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Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros (born 18 January 1956) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress. Career Stinky Toys Originally from Uruguay, Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk rock, punk band Stinky toys, Stinky Toys. Elli et Jacno After the group disbanded, Medeiros joined another Stinky Toy member Jacno to form the electropop duo Elli et Jacno. Together they released several albums, one of them the soundtrack to an Éric Rohmer film ''Les nuits de la pleine lune''. Solo The singer went solo in 1986. The songs, "Toi mon toit" (1986) and "A bailar calypso" (1987), were big hits in France and had a more Latin sound than her previous records. She sang back-up vocals on several of pop star Etienne Daho's songs from his 1996 album ''Eden''. She also helped co-write his song "Me manquer" from the same album. Elli Medeiros appears in a number of French films and has worked with, among others, Olivier Assa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Cannes Film Festival
The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2008. American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn served as jury president for the main competition. French filmmaker Laurent Cantet won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film ''The Class (2008 film), The Class''. The festival opened with ''Blindness (2008 film), Blindness'' by Fernando Meirelles and closed with ''What Just Happened (2008 film), What Just Happened'' by Barry Levinson. Édouard Baer was the master of ceremonies. The British press reported the list of films in competition this year was notable for its absence of British films for the second successive year. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2008 Official Selection: *Sean Penn, American actor and director - Jury President *Jeanne Balibar, French actress and singer *Rachid Bouchareb, Franco-Algerian director *Sergio Castellitto, Italian actor and director *Alfonso Cua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fin Août, Début Septembre
''Late August, Early September'' () is a 1998 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Mathieu Amalric. Plot Adrien ( François Cluzet), a tough-loving writer who has had only marginal commercial success as a bestselling author, discovers that he is dying and tells his friend Gabriel (Mathieu Amalric), with whom he has had a tumultuous relationship. Gabriel tries to attend to his friend while making sense of his complicated romantic life, torn between his former girlfriend, dependable Jenny (Jeanne Balibar), and a new lover, mercurial Anne ( Virginie Ledoyen). Unlike Adrien, conflicted Gabriel is not a risk-taker: his career path as an editor at a publishing house is steady and secure. He edits an encyclopedia. His older friend attempts to write his greatest book and begins a quiet relationship with a curious student, Véra (Mia Hansen-Løve). The ensemble and Adrien's other friends find it difficult to assess their lives and careers in the wake of their dying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda (2018 Film)
''Amanda'' is a 2018 French drama film directed by Mikhaël Hers. Plot Living in Paris, 24-year-old David is close to his sister Sandrine – a single mother – and her seven-year-old daughter, Amanda. Sandrine is an English teacher, while David looks after holiday lets and is a part-time gardener. He meets Lena, a piano teacher. Sandrine goes to the park with friends where, in a terrorist attack, she is killed and Lena injured. David looks after Amanda but, even with the help of his aunt Maud, he isn’t sure he can cope and considers sending her to a children’s home. Amanda initially wants to stay with Maud but, as she and David begin to bond, she changes her mind. Lena moves back home to Bordeaux but David asks her to move in with him. He then takes Amanda to London to meet his estranged mother Alison, and to visit the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. As their relationship deepens, David decides to become Amanda’s guardian and to adopt her. Cast * Vincent Lacoste as Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonera
''Lion's Den'' () is a 2008 drama film directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Pablo Trapero. Addressing motherhood within the prison system, it stars Martina Gusmán, Elli Medeiros and Rodrigo Santoro. The film competed in the Competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. It was Argentina's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot In Buenos Aires, the independently minded student Julia Zárate awakens in her apartment with gore everywhere, her lover Nahuel stabbed, and their shared lover Ramiro covered with blood but alive. Julia is pregnant and is sent to a special prison wing for mothers and pregnant prisoners to await trial. She befriends Marta, a fellow prisoner who has two children and helps her to understand prison life as a mother. Julia delivers Tomás and her mother tries to kidnap him, causing a prison riot. When Ramiro accuses her of murdering Nahuel, her chances of raising Tomás fall. Cast * Martina Gusmán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Him
