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Valérie Benguigui
Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director. Born in Oran, Algeria, she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis Huster's ''On a volé Charlie Spencer'' (1986). Her most successful television role was in the series ''Avocats et associés'', in which she appeared from 2000 to 2005. She also produced and directed several plays at this time. In 2012, she portrayed Élisabeth in the film '' What's in a Name?'' (''Le Prénom''), which earned her a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Personal life Benguigui was married to actor and restaurant manager Eric Wapler, whom she met while studying at Cours Florent. They had two children. Death Benguigui died from breast cancer, aged 52, on 2 September 2013 in Paris. She battled the disease for three years. Benguigui was buried at Montpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th César Awards
The 38th Annual César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 22 February 2013, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jamel Debbouze, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 25 January 2013. Michael Haneke's film '' Amour'', nominated in ten categories, won in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Honorary César Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer Viewers The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 12.5% of the audience. See also * 85th Academy Awards * 66th British Academy Film Awards * 25th European Film Awards * 18th Lumières Awards * 3rd Magritte Awards References External links Official website* 38th César Awardsat '' AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Berling
Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) settlers in Morocco" was born in Meknes (Morocco); she died in 2004.Marion Vignal,Charles Berling: "Rester insolent, c'est vital", ''L'Express'', 17 septembre 2011 When he was two years old he left Paris for Brest, then Toulon, then, at seven, Tahiti. He studied acting at the Belgian school INSAS, in Brussels. He is the father of the actor Émile Berling. Filmography Theater Narrator * March of the Penguins ''March of the Penguins'' (French ''La Marche de l'empereur'' ; ) is a 2005 French feature-length nature documentary directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The documentary dep ... Notes and sources External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berling, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos (2001 Film)
''Chaos'' is a 2001 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Coline Serreau. A remake of this movie in English, to star Miss Universe 1994 Sushmita Sen, Clint Eastwood, and Barbra Streisand, is planned by 2021. It was replaced by Aishwarya Rai and Meryl Streep. Plot Paul and Hélène, a wealthy Parisian couple, are preparing to go out for the evening. While driving, they see three men chasing a prostitute down the street. She begs them to save her by letting her into the car, but Paul locks the doors and drives away as the three men savagely beat her, leaving her unconscious in the street. He refuses to let Hélène phone an ambulance, afraid of being charged with not helping a person in danger (which is a crime in France). Hélène cannot forget the incident, and the next day she goes to the hospital, where she finds the prostitute, Noémie, in a coma. Moved, Hélène stops work and leaves her family responsibilities to stay with Noémie throughout her recovery, aidi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabien Onteniente
Fabien Onteniente (born 27 April 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography * 1989 : '' Bobby et l'aspirateur'' (short film) * 1992 : ''À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop'' * 1995 : '' Tom est tout seul'' * 1996 : '' Le Tuteur'' (TV) * 1998 : '' Grève party'' * 2000 : ''Jet Set'' * 2001 : '' Tel épris'' (TV) * 2002 : ''3 zéros'' * 2004 : ''People'' * 2006 : ''Camping'' * 2008 : ''Disco'' * 2010 : ''Camping 2'' * 2013 : ''Turf'' * 2016 : ''Camping 3'' * 2019 : ''All Inclusive'' * 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ... : ''100% Bio'' (TV) External links * French film directors 1958 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Set (film)
''Jet Set'' is a 2000 French comedy film, directed by Fabien Onteniente. A sequel, ''People'', was released in 2004. Plot Jimmy ( Bruno Solo), desperate to save his suburban bar from bankruptcy, conceives a plan to attract the "jet set", the rich and glamorous celebrities of France. He sends his friend Mike (Samuel Le Bihan), a down-at-the-heels unemployed actor, to infiltrate French high society and garner contacts with prestigious personalities to invite. Hijinks ensue. Cast * Samuel Le Bihan as Mickaël Gonzalvez aka « Mike » * Lambert Wilson as Artus de Poulignac * Ornella Muti as Camilla * Ariadna Gil as Andréa * Bruno Solo as Jimmy * José Garcia as Mellor de Silva * Aurore Clément as Nicole * Estelle Larrivaz as Lydia * Lorànt Deutsch as Fifi * Elli Medeiros as Danielle Joubert * Antoinette Moya as Mme Gonzalvez * Guillaume Gallienne as Evrard Sainte Croix * Armelle as Frénégonde * Valérie Benguigui as The Baroness * Adel Kachermi 2Be3 was a French boy band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug Scenes
