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Édouard Molinaro
Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ''Mon oncle Benjamin, My Uncle Benjamin'' (with Jacques Brel and Claude Jade), ''Dracula and Son'' (with Christopher Lee), and the Academy Award-nominated ''La Cage aux Folles (film), La Cage aux Folles'' (with Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi). Molinaro was active as a director until a few years before his death, although after 1985 he had almost exclusively been producing works for television. In 1996, his cinematic work was awarded the René Clair Award, a prize given by the Académie Française for excellent film work. Molinaro died of a Respiratory failure, respiratory insufficiency in 2013 at the age of 85. Filmography (as director) *''Les Alchimistes'' (1957, short) *''Back to the Wall (film), Back to the Wall'' (1958) — based o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "''Bordelais'' (masculine) or "''Bordelaises'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse. Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To The Wall (film)
''Back to the Wall'' is a recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1978. Allmusic entry for ''Back to the Wall''.Retrieved March 12, 2010. It is out of print. Track listing Side one # "Going Down the China Road" (Peter Lang, Public Domain) – 3:28 # "Back to the Wall" (Lang) – 2:10 # "Guitar Rag " ( Sylvester Weaver, Traditional) – 1:52 # "Country Blues Medley" (Traditional) – 2:00 # "Jimmy Bell" ( Cat Iron, Lang) – 2:45 # "Colored Aristocracy" (Traditional) – 1:45 Side two # "My Dear Mary Anne" (Lang) – 3:10 # "Halloween Blues" (Lang) – 3:45 # "Living in the Weeds" (Lang) – 2:00 # "Windy and Warm" ( John D. Loudermilk) – 1:40 # "This World Is Not My Home" (Traditional) – 2:12 # "Farewell Maximillian" (Lang) – 2:45 Personnel *Peter Lang – vocals, guitar *Jeff Dayton – pedal steel guitar *Brad Grapp – drums *James Hauck – marimba * Prudence Johnson – vocals *Tom Lieberman – vocals *Tim Sparks Tim Sparks (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Exbrayat
Charles Exbrayat (5 May 1906 – 8 March 1989) was a French fiction writer. He published over 100 novels and short stories, most of them humorous thrillers. They were very popular and a considerable number were turned into films. While living in Nice with his parents, he was studying to becoming a medical doctor, but then found his true calling as a writer. His debut novel was ''Aller sans Retour'' (single fare, no return), written while in Geneva, before going to Paris. He was one of the most famous French authors of the illustrious "le Masque" collection. He wrote a number of novels set in Scotland (Imogene series) and in Italy. His other interests included gourmet food and fine wines. Bibliography Imogène Collection * ''Ne vous fâchez pas, Imogène!'', Le Masque (1959) * ''Imogène est de retour'', Le Masque (1960) * ''Encore vous, Imogène?'', Le Masque (1962) * ''Imogène, vous êtes impossible!'', Le Masque (1963) * ''Notre Imogène'', Le Masque (1969) * ''Les Fiançai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Ravissante Idiote
''The Ravishing Idiot'' (French: ''Une ravissante idiote'') is a 1964 French-Italian Cold War comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro. François Billetdoux and André Tabet wrote a screenplay based on Charles Exbrayat 1962 novel of the same name. Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins star as the protagonists in the Franco-Italian production. The film was also released as ''Agent 38-24-36'' in the United States. Plot A Soviet spy (Perkins) is on an official mission to obtain sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. The klutzy intelligence operative has to rely on the instinct of his new partner and love-interest Penelope Lightfeather (Bardot) as they traipse across the countryside, avoiding counterintelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives. Cast * Brigitte Bardot as Penelope Lightfeather * Anthony Perkins as Harry Compton / Nicholas Maukouline *Grégoire Aslan as Bagda * Jean-Marc Tennberg as Cartwright *Hans Verner as Farington *Jacques Monod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin () is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine '' Je sais tout''. The first story, " The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", was published on 15 July 1905. Lupin is often described as the criminal counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, often encountering "Herlock Sholmès" in his own adventures. The character has also appeared in a number of books by other writers as well as numerous film, stage play, comic book and television adaptations. The main character of Netflix series Lupin is inspired by the thief. Antecedents Arsène Lupin was a literary descendant of Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail's fictional character Rocambole, whose adventures were published from 1857 to 1870. Like Rocambole, Lupin is often a force for good while operating on the wrong side of the law. Lupin shares similarities with E. W. Hornung's gent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962 Film)
