and as a lover. The film also evokes the nymphomania and the mythomania of her mother, Lola (Marie-France Pisier), the abuse inflicted by her father, Dominique (Pascal Greggory), the identification with her sister, Billy (Hélène de Fougerolles) and the narcissism of her spouse, Alex (Yanni ... [...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] |
César Award For Most Promising Actress
The César Award for Most Promising Actress (french: César du meilleur espoir féminin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a young 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, within a group of 16 actresses previously shortlisted by the Révélations Committee. In English, the award is variously referred to as "Breakthrough performance, actress" or "Newcomer, female". Winners and nominees Following the AATC's practice, the films below are listed by year of ceremony, which corresponds to the year following the film's year of release. For example, the César Award for Most Promising Actress of 2010 was awarded on 27 February 2010 for a performance in a film released between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. As with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélien Recoing
Aurélien Recoing (born 5 May 1958) is a French actor and stage director. Personal life Aurélien Recoing is the son of (puppeteer), and the brother of (director and translator), Blaise Recoing (actor and musician), and David Recoing (pianist, composer). Born in Paris on May 5, 1958, Aurélien Recoing began training to be an actor in 1974 at Cours Florent, and studied at Quartier d'Ivry. In 1977, the actor-in-training, who spoke fluent English and a little Russian, joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where he studied under Jean-Pierre Miquel and Antoine Vitez. He has appeared in more than 30 plays and has directed stage performances of works by Thomas Bernhard, Fernando Pessoa and Paul Claudel. He was awarded the in 1989. In 1980, Aurélien Recoing took his first steps into the world of cinema, in ''Exploits of a Young Don Juan''. Finding art-house cinema appealing to him, he worked with Philippe Garrel on ''Emergency Kisses'' (''Les baiser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Mirwais Ahmadzaï (born 23 October 1960), known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl. He met Madonna in the late 1990s, when he submitted a demo to her then record label, Maverick Records. Life and career Early life Mirwais Ahmadzaï was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. The family lived in Kabul, Afghanistan for a while before relocating to Paris. Taxi Girl and Juliette et les indépendants Resultantly becoming known in France for this reason for the better part of two decades, Mirwais was a guitarist in the punk group Taxi Girl for eight years, before forming the acoustic outfit "Juliette et les Indépendants" with his then-girlfriend Juliette. Taxi Girl's first EP, "(S.O.S Mannequin)", was released in early 1980 on Pathé Marconi/EMI. "For a teenager, the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-France Pisier
Marie-France Pisier (10 May 194424 April 2011) was a French actress, screenwriter, and director. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Pisier was born in Dalat, Viet Nam, where her father was serving as a colonial official in French Indochina. Her younger brother, Gilles Pisier, is a mathematician and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Her sister, political scientist Evelyn, was the first wife of Bernard Kouchner, a French politician and the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières. The family moved to Paris when Marie-France was 12 years old. Career Five years later, Pisier made her screen acting debut for director François Truffaut in his 1962 film ''Antoine and Colette''. She had a brief but incendiary romance with the older, married Truffaut. Despite its end, she later appeared in Truffaut's ''Stolen Kisses'' (''Baisers volés'', 1968) and '' Love on the Run'' (''L'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Award For Best First Feature Film
The César Award for Best First Feature Film (french: César du meilleur premier film) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1982. It was originally named the César Award for Best Debut (César de la meilleure première œuvre in French) between 1982 and 1999, and César Award for Best Debut in Fiction (César de la meilleure première œuvre de fiction) until 2005, when it has been renamed again in 2006 to its current name. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Lumières Award for Best First Film * Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film * French Syndicate of Cinema Critics — Best First Film *Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film The Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film ( French: Magritte du meilleur premier film) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux The Académie André Delvaux is a Belgium, Belgian professional organisation dedicated to th ... References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Gardette