''Drug Scenes'' (original French title ''Scénarios sur la drogue'', also titled ''Drugs!'') is an omnibus film (2000) of 24 French short films depicting drug abuse. Varying in length from three to seven minutes, they showed in movie theaters before feature films. Directors included Georges Lautner, Etienne Chatiliez, Emmanuelle Bercot, Santiago Otheguy, Diane Bertrand, Jean Bocheux, Laurent Bouhnik, and Manuel Boursinhac. Actors include Sylvie Testud, Chiara Mastroianni, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Nathalie Richard, Manuel Blanc, Claude Jade, Pierre Richard, Éva Darlan, Lou Doillon, Michèle Garcia anMathieu Delarive Scriptwriters included Eric Ellena The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain .... External links ''Scénarios sur la drogue'' official site * 2000 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte De Turckheim
Anne-Charlotte de Turckheim (born 5 April 1955) is a French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer. Born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France, the daughter of Françoise Husson and Arnaud de Turckheim, a member of a noble Protestant family from Alsace, Charlotte de Turckheim studied theater after completing her baccalauréat degree. She has appeared in numerous films. In 2007, she participated in ''Rendez-vous en terre inconnue''. On Feb 25, 2014, it was announced that she would present a French version of the BBC's ''Antiques Roadshow'' The writer Émilie de Turckheim is her cousin. She is a descendant of the French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer Adrien de Turckheim of the company Lorraine-Dietrich. Filmography Actress Screenwriter / Director Theater References External links * * Allociné 1955 births Living people People from Montereau-Fault-Yonne French film actresses French comedians French film producers 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Hazanavicius
Michel Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, '' The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' (2006) and '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'' (2009). Life and career Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988.Michel Hazanavicius. ''Allocine''. He began directing commercials for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Pierre Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. He is also a film director and occasional singer. Early life Pierre Richard was born in a bourgeois family from Valenciennes. He is the grandson of Léopold Defays who was the director of the company Escaut-et-Meuse. His name comes from the stage name of Pierre Richard-Willm who was his mother's favorite actor. Pierre Richard spent his childhood and a part of his teenage years in his native city where he was a student at the Henri-Wallon high school. Skipping classes regularly to go to the cinema, it was Danny Kaye in ''Up in Arms'' that revealed his vocation. This was received with only a moderate enthusiasm by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vérité Si Je Mens !
''La Vérité si je mens !'' ( ; English title: ''Would I Lie to You?'') is a 1997 French film, directed by . It was followed by a sequel, ', in 2001, and a third movie ', in 2012. Plot In Paris, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is an unemployed man in financial difficulty. A rich Jewish cloth manufacturer takes Eddie into his corporation out of pity because he mistakenly believes him to be Jewish as well. Eddie rapidly integrates in the Parisian Jewish textile community and rises as a sales manager. He continues his masquerade of pretending to be Ashkenazi Jew in order to woo his boss's daughter (played by Amira Casar). Reception The film was the highest-grossing French film for the year. The film was nominated for two César Awards: Casar for Most Promising Actress, and José Garcia for Most Promising Actor for his portrayal of Serge Benamou. Sequels A sequel, ''La Vérité si je mens ! 2'', was released in 2001 and was even more popular in France with 7.8 million admission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvan Attal
Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan Sicard (1910–2000), French journalist and far right political activist *Yvan Attal (born 1965), Israeli-born French actor and director *Yvan Bernier (born 1960), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 *Yvan Blot (born 1948), French conservative political figure *Yvan Bordeleau (born 1942), the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Quebec, Canada, for Acadie from 1989 to 2007 *Yvan Bourgis (born 1979), French football defender currently playing for Stade Brest 29 in the French Ligue 2 *Yvan Colonna, Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac on the February 6, 1998 *Yvan Cournoyer (born 1943), retired Canadian hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League *Yvan Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes (born 15 December 1946, in Paris) is a French playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, film maker and actor. Since 2002 he has been the managing director of the Théâtre du Rond-Point. Between 1982 and 1984 Ribes had directed ''Merci Bernard'' and since 1988 works on ''Palace''. In 2008, Ribes had directed ''Batailles'' which he co-wrote with Roland Topor and next year became a director of the ''Un garçon impossible'', a play by Petter S. Rosenlund and 's ''Les Diablogues''. In 2010, in Théâtre du Rond-Point he directed ''Les Nouvelles Brèves de Comptoir'' in which Jean-Marie Gourio had starred. In 2011, he wrote and directed ''René l’énervé - Opéra bouffe et tumultueux'', on the music by Reinhardt Wagner. A year later, he returned to Théâtre du Rond-Point at which he directed play ''Théâtre sans animaux'' and Sébastien Thiéry's '' L’Origine du Monde'' in 2013. Theater Filmography *1978: '' The Swindle'' *1986: ''La galette du roi'' *199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
