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Fanny Ardant
Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and film director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Early life Ardant was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France, to a military attaché father. She grew up in Monaco until age 17, when she moved to Aix-en-Provence to study at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. In her early twenties, her interest turned to acting and in 1974 she made her first appearance on stage. Career By the early 1980s, Ardant was a major film star, gaining international recognition for her role opposite Gérard Depardieu in '' La Femme d'à côté'' (''The Woman Next Door''). The film, directed by François Truffaut, brought Ardant her first César Award nomination for best actress in 1982 and in 1984 she was nominated again for '' Vivement dimanche!''. Eventually, she became Truffaut's partner, giving birth to their daughter, Joséphine Truffau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
45th César Awards
The 45th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 28 February 2020, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2019. Sandrine Kiberlain presided, and Florence Foresti as the host. Controversy and protests dogged the Academy in the months running up to the ceremony. The entire board of directors of the César Academy resigned on 13 February 2020, in response to complaints over the opaqueness of the process and the powerlessness of normal Academy members, who do not vote for nor otherwise exercise any control over the leadership of the Academy. The other issue of protest was the 12 nominations received by Roman Polanski's ''J'Accuse'' (''An Officer and a Spy'' in English), the most nominations of any eligible film. French feminists protested heaping honors on Polanski, who was convicted of raping a minor in California in 1978 but, according to Los Angeles courts, has not completed his sentence although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Zeffirelli
Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for his lavish stagings of classical works, as well as his film adaptations of the same. A member of the Forza Italia party, he served as the Senator for Catania between 1994 until 2001. Films he directed included the Shakespearean adaptations ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; '' Romeo and Juliet'' (1968), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director; and ''Hamlet'' (1990), starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. His Biblical television miniseries '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown at Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Year Of Magical Thinking
''The Year of Magical Thinking'' (2005), by Joan Didion (1934–2021), is an account of the year following the death of the author's husband John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003). Published by Knopf in October 2005, ''The Year of Magical Thinking'' was immediately acclaimed as a classic book about mourning. It won the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction"National Book Awards – 2005" . Retrieved 2012-02-20. (With acceptance speech.) and was a finalist for both the |
Joan Didion
Joan Didion (; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer. Along with Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson and Gay Talese, she is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by ''Vogue'' magazine. Her writing during the 1960s through the late 1970s engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle and California culture and history. Didion's political writing in the 1980s and 1990s often concentrated on the subtext of political and social rhetoric. In 1991, she wrote the earliest mainstream media article to suggest the Central Park Five had been wrongfully convicted. In 2005, Didion won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for ''The Year of Magical Thinking'', a memoir of the year following the death of her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika (singer)
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. (born 18 August 1983), known professionally as Mika ( , stylised as MIKA), is a singer-songwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Paris and London. After recording his first extended play, '' Dodgy Holiday'', Mika was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007. Mika released his first full-length studio album, '' Life in Cartoon Motion'', on Island Records in 2007, which has sold more than 8.3 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit Award—Best British Breakthrough act—and receive a Grammy Award nomination. He topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2007 with " Grace Kelly" and has since gone on to record four more platinum-selling studio albums (most recently '' My Name is Michael Holbrook'' released in October 2019), as well as serve as judge/mentor on both the French version of ''The Voice'' and the Italian version of ''X Factor''. Mika also starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elle Me Dit
"" ( en, She Tells Me) is a song by Lebanese-born British singer and songwriter Mika, released as a single in France ahead of the release of his third studio album, ''The Origin of Love''. Mika re-recorded the song in English under the title "Emily". "Emily" is included on the standard track listing of ''The Origin of Love'', while "" is featured as a bonus track on the French standard edition of the album, and all international deluxe editions. The song was released on 11 July 2011. Background The song was first rumoured when a twelve-second preview was published online on 1 July 2011.TwitVid.com , Elle me dit Preview. Just ten days later, the French made the whole song available as a digital download. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani People
