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Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' Masculin, féminin'' in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and on television. He normally plays supporting roles, and may have been best known for his role as Inspector Bricard in '' L'Horloger de Saint-Paul'', and the black comedy '' Week End'', where he played Tom Thumb. He died on 21 January 2018 at the age of 73. telestar.fr; accessed 22 January 2018. Selected filmography * '''' (1966) - L'homme qui se ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saulieu
Saulieu () is a rural commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Its 2,413 inhabitants (in 2017) call themselves Sédélociens. Capital of the Morvan, situated within the Morvan Regional Natural Park, Saulieu lies 250 km southeast of Paris on the RN6 road. History This walled town has existed since Roman times when it was known as ''Sidolocus'' (or ''Sedelocus''), as seen on the tombs and engravings that can be found in the hills overlooking the modern town. Every Saturday morning a unique market is held in the square selling goods of many kinds. Church The Basilica of Saint Andoche, noted for its west portal and carved capitals depicting biblical stories and religious teachings, was founded as an abbey church in the 6th century. Rebuilt as a collegiate church in the 12th century, it became a Minor Basilica in 1919. There are over 60 carved capitals in the basilica, several of which have narrative figures. Some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Course à L'échalote
''La Course à l'échalote'' is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. Plot Young and dynamic, founded with power from the "20th Century Bank", Pierre Vidal regularly spies with his binoculars his partner Janet, who works in a hairdressing salon. Fed up with being constantly watched, she takes advantage to excite his jealousy. His boss has taken a few days of vacation, and Pierre is in charge to replace him. More nervous than ever of this enormous responsibility, he will soon have to take to the coffer halls a certain Monsieur de Rovère, who came to bring the transfer of shares act of the ''Alcazar'', the famous Parisian cabaret. But the famous briefcase containing the documents is stolen on their sight. Cast * Pierre Richard ... Pierre Vidal * Jane Birkin ... Janet * Michel Aumont ... Commissaire Brunet * Marc Dolnitz ... Marc * Amadeus August ... Gunther * Henri Déus ... Mike * Luis Rego ... Frantz * Catherine Allégret ... Nicole * André Bézu ... André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Crime Est Notre Affaire
''Crime Is Our Business'' (french: Le Crime est notre affaire) is a 2008 French comedy mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring Catherine Frot, André Dussollier and Claude Rich. It is based on the 1957 Agatha Christie novel '' 4.50 from Paddington'' (but with a change of detectives from Miss Marple to Tommy and Tuppence). Cast * Catherine Frot as Prudence Beresford * André Dussollier as Bélisaire Beresford * Claude Rich as Roderick Charpentier * Annie Cordy as Babette Boutiti, Prudence's aunt * Chiara Mastroianni as Emma Charpentier, daughter of Roderick * Melvil Poupaud as Frédéric Charpentier, youngest son of Roderick * Alexandre Lafaurie as Raphaël Charpentier, son of Roderick * Christian Vadim as Augustin Charpentier, eldest son of Roderick * Hippolyte Girardot as Dr. Lagarde * Yves Afonso as Inspector Blache * Valériane de Villeneuve as Mme Clairin * Marie Lorna Vaconsin as Mme Valois * Laura Benson Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifi Martingale
Fifi Martingale is a 2001 French film directed by Jacques Rozier. The film is about a theater company attempting to put on a new play. It was Jean Lefebvre's last film. Cast *Jean Lefebvre as Gaston Manzanarès *Lili Vonderfeld as Fifi * Mike Marshall as the Author *Jacques Petitjean as the Director *Yves Afonso as Yves Lempereur *François Chattot as Père Popelkov *Alexandra Stewart as the Ambassador *Jacques François as the Ambassador *Roger Trapp as The consul of Moldova *Luis Rego Luis Rego (born 30 May 1943) is a French actor, comedian, writer and director, of Portuguese origins. He was a founding member of music/comedy group Les Charlots Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, was a group ... External links * French comedy films 2001 films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Fils De Gascogne
