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Yves Rénier
Yves Rénier (29 September 1942 – 24 April 2021) was a French actor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor, best known for starring in the long running television series '''' (1976-2006). The cause of his death, in France at age 78, was revealed by his wife to have been due to a heart attack. He reportedly suffered from a cardiac ailment, for which he'd undergone surgery three years prior to his death. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website = www.bern.ch Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city" (in german: Bundesstadt, link=no, french: ville fédérale, link=no, it, città federale, link=no, and rm, citad federala, link=no). According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has governmental institutions such as the Federal Assembly and Federal Council. However, the Federal Supreme Court is in Lausanne, the Federal Criminal Court is in Bellinzona and the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Patent Court are in St. Gallen, exemplifying the federal nature of the Confederation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Bromberger
Hervé Bromberger (11 November 1918 – 25 November 1993) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1951 and 1982. His 1951 film ''Paris Vice Squad'' was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Paris Vice Squad'' (1951) * ''Alone in Paris'' (1951) * ''Wild Fruit'' (1954) * ''Three Fables of Love'' (1962) * ' (1966) * ''Figaro-ci, Figaro-là ''Figaro-ci, Figaro-là'' is a 1972 French film directed by Hervé Bromberger. Cast * Jean-François Poron - Beaumarchais * Marie-Christine Barrault - Julie * Yves Rénier - Gudin * Isabelle Huppert - Pauline * Alexandre Rignault - Caron, le p ...'' (1972) References External links * 1918 births 1993 deaths French film directors French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merci La Vie
Merci is a French word meaning "thank you". Merci may refer to: ;in music * ''Merci'' (Alpha Blondy album), 2002 * ''Merci'' (Florent Pagny album), 1990 * ''Merci'' (Magma album), 1984 ;in other contexts * Merci (candy), a brand of chocolate manufactured by August Storck KG * Merci (company), a Czech laboratory equipment company * MERCI Retriever The MERCI Retriever is a medical device designed to treat Ischemic Strokes. The name is an acronym for Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia. Designed by University of California, Los Angeles in 2001, MERCI was the first device approved ..., a medical device used for treating ischemic strokes * Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening (French: ''Mouvement pour l'engagement et le réveil des citoyens'', abbreviated MERCI), a political party in Benin led by Séverin Adjovi {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, nine César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or. His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937.Paul Werner, ''Polański. Biografia'', Poznań: Rebis, 2013, p. 13. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, ''Knife in the Water'' (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frantic (film)
''Frantic'' is a 1988 American- French neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner. The film score is by Ennio Morricone. Plot Dr. Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) is a surgeon visiting Paris with his wife Sondra ( Betty Buckley) for a medical conference. At their hotel, she is unable to unlock her suitcase, and Walker determines that she picked up the wrong one at the airport. While Walker is taking a shower, Sondra receives a phone call that Walker can't hear and she mysteriously disappears from their hotel room. Still jet-lagged, Walker searches for his wife in the hotel with the help of a polite but mostly indifferent staff and then wanders outside to look for her himself. A wino overhears him in a café and says he saw Sondra being forced into a car in a nearby alley. Walker is skeptical, until he finds his wife's ID bracelet on the cobblestones. He contacts the Paris police and the U.S. Embassy, but their resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille De Casabianca
Camille de Casabianca (born 31 October 1960) is a French filmmaker and writer. Biography Camille de Casabianca was born 31 October 1960, in Paris. She received a master of arts degree in Political Science from University of California, Berkeley. Casabianca's selected films include '' Peking Central'', a comedy set in Mainland China, '' Madame Petlet's True Story'', a French comedy, and ''Vive Nous!'', a romantic comedy about social class and judo. Her film ''Let's Party'' was released in 2010 in France and selected by various festivals throughout the world (Nyon International Film Festival, Ronda International Film Festival, Buenos Aires 2011 FICIP). Her film ''Family Harmony'' (2013) features Georges Kiejman, known as lawyer and former Minister of the French government. In September 2019, ''Ca marche !?'' was released in France. This documentary penetrates the world of En Marche, the political movement created in 2016 which brought to power French President Emmanuel Macron and 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Sabbagh
