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16th Lumière Awards
The 16th Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 14 January 2011. The ceremony was presided by François Berléand. '' Of Gods and Men'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. See also * 36th César Awards * 1st Magritte Awards References External links * * 16th Lumière Awardsat ''AlloCiné AlloCiné is an entertainment website founded by Jean-David Blanc in 1988, then joined by Patrick Holzman. It has belonged to the company since 2013 Webedia. which specializes in providing information on French cinema, mostly centering on nove ...'' {{DEFAULTSORT:16th Lumiere Awards Lumières Awards Lumiere Awards Lumiere Awards Lumiere Awards Lumiere Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumière Awards
The Lumière Awards (), officially the Lumières de la presse internationale, are French film awards presented by the to honor the best in the French-speaking cinema of the previous year. The awards ceremony is organized by the Académie des Lumières which consists of over 200 representatives of the international press based in Paris. Today they are regarded as one of the most prestigious French film industry awards, and are considered France's equivalent to the Golden Globe Awards. History The Lumière Awards were initiated in 1995 by French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier and American journalist and ex-Newsweek's Paris correspondent Edward Behr. Their idea was to replicate the Golden Globes, which were presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Lumière Awards is usually presented a month before the César Awards, the French national film award. ''Le Figaro'' described the Lumières as "one of the barometers of the French awards season and are a go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich'', Wes Anderson's '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and '' The French Dispatch'', and for his lead performance in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'', for which he drew critical acclaim. Early life Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Jacques Amalric, a French native who worked as a foreign affairs editor for ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération'', and Nicole Zand, a literary critic for ''Le Monde'', who was born in Poland to Jewish parents and moved to France at the outbreak of World War II. Selected films Amalric first gained fame in the film '' Ma Vie Sexuelle'' (''My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument''), for which he won a Césa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (, , ), is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Deneuve made her screen debut in 1957 at age 13, in a film shot the previous year when she was only 12. A major figure of the French New Wave, New Wave, she became, like Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, one of the best-known French artists in the world. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, she has played more than a hundred roles and is recognized in France and internationally for being one of the key faces of the Musical film, musical film genre with appearances in ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'', ''The Young Girls of Rochefort,'' ''Donkey Skin (film), Donkey Skin'', ''8 Women'' and ''The Beloved (2011 film), The Beloved.'' Early in her career, she gained acclaim for her portrayals of aloof and myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah's Key
''Sarah's Key'' () is a 2010 French drama film directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film is an adaptation of the 2006 novel by Tatiana de Rosnay. The film alternates between a young girl Sarah ( Mélusine Mayance) in 1942 and journalist Julia ( Kristin Scott Thomas) in 2009 who is researching Sarah's story. It tells the story of Sarah's experiences during and after the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of Jews in German-occupied Paris in 1942 and the participation of bureaucracy in Vichy France and French citizens hiding and protecting Sarah from the French authorities. Plot In 1942, 10-year-old Sarah Starzynski hides her younger brother from French police by locking him in a secret closet and telling him to stay there until she returns. She takes the key with her when she and her parents are transported to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where they are held in inhuman conditions by the Paris Police and French Secret Service. The deportees are transferred to the French-run Beaune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édgar RamÃrez
Édgar Filiberto RamÃrez Arellano (, born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, RamÃrez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career. RamÃrez played a CIA assassin in the action-thriller film ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007). His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries ''Carlos (miniseries), Carlos'' won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor, and nominations for a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award for Best Actor. He then played a CIA operative in the film ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film ''Hands of Stone'' (2016). RamÃrez received several accolades for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries ''The Assassination of Gianni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Elmosnino
Éric Elmosnino (born 2 May 1964) is a French actor and musician. He is known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in '' Gainsbourg'', for which he won the César Award for Best Actor. He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After leaving the Conservatory, he worked at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers with Jean-Pierre Vincent. In 1992 he played Christian Ribet, a friend of Guillaume de Tonquédec, in the film '' Tableau d'honneur'' (Honour Roll) by Charles Nemes. In 2006, he played in the theater as Edward Bond, directed by Alain Francon, at the Avignon Festival and the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris. In January 2008, he performed in a show at the Theatre Antoine in Paris for Yasmina Reza's ''God of Carnage''. Early life Elmosnino was born in the Paris suburbs to a Sephardic Jewish ( Moroccan-Jewish) father who was an industrial designer at Thomson CSF, and to an Alsatian mother who left EDF EDF may refer to: Organisations * Eclaireurs de Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreaker (2010 Film)
