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Pont Des Arts
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (''cour carrée'') of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire). History Between 1802 and 1804, under the government of Napoleon Bonaparte, a nine-arch metallic bridge for pedestrians was constructed at the location of the present day Pont des Arts: this was the first metal bridge in Paris. The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a bridge which would resemble a suspended garden, with trees, banks of flowers, and benches. Passage across the bridge at that time cost one '' sou''. On 17 March 1975, the French Ministry of Culture listed the Pont des Arts as a national historic monument. In 1976, the Inspector of Bridges and Causeways (''Ponts et Chaussées'') reported several deficiencies on the bridge. More specifically, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Seine
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Hopscotch (Cortázar Novel)
''Hopscotch'' ( es, Rayuela, links=no) is a novel by Argentina, Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. Written in Paris, it was published in Spanish in 1963 and in English in 1966. For the first U.S. edition, translator Gregory Rabassa split the inaugural National Book Award in the List of winners of the National Book Award#Translation, translation category. ''Hopscotch'' is a Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), stream-of-consciousness novel which can be read according to two different sequences of chapters. This novel is often referred to as a antinovel, counter-novel, as it was by Cortázar himself. It meant an exploration with multiple endings, a neverending search through unanswerable questions. "Table of Instructions" and structure Written in an episodic, snapshot manner, the novel has 155 chapters, the last 99 designated as "expendable." Some of these Addendum#In books, "expendable" chapters fill in gaps that occur in the main storyline, while others add information about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Leterrier
Louis Leterrier (; born 17 June 1973) is a French film director and producer. Best known for his work in action films, he directed the first two '' Transporter'' films (2002–2005), '' Unleashed'' (2005), '' The Incredible Hulk'' (2008), '' Clash of the Titans'' (2010), '' Now You See Me'' (2013) and the streaming television series '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' (2019). His latest film will be the tenth ''Fast & Furious'' installment, ''Fast X'' (2023). Early life Leterrier was born in Paris, the son of director François Leterrier and costume designer Catherine Leterrier (''née'' Fabius). He is the nephew of politician Laurent Fabius and antiquarian François Fabius. He was guided artistically by his mother. Leterrier was at first a drummer for a music group before experimenting with short films. At the age of 18, after some training in advertising and publicity, he left France to study cinema at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Career In 1997, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now You See Me (film)
''Now You See Me'' is a 2013 American heist drama film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt and a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first installment in the ''Now You See Me'' series. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track and attempt to bring to justice a team of magicians who pull off bank heists and robberies during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013 before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013, by Summit Entertainment. The film received mixed reviews with criticism being focused on the ending, but became a box office success, grossing $351.7 million worldwide against a budget of $75 million. The film won the People's Choice Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex And The City
''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (newspaper column), newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United States on June 6, 1998, and concluded on February 22, 2004, with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons. Throughout its development, the series received contributions from various producers, screenwriters, and directors, principally Michael Patrick King. ''Sex and the City'' has received both acclaim and criticism for its subjects and characters, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity as a network. The series has won several accolades, including seven of its 54 Emmy Award nominations, eight of its 24 Golden Globe Award nominations, and three of its 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The series placed fifth on ''Entertainment Weekly'' "New TV Classics" list, and has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina (1995 Film)
