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Un Drôle De Paroissien
''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film has been released under the name ''Heaven Sent'' in the English speaking world. Plot Georges Lachaunaye is a young member of an impoverished family of ancient nobility. His lack of financial means and his disdain for labour make him a thief who helps himself by robbing the collection boxes of churches. Cast * Bourvil as Georges Lachaunaye * Francis Blanche as Chief Insp. Cucherat * Jean Poiret as Raoul * Jean Yonnel as Mattieu Lachesnaye, Georges' father * Jean Tissier as Brigadier Bridoux * Véronique Nordey as Françoise Lachaunaye * Bernard Lavalette as the Police Prefect * Marcel Pérès as Raillargaud (as Marcel Perez) * Jean Galland as the college principal / the bishop * Solange Certain as Juliette Lachaunaye, Georges's wife * Denise Péronne Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska and Adam Mokiejewski. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic. Mocky appeared as an actor in the 1955 film ''The Abandoned (1955 film), Gli Sbandati'' and in many other movies, including some of those he also directed (''Solo (1969 film), Solo'', ''L'albatros'', ''L'Ombre d'une chance'', ''Un Linceul n'a pas de poches''). His 1987 film ''The Miracle (1987 film), Le Miraculé'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.'' He began as an actor in the cinema and theater. In particular, he played in Jean Dréville's ''Les Casse-pieds'' (1948), Jean Cocteau's ''Orpheus (film), Orphée'' (1950) and Bernard Borderie's ''The Mask of the Gorilla'' (1957). But it was especially in Italy that he became famous, thanks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Return at Dawn'' (1938) * ''Women's Prison'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) * '' The Emigrant'' (1940) * ''Night in December'' (1940) * ''Radio Surprises'' (1940) * ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941) * ''Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) * ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943) * ''It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) * ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943) * ''Children of Paradise'' (1945) * '' The Bellman'' (1945) * ''St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * ''François Villon'' (1945) * ''Panic (Panique)'' (1946) * '' Lunegarde'' (1946) * '' Raboliot'' (1946) * '' Roger la Honte'' (1946) * ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) * ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) * ''The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) * ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (1949) * ''The Farm ... [...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] |
Films Directed By Jean-Pierre Mocky
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] |
French Black-and-white Films
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Films
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic ''Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since '' Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – ''Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Legris
Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' On the Streets'' (1933) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936) * ''Wells in Flames'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) * ''Life Dances On'' (1937) * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * '' Courrier sud'' (1937) * '' Port of Shadows'' (1938) * ''Mollenard'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''The West'' (1938) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1940) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * ''Various Facts About Paris'' (1950) * ''The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950) * ''Good Enough to Eat'' (1951) * ''Robinson Crusoeland'' (1951) * ''The Green Glove'' (1952) * ''The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) * '' A Certain Monsieur Jo'' (1958) * ''Un drôle de paroissien ''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 French comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Péronne , a given name
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Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipality in Brazil * ''Denise'', an 1885 play by Alexander Dumas ''fils'' * SP-350 Denise, a small submarine also known as the "Diving saucer" * A brand name of desogestrel See also * Hurricane Denise, a list of tropical cyclones named Denise * Saint Denise (other) *Denice (other) *Denyse Denyse is a feminine given name, and may be seen as a variant of Denise. Notable people with the name include: *Denyse Alexander (born 1931), British actress *Denyse Benoit, Canadian actress, director and screenwriter *Denyse Floreano (born 1976) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solange Certain
Solange (died 10 May, c. 880) was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally venerated Christian saint and cephalophore, whose cult is restricted to Sainte-Solange, Cher. Saint Solange was the patron of the traditional Province of Berry, of which Cher is a part. Solange was born to a poor, but devout family in the town of Villemont, near Bourges, and consecrated her virginity at the age of seven; according to some, her mere presence cured the sick and exorcised devils. The son of the count of Poitiers was highly taken with the beauty and popularity of Solange and approached her when she was tending to her sheep, but she rejected his suit. He argued with her to no avail, and so he decided to abduct her. At night, he came and took Solange by force, but she struggled so violently that she fell from his horse while he was crossing a stream. Her abductor grew enraged and beheaded her with his sword. According to the fully-developed legend, Solange's severed head invoked three times t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Galland
Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''Fantômas'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * '' The Scandal'' (1934) * '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935) * ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (1935) * '' Merchant of Love'' (1935) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * ''The House of the Spaniard'' (1936) *'' The Unknown'' (1936) * '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''Savage Brigade'' (1939) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''The Blue Danube'' (1940) * ''The Lost Woman'' (1942) * '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) * '' La Fugue de Monsieur Perle'' (1952) * '' Earrings of Madame de...'' (1953) * ''Marianne of My Youth'' (1955) *''A Kiss for a Killer'' (1957) * ''The Reluctant Spy ''The Reluctant Spy'' (french: L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret, it, Spionaggio senza frontiere, also known as ''How to Be a Spy Without Even Trying'') is a French-Italian spy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Lavalette
Bernard Lavalette (20 January 1926 – 14 December 2019) was a French film and television actor.Ince p.164 Partial filmography * ''Sans famille'' (1958) - Le brigadier * '' The Bureaucrats'' (1959) - Van Der Hogen * ''La Belle Américaine'' (1961) - Le ministre du commerce * '' Tales of Paris'' (1962) - Richard (segment "Antonia") * ''L'assassin est dans l'annuaire'' (1962) - Martel * ''Un clair de lune à Maubeuge'' (1962) - Le présentateur télé * '' Heaven Sent'' (1963) - Prefect of Police * ''Comment épouser un premier ministre'' (1964) - Le commissaire * '' Thomas the Impostor'' (1965) - Le docteur Gentil * ''Les malabars sont au parfum'' (1966) * ''Asterix the Gaul'' (1967) - (voice) * ''Salut Berthe!'' (1968) - Labarasse * '' Le gendarme se marie'' (1968) - Le professeur de danse * ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' (1968) - Le narrateur / Amonbofis (voice) * ''Flash Love'' (1968) - Le rédacteur en chef * ''La grande maffia...'' (1971) - Le notaire * ''Le Viager'' (1972) - Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
