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Raymond Lamy
Raymond Lamy (1903–1982) was a French film editor active from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also directed two feature films ''Clodoche'' (1938) and ''Miroir (film), Miroir'' (1947).Rège p.590 He edited a number of films for the director Robert Bresson. Selected filmography * ''Fanny (1932 film), Fanny'' (1932) * ''The Red Robe'' (1933) * ''Madame Sans-Gêne (1941 film), Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''Marie-Martine'' (1943) * ''Mademoiselle Béatrice (film), Mademoiselle Béatrice'' (1943) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Land Without Stars'' (1946) * ''Miroir (film), Miroir'' (1947) * ''La Poison'' (1951) * ''Deburau (film), Deburau'' (1951) * ''Alarm in Morocco'' (1953) * ''A Caprice of Darling Caroline'' (1953) * ''The Virtuous Scoundrel'' (1953) * ''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (1954) * ''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' (1954) * ''The French, They Are a Funny Race'' (1955) * ''Napoléon (1955 film), Napoléon'' (1955) * ''A Man Esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe-à-Pitre
Pointe-à-Pitre (; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Pwentapit, , or simply , ) is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe (after Les Abymes). Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a ''sous-préfecture'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre. Although Pointe-à-Pitre is not Guadeloupe's administrative capital (that distinction goes to Basse-Terre), it is nonetheless the region's economic capital. The inhabitants are called "Pointois". In 2018, it had a population of 15,410 in the city ( commune) of Pointe-à-Pitre proper and 250,952 inhabitants in the urban unit Pointe-à-Pitre–Les Abymes.Comparateur de territoire INSEE It is part of the |
La Poison
''La Poison'' is a 1951 French comedy drama film, written and directed by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. Cast *Michel Simon: Paul Louis Victor Braconnier, the gardener *Germaine Reuver: Blandine Braconnier, Paul's wife *Jean Debucourt: Maître Aubanel, the famous lawyer *Louis de Funès: André Chevillard, a citizen of Remonville * Marcelle Arnold: Germaine Chevillard, André's wife *Georges Bever: Mr Gaillard, the chemist of Remonville *Nicolas Amato: Victor Boitevin, an inhabitant * Jacques Varennes: the prosecutor *Jeanne Fusier-Gir: Mrs Tyberghen, the florist *Pauline Carton: Mrs Michaud, the grocer *Albert Duvaleix: Abbot Méthivier * Léon Walther: a senior magistrate * Henry Laverne: Judiciary President * Harry Max: Henri, an inhabitant Remake The film was remade by Jean Becker as ''A Crime in Paradise'' in 2001. References External links * * ''La Poison''at the ''Films de France''''La poison—or, How to Kill Your Wife''an essay by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Crime Ne Paie Pas
''Le Crime ne paie pas'' (US title: ''Crime Does Not Pay'', UK title: ''Gentle Art of Murder'') is a 1962 French drama portmanteau film directed and partly written by Gérard Oury. It consists of four separate episodes, each with its own cast and writers but sharing common themes of beautiful women, jealousy, revenge and death. From these dark tales centred on leading actresses, Oury switched to buddy comedies which remain among the most-loved and successful films in the history of French cinema. Louis de Funès, here playing a barman whose English is incomprehensible, starred in them, as did English male leads like David Niven and Terry-Thomas. The writing team of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, behind the third episode, had provided the stories for two 1950s masterpieces, '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) and ''Vertigo'' (1958). Le masque Le masque ("The Mask"), partly written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. In Venice in the 1490s, the ageing duchess Lucrezia suspects that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickpocket (film)
''Pickpocket'' is a 1959 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson, the first for which Bresson wrote an original screenplay rather than adapting an existing work. It stars Martin LaSalle, who was a nonprofessional actor at the time, in the title role, and features Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie, and Jean Pélégri in supporting roles. The film is generally considered to be one of Bresson's greatest films. Plot Michel goes to a race at Longchamp Racecourse and takes some money from a woman's purse. He leaves the track confident he was not noticed, but is suddenly arrested. At the police station, the chief inspector releases him because it cannot be proven that he stole the money. The next day, Michel goes to visit his sickly mother, who he has not seen in a month. Her neighbor, Jeanne, offers to let him in the apartment, but, instead, he gives her money to give his mother and leaves. Michel goes to meet his friend Jacques at a bar and asks for help finding a job. He see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bomb For A Dictator
''A Bomb for a Dictator'' or ''The Fanatics'' (French: ''Les fanatiques'') is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.158 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location at Nice Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Paris. Synopsis While a tyrannical South American dictator is visiting Europe a group of revolutionaries plan to assassinate his private plane. However, when it turns out he has changed his plans and will be flying back on a commercial flight they have to do decide whether to carry on with their plans even though it will lead to the deaths of the other passengers, or let him return to seek revenge on the plotters. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Luis Vargas * Michel Auclair as Franco Géron * Françoise Fabian as Mme. Lambert * Grégoire Aslan as Général Ribera * Tilda Thamar as Juana Ribera * Betty Schneider as Lili * Pascal A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escapade (1957 Film)
''Escapade'' is a 1957 French adventure film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Louis Jourdan, Dany Carrel, and Roger Hanin. Premise Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught. Cast * Louis Jourdan : Frank Raphaël * Dany Carrel : Agnès Mercenay * Roger Hanin : Olivier * Lise Delamare : Miss Mercenay * Jean-Loup Philippe : Philippe * Félix Martin : Angelo * Arlette Merry : Dolly * Marcel Bozzuffi : Raymond * Guy Tréjan : Maurice * : sister of Agnè * Albert Rémy : José * Jean Daurand : inspector * José Lewgoy José Lewgoy (16 November 1920 – 10 February 2003) was a Brazilian actor. He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans for his role as Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film ''Fitzcarraldo''. Biography He was born in Veranópolis, ... : Caraco External links ''Escapade''at Louisjourdan.net * French adventure films 1957 adventure films 1957 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Escaped
