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Populaire (film)
''Populaire'' is a 2012 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Régis Roinsard. It was co-written by Roinsard, Daniel Presley and Romain Compingt. ''Populaire'' was released in France on 28 November 2012. The film's title is taken from the name of the typewriter (Japy Populaire) used in the film. ''Populaire'' tells the story of Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François), who is trained by Louis Échard (Romain Duris) to become the fastest typist in the world through winning the 1959 international speed typing contest in New York City. Plot Set in 1958–1959, ''Populaire'' focuses on Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François), who lives with her widowed father and is destined to marry a son of the local mechanic. Rose travels out of town and applies for a secretarial job with an insurance agency run by Louis Échard (Romain Duris). Louis learns that Rose can type with extraordinary speed—using only two fingers—and he tells her to compete in a speed-typing competition if she wants the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régis Roinsard
Regis or Régis may refer to: People * Regis (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Regis (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Regis (musician), full name Karl O'Connor, an English electronic music and techno DJ * Régis (footballer, born 1965), full name Reginaldo Paes Leme Ferreira, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Régis (footballer, born 1976), full name Régis Amarante Lima de Quadros, Brazilian football manager and former centre-back * Régis (footballer, born June 1989), full name Régis Ribeiro de Souza, Brazilian football right-back * Régis (footballer, born November 1989), full name Régis dos Santos Silva, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Régis (footballer, born 1992), full name Régis Augusto Salmazzo, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Régis (footballer, born 1998), full name Régis Tosatti Giacomin, Brazilian football forward Education * Regis College (Massachusetts) (town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergonomy
Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learning are to reduce human error, increase productivity, and enhance safety, system availability, and comfort with a specific focus on the interaction between the human and the engineered system. The field is a combination of numerous disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, engineering, biomechanics, industrial design, physiology, anthropometry, interaction design, visual design, user experience, and user interface design. Human factors research employs methods and approaches from these and other knowledge disciplines to study human behavior and generate data relevant to the four primary goals above. In studying and sharing learning on the design of equipment, devices, and processes that fit the human body and its cognitive abilities, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over ''The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Sidney
Fanny Sidney (born Fanny Mauferon; April 5, 1987) is a French actress and director. Career Sidney was born on April 5, 1987, in Paris. She attended the Conservatoire Municipal Hector Berlioz (2005-2006) then took part in the free class of Cours Florent (2006-2009) before joining the "Direction" section of La Fémis (2011-2015). She is particularly known for her role as Camille Valentini in the series Call My Agent!. In 2019, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child. Filmography Cinema * 2005 : '' Claudia disparue'' by Serge Roullet * 2008 : '' La Neige au village'' by Martin Rit * 2008 : '' L'Ennemi public n°1'' : Sabrina Mesrine * 2008 : '' Avoue que tu mens'' by Serge Roullet * 2010 : '' Poème pour Louis'', short film by Thomas Gendreau : Anna * 2011 : '' Soulwash'', short film by Douglas Attal : Flora * 2012 : '' Populaire'' by Régis Roinsard : the fan of the regional championship * 2012 : '' À l'ombre du palmier'', short film by Bruno Veni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Tillette
Caroline Tillette (born 16 July 1988 in Paris) is a French-Swiss actress. She attended classes at Cours Florent. After several short films, she made an appearance in ''Plus belle la vie'' in 2008 playing Pauline, the daughter of a mafia Don. In 2009, she joined LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Drama) and had a role in ''Gainsbourg, vie héroïque'' directed by Joann Sfar. In 2011 she played Albertine Simonet in the television movie ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' directed by Nina Companeez. Filmography * ''Projet ODIN'' by Cedric Peyster * ''Carole'' by Maxime Foulon * ''Le Café'' by Jean-Mathieu Gennisson * ''Mon Dieu à moi'' by Mousavi * 2008 : ''Plus belle la vie'' (TV): Pauline * 2009 : ''Gainsbourg, vie héroïque'' directed by Joann Sfar * 2011 : ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' directed by Nina Companeez: Albertine Simonet * 2011 : ''Bienvenue à bord'' directed by Eric Lavaine: Sonia's secretary Jerome Berthelot * 2012 : ''Populaire'' directed by Régis Roi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Reymond
Dominique Reymond (born 12 February 1957) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1984. She has been to the Geneva Conservatory. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reymond, Dominique 1957 births Living people Actors from Geneva French film actresses Audiobook narrators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Pierrot
Frédéric Pierrot (born 17 September 1960) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 120 films and television shows since 1986. He starred in the film ''Tell Me I'm Dreaming'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. He was also in Abner Pastoll Abner Pastoll (born 12 February 1982) is a British-South African film director, screenwriter, and editor, born in South Africa, where his family used to own a two-screen cinema. Background Abner started making films at the age of 4, inspired pri ...'s 2015 film '' Road Games''. Theater Filmography References External links * 1960 births Living people French male film actors Male actors from Paris 20th-century French male actors People from Boulogne-Billancourt 21st-century French male actors French male stage actors Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miou-Miou
Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films include ''This Sweet Sickness'' (1977), '' Entre Nous'' (1983), ''May Fools'' (1990), '' Germinal'' (1993), ''Dry Cleaning'' (1997) and ''Arrêtez-moi'' (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle. Early life Miou-Miou was born Sylvette Herry in Paris. Her stage name, Miou-Miou (a reference to the sound of a cat), was given to her by Coluche. She was raised in Paris by her mother, a greengrocer. Career After studying acting Miou-Miou worked in improvisational theater with Coluche and Patrick Dewaere, joining with them to help found the new comedy theatre Café de la Gare. She made her film de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Mitchell
Claude Moine (; born 3 July 1942), known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks). He took the name ''Eddy'' from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's '' Alphaville''), and chose ''Mitchell'' as his last name simply because it sounds American. The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Golf-Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records. Heavily influenced by American rock and roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. Guitarists Big Jim Sullivan and Jimmy Page and drummer Bobby Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London. For his American recordings he employed session men such as Roger Hawkins, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Bedos
Nicolas Simon Bedos (; born 21 April 1979) is a French comedian, writer, director and actor. The son of Guy Bedos, he became known in 2004 as a playwright. In 2013, he joined Laurent Ruquier's late-night ''On n'est pas couché ''On n'est pas couché'' was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m. and hosted by Laurent Ruquier. It was produced by Ruquier and Catherine Barma. It first aired on 16 September 2006; after fourteen seasons, it ended on ...'' television talk show as a satirist, which he left two years later. His first film, '' Mr. & Mrs. Adelman'', premiered in 2017. Filmography As actor As filmmaker Theatre Columnist Publication Television Radio References External links * 1980 births Living people People from Neuilly-sur-Seine French comedians French theatre directors French television personalities 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French film directors French screenwriters French male tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine is a French actor of Russian-Polish origin, born on 27 February 1948 in Paris. A screen performer, he has participated in numerous plays, films and television series in France and abroad. Life and career Féodor Atkine was born to a Russian father from Harbin, capital of Manchuria, in northeast China, whose family had fled the pogroms in Poland and Ukraine to take refuge in the Far East the day before of the Russo-Japanese War. He has the distinction of participating in many productions where he speaks in French, English and/or Spanish; he has been involved in films by Woody Allen, Claude Zidi, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Éric Rohmer, etc. He has participated in several plays as well as radio productions. Atkine is also known for dubbing in American films or television series but also for characters in Disney productions. He is (among others) the regular French voice of William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Laurie (which he not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
