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Patrick Blossier
Patrick Blossier (born 23 September 1946) is a French cinematographer. He contributed to more than seventy films since 1976. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Blossier, Patrick 1946 births Living people Cinematographers from Paris ... [...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] |
Revenge Of The Musketeers (1994 Film)
''Revenge of the Musketeers'' (french: La fille de d'Artagnan) is a 1994 French swashbuckler adventure film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich, and Sami Frey. Set in the seventeenth century, the film is about the daughter of the renowned swordsman D'Artagnan who keeps the spirit of the Musketeers alive by bringing together the aging members of the legendary band to oppose a plot to overthrow the King and seize power. ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' was filmed on location at the Château de Biron in Biron, Dordogne and the Château de Maisons in Maisons-Laffitte in France and in Portugal with a budget of $9.1 million. ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' was released in France on 24 August 1994, and received mixed reviews, with some reviewers applauding the film's production values, cinematography, and playful swashbuckler style and other reviewers complaining about the film's pacing. Sophie Marceau was singled out by one reviewer who fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Moustache
''La Moustache'' (in English, ''The Moustache'') is a French film from 2005, directed by Emmanuel Carrère and starring Vincent Lindon, and adapted from Carrère's own novel. The film features music from Philip Glass. The film was awarded the ''Label Europa Cinemas'' prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and is currently distributed theatrically in the United States by the Cinema Guild with a DVD release handled by Koch-Lorber Films. The film is based on a 1986 book of the same title by Carrere. Plot Marc Thiriez, a middle aged Parisian, asks his wife if he should shave off the moustache he has sported for most of his adult life. His wife, Agnès, wryly comments that she wouldn't recognize him without it, yet as she leaves, Marc shaves the moustache off. Upon her return, Agnès is angry Marc did not let her in the door when she rang; Marc lies and says he broke his shoelace. Marc attempts to surprise her with his clean-shaven face, but gets no reaction. In the car on the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Axe (film)
''The Axe'' (US title: ''The Ax'') (french: Le couperet) is a 2005 black comedy-drama thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard, and Olivier Gourmet. The film is an adaptation of the 1997 novel ''The Ax'' by Donald E. Westlake, and follows the attempts by a laid-off employee to get back on his feet. He eventually becomes so desperate that he is prepared to kill his job competitors. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Spain. Synopsis The 39-year-old chemist Bruno Davert has been working at a paper mill for 15 years, improving products and saving money for the shareholders. One day, the company announces that it is forced to " downsize", so 600 staff are laid off and many of their jobs are instead outsourced to a company in Romania. The result is a 16% increase in dividends to the company shareholders. Bruno was one of the 600 laid off, and two years later he has still not been able to find another job, in spite of numerous j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Lights (2004 Film)
''Red Lights'' (french: Feux rouges) is a 2004 French Thriller (genre), thriller film directed by Cédric Kahn. It was adapted from the Red Lights (novel), eponymous 1955 Georges Simenon Red Lights (novel), novel set in the Northeastern United States. The film is set in modern-day France. The film stars Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Carole Bouquet as married couple Antoine and Hélène Dunan on a road trip to pick up their children and begin a vacation. After a number of arguments, they are separated and each encounters a horror on the road. Plot One summer mid-afternoon, Antoine (Darroussin) leaves his insurance firm job to meet up with his wife Hélène (Bouquet), as they are to fetch their kids (somewhere distant, but it is not explained exactly where they are or who they're with), and then head on to his in-laws' place in the Basque Country for two weeks' vacation. He wants to beat the traffic (and the two million cars that will be on the road). They arrange to meet at a local ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light (film)
''The Light'' (French: ''L'Équipier'') is a 2004 French film directed by Philippe Lioret and starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Émilie Dequenne, Grégori Derangère, and Philippe Torreton. Plot Following her mother's demise Camille returns to the isle which once was her home. She comes across the written memories of former lighthouse guard Antoine Cassendi. The unpublished book changes her life. Cast * Sandrine Bonnaire as Mabé Le Guen * Philippe Torreton as Yvon Le Guen * Grégori Dérangère as Antoine Cassenti * Émilie Dequenne as Brigitte * Anne Consigny as Camille * Martine Sarcey Martine Sarcey (28 September 1928 – 11 June 2010) was a French stage, film and television actress.Giguere pg. 37 Selected filmography * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) * '' Méfiez-vous, mesdames'' (1963) * '' The Thief of Paris'' (1966) * '' ... as Jeanne ** Nathalie Besançon as Younger Jeanne * Christophe Kourotchkine as Lebras * Jean Sénéjoux as Rémi * Thierry Lavat as Tinou * Éri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father And Sons
