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Promotion Canapé (film)
''Promotion canapé'' ( en, Casting couch) is a French comedy film directed by Didier Kaminka. It was released in 1990. The French phrase refers to attempting to make progress at work through romantic interactions with one's manager(s). Plot Two young women move to Paris to work at the PTT realize that it is easier to climb the career ladder by sleeping with their superiors. Two young women, Françoise and Catherine, go up to Paris to work at the PTT. They are admitted with several others, including a man who wants nothing more than to go home to Martinique. Their life does not unfold as they had dreamed. First of all, the trainers are intimidating and rough. Similarly, the dream loft is just a small and dirty room. During their training, Catherine is approached by a trainer, who wants to sleep with her, but she refuses. This trainer later rapes another candidate. The two friends pass out, but during their first day of work, their colleague Carole sets a trap for them as she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Kaminka
__NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it has become associated with the name ''Desiderius'', related to Latin ''desiderium'' – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for". List Notable people with the name include: Given name * Didier Agathe (born 1975), French footballer * Didier André (born 1974), French race car driver * Didier Boulaud (born 1950), French senate member * Didier Burkhalter (born 1960), Swiss politician * Didier of Cahors (c. 580–655), Desiderius or (saint) Didier, French saint * Didier Couécou (born 1944), French footballer * Didier Daeninckx (born 1949), French crime writer and politician * Didier Delsalle (born 1957), French helicopter pilot * Didier Deschamps (born 1968), French international footballer and manager * Didier Diderot ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. Roles Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising, and public relations personnel, and, depending on the form of journalism, the term ''journalist'' may also include various categories of individuals as per the roles they play in the process. This includes reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, editors, editorial-writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography). A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, or from home, and going ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Lamotte
Martin Lamotte (born 2 June 1947) is a French actor, comedian and director. He participated in several films alongside Le Splendid Le Splendid is a café-théâtre company founded by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s - Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four childhood friends who knew one another from the Lycée Pasteur in Neu .... He is most known for his role on the TV Series "SoeurThérèse.com" and "Nos chers voisins". Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamotte, Martin 1947 births French male film actors Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Male actors from Paris French male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus (actor)
Rufus (born 19 December 1942) or Zio Vittorio is the stage name of Italian-French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known to international film audiences for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in ''Amélie'' (2001). Career After three years at medical school, he became a theatre manager. He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He played the lead role in the movie ''Train de vie'' (1998), an award-winning tragicomedy about the Holocaust. Personal life He lives in Neauphle-le-Château in the Yvelines département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ... and has three children; his daughter Zoé Narcy and his son Basile Narcy are themselves actors. Filmography Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jean-Pierre Castaldi (born 1 October 1944) is a French actor. He is the father of French TV presenter and radio host Benjamin Castaldi Benjamin Castaldi (; born 28 March 1970) is a French television host, columnist, radio host and producer. He is the former host of '' Secret Story'' which is a spinoff of '' Loft Story'' that he hosted as well. Biography Family Benjamin Castald .... On Stage Filmography Television 2000–2002 : Host of '' Fort Boyard'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Castaldi, Jean-Pierre 1944 births Living people French people of Italian descent Male actors from Grenoble French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zabou Breitman
Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV movies, and theaters. She made her directoral debut in 2001 with ''Se souvenir des belles choses'', for which she won a César Award for Best Debut. In 2012, she participated in ''Rendez-vous en terre inconnue''. Personal life Zabou has two children with the sculptor Fabien Chalon: Anna Chalon, Anna (1990) and Antonin (1993). Filmography Actress Director External links * Short biography (in French) 1959 births Living people French film actresses French television actresses French stage actresses French film directors French people of Russian-Jewish descent French women film directors 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French women screenwriters Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Chesnais
Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen. In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film '' La Lectrice'' directed by Michel Deville. In 1994, he starred in Harold Pinter's '' Le Retour'', and in 1992, in ''La Belle Histoire'' by Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 .... He starred in Hany Tamba's '' Melodrama Habibi'' in 2008. He is married to fellow actor Josiane Stoléru. Theater Filmography Decorations * Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015) References External links *Artmedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Rich
Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955. Personal life He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, Delphine (an actress) and Nathalie (a painter), and an adopted son, Remy. Career In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography Theater Awards * 2002 : Honorary César The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The following are the recipients of the Honorary César award since 1976. Recipients 1970s 1980s 199 ... * 2008 : Prix Henri-Langlois Actor References External links *Alain Resnais sur la côte belge {{DEFAULTSORT:Rich, Claude 1929 births 2017 deaths French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors Actors from Strasbourg Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élysée Palace
The Élysée Palace (french: Palais de l'Élysée; ) is the official residence of the President of the French Republic. Completed in 1722, it was built for nobleman and army officer Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, who had been appointed Governor of Île-de-France in 1719. It is located on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré near the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the name Élysée deriving from the Elysian Fields, the place of the blessed dead in Greek mythology. Important foreign visitors are hosted at the nearby Hôtel de Marigny, a palatial residence. The palace has been the home of personalities such as Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), Nicolas Beaujon (1718–1786), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750–1822), Joachim Murat (1767–1815) and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778–1820). On 12 December 1848 under the Second Republic the French Parliament passed a law declaring the building the official residence of the President of France. The Élysée Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouville-sur-Mer
Trouville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Trouville on Sea''), commonly referred to as Trouville, is a city of 4,603 inhabitants in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville across the River Touques. This fishing-village on the English Channel became a popular tourist attraction (beach-resort and holiday-destination) in Normandy from the 19th century. Its long sandy beach earned then the nickname of "queen of the beaches" ("Reine des plages") or "most beautiful beach in the world". The name of Trouville is frequently associated with the names of the numerous painters that visited it and painted there, especially during the second part of the XIXth century: Claude Monet, Eugène Boudin, Raoul Dufy, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte, Fernand Léger, etc. Trouville remains today a city of leisure and vacation with a casino and numerous festivals, as well as a city of culture (Marcel Proust, Marguerite Duras, Raymon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carjacking
Carjacking is a robbery in which the item taken over is a motor vehicle.Michael Cherbonneau, "Carjacking," in ''Encyclopedia of Social Problems'', Vol. 1 (SAGE, 2008: ed. Vincent N. Parrillo), pp. 110-11. In contrast to car theft, carjacking is usually in the presence and knowledge of the victim. A common crime in many places in the world, carjacking has been the subject of legislative responses, criminology studies, and prevention efforts. Commercial vehicles such as trucks and armored cars containing valuable cargo are common targets of carjacking attempts. Carjacking usually involves physical violence to the victim, or using the victim as a hostage. In rare cases, carjacking may also involve sexual assault. Etymology The word is a portmanteau of ''automobile, car'' and ''hijacking''. The term was coined by reporter Scott Bowles and editor EJ Mitchell with ''The Detroit News'' in 1991. ''The News'' first used the term in a report on the murder of Ruth Wahl, a 22-year-old Detroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefect (France)
A prefect (french: préfet, plural ''préfets'') in France is the state's representative in a department or region. Subprefects (French: ''sous-préfets'') are responsible for the subdivisions of departments, known as arrondissements. The office of a prefect is known as a prefecture and that of a subprefect as a subprefecture. Regional prefects are ''ex officio'' the departmental prefects of the regional prefecture. Prefects are tasked with upholding the law in the department they serve in, including controlling the actions of local authorities to ensure adhesion to national guidelines. They are authorised to sue local collectivities in the name of the state. Prefects are appointed by a decree of the President of France when presiding the Government's Council of Ministers, following a proposal by the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior. They serve at the Government's discretion and can be replaced at any meeting of the Council of Ministers. From 1982 to 1988, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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