''After Him'' () is a 2007 French drama film directed by Gaël Morel. The film stars Catherine Deneuve as Camille, a woman grieving the death of her son Mathieu (Adrien Jolivet) in a car accident, who becomes obsessed with becoming a substitute mother figure to his best friend Franck (Thomas Dumerchez) with the goal of transforming him into everything she had hoped Mathieu would become. The cast also includes Guy Marchand, Élodie Bouchez, Elli Medeiros, Luis Rego, Amina Medjoubi and Salim Kechiouche. The film premiered on 21 May 2007 in the Director's Fortnight program at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, prior to going into commercial release on 23 May.Rebecca Leffler"Morel’s ‘Apres’ set for Fortnight" ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa La Nuit
Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: Plants and animals * ''Rosa'' (plant), the genus of roses * Rosa (sea otter), a sea otter that has become popular on the internet *Rosa (cow), a Spanish-born cow People * Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) * Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid *Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, Germany *Rösa, a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany *Rosà a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy *Monte Rosa, the second highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe *Republic of South Africa, a southernmost country in Africa. Film and television * ''Rosa'' (1986 film), a Hong Kong film released by Bo Ho Films *''Rosa – A Horse Drama'', a 1993-94 opera by Louis Andriessen on a libretto by Peter Greenaway * "Rosa" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of the eleventh series of ''Doctor Who'' Music *"Rosa", a song by Pixinguinha *De Rosa (band), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Hunting
''House Hunting'' (also released as ''The Wrong House'') is a 2012 psychological horror- thriller film that was written and directed by Eric Hurt. The film had its world release on October 2, 2012 at the Virginia Film Festival, and received a DVD and VOD release through Phase 4 Films on March 5, 2013. The film stars Marc Singer and Art LaFleur and follows two families that are trapped within a deserted farmhouse. Plot Charlie Hays, his daughter Emmy, and his second wife Susan follow a lead on a foreclosed house Charlie wants to buy. It's a seemingly perfect and beautiful home on 70 acres of private land. He also wants to use this as an opportunity for Emmy and Susan to get along, as neither likes the other. Meanwhile, another family – Don Thomson, his wife Leslie, and their live-in son Jason, who has suffered a broken leg in a car accident – meets a man in a red hat who gives Don an advertisement for the same house the Hayses are interested in. Finding it too good to be true, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulu (2002 Film)
Lulu may refer to: Companies * LuLu, an early automobile manufacturer * Lulu.com, an online e-books and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer * Lulu Hypermarket, a retail chain in Asia * Lululemon Athletica or simply Lulu, a Canadian athletic apparel company Places * Lulu, Florida, United States, an unincorporated community * Lulu City, Colorado, United States, a mining town abandoned in 1885, on the National Register of Historic Places * Lulu, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Lulu Bay, a bay on Navassa Island in the Caribbean * Lulu Town, a town on Navassa Island in the Caribbean * Lulu Island, an island which comprises most of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada * Al Lulu Island, also known as Lulu Island, a man-made island off the coast of Abu Dhabi island * Lulu Roundabout, in Manama, Bahrain Theatre, film, opera * The two plays by Frank Wedekind whose protagonist is named Lulu: ** ''Earth Spirit'' (play) (''Erdgeist'', 1895) ** ''Pandora's Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Set (film)
''Jet Set'' is a 2000 French comedy film, directed by Fabien Onteniente. A sequel, ''People'', was released in 2004. Plot Jimmy ( Bruno Solo), desperate to save his suburban bar from bankruptcy, conceives a plan to attract the "jet set", the rich and glamorous celebrities of France. He sends his friend Mike ( Samuel Le Bihan), a down-at-heel unemployed actor, to infiltrate French high society and garner contacts with prestigious personalities to invite. Hijinks ensue. Cast * Samuel Le Bihan as Mickaël Gonzalvez aka « Mike » * Lambert Wilson as Artus de Poulignac * Ornella Muti as Camilla * Ariadna Gil as Andréa * Bruno Solo as Jimmy * José Garcia as Mellor de Silva * Aurore Clément as Nicole * Estelle Larrivaz as Lydia * Lorànt Deutsch as Fifi * Elli Medeiros as Danielle Joubert * Antoinette Moya as Mme Gonzalvez * Guillaume Gallienne as Evrard Sainte Croix * Armelle as Frénégonde * Valérie Benguigui as The Baroness * Adel Kachermi as Himself Reception The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamirolle (film)
Mamirolle () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2025, the former commune of Le Gratteris was merged into Mamirolle. Geography The commune lies southeast of Besançon on the first plateau of the Jura mountains. It is situated at the foot of a wooded hill and is crossed by the railroad from Besançon to Le Locle. The landscape of the town forms a wide basin with no surface drainage, since the rainwater seeps into the subsoil. Most of the land in Mamirolle is arable land and meadow land, with some parts covered in forest. Southern part of the commune extends over the slope of Mamirolle to the wooded ridge of Mont Bon, which forms the highest point in the commune at 662 m above sea level. History Archeological research determined that Mamirolle was populated very early on. A nearby Tumulus dates from the Hallstatt period, and traces of an alleged Gallo-Roman settlement site was also discovered. Mamiroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
