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Françoise Javet
Françoise Javet (17 January 1922 - 25 February 2008) was a French film editor who was active in France between 1947 and 1988. In 1982, she was nominated for a César Award for her work editing ''La Balance''. Selected filmography * ''Bonjour l'angoisse'' (1988) * ''Flag (1987 film), Flag'' (1987) * ''La gitane'' (1986) * ''Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir, How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave'' (1984) * ''La Balance, La balance'' (1982) * ''Psy (1981 film), Psy'' (1981) * ''Molière (1978 film), Molière'' (1978) * ''Dear Detective, Dear Inspector'' (1977) * ''Boomerang (1976 film), Boomerang'' (1976) * ''Incorrigible (1975 film), Incorrigible'' (1975) * ''Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis'' (1975) * ''The Down-in-the-Hole Gang'' (1974) * ''Two Men in Town (1973 film), Two Men in Town'' (1973) * ''Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu'' (1973) * ''Scoumoune'' (1972) * ''The Annuity'' (1972) * ''The Deadly Trap'' (1971) * ''Rider on the Rain'' (1970) * ''The Devil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A View From The Bridge (film)
''A View from the Bridge'' (, ) is a 1962 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. The film was an international co-production between French and Italian studios, with exteriors shot on-location in Brooklyn and interiors filmed in Paris, France. It was written for the screen by Norman Rosten and Jean Aurenche, and stars Raf Vallone as Eddie Carbone, Maureen Stapleton as Beatrice, Carol Lawrence as Catherine, Jean Sorel as Rodolpho, Raymond Pellegrin as Marco, and Morris Carnovsky as Alfieri. Plot The Carbones are a working class Italian-American family living in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn - patriarch Eddie, his wife Beatrice, and their niece Catherine. Eddie is a longshoreman on the waterfront, and he and Beatrice have raised 18-year old Catherine from infancy. When two of Beatrice's cousins from Sicily, Marco and Rodolpho, illegally enter the United States and take refuge in Eddie's home, an attraction develops betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Satan Calls The Turns
''And Satan Calls the Turns'' is a 1962 French film directed by Grisha Dabat and starring Catherine Deneuve. It was known in France as ''Et Satan conduit le bal''. Cast * Catherine Deneuve as Manuelle * Jacques Perrin as Ivan * Bernadette Lafont as Isabelle * Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Éric * Françoise Brion as Monica * Henri-Jacques Huet as Jean-Claude * Jacques Monod Jacques Lucien Monod (; 9 February 1910 – 31 May 1976) was a French biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of e ... as Monsieur Klaus External links * French drama films 1960s French-language films 1960s French films 1962 drama films French-language drama films {{1960s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Will Go To Deauville
''We Will Go to Deauville'' (French: ''Nous irons à Deauville'') is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Francis Rigaud, written by Francis Rigaud and Jacques Vilfrid, starring Michel Serrault and Louis de Funès (uncredited). The film is known under the titles: "We Will Go to Deauville" (international English titles), "Io... 2 ville e 4 scocciatori" (Italy). Cast * Michel Serrault as Mr Lucien Moreau, a colleague of Mr Mercier * Louis de Funès as Ludovic Lambersac, the holidaymaker * Pascale Roberts as Mrs Monique Moreau, wife of Lucien * Claude Brasseur as Mr Maurice Dubois, a friend of "Moreau" * Colette Castel as Mrs Jacqueline Dubois, wife of Maurice * Michel Galabru as Mr Mercier, the boss of Lucien * Jean Carmet as the porter of baggages * Marie Daëms as Marie-Laure Spiroza * Roger Pierre as Mr Louis, owner of a hardware shop * Jean-Marc Thibault as Mr Paul, the other owner of a hardware shop * Maurice Cafarelli as the elder son of Mr Mercier * Sacha Distel as singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A King Without Distraction
''A King Without Distraction'' () is a 1963 French mystery film directed by François Leterrier, starring Claude Giraud and Colette Renard. The story is set in the winter of 1843 and follows a police captain who investigates the disappearance of several little girls from a village. The film is based on the novel '' Un roi sans divertissement'' by Jean Giono. The title quotes Blaise Pascal, "Qu'on laisse un roi tout seul sans aucune satisfaction des sens, sans aucun soin de l'esprit, sans compagnies et sans divertissements, penser à lui tout à loisir, et l'on verra qu'un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères." (Pensées, 1670, posth.). It was shot in the village Les Hermaux, on the Aubrac plateau in Aveyron Aveyron (; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron (river), Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyro .... I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Man From Rio
''That Man from Rio'' () is a 1964 French-Italian international co-production adventure film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac. It was the first film to be made by the French subsidiary of United Artists, Les Productions Artistes Associés. The film was a huge success with a total of 4,800,626 admissions in France, becoming the 5th highest earning film of the year. This fast-moving spoof of James Bond-type films features striking location photography by Edmond Séchan of Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Paris. At the 37th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film is directly inspired by the comics of Belgian cartoonist Hergé, featuring a number of scenes that are direct retelling of plot points in ''The Adventures of Tintin''. Plot As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in Paris to see his fiancée Agnès, two South American Indians steal an Amazonian statue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male Companion