''A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth'' (french: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, which literally translates as: "A man condemned to death has escaped or The wind blows where it wants"; the subtitle is a quote from ) is a 1956 French prison escape film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on a memoir by André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was held in Montluc prison during World War II by the occupying Germans, though the protagonist of the film was given a different name. The film was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and it has been one of Bresson's most renowned works since its initial release. Plot In Lyon in 1943, Fontaine, a member of the French Resistance, jumps out of the car that is taking him to Montluc prison. He is immediately apprehended, and his German captors handcuff him, beat him, and lock him up. Throughout his time in prison, Fontaine regularly hears gunfire as other i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoléon (1955 Film)
''Napoléon'' is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon. Napoleon is played by two actors, Daniel Gélin as a young man and Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber. Director/actor Guitry played the role of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Talleyrand, controversial diplomat and first Prime Minister of France, narrating the story from a drawing room as if having just heard of Napoleon's death on the island of Saint Helena in 1821. Guitry had played Talleyrand before, in 1948's ''The Lame Devil (film), Le Diable boiteux''. Yves Montand appears as François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal Lefebvre and Maria Schell as Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Marie-Louise of Austria. The film also has cameo appearances by a number of notable actors, particularly Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailor, Sir Hudson Lowe. The English ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The French, They Are A Funny Race
''The French, They Are a Funny Race'' (french: Les Carnets du Major Thompson, lit=The Notebooks of Major Thompson; released in the United Kingdom as ''The Diary of Major Thompson'') is a 1955 French comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the 1954 novel ''Les Carnets du Major Thompson'' by Pierre Daninos, and starring Martine Carol and Jack Buchanan. This was the last film directed by Sturges before his death in August 1959, as well as the final film appearance of Buchanan, who died in October 1957. Plot Major Thompson is a crusty, middle-aged English officer, retired and widowed and living in Paris, who tries to adjust to the French way of life. He falls in love with frivolous but alluring Martine, and then marries her. The question is, will their child be raised as a proper Englishman, or a swinging Frenchman? Cast * Jack Buchanan as Maj. Thompson * Martine Carol as Martine * Noël-Noël as M. Taupin * Totti Truman Taylor as Miss Fyfyth, the nurse * Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Hommes Ne Pensent Qu'à ça
''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' en, Men Think Only of That, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Yves Robert, written by Jean Bellanger, starring Jean-Marie Amato and Louis de Funès. Cast * Jean-Marie Amato : Don Juan * Jean Bellanger : Alfred, the timid lover * Louisa Colpeyn : the Russian Countess * Catherine Erard : Nicole, the cheese seller, who loves Alfred * Jacques Fabbri : Monsieur Jacques, the butcher's boy * Gabrielle Fontan : the old lady on the staircase * Jacques Hilling : King Dagobert / a walker * Geneviève Morel : the mother who marries her daughter off * Jacques Morel : the perfect seducer * Annie Noël : Poupette, a curator * Guy Pierrault : Baron Haissmann / a republican / a walker * Louis de Funès : Mr Célosso, the Spanish husband of the Russian Countess * Yves Robert Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Affairs In Versailles
''Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (French title: ''Si Versailles m'était conté'') is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama directed by Sacha Guitry. Described as "a historical film showing Versailles from its beginnings to the present day", it tells some episodes through portrayal of the personalities who lived in the Palace of Versailles. Its sister films are ''Napoléon'' (1955) and ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956). The film is notable for the presence of a great number of well-known French actors, often appearing in short parts. One unknown actor playing a major character is Gilbert Bokanowski (credited as Gilbert Boka) portraying Louis XVI. Bokanowski was actually the film's production manager and was cast because of his strong resemblance to the monarch. Its English translation title is ''If Versailles Were Told to Me''. Despite French production, the film is best known by its English title ''Royal Affairs in Versailles''. Plot Historical human stories in connection wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virtuous Scoundrel
''The Virtuous Scoundrel'' (French: ''La Vie d'un honnête homme''), is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed and written by Sacha Guitry and starring Michel Simon, Marguerite Pierry and Laurence Badie.Crisp p.263 It was shot at Photosonor Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. Synopsis Two twin brothers have lived apart for many years. Albert has become a financial success and lives a very rigid life with his family while Alain is a free spirit enjoying a series of adventures travelling the world. After meeting Alain dies from a heart attack and on a spur of the moment Albert changes clothes with him and begins to enjoy his newfound freedom. However his wife, believing herself now to be a widow, attempts to marry who she thinks is Alain as he has inherited all of his brother's wealth. Cast * Michel Simon as Albert and Alain Ménard-Lacoste * Marguerite Pierry as Madeleine Lacoste, wife of Albert * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
