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Élodie Frenck
Élodie Frenck is a Peruvian–Swiss–French actress, born 31 July 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is known for playing the character of Marlène Leroy in the French TV series '' Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie''. Biography Frenck obtained her baccalauréat in 1993. She studied drama at the Belle de Mai, then at the Cours Florent from 1994 to 1997. She took part in a Swiss improvisation league from 1989 to 1997. She made herself known on television and was gradually offered theatre and film roles. On 16 September 2013 she won the Prix jeune espoir féminin (Aspiring Young Female) at the Festival de la Rochelle for her portrayal of Marlène in the France 2 show '' Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie''. She was in Thailand when the tsunami of 2004 struck, making her a survivor of the event. On 16 September 2011, she gave birth to her son Abel. In December 2016, she announced that she was expecting another child, giving birth to her second son Esteban Abraham in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located (as the crow flies) northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland convenes in Lausanne, although it is not the ''de jure'' capital of the nation. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the List of cities in Switzerland, fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as ''Lake Geneva region, Arc lémanique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Desarthe
Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ) and later christened by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Dante chose to write in the vernacular, specifically, his own Tuscan dialect, at a time when much literature was still written in Latin, which was accessible only to educated readers, and many of his fellow Italian poets wrote in French or Provençal. His ' (''On Eloquence in the Vernacular'') was one of the first scholarly defenses of the vernacular. His use of the Florentine dialect for works such as '' The New Life'' (1295) and ''Divine Comedy'' helped establish the modern-day standardized Italian language. His work set a precedent that important Italian writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies in London, he continued feeling drawn to film. Film career Tanner found work at the British Film Institute in 1955, subtitling, translating, and organizing the archive. His first film, '' Nice Time'' (1957), a short documentary film about Piccadilly Circus during weekend evenings, was made with Claude Goretta. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown as part of the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in May 1957. The debut film won a prize at the film festival in Venice and much critical praise. Tanner went to France for a while where he assisted with seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleurs De Sang
Fleur(s) is French for flower(s). Fleur(s) may refer to: Music * Flëur, a Ukrainian band * ''Fleurs'' (Franco Battiato album), 1999 * ''Fleurs'' (Former Ghosts album), 2009 * ''Les Fleurs'' (album), by Ramsey Lewis, 1983 *''Fleurs 2'', a 2008 album by Franco Battiato *''Fleurs 3'', a 2002 album by Franco Battiato *" Les Fleurs", a song by Minnie Riperton from the album '' Come to My Garden'', 1970 Other uses * Fleur (given name) * "Fleur" (short story), a short story by Louise Erdrich * FLEUR, a solid-state physics software See also * Fleur-de-lis (other) * Lafleur (other) () * LeFleur (other) leFleur, Le Fleur, Lefleur, may refer to: People and characters * Glen LeFleur, drummer for the UK bands Olympic Runners, Arrival (band), Hanson (British band) * Glenn LeFleur, drummer for the UK band Kokomo (band) * Lance R. LeFleur, 2010s dir ... * Flower (other) () * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Maîtresse En Maillot De Bain (film)
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine De Caunes
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, comedian, actor, journalist, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. Career He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including ''Cobra'' and '' Space Sheriff Gavan'' (known in France as ''X-Or''). His early TV appearances included ''Chorus'' (1975), the series ''Les Enfants du rock'', again for A2, and then his breakthrough with ''Nulle part ailleurs'' for Canal+. In 1988, De Caunes started making an English-language version of his French music programme '' Rapido'', for Janet Street-Porter's youth and entertainment programming strand DEF II, with new episodes of ''Rapido'' usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule on BBC2. He the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Morsures De L'aube
LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental Satellite series, 1960s and 1970s Biology and medicine * Lazy eye syndrome, or amblyopia, a disorder in the human optic nerve * The Liverpool epidemic strain of ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'' * Lower esophageal sphincter * Lupus erythematosus systemicus Places * The Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City * Les, Catalonia, a municipality in Spain * Leş, a village in Nojorid Commune, Bihor County, Romania * ''Les'', the Hungarian name for Leșu Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Les, a village in Tejakula district, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia * Lesotho, IOC and UNDP country code * Lès, a word featuring in many French placenames Transport * Leigh-on-Sea railway station, National Rail station code * Leyton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Krawczyk
Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish people, Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984 in film, 1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986 in film, 1986) * ''L'été en pente douce'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''Taxi 2'' (2000 in film, 2000) * ''Wasabi (film), Wasabi'' (2001 in film, 2001) * ''Taxi 3'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe (2003 film), Fanfan la tulipe'' (2003 in film, 2003) * ''La vie est à nous !'' (2005 in film, 2005) * ''Taxi 4'' (2007 in film, 2007) * ''L'Auberge rouge (film), L'Auberge rouge'' (2007 in film, 2007) Actor * ''Papillon du vertige'' (1987 in film, 1987) * ''XY, drôle de conception'' (1996 in film, 1996) - L'homme spermogramme #2 * ''Amour et confusions'' (1997 in film, 1997) * ''Héroïnes'' (1997 in film, 1997) - Médecin * ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999 in film, 1999) - Church's Peer - Coron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasabi (film)
''Wasabi'' is a 2001 French action comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk and written and produced by Luc Besson. The film stars Jean Reno, Michel Muller and Ryōko Hirosue. In France, it was released as ''Wasabi, la petite moutarde qui monte au nez'' (''"Wasabi, the little mustard that gets right up your nose"''). The film gets its title from a scene where the protagonist, Hubert Fiorentini (Reno), eats a whole serving of wasabi at a Japanese restaurant without flinching. Plot A woman (later revealed to be a transgender person), dancing provocatively to the enjoyment of other nightclub patrons, is abruptly hit in the face by Hubert Florentini (Reno), a commissaire of the French Police. Florentini drags her out of the club in handcuffs, assaulting other patrons who come too close to free the captive woman or attempt to hinder his exit. Unfortunately, one of these patrons includes the chief's son. Florentini is chastised for the violent and unorthodox methods that he uses to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Soral
Alain Bonnet, known as Alain Soral (; born 2 October 1958), is a far-right Franco-Swiss ideologue, essayist, filmmaker, and actor. Having been a member of the French Communist Party in the 1990s, Soral worked for the National Front before leaving in 2009. In 2007, he founded his own political association, ''Égalité & Réconciliation'' ( Equality and Reconciliation), with former GUD members. At the same time, he also launched a publishing company, ''KontreKulture'', which he uses to publish contemporary controversial authors. In 2019, Soral received a prison sentence in France for using anti-semitic slurs to label the Pantheon in a video, incentive to racial hatred, apology of crime against humanity, and Holocaust denial. In 2023, he received another prison sentence, this time in Switzerland, for defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred. Life and career Soral was born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie and grew up in the suburbs of Annemasse (department of Haute-Savoie), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confession D'un Dragueur
A confession is a statement – made by a person or by a group of people – acknowledging some personal fact that the person (or the group) would ostensibly prefer to keep hidden. The term presumes that the speaker is providing information that they believe the other party is not already aware of,Roger W. Shuy, ''The Language of Confession, Interrogation, and Deception'' (1998), p. 2–10. and is frequently associated with an admission of a moral or legal wrong: Not all confessions reveal wrongdoing, however. For example, a confession of love is often considered positive both by the confessor and by the recipient of the confession and is a common theme in literature. With respect to confessions of wrongdoing, there are several specific kinds of confessions that have significance beyond the social. A legal confession involves an admission of some wrongdoing that has a legal consequence, while the concept of confession in religion varies widely across various belief systems, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
