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Zinedine Soualem
Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Personal life Soualem is Algerian by ancestry, and was at one point married to the actress Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass ( ar, هيام عباس, he, היאם עבאס; born 30 November 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director. Personal life Hiam Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. She was raised .... They have two daughters, Lina and Mouna. Theatre Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soualem, Zinedine 1957 births Living people French male film actors French people of Algerian descent French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors People from Thiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumières Awards 2015
The Lumières (literally in English: ''The Lights'') was a cultural, philosophical, literary and intellectual movement beginning in the second half of the 17th century, originating in western Europe and spreading throughout the rest of Europe. It included philosophers such as Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, John Locke, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Pierre Bayle and Isaac Newton. This movement is influenced by the scientific revolution in southern Europe arising directly from the Italian renaissance with people like Galileo Galilei. Over time it came to mean the , in English the Age of Enlightenment. Members of the movement saw themselves as a progressive élite, and battled against religious and political persecution, fighting against what they saw as the irrationality, arbitrariness, obscurantism and superstition of the previous centuries. They redefined the study of knowledge to fit the ethics and aesthetics of their time. Their works had great i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riens Du Tout
''Riens du tout'' (English: ''Little Nothings'') is a 1992 French film directed by Cédric Klapisch and written by him with Jackie Berroyer. Featuring Fabrice Luchini and an ensemble cast, in many often humorous cameos it explores the effects on the staff of a revival plan for a failing department store in Paris. Plot After 100 years, the Grandes Galeries department store in Paris is sinking: staff are listless, customers staying away, and profits vanishing. The board hire Mr Lepetit, giving him one year to turn it round or else it will close. They are in talks with Japanese investors who want the site for a luxury hotel. His plan starts with the staff who, he argues, need to believe in themselves, believe in each other, and transmit that belief to customers. A huge programme of activities commences, to build up the individuals and build a team spirit. Human nature being what it is, and the French being who they are, there are difficulties and there are failures. Overall, by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Lescaut
''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lescaut (played by Véronique Genest) and her team. The show is aired in various other languages, including German, Catalan, Persian, Polish, Slovak, Czech and Japanese (the only subtitled version.) Recurring characters Main characters *Véronique Genest: Police Superintendent Julie Lescaut * Jennifer Lauret: Sarah, Julie's daughter * Alexis Desseaux: Detective Motta Secondary * Joséphine Serre: Babou, Julie's daughter (until 2004, and last episode) *Mouss Diouf: Detective Justin N'Guma * Renaud Marx: Detective David Kaplan (until 2005) * Jérôme Anger: Detective Trémois (until 1995) *Jean-Paul Rouve: Corporal Leveil (until 1998) *Eriq Ebouaney: Rémi Mertens (2009–11) *François Marthouret: Paul Lescaut (1993-2000) *François Dunoyer: Julie's new partner * Clau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Cat's Away (1996 Film)
''When the Cat's Away'' (french: Chacun cherche son chat) is a 1996 French drama directed by Cédric Klapisch. The movie is set in Paris and stars Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem, Renée Le Calm, Olivier Py, Romain Duris, Hélène de Fougerolles, Hiam Abbass and others. Plot The story is about a young woman living in Paris, in the Bastille neighborhood, who has lost her cat. Through the pursuit of the cat, the film lets the spectator discover the contrasts of the district, which is evolving from a typical Parisian district to a modern and young district and the contrast between its inhabitants, among them a nice simpleton and the old women who are bored. In fact it is the story of a village in a large city, Klapisch shows once again the behaviour of an individual inside a group, as he did in '' Le péril jeune'' or ''Riens du tout''. This time he has succeeded in joining together actors, theatre actors and residents of the district, creating a credible atmosphere that is probab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano are French filmmakers, best known for directing the films '' Those Happy Days'' and ''The Intouchables'' (2011). Early life Nakache and Toledano are both Jewish. Nakache was born to Jewish migrant parents from Algeria. His sister is actress and director Géraldine Nakache. Éric Toledano was born to Jewish migrant parents from Morocco. Career Nakache and Toledano collaborated several times before directing ''The Intouchables'' (2011), which became one of the greatest box office successes in French film history and for which they were nominated for several awards, including three Cesar Awards. They have collaborated several times with actor Omar Sy, most recently with the 2014 film ''Samba''. Their 2019 film ''The Specials'' stars Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb. The film shows Parisians from many different groups in society making connections with each other through their work with autistic children and young people. Nakache and Toledano di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Salvadori