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with significant concentrations in the Americas. In the English language, the Romani people are widely known by the exonym Gypsies (or Gipsies), which is considered pejorative by many Romani people due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity as well as its historical use as a racial slur. For versions (some of which are cognates) of the word in many other languages (e.g., , , it, zingaro, , and ) this perception is either very small or non-existent. At the first World Romani Congress in 1971, its attendees unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Romani people, including ''Gypsy'', due to their aforementioned negative and stereotypical connotations. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Roma originated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Musique
France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was launched by Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) in 1954 as ''La Chaîne Haute-Fidélité'', then renamed in 1958 as ''France IV Haute Fidélité'', as ''RTF Haute Fidélité'' in 1963, and finally as ''France Musique'' later in the same year. It was known between 1999 and 2005 as ''France Musiques''. The conductor André Jouve was coordinator of programming and music services at France Musique during the 1980s. Obituary for André Jouve on France Musique website, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Haine (drama)
''La Haine'' ''(Hatred)'' is a drama in five acts and eight tableaux by Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris on 3 December 1874. Jacques Offenbach, director of the theatre, composed extensive incidental music for chorus and orchestra to accompany the play. Background Offenbach had composed songs and incidental music for eleven classical and modern dramas for the Comédie Française in the early 1850s, gaining valuable experience in writing for the theatre. Sardou and Offenbach created their first joint work in 1872 with the opéra-bouffe-féerie ''Le Roi Carotte'', which ran for 195 performances, and this encouraged the two to renew their collaboration. By 1874, Jacques Offenbach had become the director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté. To follow a revival of ''Orphée aux Enfers'' on 7 February, he decided to mount Sardou's drame using the under-used theatrical troupe at the theatre. Rehearsal ''Orphée aux Enfers'' closed on the 18 November to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes And Blood
''Ashes and Blood'' (french: Cendres et sang) is a 2009 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Fanny Ardant. It was given a special screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Plot A widow, Judith returns to Marseille with her children for the wedding of her sister-in-law. Judith's husband was murdered in a vendetta-killing a decade earlier. In keeping with the Greek tragedy tradition of the film, violent family rivalries unravel with fatal consequences. Cast * Ronit Elkabetz as Judith * Abraham Belaga as Pashko * Marc Ruchmann as Ismaël * Claire Bouanich as Mira * Fanny Ardant * Zoltán Butuc as Fiancé de Judith * Mădălina Constantin * Oana Pellea * Olga Tudorache * Răzvan Vasilescu * Ion Besoiu Ion Besoiu (; 11 March 1931 – 18 January 2017) was a Romanian actor. Biography He was born in Sibiu in 1931 and graduated the city's Theater and Music Academy. After making his debut in 1957, he played for 16 years at the Radu Stanca National T ... Reception ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Moscow International Film Festival
The 25th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 to 29 June 2003. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-Spanish film ''The End of a Mystery'' directed by Miguel Hermoso. Jury * Sergei Bodrov (Russia – President of the Jury) * Agnieszka Holland (Poland) * Ken Russell (Great Britain) * Moritz Bleibtreu (Germany) * Babak Payami (Iran) * Mika Kaurismäki (Finland) * Olga Budina (Russia) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden St. George: ''The End of a Mystery'' by Miguel Hermoso * Special Silver St. George: ''Roads to Koktebel'' by Alexey Popogrebsky, Boris Khlebnikov * Silver St.George: ** Best Director: Jang Joon-hwan for ''Save the Green Planet!'' ** Best Actor: Faramarz Gharibian for '' Dancing in the Dust'' ** Best Actress: Shinobu Otake for '' Owl'' * Special prize for an outstanding contribution to world cinema: Kaneto Shindo * Stanislavsky Award: Fanny Ardant References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislavsky Award
Stanislavsky Award (Full title of the prize: "I Believe. Konstantin Stanislavski") is a special prize awarded since 2001 at the Moscow International Film Festival for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavski's school ("For Conquering the Heights of Acting and Faithfulness" as it is traditionally formulated). Winners * 2001 — Jack Nicholson (United States) *2002 — Harvey Keitel (United States) *2003 — Fanny Ardant ( France) *2004 — Meryl Streep (United States) * 2005 — Jeanne Moreau (France) *2006 — Gérard Depardieu (France) *2007 — Daniel Olbrychski (Poland) * 2008 — Isabelle Huppert (France) *2009 — Oleg Yankovsky (Russia), posthumously given to his son Filipp *2010 — Emmanuelle Béart (France) *2011 — Helen Mirren (United Kingdom) *2012 — Catherine Deneuve (France) *2013 — Kseniya Rappoport (Russia) * 2014 — Inna Churikova (Russia) * 2015 — Jacqueline Bisset (United Kingdom) * 2016 — Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
