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Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier (born 4 October 1986) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Forestier began her film career in 2001. She received a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in '' Games of Love and Chance'' (2003). She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2011 for her performance in ''Le Nom des gens'' (2009). Forestier resides in Paris. Selected filmography As actress As filmmaker Other awards *2004: Prix Suzanne Bianchetti *2004: Best Actress for '' Games of Love and Chance'' at Mons International Festival of Love Films *2005: Shooting Stars Award The Shooting Stars Awards are presented annually by the pan-European network organization European Film Promotion (EFP) to emerging actors from Europe. "Shooting Stars" is an initiative of the EFP for the international promotion and networking of p ... *2005: Best Female Newcomer for '' Games of Love and Chance'' at Étoiles d'or Decorations * Chevalier of the Order o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's ''Vertigo''. The festival opened with ''The Great Gatsby'', directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with '' Zulu'', directed by Jérôme Salle. The film poster for the festival featured husband and wife actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. ''The Bling Ring'', directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section. The French film '' Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' won the Palme d'Or. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor (2009 Film)
''Victor'' is a 2009 French comedy film directed by Thomas Gilou. It is an adaptation of a novel by French author Michèle Fitoussi, who has also been a magazine editor. Plot The story involves the elderly Victor, a contest organized by a magazine, and a family who "adopts" the ailing old man. Complications ensue, often to comedic effect. Cast * Pierre Richard as Victor Corbin * Clémentine Célarié as Sylvie Saillard * Lambert Wilson as Jérôme Courcelle * Antoine Duléry as Guillaume Saillard * Sara Forestier as Alice * Sophie Mounicot as Lydia * Catherine Hosmalin as Madame Barbosa * Marie-France Mignal Marie-France Mignal (born 3 April 1940), is a French actress. She is the co-director of the Théâtre Saint-Georges, with France Delahalle. She is known for her work in television, cinema (''Weekend at Dunkirk'', '' The Two Orphans''), and in ... as Sylvie's mother * Eric Haldezos as Paco References External links *''Victor'' at allocine.fr 2009 films 2009 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Mercy!
''Oh Mercy!'' (french: Roubaix, une lumière, lit=Roubaix, a light) is a 2019 French crime drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. The film was inspired by the 2008 TV documentary ''Roubaix, commissariat central'', directed by Mosco Boucault. It stars Roschdy Zem, Léa Seydoux, Sara Forestier, and Antoine Reinartz. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Plot One Christmas night in Roubaix, the local police chief Daoud, and Louis, a fresh recruit, are confronted with the violent murder of an elderly woman. The victim's two young, female neighbours, Claude and Marie, are arrested. Cast Release The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2019. It was released in France on 21 August 2019. Reception Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . On Metacritic, the film has a weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primaire
''Primaire'' is a 2016 French drama film directed by Hélène Angel. Plot Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she meets little Sasha, a troubled child, she will do everything possible to save him, even if she abandons her life as a mother or a woman and even call into question her vocation. Florence will realize little by little that there is no age to learn ... Cast * Sara Forestier as Florence Mautret * Vincent Elbaz as Mathieu * Albert Cousi as Denis Mautret * Ghillas Bendjoudi as Sacha Drouet * Guilaine Londez as Madame Duru * Hannah Brunt as Charlie * Olivia Côte as Marlène Peillard * Patrick d'Assumçao as M. Sabatier * Laure Calamy Laure Calamy (born March 22, 1975) is a César Award-winning French film, TV and theatre actress best known for her roles in ''Call My Agent!'' and '' My Donkey, My Lover & I''. Early life Born in 1975, Calamy is the daughter of a psychologist ... as Christina Drouet * Lucie Desclozeaux as Laure * Denis Sebbah as M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Award For Best Supporting Actress
The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: ''César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle'') is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ''Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma'' to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actress who has worked within the French film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via a run-off voting by all the members of the Académie. History Superlatives As of 2019, 137 actresses have been nominated in the category, with a total of 34 different winners. The average age at first nomination is 41 and the average age of winners at first win is 38. With three wins (1991, 1993, 1999), Dominique Blanc holds the record of most César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Eight actresses have won the César twice: Marie-France Pisier (1976, 1977), Nathalie Baye (1981, 1982), Suzanne Flon (1984, 1990), Annie Girardot (1996, 2002), Valérie Lemercier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standing Tall (film)
''Standing Tall'' (french: La Tête haute) is a 2015 French drama film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. It was selected to open the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film received eight nominations at the 41st César Awards and won two, Best Supporting Actor for Benoît Magimel and Most Promising Actor for Rod Paradot. Cast * Catherine Deneuve as judge Florence Blaque * Rod Paradot as Malony ** Enzo Trouillet as Malony (6-year-old) * Benoît Magimel as Yann * Sara Forestier as Séverine * Diane Rouxel Diane Rouxel (born August 14, 1993) is a French actress. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film '' Standing Tall''. She received the Prix Romy Schneider in 2019. Life and career Diane ... as Tess * Catherine Salée as Gladys Vatier * Élizabeth Mazev as Claudine * Anne Suarez as JDC director * Christophe Meynet as Mr. Robin * Lise Lamétrie as The first clerk * Martin Loizillon as The public prosecutor * Michel Masi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowbird (film)
