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Paul Gégauff
Paul Gégauff (10 August 1922 – 24 December 1983) was a French screenwriter, actor, and director. He collaborated with director Claude Chabrol on 14 films. Among his films are ''Les Biches'', ''Plein Soleil'' and the autobiographical '' Une Partie de Plaisir''. In 1962, he and René Clement received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as the screenwriters for ''Plein Soleil'', which was named Best Foreign Language Film. His first marriage to film producer and actress Danièle Gégauff ended in divorce. They had a daughter actress and singer, Clémence Gégauff. He died after being stabbed by his second wife, Coco Ducados, on Christmas Eve 1983. Chabrol once said of Gégauff: "When I want cruelty, I go off and look for Gégauff. Paul is very good at gingering things up...He can make a character look absolutely ridiculous and hateful in two seconds flat."Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 195. Filmography * Journa ...
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Blotzheim
Blotzheim (; gsw-FR, Blohze) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, northeastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):www.blotzheim.fr/
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Journal D'un Scélérat
A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a daily record of financial transactions *Logbook, a record of events important to the operation of a vehicle, facility, or otherwise *Record (other) *Transaction log, a chronological record of data processing *Travel journal In publishing, ''journal'' can refer to various periodicals or serials: *Academic journal, an academic or scholarly periodical **Scientific journal, an academic journal focusing on science **Medical journal, an academic journal focusing on medicine **Law review, a professional journal focusing on legal interpretation *Magazine, non-academic or scholarly periodicals in general **Trade magazine, a magazine of interest to those of a particular profession or trade **Literary magazine, a magazine devoted to literat ...
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Les Plus Belles Escroqueries Du Monde
''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'' (French: ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'') is a 1964 film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors. Cast *Mie Hama as Bar Hostess (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko") * Ken Mitsuda as the Rich Client (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko") *Nicole Karen as the French tourist (segment "La rivière de diamants") * Jan Teulings as Dutch man (segment "La rivière de diamants") * Gabriella Giorgelli (segment "La Feuille de Route") *Guido Guiseppone (segment "La Feuille de Route") *Giuseppe Mannajuolo (segment "La Feuille de Route") *Jean-Pierre Cassel as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel") *Francis Blanche as Mr. Umlaut (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel") *Catherine Deneuve as Swindler (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel") *Jean Seberg as Patricia (segment "Le Grand escroc") *Charles Denner Charles Denner (29 May ...
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Ophelia (1963 Film)
Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes (character), Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in a state of insanity, madness that ultimately leads to her drowning. Along with Queen Gertrude, Ophelia is one of only two female characters in the original play. Name Like most characters in ''Hamlet'', Ophelia's name is not Danish. It first appeared in Jacopo Sannazaro's 1504 poem ''Arcadia (poem), Arcadia'' (as ''Ofelia''), probably derived from Ancient Greek wiktionary:ὠφέλεια, ὠφέλεια (''ōphéleia'', "benefit"). Plot In Ophelia's first speaking appearance in the play, she is seen with her brother, Laertes, who is leaving for France. Laertes warns her that Hamlet, the heir to the throne of Denmark, does not have the freedom to marry whomever he wants. Ophelia's father, Polonius, who enters while ...
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The Eye Of Evil
''The Third Lover'' (french: L'Œil du malin), also titled ''The Eye of Evil'', is a 1962 French–Italian crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of a French journalist in Southern Germany who befriends a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the couple's lives. Plot Albin, a solitary French journalist, is sent to Germany to write an article on noted novelist Andreas Hartmann, who lives in a village outside Munich. Albin rents a flat in the same village and, through Hartmann's French wife Hélène, becomes acquainted with the writer and successively the couple's friend. Obsessed to find the dark spot behind their seemingly harmonious marriage, he makes advances to Hélène and, after she tactfully rejects him, spies upon her, convinced that she has an affair. He finally succeeds to detect Hélène and her lover and takes compromising photographs, which he presents to her. Hélène pretends that Andreas knows of her affair but asks Albin n ...
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Les Godelureaux
''Wise Guys'' (original title: ''Les Godelureaux'') is a 1961 French revenge drama directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel by Éric Ollivier. Plot Ronald ( Jean-Claude Brialy) is publicly humiliated by Arthur ( Charles Belmont) and plots to destroy Arthur's life, using Ambroisine ( Bernadette Lafont) as bait. Cast * Jean-Claude Brialy as Ronald * Bernadette Lafont as Ambroisine * as Arthur *Jean Galland as Arthur's uncle *Pierre Vernier as Bernard 2 *Sacha Briquet as Henri *Stéphane Audran as Xavière * Jean Tissier as le président * Laura Carli Laura Carli (29 May 1906 – 15 August 2005) was an Italian actress and dubber. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1944 to 1974. Selected filmography References External links * 1906 births 2005 deaths Italian film act ... as Aunt Suzanne External links * 1961 films 1960s thriller films French thriller films Films directed by Claude Chabrol Films with screenplays by Paul Gégauff Fil ...
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Les Bonnes Femmes
''Les Bonnes Femmes'' is a 1960 French comedic drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Its mix of melodrama, absurd comedy and tragedy is typical for the early, experimental French New Wave, New Wave films. Though unsuccessful upon its initial release in France, it was subject to critical reevaluation, and is now regarded as the best of Chabrol's early films. There are a considerable number of scenes set on the streets, and the viewer gets an expansive look at how Paris looked at the time, in night and day. Plot The film tells the story of four attractive single Parisian women and their domestic and romantic encounters. Several of them work as saleswomen in an appliance store, one moonlights as an entertainer, and all are pursued by Parisian men both good and bad. Jane is pursued by men and portrayed as being more ditzy and happy go lucky. Ginette works during the night as an entertainer and reveals that she hates her day job with the other girls. Rita has a fiancé, but during din ...
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Plein Soleil
''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 novel ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' by Patricia Highsmith. The French/Italian international co-production stars Alain Delon in his first major film, along with Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and Marie Laforêt (as Marge); Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well-liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles, and Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian and English. Screenwriter Paul Gégauff wrote a variation on the same story in 1968 when he worked on ''Les biches'' for Claude Chabrol. Highsmith's source novel was adapted again in 1999 under the original title, ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. R ...
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