Pierre Sabbagh (18 July 1918 – 30 September 1994) was a major personality in French television, as a journalist, producer and director. Pierre Alain Sabbagh was born in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor) and died in Paris. He was the younger son of the artist Georges Hanna Sabbagh and the art historian and resistance heroine Agnès Humbert. His brother was naval officer Jean Sabbagh. Television Pierre Sabbagh became a war correspondent in the hope of finding his mother Agnès in World War II. He had visited her in Fresnes Prison and the Prison de la Santé in 1942, a few days before she was deported by the Nazis, sentenced to slave labour in Germany. In 1944, he travelled into Germany behind the advancing American army, but did not find her until he returned to Paris in 1945. Pierre Sabbagh presented and directed the first television news in the world on 29 June 1949. His greatest success was the creation, in 1966, of the programme ''"Au théâtre ce soir"'' ("The Theatre T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Villiers
François Villiers (2 March 1920 – 29 January 2009) Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was a French film director. He was responsible for several films, from '' Hans le marin'' in 1949, to ''Manika, une vie plus tard'', in 1989, which won the Prix du Public at Cannes. Family He was the younger brother of actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and therefore uncle of Tina Aumont. His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr Georges Berr (30 July 1867 – 21 July 1942) in Paris, was a French actor and dramatist, a member and sociétaire of the Comédie-Française from 1886 to 1923. Under the pseudonyms Colias and Henry Bott he wrote several plays, particularly in c ... (died 1942). Filmography Television References External links *The Complete Index To World Film since 1895 2009 deaths 1920 births French military personnel of World War II Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Film directors from Paris Place of death missing {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Gantillon
Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;Assistant director * 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik ;Director * 1970 : ''Un couple d'artistes'' * 1971 : '' Morgane et ses nymphes'' * 1972 : '' Le Self-service du nu'' * 1972 : ' * 1976 : '' Cinéma 16'', episode : ''La maison d'Albert'' * 1977 : '' Cinéma 16'', episode : ''L'amuseur'' * 1977 : '' Servante et maîtresse'' (English title: ''Servant and Mistress'') * 1978 : '' Zigzags'' * 1979 : '' Les Héritiers'', episode : ''Les régisseurs'' * 1979 : ''Médecins de nuit'', 2 episodes : ''Légitime défense'' and ''Léone'' (TV series) * 1980 : '' Cinéma 16'', episode : ''L'homme aux chiens'' * 1981 : '' Les Héritiers'', episode : ''Les femmes du lac'' * 1981 : '' Non lieu'' * 1983 : '' Capitaine X'' * 1985 : '' Machinations'' * 1985 : '' L'Intruse 2'' * 1987 : '' Les Mémés sanglantes'' * 1989 : '' Le Masque'', episode : ''Les dames du Creusot'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Kurys
Diane Kurys (; born 3 December 1948) is a French director, producer, filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are semi-autobiographical. Personal life Kurys was born in Lyon, Rhône, France, the younger of two daughters. She is a daughter of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants, Lena and Michel. Diane Kurys and her older sister spent their early years in Lyon. Like many of her film's characters, she had a difficult relationship with her parents, and her traumatic childhood became a subject in many of her films. Their parents met and got married at Camp de Rivesaltes in 1942, separating in 1954. Their divorce deeply marked and affected Diane, and would become a real source of inspiration for several of her films; Kurys stated that she made films about them because she “wanted to see them back together again.” It was after this event that her mom decided to move with her two daughters to Paris, where she ran a woman’s fashion boutique, while her dad stayed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppermint Soda
''Peppermint Soda'' (french: Diabolo menthe) is a 1977 French comedy-drama film directed by Diane Kurys. This autobiographical film was her directorial debut, and it won the prestigious Prix Louis-Delluc at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. The film follows two teenage sisters over the course of the year 1963, with the title referring to a grown-up carbonated beverage that the younger sister drinks in a café. The high school where the film takes place is the Lycée Jules-Ferry in Paris, France. The film is partly based on director Kurys’ experiences, and opens with a title card that states: “For my sister—who still hasn’t given me back my orange sweater.” Plot The film opens in September 1963 where 13-year-old Anne Weber and her 15-year-old sister Frédérique are spending the summer holiday with their newly divorced father on the coast. They then return to Paris live with their mother for the school year. The girls attend a strict all-girls school, the Lycée Jules-Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
