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L'aventure, C'est L'aventure
''L'aventure, c'est l'aventure'' is a 1972 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. Starring Lino Ventura and popular singers Jacques Brel and Johnny Hallyday, it recounts the adventures of five criminals who progress from conventional urban crime to international notoriety as celebrity kidnappers. The film was screened at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition. Plot In Paris in 1972, a group of five career criminals realise that the rewards from their traditional way of life are shrinking in the modern world. Lino, for example, finds that his prostitutes want to be independent entrepreneurs recognised by the state. Jacques accepts that his bank robberies yield a low net return for high risks. After much discussion, the five settle on celebrity kidnaps. Their first target is the singer Johnny Hallyday, who is delighted at the publicity and himself writes them a huge ransom cheque. Decamping with the proceeds to Latin America, they are hired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film ''A Man and a Woman, A Man and A Woman''. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, ''A Man and a Woman'' won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism. Life and career Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to Charlotte () and Simon Lelouch. His father was born to an Algerian Jewish family while his mother was a Conversion to Judaism, convert to Judaism. Lelouch says that his first contact with cinema was very young: "My mother hid me in movie theaters when I was little. We were wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Falcon
André Falcon (28 November 1924 – 22 July 2009) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2008. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon, Andre 1924 births 2009 deaths Male actors from Lyon French male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Joubert
Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to: People * Sylvain Lancelot (born 2005), Valorant professional *Sylvain Archambault (born 1963), Canadian director * Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager * Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician * Sylvain Chavanel (born 1979), French cyclist *Sylvain Chomet (born 1963), French animator * Sylvain Cloutier (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Sylvain Cossette (born 1963), Canadian pop vocalist * Sylvain Côté (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Sylvain Cros (born 1980), French freestyle swimmer *Sylvain Distin (born 1977), French footballer * Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born 1986), British footballer * Sylvain Eugène Raynal (1867–1939), French army officer *Sylvain Estibal (born 1967), French journalist, writer, and film director * Sylvain Garel (born 1956), French politician and human-rights activist *Sylvain Grenier (born 1977), Canadian wrestler *Sylvain Guintoli (born 1982), French m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette Gordon
Arlette () is a French femmine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Arlette or Herleva (), the mother of William the Conqueror * Arlette Alcock (born 1958), Métis-Canadian folk musician * Arlette Ben Hamo (born 1930), French former track and field athlete * Arlette Broil (1922–1989), known as Bessie Griffin, American gospel singer * Marie-Arlette Carlotti (born 1952), French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France * Arlette Chabot (born 1951), prominent French journalist and political commentator * Arlette Contreras (born 1990), Peruvian lawyer and activist * Arlette Conzemius (born 1956), Luxembourgish ambassador * Arlette Cousture (born 1948), Canadian writer * Arlette Dagnon Vignikin (born 1951), ambassador of Benin * Arlette Dorgère (1880–1965), French actress, dancer and singer * Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre (1935–2016), French translator and editor * Arlette Faidiga (1938–2023), Italian swimmer * Arlette Farg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Drucker
Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was included in the price of their TV sets. Career Drucker was born in Vire. He started a journalistic career in 1965 at the ORTF as sports reporter and commentator. Although he kept doing live coverage of major association football matches until 1986, he soon turned to hosting variety shows, such as ''Champs-Élysées'' on Antenne 2 in the 1980s, then '' Stars 90'' on TF1 in the 1990s, then finally '' Vivement dimanche'' on France 2 every Sunday afternoon since 1998. Drucker is known for his polite, toned-down attitude towards show-business stars, and is best known outside France for the incident between Serge Gainsbourg and American singer Whitney Houston on the television programme, ''Champs-Élysées''. Personal life Drucker is Jewish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cravenne
Georges Cravenne (24 January 1914 – 10 January 2009), real name Joseph-Raoul Cohen, was a French film producer, publicity agent and founder of the César Award. He received an Honorary César in 2000. Marriages He married French actress Françoise Arnoul in 1956. They divorced in 1964. On 18 October 1973, his second wife Danielle Cravenne was shot dead by a police sniper at Marignane airport in Marseille. Danielle, who was mentally unstable, had tried to to protest against the release of the film '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' which was being promoted by Cravenne and which she considered "anti-Palestinian", especially in the midst of the Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elie Chouraqui
