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Geneviève Cluny
Geneviève Cluny (born 18 April 1928) is a former French film actress. She appeared in both French New Wave films as well as popular mainstream commercial productions during the 1950s and 1960s. She is credited for the basic idea on which Jean-Luc Godard's '' A Woman Is a Woman'' was based.Marie p. 74 Selected filmography * '' My Priest Among the Poor'' (1956) * '' A Friend of the Family'' (1957) * '' Les Cousins'' (1959) * '' The Love Game'' (1960) * '' The Joker'' (1960) * ''The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...'' (1962) * '' People in Luck'' (1963) * '' If You Go Swimming in Tenerife'' (1964) * '' Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut'' (1965) * '' House of Cards'' (1968) References Bibliography * Marie, Michel. ''The French New Wave: An Artistic School ...
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Bressuire
Bressuire (; ; Poitevin: ''Beurseure'') is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton. Notable buildings Bressuire has two buildings of interest: the church of Notre-Dame, which, dating chiefly from the 12th and 15th centuries, has an imposing tower of the Renaissance period; and the castle, built by the lords of Beaumont, vassals of the viscount of Thouars. The latter is now in ruins, and a portion of the site is occupied by a modern château, but an inner and outer line of fortifications are still to be seen. The whole forms the finest assemblage of feudal ruins in Poitou. The name The name "Bressuire" comes from two elements, being ''Berg'' (hill) and ''Durum'' (fortress). These two are linked in the name "Berzoriacum" recorded in 1029, and "Bercorium" from the start of the crusading era in 1095. The name Bressuire thereby defines a fortress on a ...
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