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André Génovès
André Génovès (1941 in Paris – 1 February 2012 in Thoiry, Yvelines, Thoiry) was a French film producer and Film director, director. Filmography * 1968: ''Les Biches (film), Les Biches'' * 1969: ''This Man Must Die'' * 1969: ''The Unfaithful Wife'' * 1970: ''Le Boucher'' * 1970: ''The Breach (film), The Breach'' * 1971: ''Just Before Nightfall'' * 1973: ''Wedding in Blood'' * 1974: ''Nada (1974 film), Nada'' * 1975: ''Innocents with Dirty Hands'' * 1976: ''Barocco'' * 1976: ''Mado (film), Mado'' * 1976: ''A Real Young Girl'' * 1976: ' (Néa) * 1984: ''Mesrine (1984 film), Mesrine'' References External links André Génovèson Ciné-Ressources * 25 films linked to André Génovès on ''Ciné-ressources.net'' 1941 births 2012 deaths Film directors from Paris French film producers {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoiry, Yvelines
Thoiry () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is the location of Château de Thoiry. Sport Stage 2 of The 2024 Paris–Nice Cycle Race began at Thoiry, March 3rd 2024. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocents With Dirty Hands
''Innocents with Dirty Hands'' a.k.a. ''Dirty Hands'', or in the original French ''Les innocents aux mains sales'', is a 1975 psychological thriller film written and directed by Claude Chabrol from a novel ''The Damned Innocents'' by Richard Neely. It stars Romy Schneider and Rod Steiger. Plot Louis, a rich man who lives quietly in St Tropez with his beautiful young wife Julie, has cardiac and alcohol problems. They sleep in separate rooms and, when she meets Jeff, a writer, she starts an affair with him. The two decide that she will knock the sleeping Louis unconscious and that Jeff, after dumping the body off a boat, will lie low in Italy. To her dismay, Jeff disappears and, with him, all of Louis' money: she is left without husband, lover, or assets and under police surveillance as a suspect. Then Louis reappears, apparently fit and alcohol-free: he says he knocked Jeff unconscious and took him to the boat where, after extracting a written confession, he killed him. Claiming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Births
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Aktion T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciné-Ressources
''Ciné-Ressources'' is a union catalogue of the libraries and archives of French cinema, created on 22 August 2007 and managed by the Cinémathèque française. Initiated by the in collaboration with the , it provides access to more than 200,000 resources through a web search engine A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages, and other relevant information on World Wide Web, the Web in response to a user's web query, query. The user enters a query in a web browser or a mobile app, and the sea .... References External links Catalogue de la Cinémathèque de Toulouse {{Authority control Online film databases French film websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesrine (1984 Film)
''Mesrine'' is a 1984 French film written and directed by André Génovès. A biographical film based on the life of Jacques Mesrine, it focuses on the eighteen months following his escape from La Santé Prison in May 1978 until his death in November 1979. Nicolas Silberg stars as the eponymous lead character. Cast * Nicolas Silberg as Jacques Mesrine * Caroline Aguilar as Sylvia Jeanjacquot * Gérard Sergue as François Besse * Michel Poujade as Le commissaire Broussard * Louis Arbessier as Lelievre * Claude Faraldo as Charlie Bauer * Jean-Pierre Pauty as Tillier * Artus de Penguern as Inspector Lejeune Reception Film critic James Benefield of '' Little White Lies'' magazine regarded ''Mesrine'' as "a pretty ropey, half-baked biopic", inferior to the later 2008 film starring Vincent Cassel. Benefield criticized Génovès' "bland direction" and "lack of imagination", likening the film to a television production rather than a cinematic release, and noted that "the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Real Young Girl
''A Real Young Girl'' () is a 1976 French drama film about a 14-year-old girl's sexual awakening, written and directed by Catherine Breillat. The film, Catherine Breillat's first, was based on her fourth novel, ''Le Soupirail''. This film is notable for its graphic depiction of sex scenes, which include Charlotte Alexandra exposing her breasts and vulva and the male actors displaying their penises. This led to the film being banned in many countries, and it was not released to theatres until 2000. Plot Alice Bonnard is a 14-year-old girl attending a boarding school in France who comes back to her home in the Landes forest for the summer of 1963. In voiceover she complains that she dislikes coming home because she is frequently bored. In one scene, as she has coffee with her parents she inserts a spoon into her vagina. She flashes back to her time at school, where she frequently masturbated out of boredom. Her father hires a young man named Jim, with whom Alice immediately bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mado (film)
''Mado'' is a 1976 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. Cast * Michel Piccoli : Simon Léotard * Ottavia Piccolo : Mado * Jacques Dutronc : Pierre * Charles Denner : Reynald Manecca * Romy Schneider : Hélène * Julien Guiomar : Lépidon * Claude Dauphin : Vaudable * Michel Aumont : Aimé Barachet * Jean Bouise : André * André Falcon : Mathelin * Bernard Fresson : Julien * Benoît Allemane : Antoine * Nathalie Baye : Catherine * Daniel Russo : Roger * Dominique Zardi : Crovetto * Denise Filiatrault Denise Filiatrault, (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director. Biography Filiatrault attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series '' Moi et l'autre'' (1967–71 ... : Lucienne * Nicolas Vogel : Maxime External links * 1976 drama films 1976 films French drama films Films directed by Claude Sautet Films scored by Philippe Sarde Films about suicide 1970s French films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barocco
''Barocco'' is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe to tell a lie that discredits a local politician. When the boyfriend is murdered, she is racked with guilt until she meets the killer and plans to remake him into the image of her slain lover. The film won three César Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography and Best Music. The film had a total of 678,734 admissions in France. Plot In a French speaking port in Northern Europe, Laure, an aimless young woman, goes to see her boyfriend, Samson, a washed up boxer. While posing for photographs, that are going to illustrate an interview for a newspaper, Samson is offered to take a huge amount of money if he lies, confessing in the interview to have a homosexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nada (1974 Film)
''Nada'' (), also titled ''The Nada Gang'' in the US, is a 1974 Franco-Italian political thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the novel of the same name by Jean-Patrick Manchette. It follows an anarchist group which, after kidnapping the United States Ambassador to France, is hunted down by the police, with both sides making use of uninhibited violence. Plot The anarchist group "Nada" decides to kidnap the United States Ambassador to France and demand a ransom for his release. Although some group members are reluctant to the plan, teacher Treuffais alone refuses to participate in the venture. During the operation, carried out in a brothel which the Ambassador regularly visits, a police officer and an undercover agent are killed. The Minister of the Interior orders Commissioner Goémond to find the hideout of the group, implying that the death of the hostage could be useful to the state as it would turn the public's opinion against the Left. During the attack on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding In Blood
''Wedding in Blood'' (), also known as ''Red Wedding'' in the UK, is a 1973 French crime drama film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Plot In a small French town, the deputy mayor Pierre is having an affair with Lucienne, the mayor's wife. So that they can be together more often, Pierre poisons his sickly wife without anybody suspecting, and Lucienne starts visiting his house at night. Her husband Paul, aware of the goings-on, blackmails Pierre into supporting a dubious land deal. To escape this, the two lovers decide to get rid of Paul. Pierre kills Paul on a lonely road and sets fire to his car, making his death appear as an accident, while Lucienne pretends that she was hurled out of the car before it caught fire. Under orders from Paris, the police treat the incident as a traffic accident. Hélène, Lucienne's teenage daughter from a previous relationship, asks for a follow-up investigation to clear her mother of any suspicion. The new investigation uncovers the crime, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