''Les Sept péchés capitaux'' is a 1962 French film composed of seven different segments, one for each of the seven deadly sins, each being by different directors and featuring different casts. At the time it served as a showcase for rising directors and stars, many of whom achieved later fame. Segments ''Anger'' Directed by Sylvain Dhomme and Max Douy from a script by Eugène Ionesco. Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his city, his country and soon the whole world. ''Envy'' Directed by Édouard Molinaro. Starring Dany Saval (Rosette) and Claude Brasseur (Riri). Envious of a movie star who is staying at the hotel where she works, the waitress Rosette does everything she can to seduce the actress's lover. Some time later, after having realized her ambition, she returns to the hotel as a client. ''Sloth'' Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Eddie Constantine, who plays himself, is approached by a starlet who he ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels (including 192 under his own name), 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies. Apart from his detective fiction, he achieved critical acclaim for his literary novels, which he called ''romans durs'' (hard novels). Among his literary admirers were Max Jacob, François Mauriac and André Gide. Gide wrote, “I consider Simenon a great novelist, perhaps the greatest, and the most genuine novelist that we have had in contemporary French literature.” Born and raised in Liège, Belgium, Simenon lived for extended periods in France (1922–1945), the United States (1946–1955) and finally Switzerland (1957–1989). Much of his work is semi-autobiographical, inspired by his childhood and youth in Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passion Of Slow Fire
''The Passion of Slow Fire'' () is a 1961 French crime film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jean Desailly and based on the novel ''La mort de Belle'' by Georges Simenon. Plot Stéphane Blanchon lives a quiet life in Switzerland with his wife, Christine, until a young American boarder named Belle, who was living with them, is found murdered. Cast * Jean Desailly as Stéphane Blanchon * Alexandra Stewart as Belle Shermann * Yves Robert as Le barman du little Cottage / Bartender * Yvette Etiévant as Nina Graff - la secrétaire du juge / Judge's Secretary * Jacques Monod as Le juge d'instruction Beckman / Judge Beckman * Gabriel Gobin as Le sergent de police Ruchet * Marc Cassot as Le commissaire Georges Dalcroze / Police Officer * Louisa Colpeyn as Lorraine Shermann - la mère de Belle / Belle's Mother * Suzanne Courtal as Madame Pidoux * George Cusin as Monsieur Genet - le directeur du collège (as Georges Cusin) * Jacques Hilling as Le gendarme Cristever * Lucien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Clavel
Maurice Clavel () (10 November 1920 – 23 April 1979) was a French writer, journalist, and philosopher. Early life Maurice Clavel was born on 10 November 1920 in Frontignan, Hérault to a family headed by a father who was a pharmacist. This conservative milieu of small shopkeepers in Languedoc led him to be an activist in the French Popular Party (FPP) in his hometown of Frontignan. As a brilliant pupil, he got into the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris. There he became acquainted with Trotskyist Jean-Toussaint Desanti and Maurrassian Pierre Boutang. The latter, having been appointed in the Secretariat of Public Instruction, invited him to serve by his side under Marshal Philippe Pétain. Having just gotten his certificate of morale and sociology in Montpellier, Maurice Clavel accepted the offer but was soon disillusioned. While preparing a thesis on Immanuel Kant, he joined the Résistance (1942). As head of the French Forces of the Interio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Mistress For The Summer
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boileau-Narcejac
Boileau-Narcejac () is the pen name used by the French crime-writing duo of Pierre Boileau (28 April 1906 – 16 January 1989) and Pierre Ayraud, also known as Thomas Narcejac (3 July 1908 – 7 June 1998). Their successful collaboration produced 43 novels, 100 short stories and 4 plays. They are credited with having helped to form an authentically French subgenre of crime fiction with the emphasis on local settings and mounting psychological suspense. They are noted for the ingenuity of their plots and the skillful evocation of the mood of disorientation and fear. Their works were adapted into numerous films, most notably, '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and ''Vertigo'' (1958), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Pierre Louis Boileau was born on 28 April 1906 in Paris, the son of Léon and Maria Boileau (n''é''e Guillaud). His studies prepared him for a career in commerce, but he had been passionate about detective fiction since childhood. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
