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Choice Of Arms
''Choice of Arms'' (French: ''Le Choix des armes'') is a 1981 French crime film directed by Alain Corneau. The main roles are played by Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. Although in structure a crime film, it is as much a character study of people under stress and an examination of aspects of French society. Plot Noël, a former gangster now breeding horses on his large estate outside Paris with his beautiful wife Nicole, has his quiet life turned upside down when two wanted crooks arrive in a stolen car. One is an old accomplice called Serge, fatally shot, while the other is a young psychotic called Mickey. When Serge dies, Noël buries him. Mickey goes into Paris and on his return finds two police detectives, Bonnardot and Sarlat, at Noël's house. After threatening them, he escapes and holes up with Dany, a friend in Paris. Thinking that Noël had betrayed him to the police, he turns up one evening as a dinner party is in progress and terrorises everybod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including ''Police Python 357'' (1976) and ''La Menace'' (1977). He directed Gérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation of '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991. Corneau died in Paris on 30 August 2010 from cancer, aged 67 and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Filmography *'' France, Inc.'' (1973) *''Police Python 357'' (1976) *''La Menace'' (1977) *''Série noire'' (1979) *''Choice of Arms'' (1981) *''Fort Saganne'' (1984) *' (1986) *'' Nocturne Indien'' (1989) *'' Tous les Matins du Monde'' (1991) *''New World'' (1995) *''Le cousin'' (1997) *'' Le prince du Pacifique'' (2000) *'' Stupeur et Tremblements'' (2003) *''Words in Blue'' (2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Galabru
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for '' Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. He is also well known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in ''Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez'', ''Le gendarme se marie'', ''Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres'', '' Le gendarme en balade'', ''Le gendarme à New York'', ''Le gendarme et les gendarmettes'', ''Le petit baigneur'', ''L'avare'', '' Jo (film)'' and '' Nous irons a Deauville'' (with Michel Serrault). He worked with the actors Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault in '' La Cage aux Folles'', ''La Cage aux Folles II'', and '' La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding''; and ''Le viager''. Selected filmography Awards In 1977, Galabru received a César for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joseph Bouvier in Bertrand Tavernier's ''The Judge and the Assassin ''The Judge and the Assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Crime Films
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1981 Crime Films
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1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie '' Heaven's Gate'', a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. * March 30 - The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * June 8 - Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million. * June 12 – '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anconina
Richard Anconina (; born 28 January 1953) is a French actor. He won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1983, and for Best Actor in 1989. Filmography * 1977 : ''Comment se faire réformer'' directed by Philippe Clair * 1978 : ''Les Réformés se portent bien'' directed by Philippe Clair * 1979 : ''Démons de midi'' directed by Christian Paureilhe * 1980 : ''Le Bar du téléphone'' directed by Claude Barrois – ''Boum-Boum'' * 1980 : ''À vingt minutes par le R.E.R.'' * 1980 : '' Inspecteur la Bavure'' directed by Claude Zidi – ''Philou'' *1981 : ''L'Arme au bleu'' *1981 : ''Asphalte'' directed by Denis Amar – ''un pilleur'' *1981 : ''La Provinciale'' directed by Claude Goretta *1981 : ''Le Petit Pommier'' directed by Liliane de Kermadec *1981 : ''Une robe noire pour un tueur'' directed by José Giovanni – ''un jeune drogué'' *1981 : '' Le Choix des armes'' directed by Alain Corneau – ''Dany'' *1982 : ''Emmenez-moi au théâtre : L'étrangleur s'excite'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Chicot
Étienne Chicot (5 May 1949 – 7 August 2018) was a French actor and composer. . ''Stephane Larue''. Retrieved 8 August 2018. Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chicot, Etienne French male film actors 1949 births 2018 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Marquand
Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant. He was often cast as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s. Career Marquand's first film appearance was in 1946, as a footman in Jean Cocteau's ''Beauty and the Beast'' (''La Belle et la Bête''). After a few more small parts, he was prominently featured in Christian-Jaque's ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953) as one of Lucrezia's lovers, and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's '' Senso'' (1954). In 1956, he was directed by Roger Vadim in '' And God Created Woman'' (''Et Dieu... créa la femme'') opposite Brigitte Bardot. That film's success led to starring roles in the movies ''No Sun in Venice'' (1957), ''Temptation'' (1959), and '' The Big Show'' (1960) and leads opposite actresses Maria Schell, Jean Seberg, and Annie Girardot. In 1962, Marquan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in ''Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in '' Une étrange affaire''. In 1995 he won a César Award for Best Actor with '' Le Fils préféré''. Other appearances include ''Une semaine de vacances'' and ''3 zéros''. During the 2000s, he returned to the big screen with popular comedies. In 2001, he received the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role with ''The Taste of Others ''The Taste of Others'' (french: Le Goût des autres ) is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès Jaoui, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin and Chr ... (Le Goût des autres)''. He is married to Chantal Benoist, an actress, model and singer who rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Jean-Claude Dauphin, born Claude Legrand on March 16, 1948 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor. Biography He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grand-son of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother. At Lycée Paul-Valéry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca. His debut, in 1968, in ''Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre'' (Adolphe or the tender Age), directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, made him famous. In 1969, he plays Claude Jade's fiancé in '' The Witness''. At the time, Claude Jade and Jean-Claude Dauphin were a couple. Jade later wrote in her autobiography ''Baisers envolés'': "He was charming, funny, intelligent, and I was not long in going out with him. With our fair complexion and fine features, we could have played a brother and a sister." Gérard Blain hired him in 1970 for '' The Friends'', a gay romance which won the Golden Leopard at the Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Depardieu
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas ( Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Sarde
Alain Sarde is a French film producer and actor. Early life Alain Sarde was born on 28 March 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Career David Lynch's ''Mulholland Drive'', a film Sarde co-produced, received the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture. '' The Pianist'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the BAFTA Award for Best Film. Another film of his – '' Intimate Strangers'' – is being remade by Paramount Pictures. Filmography *''Don't Touch The White Woman!'' (1974) *''Barocco'' (1976) *'' First Name: Carmen'' (1983) *'' My Best Friend's Girl'' (1983) *'' Mixed Blood'' (1985) *'' Bitter Moon'' (1992) *'' L.627'' (1992) *''Wild Reeds'' (1994) *''L'Appât'' (1995) *'' Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (1995) *''Ponette'' (1996) *'' La Belle Verte'' (1996) *''Dry Cleaning'' (1997) *''An Air So Pure'' (1997) *''Place Vendôme'' (1998) *''Alice and Martin'' (1998) *'' Children of the Century'' (1999) *''Le coeur à l'ouvrage'' (2000) *''Water Dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