''Male Companion'' () is a 1964 comedy film written and directed by Philippe de Broca, based on the 1961 novel ''Gentleman in Waiting'' by André Couteaux. The film stars Jean-Pierre Cassel. Plot Antoine was raised into the easy life by his wealthy grandfather. Following the death of his grandfather, the money has gone and Antoine falls under the influence of various "easy" people. Cast * Jean-Pierre Cassel as Antoine Mirliflor * Irina Demick as Nicole * Catherine Deneuve as Isabelle * Annie Girardot as Clara * Valérie Lagrange as Louisette * Sandra Milo as Maria * Adolfo Celi as Benvenuto * Dalio as Socratès * André Luguet as the grandfather * Jean-Pierre Marielle as Balthazar * as Ernestine * Renée Passeur as the boss * Rosy Varte as Isabelle's mother * Sacha Briquet as the authorised representative * Jacques Dynam as Isabelle's father * as the notary * Jean-Claude Brialy as the prince * Mino Doro as Professor Gaetano (uncredited) * Rosemary Dexter as a student (u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up To His Ears
''Up to His Ears'' ( or in English, "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China") is a 1965 French-Italian international co-production adventure comedy film starring Jean Paul Belmondo and Ursula Andress. It was an indirect sequel to ''That Man from Rio'' reuniting many of the same team; directed by Philippe de Broca written by Daniel Boulanger, stunt work by Gil Delamare it was loosely based on the 1879 novel ''Tribulations of a Chinaman in China'' by Jules Verne. Plot Millionaire Arthur Lempereur is bored with life. He tries to kill himself but fails, then decides to travel to Hong Kong to see if his depression can be cured. In Hong Kong, Arthur discovers that his money is gone. Mister Goh, his old tutor and a Chinese philosopher, makes him take out a life insurance policy to benefit Alice, Arthur's fiancée, and Mister Goh. Goh promises to kill Arthur for him. Arthur then meets Alexandrine, an ethnologist and striptease dancer. He decides not to die, and goes to track down Goh before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Hearts (1966 Film)
''King of Hearts'' (original French title: ''Le Roi de cœur'') is a 1966 French/Italian international co-production comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates and Geneviève Bujold. The film is set in a small town in France near the end of World War I. As the Imperial German Army retreats, they booby trap the whole town to explode. The locals flee and, left to their own devices, a gaggle of cheerful lunatics escape the asylum and take over the town — thoroughly confusing the lone Scottish soldier who has been dispatched to defuse the bomb. Plot In October 1918, as the Great War is ending, a small village in France is awaiting liberation from German occupiers. The retreating Germans wire the automaton clock in the main square to set off a bomb when the mechanical knight strikes the bell at midnight, blowing up the ammunition magazine and the entire town. The town’s barber, an Allied agent, overhears and passes the word of the impending explo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedians (1967 Film)
''The Comedians'' is a 1967 American political drama film directed and produced by British filmmaker Peter Glenville, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Graham Greene, who also wrote the screenplay. The stars were Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, and Alec Guinness. Paul Ford and Lillian Gish had supporting roles as a presidential candidate and wife, as did James Earl Jones as an island doctor. Set in Haiti during the regime of François Duvalier (known as Papa Doc), it was filmed in Dahomey (Benin since 1975). The film tells the story of a sardonic British hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism and squalor under Duvalier. Plot A ship arrives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Among the alighting passengers are: Major H. O. Jones (Alec Guinness), a British businessman with a letter of invitation to do business with the government; Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Paul Ford and Lillian Gish), an elderly American couple who wish to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil By The Tail
''The Devil by the Tail'' (French: ''Le diable par la queue'') is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud and Maria Schell. The French title refers to the idiom "Tirer le diable par la queue", meaning struggling to make ends meet. Synopsis An impoverished aristocratic family living in a crumbling old 17th century château decide to draw in unsuspecting travellers as paying guests, in collusion with Charlie, the village garage man, who is in love with Amélie, the granddaughter of the châtelaine. The man of the house is exhausted by everything, but the four women, grandmother, her daughter, granddaughter Amélie and a cousin who plays the piano and dreams of a gossamer romance are ready to save the family mansion. One night a seductive gangster and his two accomplices arrive, in possession of 100 million francs, the proceeds of a hold-up kept in his suitcase. The noble family intend to ensure that the opportunity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