Pierre Salvadori (born 8 November 1964) is a French film director from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco, known for works on romantic comedies such as '' Hors de prix'' (2006). Life and career In 1989 Salvadori wrote his first screenplay, which would then become the hit film ' (''Wild Target''), which he directed in 1993. The film garnered the young director a César nomination for Best First Work, though he had already tested his directorial capabilities the year before with the short film ''Ménage''. ''Cible émouvante'' was remade in London by Jonathan Lynn as ''Wild Target'' (2009) In 1995, Salvadori began working with Marie Trintignant and Guillaume Depardieu, whom he cast in the highly successful films ''The Apprentices'' and ''Comme elle respire''. And in 2000, Salvadori switched gears from comedy to the dark thriller ''The Sandmen''. Filmography Director *'' The Trouble With You'' (2018) *''In the Courtyard'' (2014) *''De vrais mensonges'' (2010) *'' Priceless'' (2006) *'' Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They Fall'' (1994), and Best Film and Best Editing for ''La Haine'' (1995). He also received Best Director and Best Writing nominations. Early life He is the son of Peter Kassovitz, a director and writer, and Chantal Rémy, a film editor. His mother is a French Catholic, while his father is a Hungarian Jew who fled during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Mathieu has described himself as "not Jewish but I was brought up in a world of Jewish humor". Career Filmmaker As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has made several artistic and commercial successes. He wrote and directed ''La Haine'' (''Hate'', 1996), a film dealing with themes around class, race, violence, and police brutality. The film won the César Award for Best Film and netted Kassovitz the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Haine
''La Haine'' (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French crime drama film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends from a poor immigrant neighbourhood in the suburbs of Paris. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, Hubert: "", "hatred breeds hatred". Kassovitz was awarded the Best Director prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Plot ''La Haine'' opens with a montage of news footage of urban riots in a ''banlieue'' in the commune of Chanteloup-les-Vignes near Paris. A local man, Abdel Ichaha, is in intensive care having been gravely injured in police custody. In the ensuing riots the local police station is besieged, and a police officer loses his revolver. The film depicts approximately twenty consecutive hours in the lives of three friends of Abdel, all young men from immigrant families, in the afterma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Tuel
Laurent Tuel (born 1966) is a French film actor, director and writer. Career Laurent Tuel released his first short film "Céleste" in 1989, when he was 23. In 2007 he was nominated for César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ... for his '' Jean-Philippe'' film. He is the author of '' Le Premier Cercle'' (2009) film. Filmography External links TuelFilmography References French film directors French male film actors 1966 births Living people {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude D'Anna
Claude d'Anna (born 31 March 1945) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 16 films since 1970. His film '' Salome'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. A year later his film ''Macbeth'' would be screened out of competition at the 1987 Festival. Selected filmography * '' L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde'' (1978) * ' (1983) * '' Salome'' (1986) * ''Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...'' (1987) References External links * 1945 births Living people French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Soldini
Silvio Soldini (born 1958, in Milan) is an Italian film director. Soldini has received 17 awards in his career and 32 nominations as of November 2015. His 2007 film ''Days and Clouds'' was selected for the main competition on the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Drimage'' (1982) * ''Paesaggio con figure'' (1983) * ''Giulia in ottobre'' (1985) * ''Voci celate'' (1986) * ''La fabbrica sospesa'' (1987) * ''Antonio e Cleo'', episode of ''Provvisorio quasi d'amore'' (1988) * ''L'aria serena dell'ovest'' (1990) * ''Musiche bruciano'' (1991) * ''Femmine, folle e polvere d'archivio'' (1992) * ''Un'anima divisa in due'' (1993) * ''Miracoli, storie per corti'' (1994) * ''Frammenti di una storia tra cinema e periferia'' (1995) * ''Made in Lombardia'' (1996) * ''Dimenticare Biasca'' (1997) * ''Le acrobate'' (1997) * ''Il futuro alle spalle - voci da un'età inquieta'' (1998) * ''Rom Tour'' (1999) * ''Bread and Tulips'' (1999) * ''Brucio nel vento'' (2002) * ''Agata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
