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Alex Descas
Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series ''Un Flic''. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including '' No Fear, No Die'', '' Nénette et Boni'', ''I Can't Sleep'', '' Trouble Every Day'', ''The Intruder'', ''35 Shots of Rum ''35 Shots of Rum'' () is a 2008 drama film directed by Claire Denis. It stars Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, and Grégoire Colin. It tells the story of a father-daughter relationship complicated by the arrival of an attractive young ma ...'' and '' Bastards,'' as well as '' Ten Minutes Older: The Cello''. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent. Filmography Theater References External links * Living people 1958 births 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Black French male a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Denis
Claire Denis (; ; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film '' Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Every Day'' (2001), '' 35 Shots of Rum'' (2008), '' White Material'' (2009), '' High Life'' (2018) and '' Both Sides of the Blade'' (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. For '' Stars at Noon'' (2022), Denis won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's '' Close''. Early life Denis was born on 21 April 1946 in Paris, but raised in colonial French Africa, where her father was a civil servant, living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, French Somaliland, and Senegal. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's (''French Twist (film), French Twist''). She won the 1996 César Award (shared with Telsche Boorman) for César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, and was also nominated as César Award for Best Director, Best Director. The movie was nominated for César Award for Best Film, Best Film. Balasko's other César nominations for César Award for Best Actress, Best Actress were for ''Too Beautiful for You'' (1989), (1993), and ''That Woman (2003 film), That Woman'' (2003). 1973–1980: Early years Balasko began her career in 1973. She was 23 years old when she first appeared on screen, in the short ''L'Agression'', with Patrick Bouchitey. She was in the movie ''L'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irma Vep
''Irma Vep'' is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent film serial ''Les Vampires'' (1915–16). (''Irma Vep'' is an anagram for the word ''"vampire"''.) Taking place largely through the eyes of a foreigner (Cheung), it is also a meditation on the state of the French film industry. ''Irma Vep'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in France on 13 November 1996. In 2022, the film was reimagined as a miniseries for HBO, created by Assayas. Plot The plot mirrors the disorientation felt by director René Vidal during a troubled production of a film-within-a-film. Maggie Cheung has been cast to play the film's heroine, Irma Vep, a burglar and a spy, who dresses in a tight, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Bassek Ba Kobhio (born 1957) is a Cameroonian filmmaker, writer and founder of the Ecrans Noirs film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is also the Director of the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa (ISCAC) in Yaounde, the first-ever tertiary training institution for cinematography in the Central Africa sub-region. Life Bassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Ninje. He started as a writer, winning a short story award while still at high school in 1976. Kobhio's first feature film, ''Sango Malo'' (1991) was an auto-adaptation of his earlier novel. The film portrayed a new village school teacher whose indifference to traditional customs causes conflict with the school's headmaster and disrupts village life. His second film, '' Le grand blanc de Lambaréné'' (1995), brought out the complexities of character of Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and French polymath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Idrissa is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Idrissa Adam (born 1984), Cameroonian sprinter * Idrissa Camara, Guinean-born dancer and choreographer * Idrissa Camará (born 1992), Bissau-Guinean footballer * Idrissa Coulibaly (born 1987), Malian footballer * Idrissa Dione (born 1929), French boxer * Idrissa Djaló (born 1962), Bissau-Guinean politician * Idrissa Doumbia (born 1998), Ivorian footballer * Idrissa "Idris" Elba (born 1972), English actor, producer and musician * Idrissa Gueye (born 1989), Senegalese footballer * Idrissa Halidou (born 1982), Nigerien footballer * Idrissa Kabore (born 1977), Burkinabé boxer * Idrissa Keita (born 1977), Ivorian footballer * Idrissa Kouyaté (born 1991), Ivorian footballer * Idrissa Laouali (born 1979), Nigerien footballer * Ydrissa M'Barke (born 1983), French sprinter * Idrissa Mandiang (born 1984), Senegalese footballer * Idrissa Niang (born 1992), Senegalese footballer * Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954–2018), Burk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart's Cry
