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Such A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
''A Gorgeous Girl Like Me'' (french: Une belle fille comme moi), also known as ''A Gorgeous Bird Like Me'', is a 1972 French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Bernadette Lafont. It is based on Henry Farrell's 1967 novel of the same name. Truffaut called it "a sarcastic comedy thriller." Plot Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of having murdered her lover Arthur and her father. She tells Stanislas about her life and her love affairs. Stanislas, much to the frustration of his secretary, who also has a crush on him, soon falls in love with Camille and works to find the evidence to prove her innocence. His secretary tries to convince the sociologist that Camille is a "manipulative slut" but he cannot be convinced. Through investigation, the sociologist and his secretary find a young boy, an amateur filmmaker, who has captured the evidence they need on film t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. After a career of more than 25 years, he remains an icon of the Cinema of France, French film industry, having worked on over 25 films. Truffaut's film ''The 400 Blows'' (1959) is a defining film of the French New Wave movement, and has four sequels, ''Antoine et Colette'' (1962), ''Stolen Kisses'' (1968), ''Bed and Board (1970 film), Bed and Board'' (1970), and ''Love on the Run (1979 film), Love on the Run'' (1979). Truffaut's 1973 film ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include ''Shoot the Piano Player'' (1960), ''Jules and Jim'' (1962), ''The Soft Skin'' (1964), ''The Wild Child'' (1970), ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Stévenin
Jean-François Stévenin (; 23 April 194427 July 2021) was a French actor and filmmaker. He appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film ''Cold Moon (1991 film), Cold Moon'', which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''La Chamade (film), La Chamade'' (1968) as Le jeune homme au pull bleu dans le bistrot (uncredited) * ''The Wild Child'' (1970) as Countryman * ''Out 1'' (1971) as Marlon * ''Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me'' (1972) as Le vendeur de journaux (uncredited) * ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' (1973) as Jean-François, l'assistant réalisateur * ''Si j'te cherche... j'me trouve'' (1974) as Jean-François * ''Zig-Zag'' (1975) as Un client de Marie & Pauline (uncredited) * ''Small Change (film), Small Change'' (1976) as Jean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher * ''Barocco'' (1976) as Jeune homme brun * ''The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died'' (1977) as Le chauffeur de taxi / Le peintre / Le marchand de tableaux * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films With Screenplays By François Truffaut
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films With Screenplays By Jean-Loup Dabadie
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By François Truffaut
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Georges Delerue
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s French-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Comedy Films
French comedy films are comedy films produced in France. Comedy is the most popular French genre in cinema. Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. Characteristics of French comedy films French comedy films are very often social comedies, which differs largely from American comedies."La comédie française se différencie ..par son aspect social, une lutte des classes généralement absente des comédies américaines." . Social comedy Culture shock, in several French comedies, oftentimes contain several 'clichés', which include: * Religion – ''The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' in the 1970s, and ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' in the 2010s * Social background – ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' in the 1980s, and ''The Intouchables'' in the 2010s * Difference of life between two places – '' Welcome to the Land of ch'tis'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Films
The year 1972 in film involved several significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): :''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (''La classe operaia va in paradiso''), directed by Elio Petri, Italy :''The Mattei Affair'' (''Il Caso Mattei''), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy Berlin Film Festival, Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''The Canterbury Tales (film), The Canterbury Tales'' (''I Racconti di Canterbury''), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France 1972 Wide-release movies American films of 1972, United States unless stated January–March April–June July–September October–December Notable films released in 1972 American films of 1972, United States unless stated # *''The 14 Amazons'' (Shi si nu ying hao), directed by Cheng Kang, starring Lisa Lu, Lily Ho (actress), Lily Ho, Ivy Ling Po. (Hong Kong films of 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness ( rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964. Together with students of the ''L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq'', they formed the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble, Théâtre du Soleil. He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness in the 1974 drama film ''La Gueule ouverte'' by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for Best Actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell (September 27, 1920 – March 29, 2006) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned gothic horror story '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', which was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Life and work He was born Charles Farrell Myers in California, and grew up in Chowchilla, California. Under the name Charles F. Myers, he wrote the "Toffee" short stories. Later taking the pseudonym Henry Farrell, his first novel was ''The Hostage'', published in 1959. It was filmed in 1966. With Lukas Heller, he co-wrote the screenplay for '' Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' (1964), starring Davis and Olivia de Havilland. It was based on a story he wrote titled "What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?", and the script earned Heller and Farrell a 1965 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. He wrote the original screenplay for ''What's the Matter with Helen?'' (1971), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand (born 22 May 1937) is a French actor, musician and singer. He is best known for his role as fictional private detective Nestor Burma. Selected filmography * 1962: '' The Longest Day'' as an extra (Uncredited) * 1975: '' Cousin Cousine'', directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella: ''Pascal'' * 1978: '' Holiday Hotel'', directed by Michel Lang: ''Hubert Delambre'' * 1979: '' Le Maître-nageur'', directed by Jean-Louis Trintignant: ''Marcel Potier'' * 1980: '' Loulou'', directed by Maurice Pialat: ''André'' * 1981: ''Garde à Vue'', directed by Claude Miller: ''Inspecteur Marcel Belmont'' * 1981: ''Coup de Torchon'', directed by Bertrand Tavernier: ''Marcel Chavasson'' * 1982: ''Les Sous-doués en vacances'', directed by Claude Zidi: ''Paul Memphis'' * 1983: '' Deadly Circuit'', directed by Claude Miller: ''The pale man'' * 1983: '' Entre Nous'', directed by Diane Kurys: ''Michel'' * 1983: ' (TV miniseries), directed by Christian-Jaque: ''Ferdinand de Lesseps'' * 1984: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