''Heartbreaker'' () is a 2010 romantic comedy film directed by Pascal Chaumeil (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier and François Damiens. Plot Charming and attractive Alex, his sister Mélanie and her husband Marc operate a unique business for concerned third-party clients—breaking up relationships, but only those in which the woman is "unhappy without realising it", often at the request of a family member or close friend. The trio concoct elaborate, custom and sometimes expensive ruses to deceive the women. After each woman has fallen for his act, Alex tells her she has made him come alive again, but that it is too late for him. The women presumably leave their relationships to seek men who make them feel the way Alex has. They are hired by a wealthy man, who is a florist and gangster, to prevent the upcoming wedding of his daughter Juliette to Jonathan, a wealthy Englishman of whom he disapproves. However, they only h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Picture (2010 Film)
''The Big Picture'' (French original title ''L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie'' – "The man who wanted to live his life") is a 2010 French psychological thriller directed by Éric Lartigau, and starring Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup and Catherine Deneuve. The story is adapted from the 1997 novel ''The Big Picture'' by Douglas Kennedy (writer), Douglas Kennedy. Synopsis Paul Exben is a remarkable success story: a partner in one of Paris's most prestigious law firms, boasting a substantial salary, a spacious home, a glamorous wife, and two sons who could easily grace the pages of a high-end fashion catalog. However, his world shatters when he uncovers his wife Sarah's affair with Greg Kremer, a local photographer. In a moment of passionate fury, Paul commits a fatal mistake. As he stands over the lifeless body of his wife's lover, Paul comprehends that his once-perfect life is irreversibly shattered. But rather than succumb to his grim circumstances, Paul decides to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Duris
Romain Duris (; born 28 May 1974) is a French actor. He is best known for his role in Cédric Klapisch's ''Spanish Apartment'' trilogy, which consists of '' L'Auberge Espagnole'' (2002), '' Russian Dolls'' (2005), and '' Chinese Puzzle'' (2013). He has also gained wide recognition for '' The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' (2005), and various other roles since then. Personal life and education Duris was born in Paris, son of a father who is an engineer-architect and a mother who is a dancer. His father is related to Armand-Gaston Camus and his wife; the French revolutionist was an archivist who founded the Archives nationales. His mother is a descendant of 18th-century Swedish painter Alexander Roslin and his wife. Duris has a sister, pianist Caroline Duris, who played on the soundtrack of the film '' The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' (2005), in which he acted. Duris studied arts at university but first decided to follow a career in music, forming a jazz-funk band. Music remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess Of Montpensier
''The Princess of Montpensier'' () is a 2010 French period romance film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, inspired by a short story of the same name published anonymously by Madame de La Fayette in 1662. It stars Mélanie Thierry in the title role, alongside Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Lambert Wilson and Raphaël Personnaz. The film mixes fiction and history in the years of bloody conflict known as the Wars of Religion, which not only opposed Catholics with Protestants but also involved bitter power struggles between factions of the nobility and the royal family. The culminating event is the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, during which mobs of armed Catholics hunted down and slaughtered thousands of their Protestant neighbours. Amid these dramatic events, the central story is that of the Princess, who loves a childhood friend but is forced into marriage with another man and is in turn loved by her older tutor. The film competed at the 63rd Cannes Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambert Wilson
Lambert Nicolas Wilson (; né Willson, 3 August 1958) is a French actor and theatre director. He is a seven-time Cesar Award nominee, four for César Award for Best Actor, Best Actor and three for César Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor. Internationally, he is known for playing List of Matrix series characters#Merovingian, The Merovingian in ''The Matrix (franchise), The Matrix'' film series, beginning with ''The Matrix Reloaded''. Biography Early life Wilson is the son of Georges Wilson, who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the Théâtre National Populaire. As a teenager, he had little interest in the French theatre and aimed to become an "American actor" and appear in Hollywood pictures. He studied acting at the Drama Centre London to learn English. He played his first movie role in the 1977 American film ''Julia (1977 film), Julia'', directed by Fred Zinnemann. Five years later, he played his first starring role in another film by Zinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumière Award For Best Actress
The Lumière Award for Best Actress () is an annual award presented by the Académie des Lumières since 1996. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first with a blue background, followed by the other nominees. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Trivia Multiple awards ; 4 awards * Isabelle Huppert ; 2 awards * Élodie Bouchez * Karin Viard Multiple nominees ; 6 nominations * Virginie Efira * Isabelle Huppert ; 5 nominations * Karin Viard ; 4 nominations * Juliette Binoche * Catherine Deneuve ; 3 nominations * Marion Cotillard * Emmanuelle Devos * Catherine Frot * Sandrine Kiberlain * Sylvie Testud ; 2 nominations * Fanny Ardant * Élodie Bouchez * Laure Calamy * Isabelle Carré * Léa Drucker * Marina Foïs * Charlotte Gainsbourg * Hafsia Herzi * Noémie Merlant * Ludivine Sagnier * Kristin Scott Thomas * Audrey Tautou * Anamaria Vartolomei See also *César Award for Best Actress External links Lumière Award for Best Actressat ''AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