''The Heart's Cry'' () is a 1994 Burkinabé/ French drama film directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. Plot Moctar is a young boy who, although born in France, has grown up in Mali. At the age of eleven, he moves with his family to live in Paris. Moctar struggles to adjust to life in France, and is homesick for Africa. He begins to see visions of a hyena in the street. When he tells people, nobody believes him. He is laughed at by his schoolmates and sent to the school psychologist. He meets a man in the street called Paulo who helps Moctar to understand his visions. Cast *Richard Bohringer as Paulo * Saïd Diarra as Moctar * Félicité Wouassi as Saffi *Alex Descas as Ibrahim Sow * Clémentine Célarié as Deborah * Jean-Yves Gautier as Paul Guerin * Cheik Doukouré as Mamadou * Adama Ouédraogo as Adama * Ginette Fabet as Firmine * Adama Kouyaté as Grandfather * Valérie Gil as Miss Romand * Grégoire Le Du as Olivier Reception It won the OCIC Award - Honorable Mention at the 1994 Veni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Handke
Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrians, Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Handke is considered to be one of the most influential and original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century. In the late 1960s, he earned his reputation as a member of the avant-garde with such plays as ''Offending the Audience'' (1966) in which actors analyze the nature of theatre and alternately insult the audience and praise its "performance", and ''Kaspar (play), Kaspar'' (1967). His novels, mostly ultra objective, deadpan accounts of characters in extreme states of mind, include ''The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick'' (1970) and ''The Left-Handed Woman (novel), The Left-Handed Woman'' (1976). Prompted by his mother's suicide in 1971, he refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Absence (1992 Film)
''The Absence'' (; ) is a 1992 French-German-Spanish drama film directed by Peter Handke. It follows the journey of four nameless people: the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler. The film is based on Handke's novella with the same name. It premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Bruno Ganz as the gambler * Jeanne Moreau as the writer's wife * Alex Descas as the soldier * Eustaquio Barjau as the writer * Sophie Semin as the young woman * Arielle Dombasle Release The film premiered on 6 September 1992 in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. It was released in France on 20 January 1993 and Germany on 24 February 1994. Reception Thomas Quinn Curtiss wrote in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sérgio Rezende
Sérgio Rezende (born April 9, 1951) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, and is best known for directing several biographical films, such as ''Lamarca'', ''Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei'', and ''Zuzu Angel'', about guerrilla leader Carlos Lamarca, entrepreneur Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, and stylist Zuzu Angel Jones, who embarked on a frantic search for her son Stuart's body. His most recent release, '' Salve Geral'', was submitted by the Ministry of Culture for consideration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ... for the 82nd Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It was not nominated for the award. His 1987 film '' The Man in the Black Cape'' was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Child From The South
''A Child From the South'' was a 1991 television movie about a Nadia (played by Josette Simon), a young journalist, in political exile from South Africa since her father's assassination twenty years earlier and her return to cover a United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ... conference. It was written by Chris Austin, Gill Bond and Leyga Zendare and directed by Sergio Rezende. External links * 1991 films 1991 drama films 1991 television films British drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalton Prejean
Dalton Prejean (December 10, 1959 – May 18, 1990) was one of 22 people in the United States executed for crimes committed as a juvenile prior to the decision '' Roper v. Simmons'' in 2005. He was tried, convicted, and executed in the electric chair in Louisiana for the murder of Louisiana State Police Trooper Donald Cleveland. The case received international attention because the defendant was a black man convicted by an all-white jury; had brain damage and tested just above mental illness; and was age 17 at the time of the crime. Prejean's son, Dalton Prejean Jr., born while his father was awaiting execution, himself went to prison for the 2001 murder of his 14-month old stepson. Prejean Jr., who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and two counts of child cruelty is currently serving a 60-year sentence, with parole eligibility in 40 years, at the same prison where his father was executed. Background Prejean was the second of four children. When he was two weeks old, his parents s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