''Sabrina'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Barbara Benedek and David Rayfiel. It is a remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 film of the same name, which in turn was based upon the 1953 play ''Sabrina Fair''. The film stars Harrison Ford as Linus Larrabee, Julia Ormond as Sabrina and Greg Kinnear (in his first starring film role) as David Larrabee. It also features Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna, Nancy Marchand, Lauren Holly, John Wood, Dana Ivey and Fanny Ardant. The film was released on December 15, 1995, by Paramount Pictures. It was a box office disappointment, but earned mostly positive reviews from critics. Plot Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay. Sabrina travels to Paris for a fashion internship at ''Vogue'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locarno International Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public, the public choice award. History The Festival del film Locarno kicked off on 23 August 1946, at the Grand Hotel of Locarno with the screening of the movie ''O sole mio'' by Giacomo Gentilomo. The first edition was organized in less than three months with a line-up of fifteen movies, mainly American and Italian, among which was ''Rome, Open City'' directed by Roberto Rossellini, ''And Then There Were None'' dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Green
Eugène Green (born 28 June 1947) is a U.S.-born French film-maker and dramatist. He is notable as an educator, training a generation of young actors in the revival of French baroque theatre technique and declamation. Films * 2001 : ''Toutes les nuits''; Alexis Loret, Christelle Prot, Adrien Michaux * 2002 : ''Le nom du feu'' (short); Christelle Prot et Alexis Loret * 2003 : ''Le Monde vivant''; Christelle Prot, Adrien Michaux, Alexis Loret, Laurène Cheilan, Achille Trocellier, Marin Charvet, seen at the 2004 edition of Bafici * 2004 : ''Le Pont des Arts''; Natacha Régnier, Denis Podalydès, Adrien Michaux, Olivier Gourmet * 2006 : ''Les signes'' (short); Christelle Prot, Mathieu Amalric, Achille Trocellier, Marin Charvet * 2007 : ''Correspondances'' (short); Delphine Hecquet, François Rivière, Christelle Prot * 2009 : '' La Religieuse portugaise''; Leonor Baldaque, Adrien Michaux * 2014 : ''La Sapienza''; Fabrizio Rongione, Christelle Prot, Ludovico Succio, Arianna Nastro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Pont Des Arts
''Le Pont des Arts'' is a 2004 French drama film directed by Eugène Green, starring Natacha Régnier. Plot The story is of a young man who falls in love with and finds the whole meaning of his life contained in a young woman who sings a baroque lament on record. He discovers she committed suicide from the Pont des Arts, so that is the only way he can be with her too. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980, Cast * Natacha Régnier - Sarah Dacruon * Adrien Michaux - Pascal * Alexis Loret - Manuel * Jérémie Renier - Cédric * Denis Podalydès - Guigui, l'Innomable * Olivier Gourmet - J☆ean-Astolphe Méréville * Joséphine Bouvet Sandrine * Robert Capovilla- Tenore * Pierre Samuel Pierre Samuel (12 September 1921 – 23 August 2009) was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry. The two-volume work ''Commutative Algebra'' that he wrote with Oscar Zariski ... secondo Tenore * Xavier Clio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont Des Arts + Canenas
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to: Places France * Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-Farcy, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Oise, in the Oise ''département'' Elsewhere * Pont, Cornwall, England * Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales * Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales * in Ponteland, Northumberland * Du Pont, Switzerland, in the commune of L'Abbaye, Switzerland Other * Pont (surname) * Pont (Haiti), a political party led by Jean Marie Chérestal * Pont Rouelle, a bridge in Paris, France * Du Pont family * Graham Laidler (1908–1940), British cartoonist, "Pont" of ''Punch'' magazine * PONT, time zone abbreviation for Ponape Time (Micronesia), UTC+11:00 See also * Dupont (surname) * DuPont, the company * Dupont (other) * Ponte (other) Ponte, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jace (artist)
Jace is a French graffiti artist currently living in Réunion island. He is mostly known for his Gouzou. Biography Jace was born in Le Havre in 1973 and moved to Réunion island when his parents had to move there for work. In 1990 he studied biology in Saint-Denis and this is where he supposedly created his first Gouzou; a little orange character without a face, nor hands or feet. From 1993 to 1996, he moved to France where he started to paint Gouzou in many places, mainly on old industrial areas or on advertising posters. Most of them were seen in Le Havre, as well as in Paris and its suburbs. In 1995 he had his first paid work for the festival Mouv' en Musique in Rouen followed by his first exhibit (Biografitti) in Le Havre in 1996. He then came back to Réunion where is still lives but also performs several exhibitions in various cities and galleries. In 2004, the Chinese company Red Kids started to produce clothes and items with the Gouzou printed on it. As they didn't ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
