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Bérénice Bejo
Bérénice Bejo (; born 7 July 1976) is a French-Argentine actress best known for playing Christiana in ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001) and Peppy Miller in '' The Artist'' (2011). Her work in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won her the César Award for Best Actress. For her performance in '' The Past'', she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and was nominated for a César. Personal life Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is the daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo and his wife Silvia, a lawyer. When she was three, her family moved to France, escaping from Argentina's most recent civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983). Her father enrolled her at the school of Les Enfants Terribles theater. In 2006, she starred in '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'', where she met director Michel Hazanavicius, whom she later married. They have two children: Lucien and Gloria. Career In 2001, Bejo made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Cannes Film Festival
The 69th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian director George Miller was the President of the Jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. On 15 March it was announced that Japanese director Naomi Kawase would serve as the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury president. American director Woody Allen's film ''Café Society'' opened the festival. The Palme d'Or was awarded to the British film ''I, Daniel Blake'' directed by Ken Loach, which also served as closing film of the festival. At a press conference, Loach said that he was "quietly stunned" to win. Juries Main competition * George Miller, Australian film director, Jury President *Arnaud Desplechin, French film director *Kirsten Dunst, American actress *Valeria Golino, Italian actress and film director * Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor * László Nemes, Hungarian film director *Vanessa Paradis, French actress and singer *Katayoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career further. His work consisted of twenty films, including '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), '' The Patriot'' (2000), ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' Monster's Ball'' (2001), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005), ''Candy'' (2006), ''I'm Not There'' (2007), ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), and ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases. He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain'' he received nominations for the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the eighth-youngest nominee in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. The formal title has varied since its inception; since 2005, the award has officially been called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture". Winners and nominees 1940s Miriam Hopkins - The Heiress 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations ;5 nominations * Lee Grant * Maureen Stapleton * Meryl Streep ;4 nominations * Amy Adams * Kate Winslet * Shelley Winters ;3 nominations * Kathy Bates * Cate Blanchett * Cameron Diaz * Mildred Dunnock * Nicole Kidman * Diane Ladd * Thelma Ritter * Julia Roberts * Octavia Spencer * Dianne Wiest ;2 nominations * Ann-Margret * Kim Basinger * Karen Black * Joan Blondell * Sonia Braga * Geraldine Chaplin * Jessica Chastain * Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. Winners and nominees Legend: : 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Multiple winners ;Two awards * Kate Winslet (''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), ''The Reader'' (2008)) Multiple nominees Note: Winners are indicated in bold type. ;Two nominations * Kathy Bates (''Primary Colors'' (1998), ''About Schmidt'' (2002)) * Penélope Cruz (''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), ''Nine'' (2009)) * Viola Davis (''Doubt'' (2008), ''Fences'' (2016)) * Cameron Diaz (''Being John Malkovich'' (1999), ''Vanilla Sky'' (2001)) * Sally Field (''Forrest Gump'' (1994), ''Lincoln'' (2012)) * Holly Hunter (''Thirteen'' (2003), ''The Big Sick'' (2017)) * Frances McDormand (''Almost Famous'' (2000), ''North Country'' (2005)) * Helen Mirren (''Gosford Park'' (2001), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider (; born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian '' Sissi'' trilogy, and later reprised the role in a more mature version in Luchino Visconti's '' Ludwig'' (1973). Schneider moved to France, where she made successful and critically acclaimed films with some of the most notable film directors of that era. Early life Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Vienna, six months after the ''Anschluss'' of Austria into Nazi Germany, to actors Magda Schneider and Wolf Albach-Retty. Her paternal grandmother, Rosa Albach-Retty, was also an actress. Schneider's mother was German while her father was Austrian. Four weeks after Romy's birth, the parents brought her to Schönau am Königssee in Germany where she and later her brother Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Reggiani
Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques, he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in the wartime production of ''Les Parents terribles''. He then left Paris to join the French Resistance. His first feature film was ''Les portes de la nuit'' ("Gates of the Night"), released in 1946. He went on to perform in 80 films in total, including ''Casque d'or'', ''Les Misérables'' (1958),'' Tutti a casa'', '' Le Doulos'', ''Il Gattopardo'', '' La terrazza'', '' The Pianist'' (1998). Reggiani also triumphed in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre's play '' Les Séquestrés d'Altona''. In 1961, Reggiani co-starred with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier in the film ''Paris Blues'', filmed on location in Paris. In 1965, at the age of 43, he began a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. Life and career Jacques Gamblin is a French actor. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre). Originally, Jacques Gamblin was not destined to act. As a professional technician in a theater company, he came to contact with acting. He then studied at the Comédie de Caen and took his first steps as an actor on stage in Brittany, Totem Theatre in Saint-Brieuc, before joining the National Theatre, directed by Pierre de Rennes Debauche. Then he tried his luck in Paris, carefully choosing his roles and he made his film debut in 1985. In theatre, Jacques Gamblin worked with many directors such as Pierre Claude Yersin, Michel Dubois, Jeanne Champagne, Philippe Adrien, Alfredo Arias, Charles Tordjman, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gildas Bourdet, and Anne Bourgeois. He is also the author of plays such as The Touch Hardware and hip (1997). Theater Filmography External links * 1957 births Living people People from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed ''The Wages of Fear'' and '' Les Diaboliques'', which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. He also directed documentary films, including ''The Mystery of Picasso'', which was declared a national treasure by the government of France. Clouzot was an early fan of the cinema and, desiring a career as a writer, moved to Paris. He was later hired by producer Adolphe Osso to work in Berlin, writing French-language versions of German films. After being fired from UFA studio in Nazi Germany due to his friendship with Jewish producers, Clouzot returned to France, where he spent years bedridden after contracting tuberculosis. Upon recovering, he found work in Nazi-occupied France as a screenwriter for the German-owned company Continental Films. At Continental, Clou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
''Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno'' (French title: ''L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot'') is a film directed, written and produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot, cinematography by Andréas Winding and Armand Thirard, which remained unfinished in 1964. It was presented in 2009 as a full-length semi-documentary by . History The film depicts the extreme jealousy of a hotelier, Marcel (Serge Reggiani, then 42 years old), towards his wife, Odette (Romy Schneider, then 26 years old). It was shot partly in black-and-white, partly in colour. Clouzot selected the title as an allusion to Dante's ''Inferno'', and the names Odette and Marcel refer to characters in Marcel Proust's novel ''À la recherche du temps perdu. Despite an unlimited budget from Columbia Pictures—Clouzot worked with three crews and 150 technicians—the shooting was beset by severe problems: everyone suffered from the record heat during July in the Cantal region; the main actor Serge Reggiani claimed to be ill (Jean-Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dujardin
Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series ''Un gars, une fille'', in which he starred alongside his lover Alexandra Lamy, before gaining success in film with movies such as ''Brice de Nice'', Michel Hazanavicius's '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' and its sequel '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'', as well as ''99 Francs''. Dujardin garnered international fame and widespread acclaim with his performance of George Valentin in the 2011 award-winning silent movie '' The Artist''. The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (the first for a French actor), the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Hours In The Life Of A Woman (2002 Film)
''24 Heures de la vie d'une femme'' is a 2002 film by Laurent Bouhnik, based on the novel '' 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau'' by Stefan Zweig. The music is by Michael Nyman, and the accompanying soundtrack album is his 45th. Cast * Agnès Jaoui as Marie Collins Brown * Michel Serrault as Louis * as Young Louis * Bérénice Bejo as Olivia * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Anton * as Herve * Frances Barber as Betty * Pascal Greggory as casino player * as Henriette * Serge Riaboukine as Maurice * Chloé Lambert as boarder * François Caron as blond boarder Soundtrack Track listing Personnel * Michael Nyman Orchestra * Catherine Thompson, violin (leader) * Edward Coxon, violin * Dermot Crehan, violin * Beverley Davison, violin * Ian Humphries, violin * Philippa Ibbotson, violin * Patrick Kiernan, violin * Buguslav Kostecki, violin * Julian Leaper, violin * Perry Montague-Mason, violin * Everton Nelson, violin * Maciej Rakowski, violin * Sonia Slaney, violin * Phillip D'Arcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu. Early life Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu. Career Guillaume shared the screen with his father several times throughout his career, beginning with his first film role, aged three, playing Gérard's son in Claude Goretta's ''That Wonderful Crook'' (''Pas Si Méchant Que Ça'') in 1974. His next appearance beside his father was in '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991, followed by ''Count of Monte Cristo'' in 1998, and ''Aime Ton Père'' (''A Loving Father'') in 2002. In 1996 he won a César Award (France's national film award) as the most promising newcomer in ''Les Apprentis''. In 2007, he began rebuilding his career with the films '' Don't Touch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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