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The Confessions (film)
''The Confessions'' ( it, Le confessioni; french: Les confessions) is a 2016 thriller drama film directed by Roberto Andò. It stars Toni Servillo, Connie Nielsen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marie-Josée Croze, Moritz Bleibtreu, Lambert Wilson and Daniel Auteuil. Plot A G8 meeting is being held at the luxury Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm on the Mecklenburg Baltic coast in Germany. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, invited by Daniel Roché, the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. The next morning, Roché is found dead. Cast *Toni Servillo as Roberto Salus *Daniel Auteuil as Daniel Roché *Pierfrancesco Favino as Italian minister *Moritz Bleibtreu as Mark Klein *Connie Nielsen as Claire Seth *Marie-Josée Croze as Canadian minister *Lambert Wilson as Roché's lover *Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Andò
Roberto Andò (born 11 January 1959) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author. Life and career Born in Palermo, Andò debuted as assistant director, working with Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Michael Cimino and Francesco Rosi, among others.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1986 he debuted on stage directing '' La foresta-radice- labirinto'', a puppet theater work based on an Italo Calvino's original story and with puppets drawn by Renato Guttuso. After several documentary films, Andò made his feature debut film in 2000, with '' Il manoscritto del Principe'', produced by Giuseppe Tornatore. His debut novel, ''Il trono vuoto'', won the Campiello prize for best first work; from the novel he derived the film ''Viva la libertà'', with whom he won the David di Donatello for Best Script and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay. Filmography * ''The Prince's Manuscript'' (''Il manoscritto del prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of G8 Summit Resorts
List of G8 summit resorts includes past and prospective venues for the annual meetings of G8 heads of state, the President of the European Union and other invited guests. The choice of a site for these summit meetings is left entirely to the host nation. The location choices of host nations have been informed in some cases by perceived pre- and post-summit economic benefits.Learn, Rob "Huntsville to serve as world stage in 2010,"''Huntsville Forrester'' (Huntsville, Ontario). June 25, 2008. The serial accounts of these summits have tended to focus on international macro-consequences; but the host-country's decision-making has also seemed to focus on micro-consequences which have been otherwise overshadowed or overlooked. Summit venues References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of G8 Summit Resorts Group of Eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy De La Tour
Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter. In films he appeared in '' Plenty'', ''Notting Hill'', the Roman Polanski's ''Oliver Twist'', '' 44 Inch Chest'', and '' The Confessions'', and in television '' The Young Ones'', ''Filthy Rich & Catflap'', ''Bottom'', ''Kavanagh QC'' and '' The Brief''. On stage, he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's ''No Man's Land'' in 2001 and Alan Bennett's ''People'' in 2012. His credits as a television writer include ''Boon'', ''Lovejoy'', ''Peak Practice'', ''The Vet'', ''Kavanagh QC'' and ''Clem''. He wrote the stage play ''Safe In Our Hands'' (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage Award). As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in the 1980s with Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and French and Saunders. In 2012, he wrote ''Stand-Up or Die'' about his time as a stand-up comedian in New York. He appeared as George Porter in episode 13 of series 31 of ''Casualty'' "Not in Holby Anymore" and as General Hurst Romodi in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Ovenden
Julian Mark Ovenden (born 29 November 1976) is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert and recording artist. Early life and education Ovenden was born on 29 November 1976 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He is one of three children of the Reverend Canon John Ovenden, a former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. He sang in the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London as a child. He later won a music scholarship to Eton College. He subsequently read music at New College, Oxford on a choral scholarship. Whilst he has received training as an opera singer, he has professionally used his music training in musical theatre. He continued academic studies in drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career His theatre work includes the multi award-winning '' Merrily We Roll Along'' and ''Grand Hotel'' for Michael Grandage at the Donma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Freiss
