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The Love Of A Woman
''The Love of a Woman'' (French: ''L'amour d'une femme'', Italian: ''L'amore di una donna'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinema p.194 It was Grémillon's final feature film as director, although he made a handful of documentaries and short films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Île d'Ouessant off Finistère. Synopsis A young female doctor settles in a village on an island off the coast of Brittany, where she engages in a relationship with an engineer working on a project on the island. Main cast * Micheline Presle as Dr. Marie Prieur * Massimo Girotti as André Lorenzi * Gaby Morlay as Germaine Leblanc * Paolo Stoppa as Le curé * Marc Cassot as Marcel * Marius David as Lulu, l'adjoint d'André * Yvette Etiévant as Fernande de Malgorny * Roland Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Grémillon
Jean Grémillon (; 3 October 1901 – 25 November 1959)Note that, despite attempts at correction, thIMDb entry on the directorlists his date of birth erroneously as 4 March 1898. The correct date is given in his standard biography, by Geneviève Sellier, and confirmed by other leading sources including Katz's ''Film Encyclopedia'' and Wakeman's ''World Film Directors''. was a French film director. Biography After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature '' Maldone'' in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: '' Gueule d'amour'' (1937), '' L'Étrange Monsieur Victor'' (1938), ''Remorques'' (1941), '' Lumière d'été'' (1943), and '' Le ciel est à vous'' (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud. Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clavel
Robert Clavel (1912–1991) was a French art director.Hayward p.245 Selected filmography * '' All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949) * '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950) * ''Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950) * '' The Paris Waltz'' (1950) * '' Passion'' (1951) * '' She and Me'' (1952) * ''Virgile'' (1953) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1954) * ''Yours Truly, Blake'' (1954) * ''Charming Boys'' (1957) * ''Nathalie, Secret Agent ''Nathalie, Secret Agent'' (French: ''Nathalie, agent secret'' US: ''Atomic Agent'') is a 1959 French-Italian comedy thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Martine Carol, Félix Marten and DarÃo Moreno.Goble p.306 It is a sequel t ...'' (1959) * '' Belle de Jour'' (1967) * '' Under the Sign of the Bull'' (1969) References Bibliography * Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010. External links * 1912 births 1991 deaths French art directors Film people from Paris {{France-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Lesaffre
Roland Lesaffre (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2009) was a French film actor.Turk p.380 He appeared in many films directed by Marcel Carné. Selected filmography * ''La présidente'' (1938) * ''L'embuscade'' (1941) * ''La Marie du port'' (1950) - Un marin (uncredited) * ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' (1951) - Le légionnaire * ''The Strange Madame X'' (1951) - Roland - le garçon de café (uncredited) * '' Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951) * ''Le Plaisir'' (1952) - Bit part (uncredited) * '' Casque d'Or'' (1952) - Anatole (waiter) * ''We Are All Murderers'' (1952) - Le détenu-coiffeur * ''When You Read This Letter'' (1953) - Roland * '' Thérèse Raquin'' (1953) - Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur * '' The Love of a Woman'' (1953) - Yves * '' The Air of Paris '' (1954) - André Ménard * ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955) - Claude (uncredited) * ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) - Le premier royaliste * '' Law of the Streets'' (1956) - Le grêle * ''Hadashi no seishun'' (1956) - Father Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne *1949: ''Between Eleven and Midnight'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - La fille qui tapine sous le tunnel routier *1949: '' Le Point du jour'' (directed by Louis Daquin) *1949: '' Last Love'' (directed by Jean Stelli) - Lina Bell *1949: '' The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (directed by Louis Daquin) - Une fille à la soirée chez Rouletabille *1950: ''Le Rosier de Madame Husson'' (directed by Jean Boyer) - Marie, la jeune paysanne *1951: ''Without Leaving an Address'' (directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) - Adrienne Gauthier, la femme d'Emile, le chauffeur de taxi *1951: '' Topaze'' (directed by Marcel Pagnol) - La dactylo de Topaze *1951: '' Journal d'un curé de campagne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - la femme de ménage *1951: ''Maître aprà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius David
Marius may refer to: People *Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. Arts and entertainment * ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (1931 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Alexander Korda * ''Marius'' (2013 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Daniel Auteuil Places * Marius (Laconia), a town of ancient Laconia, Greece * Măriuș, a village in Valea Vinului, Satu Mare County, Romania * Marius (crater), on the Moon * Marius Hills, on the Moon Other uses * Marius (name), a male given name, a Roman clan name and family name, and a modern name or surname * Marius (commando), Alain Alivon (born 1965), French Navy officer * Marius (giraffe), a giraffe euthanized at the Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 See also * * * Mario (other) * Maria (other) * Mary (other) Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Cassot
Marc Cassot (1923–2016) was a French film and television actor. Ince p.161 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in France. Selected filmography * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * ''Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean'' (1947) * '' A Certain Mister'' (1950) * '' The Love of a Woman'' (1953) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''The Big Flag'' (1954) * '' The Game of Truth'' (1961) * ''Love Me Strangely'' (1971) * ''Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...'' (2006) References Bibliography *Cowie, Peter & Elley, Derek . ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. * Ince, Kate. ''Georges Franju''. Manchester University Press, 2019. External links * 1923 births 2016 deaths People from Paris French male fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated works include those after World War II, when he met director Luchino Visconti: the two, together with Stoppa's wife, actress Rina Morelli, formed a trio whose adaptations of works by authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and Goldoni became highly acclaimed. He gave to the theater a personal touch with his energetic play. He debuted in television in 1960 in the drama series ''Vita col padre e con la madre'', reaching the top of the popularity in the 1970s, in particular in the adaptation of crime novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (''Il giudice e il suo boia'' and ''Il sospetto'') and Augusto De Angelis. As a film actor, Stoppa made some 194 appearances between 1932 and his retirement in 1983, with roles in popular classics such as ''Mirac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. "Science is knowledge based on our observed facts and tested truths arranged in an orderly system that can be validated and communicated to other people. Engineering is the creative application of scientific principles used to plan, build, direct, guide, manage, or work on systems to maintain and improve our daily lives." The word ''engineer'' (Latin ) is derived from the Latin words ("to contrive, devise") and ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications of an engineer typically include a four-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or in some jurisdictions, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus four to six years of peer-reviewed professional pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain, with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its land area is 34,023 km2 . Brittany is the site of some of the world's oldest standing architecture, home to the Barnenez, the Tumulus Saint-Michel and others, which date to the early 5th millennium BC. Today, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases and their treatment—the ''science'' of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the art or ''craft'' of medicine. Both the role of the physician and the meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Populations légales 2019: 29 Finistère INSEE History  The present department consists of the historical region of Léon and parts of and
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ÃŽle D'Ouessant
Ushant (; br, Eusa, ; french: Ouessant, ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of government, it is a commune in the Finistère department. It is the only place in Brittany, save for Brittany itself, with a separate name in English. Geography Neighbouring islets include Keller Island () and Kadoran () to the north. The channel between Ushant and Keller is called the . Ushant marks a southern limit of the Celtic Sea and the southern end to the western English Channel, the northern end being the Isles of Scilly, southwest of Land's End in Cornwall, England. According to definitions of the International Hydrographic Organization the island lies outside the English Channel and is in the Celtic Sea. The island is a rocky landmass at most , covering . History Ushant is famous for its maritime past, both as a fishing community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
