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The Music Teacher (film)
''The Music Teacher'' (french: Le maître de musique) is a 1988 Belgian film directed and co-written by Gérard Corbiau. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards. Plot Retired opera singer Joachim Dallayrac (José van Dam) retreats to the countryside to teach two young singers, Sophie ( Anne Roussel) and Jean (Philippe Volter). Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty of time for relationships to develop among the three. Cast See also * List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1967. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outsid ... References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Corbiau
Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1987), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and ''Le roi danse'' (2000). Two of them (''Le maître de musique'' and ''Farinelli'') were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a .... He lives in Belgium and is working on several projects. References External links * 1941 births Living people Belgian film directors {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Van Dam
Joseph, Baron Van Damme (born 27 August 1940 in Brussels), known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone. At the age of 17, he entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance. He made his opera début as the music teacher Don Basilio in Gioacchino Rossini’s ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' at the Paris Opera in 1961, and remained in the company until 1965, when he sang his first major role, Escamillo from Bizet's ''Carmen''. He then sang for two seasons at Geneva, La Scala, Covent Garden, and in Paris. At Geneva, Van Dam sang in the première of Milhaud's ''La mère coupable'' in 1966. Lorin Maazel heard van Dam and invited him to record Ravel’s ''L’heure espagnole'' with him for Deutsche Grammophon. In 1967, Maazel asked him to join the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. Van Dam has performed at L’Opéra de Paris, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Roussel
Anne Roussel (born 6 August 1960) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1981. Selected filmography References External links * 1960 births Living people French film actresses {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Volter
Philippe Volter (23 March 1959 – 13 April 2005) was a Belgian actor and director. Born Philippe Wolter to theatre director Claude Volter and his wife, actress Jacqueline Bir, Volter began his career in Brussels in 1985. He made many stage and film appearances, the latter of which peaked with such arthouse films as ''The Music Teacher'' (1988), ''The Double Life of Véronique'' (1991) and ''Blue'' (1993). Other appearances include '' Macbeth'' (1987) and '' The Five Senses'' (1999). Upon his father's death in 2002, he returned to Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ... and became artistic director for the Comedy Claude Volter. Volter committed suicide in 2005, aged 46. Filmography External links * 1959 births 2005 suicides Belgian male film acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and ''Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''. Biography Early life Patrick Bauchau was born in Brussels, Belgium on 6 December 1938, the son of Mary (née Kozyrev), a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and Henry Bauchau, a school administrator, lawyer, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian Underground during World War II. He was raised in Belgium, Switzerland and England. He attended Oxford University on an academic scholarship and speaks German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and a little Russian and Dutch. He is married to the sister of model and actress Brigitte Bardot, Mijanou Bardot, and lives in Los Angeles. Career Bauchau began his career in French New Wave cinema, including acting in two films by Éric Rohmer, '' La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Cannes Film Festival
The 41st Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1988. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Pelle erobreren'' by Bille August. The festival opened with ''Le Grand Bleu'', directed by Luc Besson and closed with ''Willow'', directed by Ron Howard. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 feature film competition: *Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and director (Jury President) *Claude Berri, French director, screenwriter, producer, and actor *David Robinson, British film critic *Yelena Safonova, Soviet Russian actress * George Miller, Australian firector, producer, and screenwriter * Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer, and screenwriter *Nastassja Kinski, German actress *Philippe Sarde, French composer *Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer *William Goldman, American novelist – Goldman wrote about the experience in his book ''Hype and Glory''. Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 Camera d'O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Academy Awards
The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988, and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis. Ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson. ''Rain Man'' won four awards, including the Best Picture. Other winners included ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' with four awards, ''Dangerous Liaisons'' with three, and ''The Accused'', ''The Accidental Tourist'', '' A Fish Called Wanda'', ''The Appointments of Dennis Jennings'', ''Beetlejuice'', ''Bird'', '' Hôt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen (19 February 1950 – 30 March 2023) was a Belgian actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows from 1977. He starred in the film '' De grens'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. In 1998 he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in the movie '' Felice...Felice...''. In the 2010 film '' The American'', he appeared as Pavel, mysterious handler of Jack, the assassin character played by George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney, numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Awards, British Academy Film A .... Filmography References External links * 1950 births 2023 deaths Belgian male film actors Golden Calf winners People from Hasselt 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Belgian male actors {{Belgium-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Sbille
Jean-Louis Sbille (14 March 1948) is a Belgian-French-speaking artist, radio and television producer, actor and writer. Career In the mid-70s, with the graphic designer and art director, Marc Borgers they created RUPTZ, an art video and performance group. From 1977 to 1981 he published the new wave art magazine Soldes Fins de Séries. He has published novels for youth, poetry, dramatic works and screenplays for television Ici Bla Bla. He produces a lot of cultural, musical and youth radio and TV shows on RTBF, the French-speaking Belgian radio and television organization. He works in Brussels with the Mexican choreographer José Besprosvany from 2003 to 2009 as dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English .... He is a professor of media criticism to Haute Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 61st Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 61st Academy Awards, thirty-one films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Soviet film, ''Commissar'', was filmed in 1967, but was banned for twenty years. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Hungary, India, Spain and the eventual winner, ''Pelle the Conqueror ''Pelle the Conqueror'' ( da, Pelle Erobrer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Belgian Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1967. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The "Best Foreign Language Film" category was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. Between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented a non-competitive Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States. , seven Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, two have been directed by Gérard Corbiau: ''The Music Teacher'' and '' Farinelli''. The five other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jacqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