Stéphane Freiss (born 22 November 1960) is a French film, television, and stage actor. He won a César Award for his performance in the 1988 film ''Chouans!''. Selected filmography *'' Premiers désirs'' (1984) *''Vagabond'' (1985) *''Chouans!'' (1988) *'' 1001 Nights'' (1990) *''The King's Whore'' (1990) *'' Does This Mean We're Married?'' (1991) *'' Kings for a Day'' (1997) *''The Misadventures of Margaret'' (1998) *''Alias Betty'' (2001) *'' Monsieur N.'' (2003) *''Crime Spree'' (2003) *'' 5x2'' (2004) *''Munich'' (2005) *''Call Me Elisabeth'' (2006) *''Welcome to the Sticks'' (2008) *''Hereafter The afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body. The surviving ess ...'' (2010) *'' Another Life'' (2013) *'' My Old Lady'' (2014) *'' The Confessions'' (2016) References External links * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Guskov
Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov (russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Гуськов, born 20 May 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 2007. Early life Aleksei Guskov was born to Russian parents on 20 May 1958 in Brzeg, Poland, where his father - a military pilot - was stationed. Soon the family moved to Kiev in the Soviet Union. After high school in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ..., he entered the Moscow Higher Technical School named after Bauman. He studied at this school for nearly five years, but in 1979 dropped out and entered the Moscow Art Theatre School, from which he graduated in 1983 (course of Viktor Monyukov). He started his acting career at the Moscow Drama Theater. A.Pushkin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo Igawa
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years, he has had roles in major films such as ''Revolver'', ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''The Last Samurai'', and ''A Matter of Size''. Additionally, Igawa provides the voices of Professor Moshimo in ''Robotboy'', and Hiro in the ''Thomas & Friends'' franchise starting with 2009’s ''Hero of the Rails''. Besides these, he also appears in 2011's ''Johnny English Reborn'', the sequel to ''Johnny English'', as English's Tibetan guru and is in the 2012 film ''Gambit'' playing businessman Takagawa. His television roles have included appearances in ''Lovejoy'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh'', ''The IT Crowd'', ''Torchwood'', ''Casualty'', ''Archer'', ''Doctor Who'' and ''The Crown''. Igawa voiced the main villain Colonel Lee in the video game ''Crysis Warhead'' and the Yakuza character Jiro in the 2013 video game ''Payday 2''. Personal life Igawa lives in England with his wife Adrienne Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Heldenbergh
Johan Heldenbergh (born 9 February 1967) is a Belgian actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film director. He gained international fame by starring in films, including ''A Day in a Life'' (2007), '' Moscow, Belgium'' (2008), '' The Misfortunates'' (2009), ''The Broken Circle Breakdown'' (2012) and '' The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017). Personal life For 19 years he lived together with the Flemish actress Joke Devynck in Hofstade in Aalst, Belgium. On 17 September 2013 it became public that both actors separated. They have three children; two are twins. Filmography Film * ''Antonia'' (1995) - Tom * ''She Will Be Mine'' (1998, short) * '' Any Way the Wind Blows'' (2003) - Schoesetters * '' Steve + Sky'' (2004) - Jean Claude * ''My Bonnie'' (2004, short) - Pascal * '' Vleugels'' (2006) * '' Ben X'' (2007) - religion teacher * '' Aanrijding in Moscou'' (''Moscow, Belgium'') (2008) - Werner * '' De helaasheid der dingen'' (''The Misfortunates'') (2009) - uncle Breej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sammel
Richard Sammel (born 13 October 1960) is a German actor. He is best known for his role as Thomas Eichhorst on the FX television series ''The Strain'' (2014–2017). He has appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1991. Personal life Sammel speaks five languages: his native German, and English, French, Italian, and Spanish, all of which he is fluent in ('fairly fluent' in Spanish). He currently resides in Paris and Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ... with his girlfriend and his son. He also has two daughters. Selected filmography Awards and nominations References External links * 1960 births Living people German male film actors Male actors from Heidelberg German male television actors 20th-century German male actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Formed in 1944, started on 27 December 1945, at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international monetary system. It now plays a central role in the management of balance of payments difficulties and international financial crises. Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries experiencing balance of payments problems can borrow money. , the fund had XDR 477 billion (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. A marginal sea of the Atlantic, with limited water exchange between the two water bodies, the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish Straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bay of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk. The " Baltic Proper" is bordered on its northern edge, at latitude 60°N, by Åland and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the west by the Swedish part of the southern Scandinavian Peninsula. The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic Canal and to the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