Laure Gardette (born 1969) is a French film editor. Gardette was born in Lentigny. She has edited such films as ''Polisse ''Polisse'' (released at some film festivals as ''Poliss'', ) is a 2011 French crime drama film written, directed by and starring Maïwenn. It also stars Joeystarr, Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Emmanuelle Bercot and Riccard ...'' (for which she won a César Award), '' In the House'' and '' Young & Beautiful''. Filmography External links * Living people French film editors 1969 births French women film editors {{film-editor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Mathon
Claire Mathon (born 1975) is a French cinematographer. Her work includes '' The Queen of Hearts'', '' Going South'', and ''Stranger by the Lake''. Mathon photographed '' Portrait of a Lady on Fire'', for which she received a César Award for Best Cinematography. Career She studied film at the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière and graduated in 1998. Since then, she has worked on several short films, documentaries and feature films. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Cinematography for the film ''Stranger by the Lake''. In 2019, Mathon won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography for her work on the films ''Atlantics'' and '' Portrait of a Lady on Fire''. Mathon also won the Lumières Award for Best Cinematography and the César Award for Best Cinematography The following are the winners of the César Award for Best Cinematography ( French: ''César de la meilleure photographie''). Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène De Fougerolles
Hélène Christine Marie Rigoine de Fougerolles (; born 25 February 1973) is a French actress who was twice nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress (known as the French Oscar) for Arthur Joffé's ''Let There Be Light'' (1998) and Jacques Rivette's '' Va savoir'' (2001) for which she was also awarded the Prix Romy Schneider. de Fougerolles spent the first phase of her career in auteur cinema appearing in such films as Jean-Pierre Mocky's ''Le Mari de Léon'' (1992), Patrice Chéreau's ''La Reine Margot'' (1994), Cédric Klapisch's '' Le Péril jeune'' (1994), Philippe Harel's ''The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed'' alongside Marion Cotillard, Mathieu Kassovitz's ''Assassin(s)'' (1997) or Baltasar Kormákur's ''The Sea'' (2002). She played Madame de Pompadour twice, in ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (2003) alongside Penélope Cruz and Robin Davis' '' Jeanne Poisson'' (2006). As of 2021, she has starred in more than 60 cinema, television and stage productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC System to differentiate it from its flagship, UNC-Chapel Hill. The university system has a total enrollment of 244,507 students as of fall 2021. UNC campuses conferred 62,930 degrees in 2020–2021, the bulk of which were at the bachelor's level, with 44,309 degrees awarded. In 2008, the UNC System conferred over 75% of all baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. History Foundations Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of three schools to claim the title of oldest public university in the United States. It closed from 1871 to 1875, faced with serious financial and enrollment problems during the Reconstruction era. In 1877, the state of North Carolina began sponsoring additional higher education inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télérama
''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is deputy editor for digital. Valérie Hurier is deputy editor for print. History and profile ''Télérama'' was established in 1947. Its founder was the Christian journalist Georges Montaron. The magazine had been published by Hachette Filipacchi until 2001 when it began to be published by Quebecor World Inc. The magazine has been owned by La Vie-Le Monde since 2003. It is published on a weekly basis on Wednesdays by Publications de la Vie Catholique. The magazine had a Christianity-oriented political stance. The headquarters of ''Télérama'' is in Paris. Its primary contents are television and radio listings, though the magazine also prints film, theatre, music and book reviews, as well as cover stories and feature articles of cultural int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Parisien
''Le Parisien'' (; French for "The Parisian") is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It is owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, better known as LVMH. History and profile The paper was established as ''Le Parisien libéré'' (meaning "The Freed Parisian" in English) by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and was published for the first time on 22 August 1944. The paper was originally launched as the organ of the French underground during the German occupation of France in World War II. The name was changed to the current one in 1986. A national edition exists, called ''Aujourd'hui en France'' (meaning "Today in France" in English). LVMH acquired the paper from Éditions Philippe Amaury in 2015. Circulation ''Le Parisien'' had a circulation near to one million copies in the early 1970s. The paper reached a circulation of 659,200 copies on 24 April 1995, the day after the first round of the presidentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