''Le Fils de Gascogne'' (''Gascogne's Son'') is a French film directed by Pascal Aubier from a scenario by Patrick Modiano and Pascal Aubier, released on 8 May 1996 in film, 1996. The adventures of Harvey, guide of a group of Georgian singers in Paris, and Dinara their interpreter, are used as a framework to provide a fantastic and nostalgic evocation of the cinema of the 1960s. Synopsis Harvey, a timid provincial young man, accommodate a troop of Georgia (country), Georgian choristers accompanied by Dinara, their interpreter (a quarter Russian: "''my father is Tatars, Tatar, my mother is half Russian, half Jewish''"), and acts as their guide in Paris. In a restaurant,a customer joins the singers and claims to recognize Harvey as the son of a script writer named Gascogne, who died twenty-five years earlier in an automobile accident. Marco, one of his friends, tries to profit from this situation, made all the easier as Harvey was born from an unknown father. He tries to find the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uranus (film)
''Uranus'' is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists. It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Michel Blanc - Gaigneux * Gérard Depardieu - Léopold Lajeunesse * Jean-Pierre Marielle - Archambaud * Philippe Noiret - Watrin * Gérard Desarthe - Maxime Loin * Michel Galabru - Monglat * Danièle Lebrun - Mrs. Archambaud * Fabrice Luchini - Jourdan * Daniel Prévost - Rochard * Myriam Boyer - Mrs. Gaigneux * Ticky Holgado - Mégrin, lawyer * Vincent Grass - Ledieu * Florence Darel - Miss Archambaud * Yves Afonso Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Desejado
''O Desejado'' (french: Les montagnes de la lune, also known as ''O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua'' and ''Mountains Of The Moon'') is a 1987 Portuguese-French drama film written and directed by Paulo Rocha and starring Luís Miguel Cintra.Aa. Vv. ''Variety Film Reviews'', Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The production of the film, and the experience of Yves Afonso, a French actor of Portuguese descent who first visited Portugal because of this film, later inspired ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' by Manoel de Oliveira. Plot Cast * Luís Miguel Cintra as João * Caroline Chaniolleau as Antonia * Yves Afonso as Laurentino * Jacques Bonnaffé as Tiago * Manuela de Freitas as Isabel * Isabel Ruth as Virginia * Isabel de Castro Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress. Biography S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine-Ocean Express - Le prosecureur
* - Lucien Vallée
Maine-Ocean Express (french: Maine Ocean) is a 1986 French comedy film directed by Jacques Rozier. Cast * Bernard Ménez - Le controleur Le Garrec * Yves Afonso - Petitgas Marcel * Luis Rego - Le controleur Lucien Pontoiseau * Lydia Feld - Maître Mimi de Saint-Marc * Rosa-Maria Gomes - Dejanira * Pedro Armendáriz Jr. - Pedro De La Moccorra * Bernard Dumaine - Le Président du Trubunal * Jean-Paul Bonnaire Jean-Paul Bonnaire (3 October 1943 - 28 March 2013) was a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1975 to 2013. Selected filmography References External links * 1943 births 2013 deaths French male film actors< ... References External links * 1986 comedy films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1985 Film)
, director = Raúl Ruiz , producer = Paulo BrancoAntónio Vaz da Silva , writer = Raúl Ruiz , based_on = , starring = Melvil Poupaud , music = Jorge Arriagada , cinematography = Acácio de Almeida , editing = Valeria Sarmiento , distributor = Cannon Films , released = , runtime = 115 minutes , country = United KingdomFranceUnited States , language = English ''Treasure Island'' (french: L'île au trésor) is a 1986 fabulist metafiction film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. French, British and American companies funded Ruiz's obscure and complex adaptation of the classic 1883 coming-of-age adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. ''Treasure Island'' stars a young Melvil Poupaud, a familiar face in Ruiz's filmography, alongside popular veteran actors such as Martin Landau, Anna Karina and Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Deadly Summer
''One Deadly Summer'' (french: L'Été meurtrier) is a 1983 French Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Jean Becker (director), Jean Becker from a screenplay by Sébastien Japrisot, based on Japrisot's 1977 One Deadly Summer (novel), novel of the same name. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film. The film was successful in France, gaining 5,137,040 admissions and becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year. Plot In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, Eliane ("Elle"), a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother (Maria Machado) and physically handicapped father, and soon becomes the subject of wild speculation because of her aloofness and at the same time, her obvious sexuality. The young woman is actually caught up in the desire to avenge the long-ago rape of her mother by three men who had arrived at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