''Yellowbird'' (french: Gus, petit oiseau, grand voyage) is a 2014 English-language French–Belgian CG-animated fantasy film. It was directed by Christian De Vita. The film features the voices of Seth Green, Dakota Fanning, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Baranski, Richard Kind, Danny Glover and Elliott Gould. Additional performances by Brady Corbet and Jamie Denbo Jamie Denbo (born July 24, 1973) is an American actress, writer, comedian and half of the comedy duo Ronna and Beverly with Jessica Chaffin. She also co-starred in the FX series ''Terriers'' and appeared in '' Spy'', '' The Heat'' and ''Ghos .... Plot Darius (voiced by Danny Glover), the leader of a flock of birds, is wounded just before it is time for the birds to migrate to Africa. Information about how to lead the migration must be passed to the first bird that encounters Darius.That is Yellowbird (Seth Green) who is excited by the challenge but has very little life experience. Karl (voiced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is The Perfect Crime
''Love Is the Perfect Crime'' (french: L'Amour est un crime parfait) is a 2013 French-Swiss drama thriller film directed by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Marc, who shares a remote mountain chalet with his sister, teaches literature at the polytechnic beside the lake in Lausanne and cannot resist his female students. One of them, Barbara, in the morning is found dead in his bed. When she is reported missing, the police open an enquiry and her glamorous young stepmother Anna starts her own investigation. Anna easily seduces the ever-amorous Marc, while he at the same time is unsuccessfully fending off both a sexy young student Annie and his frustrated spinster sister Marianne, who is being wooed by Richard, his head of department. But the police are closing in and Anna may not be what she appears. Cast * Mathieu Amalric as Marc * Karin Viard as Marianne * Maïwenn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne (2013 Film)
''Suzanne'' is a 2013 French drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré. In January 2014 the film received five nominations at the 39th César Awards, with Adèle Haenel winning the award for Best Supporting Actress. Plot Following the death of her mother, Suzanne and her younger sister are raised by their father alone. At the age of 17, Suzanne becomes the mother of a son. Her father and her sister support the both of them. Suzanne then falls in love with a gangster named Julien, abandoning her family to follow Julien to Marseille eventually ending up in prison. Upon her release, she finds her son Charlie living in a foster family. Trying to put her life together, Suzanne nevertheless falls into old habits when Julien finds her on a bus and persuades her to leave for Morocco with him. Once again abandoning her family, Suzanne has a second child. Returning home she goes to visit her mother's grave and discovers that during her absence her sister Maria has died. Crossing the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirate TV (film)
''Pirate TV'' (french: Télé gaucho) is a 2012 French comedy film directed by Michel Leclerc. Plot Life of a local independent TV in the 1990s in France run by Jean Lou, Yasmina, Stephen and Adonis, anarchists and provocateurs of the first hour, ready to make revolution. Cast * Félix Moati as Victor * Éric Elmosnino as Jean-Lou * Sara Forestier as Clara * Maïwenn as Yasmina * Emmanuelle Béart as Patricia Gabriel * Yannick Choirat as Étienne * Zinedine Soualem as Jimmy * Samir Guesmi as Bébé * François-Éric Gendron as Victor's father * Christiane Millet as Victor's mother * Lionel Girard as Adonis * Anne Benoît as Madame Serrano * Carla Besnaïnou as Justine * Aristide Demonico as Poliakov * Flora Tonnelier as Flora * Franc Bruneau as Juan * Laurent Firode Laurent Firode (born 11 March 1963) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life He did Chinese studies. Filmography References External links * 1963 births French male screenwriters French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris By Night (2012 Film)
''Paris by Night'' (french: Une nuit; ) is a 2012 French crime film directed by Philippe Lefebvre (film director), Philippe Lefebvre. Plot Each night, vice police captain Simon Weiss checks a number of night clubs. As he tries to ensure they obey the law, he has to deal with gangsters, drug dealers and the suspicions of his own force. Cast * Roschdy Zem as Simon Weiss * Sara Forestier as Laurence Deray * Samuel Le Bihan as Tony Garcia * Grégory Fitoussi as Paul Gorsky * Jean-Pierre Martins as Jo Linder * Jean-Paul Muel as Solange * Sophie Broustal as Josy, the boss at the "Magnifique" * Gérald Laroche as Alex, the boss at the "No Comment" References External links * 2012 films 2012 crime films French crime films Films about police corruption Films set in Paris 2010s French films 2010s French-language films {{2010s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Gall
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, she collaborated with singer-songwriter Michel Berger. Early years Gall was born in Paris on 9 October 1947, to a highly musical family. Her father, the lyricist Robert Gall, wrote songs for Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour. Her mother, Cécile Berthier, was a singer as well and the daughter of Paul Berthier, the co-founder of Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. The only daughter of her family, France had two brothers: Patrice and Philippe. In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to the music publisher Denis Bourgeois. That July, she auditioned for Bourgeois at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, after which Bourgeois wanted to sign her immediately. France was subsequently sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