''Father and Sons'' (french: Père et Fils) is a 2003 French-Canadian comedy film directed by Michel Boujenah Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French-Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Michel Boujenah was born on 3 November 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is the brother of Paul Boujenah, a film d .... Plot Leo is neglected by his children David, Max, and Simon, and two of them are estranged. Afraid of dying without seeing his boys reconcile, he invents a serious illness to force them to take a trip to Quebec with him. Cast and characters References External links * 2003 comedy films 2003 films French comedy films Canadian comedy films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Lag (film)
''Jet Lag'' (french: Décalage Horaire) is a 2002 French romantic comedy film starring Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno. It is the second film directed by Danièle Thompson, following ''Season's Beatings'' (1999). Premise At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a French beautician (Juliette Binoche) on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a French chef (Jean Reno) who has been delayed on his way to Germany from his residence in the United States. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility evolves into romance and a re-examination of their lives. Cast * Juliette Binoche as Rose * Jean Reno as Félix * Sergi López i Ayats, Sergi López as Sergio * Scali Delpeyrat as The Doctor * Karine Belly as Air France Attendant * Raoul Billerey as Félix's Father * Nadège Beausson-Diagne as A Roissy Passenger * Alice Taglioni as Ground Hostess * Jérôm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen
Amen ( he, אָמֵן, ; grc, ἀμήν, ; syc, ܐܡܝܢ, ; ar, آمين, ) is an Abrahamic declaration of affirmation which is first found in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently found in the New Testament. It is used in Jews, Jewish, Christians, Christian, and Muslims, Muslim practices as a concluding word, or as a response to a prayer. Common English language, English translations of the word ''amen'' include "verily", "truly", "it is true", and "let it be so". It is also used colloquially, to express strong agreement. Pronunciations In English, the word ''amen'' has two primary pronunciations, () or (), with minor additional variation in emphasis (e.g., the two syllables may be equally stressed instead of placing primary stress on the second). In Anglophone North American usage, the ''ah-men'' pronunciation is used in performances of European classical music, classical music and in churches with more formalized rituals and liturgy. The ''ay-men'' pronunciation is a produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidelity (2000 Film)
''Fidelity'' () is a 2000 French drama film written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Sophie Marceau, Pascal Greggory, and Guillaume Canet. Based on Madame de La Fayette's 1678 novel ''La Princesse de Clèves'', the film is about a talented photographer who lands a lucrative job in Paris with a scandal-mongering tabloid and becomes romantically involved with an eccentric children's book publisher while resisting the sexual advances of another photographer. Filmed on location in Paris, ''Fidelity'' received the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Sophie Marceau) and the Golden Swann Award (Andrzej Zulawski). Plot Talented Canadian photographer Clélia ( Sophie Marceau) lands a lucrative job in Paris with a tabloid called ''La Verite'' run by scandal-mongerer Rupert MacRoi ( Michel Subor). Clélia's mother once dated MacRoi years ago while working as a cabaret singer. Once she became pregnant with Clélia, she stopped seeing MacRoi and married Cléli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Cinematography
The Goya Award for Best Cinematography (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor fotografía'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Teodoro Escamilla was the first winner of the award for his work in '' Love, the Magician'' (1986). José Luis Alcaine holds the record of most nominations for this category with twenty, winning five of them. Javier Aguirresarobe is the most awarded in this category with six wins, for ''Prince of Shadows'' (1991), ''The Dog in the Manger'' (1996), '' The Others'' (2001), '' Soldiers of Salamina '' (2003) and ''The Sea Inside'' (2004). Guillermo Navarro also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on ''Pan's Labyrinth''. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External linksOfficial site {{G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chambermaid On The Titanic
''The Chambermaid on the Titanic'' ( es, La camarera del Titanic, french: La Femme de chambre du Titanic, it, L'immagine del desiderio) is a 1997 French-Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna, starring Oliver Martinez, Romane Bohringer and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. It is based on the 1991 novel ''La Femme de chambre du Titanic'' by Didier Decoin. The film is known variously by its French title, ''La Femme de chambre du Titanic'', and also by the shortened English title ''The Chambermaid'', which was adopted in late August 1998 to avoid the impression that it was trying to cash in on the success of James Cameron's popular film, ''Titanic'', which was released the year before ''The Chambermaid on the Titanic'' made its US debut. Plot In 1912, the protagonist, Horty, leads an uneventful life as a foundry worker in the Lorraine region of northern France with his wife, Zoe, "the most beautiful woman in town." The owner of the foundry where Horty works, Simeon, lusts after Zoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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