Elie may refer to: People * Elie (given name) * Elie (surname) Places * Elie, Fife, a village in Scotland, now part of the town of Elie and Earlsferry * Elie, Manitoba, Canada ** Elie, Manitoba tornado See also * Elie Hall, Grenada * Elie House, country house in Elie, Fife, Scotland * * Eli (other) *Elia (other) *Élie Élie is the French equivalent of "Elie (given name), Elie", "Elias" or "Elijah."''The Complete Baby Name Book'' 1989 Page 92 "It was revived in the seventeenth century by the Puritans, and is still used, especially by religious Protestant familie ..., the French equivalent of "Elias" or "Elijah" * Ellie (other) * Ely (surname) {{disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Allégret
Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.Becker, Frawley (2004) ''And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris'', Scarecrow Press, , p. 105 In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's neglectful grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic '' La Vie En Rose'' (''La Môme'' in French). Personal life Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has a daughter, Clémentine. In 2004, Allégret published a memoir titled ''World Upside Down'' (''Un monde à l'envers'') in which she wrote that she was sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand for many years from the age of 5. Selected filmography * '' Lady L'' (1965) * '' The Sleeping Car Murders'' (1965) * '' Four Queens for an Ace'' (1966) * ''Time to Live'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Alet
Michele () is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (usually pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically pronounced) name Michelle. Michele can also be a surname. The names are ultimately derived from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל, through the Greek Μιχαήλ and the Latin Michael meaning " Who is like God?". Men with the given name Michele *Michele (singer) (born 1944), Italian pop singer * Michele Abruzzo (1904–1996), Italian actor *Michele Alboreto (1956–2001), Italian Grand Prix racing driver *Michele Amari (1806–1889), Italian politician and historian * Michele Andreolo (1912–1981), Italian footballer *Michele Bianchi (1883–1930), Italian journalist and revolutionary *Michele Bravi (born 1994), Italian singer *Michele Cachia (1760–1839), Maltese architect and military engineer *Michele Canini (born 1985), Italian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Berger
Jean Berger (; September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator. He composed extensively for choral ensemble and solo voice. Early years Berger was born Arthur Schloßberg into a Jewish family in Hamm, Westphalia. He studied musicology at the universities of Vienna and Heidelberg, where he received his Ph.D. in 1931 with Heinrich Besseler as his advisor. He also studied composition with Louis Aubert in Paris. While working as the assistant conductor at an opera house in Mannheim, he was forcibly removed from a rehearsal by nazi Brown Shirts.Milken Archive of Jewish MusicJean Berger Accessed 2013-03-04. After the Nazi Party seized power in Germany in 1933, he moved to Paris, where he took the French name Jean Berger and toured widely as a pianist and accompanist. From 1939 to 1941, he was an assistant conductor at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro and on the faculty of the Brazilian Conservatory. He also toured widely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevim Joyce
Sevim is a common feminine Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full .... In Turkish, "Sevim" means "Charm" and/or "Appeal". People Given name * Sevim Burak (1931–1983), Turkish author * Sevim Dağdelen (born 1975), German politician of Turkish origin and a member of the Left Party () * Sevim Demircan (born 2000), Turkish para-athlete * Sevim Tanürek (1944–1998), Turkish classical music singer * Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019), Turkish historian of science {{given name, type=both Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Gélin
Xavier Gélin (21 June 1946 – 2 July 1999) was a French actor and film producer, and son of French film star Daniel Gélin and actress-producer Danièle Delorme. Through his father, he was a half-brother of Fiona Gélin and Maria Schneider, also actresses. Gélin, a French actor and a mainstay of popular French cinema for more than three decades, died of cancer at the age of 53. He played supporting roles in more than 20 films, including Gerard Oury's 1973 comic hit "The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob" with Louis de Funes. He also starred in Claude Lelouche's "Adventure, It's Adventure" and "The Devil by the Tail" by Phillippe de Broca. Other hits include Claude Pinoteau's "The Slap" and "The Party-2." Filmography *1964: ''Cherchez l'idole'' - Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan (uncredited) *1967: ''Mise à sac'' - Michel Castagnier *1969: '' The Devil by the Tail'' - Charlie (Le petit garagiste) *1969: ''La maison de campagne'' - Gérard *1970: ''The Bear and the Doll'' - R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
