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Valérie Mairesse
Valérie Mairesse (born 8 June 1954) is a French stage and film actress. She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Repérages''. Theater Filmography External links * 1955 births French film actresses Living people French stage actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris {{france-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving Sabotage
''Loving Sabotage'' (french: Le Sabotage amoureux) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1993 by the Albin Michel Albin may refer to: Places * Albin, Wyoming, US * Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US * Albin, Virginia, US People * Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin" * Albin (surname) ;Mononyms * Albin of .... Plot The narrator of ''Loving Sabotage'' is a five year old girl who arrives in Beijing in 1972 as the daughter of a Belgian diplomat. She joins the other children in the diplomatic enclave, engaged in various nasty wars. She owns a bicycle, which she has convinced herself is a horse. She falls madly in love with a six year old Italian girl and attempts to gain the affections of cruel Elena. Based in part by Nothomb's own childhood experience in Beijing, the novel includes observations of China under the Gang of Four and on the way Westerners perceived China. References Fiction s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adieu Poulet
''The French Detective'' (french: Adieu poulet) is a 1975 French film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, and scripted by Francis Veber from the 1974 novel ''Adieu poulet !'' by Raf Vallet. It received two César nominations for best supporting actor, and another for best editing. Plot Despite the English title, in truth there are two French detectives, based in Rouen. Verjeat is an aging, been-around gumshoe, while Lefevre is his young, callow and cynical associate. The two detectives don't like each other much at first, but this will change. Their current assignment is getting the goods on a corrupt politician. During an election, there is a fight between the supporters of two of the candidates. In the melee political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop. The officer has time to warn his colleagues that the killer is Portor, a well known thug whose brother is campaigning on behalf of law and order candidate Lardatte. Chief inspector Verjeat believes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Russell
William Russell (born 23 August 1946) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are ''Educating Rita'', ''Shirley Valentine'', '' Blood Brothers'' and ''Our Day Out''. Early life Russell was born in Whiston, Lancashire (which is now Merseyside). On leaving school, aged 15, he became a ladies' hairdresser, eventually running his own salon, until the age of 20 when he decided to go back to college. This led to him qualifying as a teacher. During these years, Russell also worked as a semi-professional singer, writing and performing his own songs in folk clubs. At college, he began writing drama and, in 1972, took a programme of two one-act plays to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where they were seen by writer John McGrath, who recommended Russell to the Liverpool Everyman, which commissioned the adaptation, ''When The Reds…'', Russell's first professional work for theatre. Career Russell's first play was ''Keep Your Eyes Down'' (1971), written while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Count Paris, Paris. Believed to have been written between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Vilfrid
Jacques Vilfrid (born 23 January 1923, in Paris, died 21 January 1988, aged 65, in Paris) was a French film director, film writer, and film producer. Filmography * ''More Whiskey for Callaghan'' (1955) *'' Le Triporteur'' (scenario, 1957) *'' Les Livreurs'' (scenario and dialogue, 1959) *''Les Bricoleurs'' (scenario and dialogue, 1960) *'' Les Pique-assiette'' (scenario and dialogue, 1960) *'' Les Moutons de Panurge'' (dialogue, 1960) *''Les Nouveaux Aristocrates'' (scenario and dialogue, 1961) * ''We Will Go to Deauville'' (scenario, adaptation and dialogue, 1962) *''Les Veinards'' (adaptation and dialogue, 1962) seulement les sketcks suivants **''Le vison'' **''Le repas gastronomique'' **''Le yacht'' *''Pouic-Pouic'' (scenario and adaptation, 1963) *''Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez'' (dialogue, 1964) *'' Faites sauter la banque'' (scenario, 1964) *''Le Gendarme à New York'' (adaptation et dialogue, 1965) * ''The Gorillas'' (scenario and dialogue, 1965) *'' Monsieur le président-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Girault
Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films between 1960 and 1982. In 1982, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 58. Filmography Director * '' Les pique-assiette'' (1960) * '' Les Moutons de Panurge'' (1960) * '' Les Livreurs'' (1961) * ''People in Luck'' (1963) * ''Les Bricoleurs'' (1963) * ''Pouic-Pouic'' (1963) * ''Let's Rob the Bank'' (1964) * ''The Troops of St. Tropez'' (1964) * '' The Gorillas'' (1964) * ''Gendarme in New York'' (1965) * '' Monsieur le président-directeur général'' (1966) * '' Les grandes vacances'' (1967) * '' A Strange Kind of Colonel'' (1968) * ''Le gendarme se marie'' (1968) * '' La maison de campagne'' (1969) * '' Le gendarme en balade'' (1970) * ''Le Juge'' (1971) * '' Jo'' (1971) * '' Les charlots font l'Espagne'' (1972) * '' Le concierge'' (1973) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouic-Pouic
''Pouic-Pouic'' is a French comedy film from 1963, directed by Jean Girault, written by Jean Girault and Jacques Vilfrid, starring Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Casamento a Propósito" (Portugal), "El pollo de mi mujer" (Spain), "Quietsch... quietsch... wer bohrt denn da nach Öl" (West Germany), "I 3 affari del signor Duval" (Italy). Cast * Louis de Funès : Léonard Monestier * Mireille Darc : Patricia Monestier * Jacqueline Maillan : Cynthia Monestier * Roger Dumas : Paul Monestier * Maria-Rosa Rodriguez (called Yana Chouri) : Régine Mercier alias Palma Diamantino * Philippe Nicaud : Simon Guilbaud * Guy Tréjean : Antoine Brévin * Christian Marin : Charles * Daniel Ceccaldi : Pedro Caselli * Philippe Dumat : Morrison * Yves Barsacq : James * Jean Girault : bald player in the grant * Pierre Bouteiller Pierre Bouteiller (1655–1717) was a French Baroque composer. His surviving works comprise 13 petits motets The ''petit motet'' ("little motet") w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chat En Poche
is a comedy in three acts by Georges Feydeau which was performed for the first time on the 19 September 1892 at the Théâtre Déjazet. Modern times commentators have remarked that even if this early play was still influenced by Eugène Marin Labiche, this portrayal of a small egoistic Bourgeois society is characteristic of Feydeau. Plot summary Pacarel made his wealth in the sugar industry and wants to premiere an opera composed by his daughter, who "rewrote ''Faust'' after Gounod". To fulfill this objective, he asks his friend Dufausset who lives in Bordeaux to engage Dujeton, a well known Tenor from the Bordeaux Opera. But instead of Dujeton, it's the son of Dufausset who comes. He is coming in Paris to study the Judiciary in Paris. Pacarel mistakes him for Dujeton and signs a contract with him, leading to a series of misunderstandings. Roles * Pacarel * Dufausset * Marthe, wife of Pacarel * Julie, daughter of Pacarel * Landernau, Physician A physician (American Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Ensler
V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''."Politics, Power and Passion" ''The New York Times Magazine'', December 2, 2011. Please see the fifth segment by Eve Ensler. In 2006 Charles Isherwood of '''' called ''The Vagina Monologues'' "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade." In 2011, V was awarded the |
The Vagina Monologues
''The Vagina Monologues'' is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in at Westside Theatre. The play explores consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences, body image, genital mutilation, direct and indirect encounters with reproduction, vaginal care, menstrual periods, prostitution, and several other topics through the eyes of women with various ages, races, sexualities, and other differences. Charles Isherwood of ''The New York Times'' called the play "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade." In 2018, ''The New York Times'' stated "No recent hour of theater has had a greater impact worldwide" in an article "The Great Work Continues: The 25 Best American Plays Since ‘Angels in America. Ensler originally starred in both the HERE premiere and in the first off-Broadway production, which was produced by David S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
