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Laurent Lafitte
Laurent Lafitte (born 22 August 1973) is a French actor. He is known for playing the role of Patrick in ''Elle''. In March 2016 he was named as the host of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival The 69th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian filmmaker George Miller (filmmaker), George Miller was the president of the jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and .... In 2023 he starred in the Netflix mini-series '' Class Act'' (original name "Tapie") as the French businessman and politician Bernard Tapie. Filmography Theater Awards and nominations References External links * 1973 births Living people 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors French male comedians French theatre directors People from Val-de-Marne Male actors from Île-de-France Troupe of the Comédie-Franç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Cannes Film Festival
The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2025. French actress Juliette Binoche served as jury president for the main competition. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film ''It Was Just an Accident.'' The official double poster for the festival featuring actress Anouk Aimée and actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in the movie ''A Man and a Woman'' (1966) by Claude Lelouch, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, 19th Cannes Film Festival, was designed by Hartland Villa. French actor Laurent Lafitte served as host for the opening and closing ceremonies. During the festival, two Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first was awarded to Robert De Niro during the festival's opening ceremony, and the second was awarded on short notice to Denzel Washington before the world premiere of ''Highest 2 Lowest''. One day after the announcement of the ACID (Cannes), ACID official selection, Palestini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narco (film)
''Narco'' is a 2004 French film directed by Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche and starring Guillaume Canet. The film is about Gus (Canet), a narcoleptic whose life is made difficult by his inability to keep a job because of his condition. Plot The main character Gus experiences vivid dreams during his narcoleptic episodes, which inspire him to create comic book style art of extremely high quality. When Samuel Pupkin, the psychiatrist who runs a group attended by Gus, learns of this, he recalls his own desire to be a comic book artist, instead of following the family tradition of psychiatry, a dream prevented by his lack of artistic talent. Motivated by greed, jealousy, and desire for fame he hatches a plot, involving figure skating assassins, to steal Gus's work and pass it off as his own. The attempt on Gus's life fails but he ends up in a coma. Pupkin pays Gus's wife and best friend (who have begun an affair) for the art and sells it to a failed-comedian turned successful pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Punch
''The Love Punch'' is a 2013 British comedy Heist film written and directed by Joel Hopkins, starring (Pierce Brosnan) and (Emma Thompson). Divorcees Richard and Kate Jones band together to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them. The film was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Richard and Kate Jones are divorcees with two children Sophie and Matt. Soon after Richard's company is sold to the corrupt French businessman Vincent, the company's pension plan is lost, including all of Richard and Kate's investments for the whole family. They go to Paris and confront Vincent, where Vincent does not deny all the things he did legally, if not morally. Richard and Kate plot to get their money back. They find out that Vincent is marrying his beautiful girlfriend Manon. They plan to steal the diamond Vincent gave to Manon, which is worth over $10 million, intending for this to replace the pension m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Vernoux
Marion Vernoux (; born 29 June 1966) is a French director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Vernoux was the only daughter of a casting director and of a set decorator. After several experiences as a production assistant, she debuted in 1988 as co-director of the music video for the song "N'importe quoi" by Florent Pagny, and in 1990 she wrote the film '' Pacific Palisades'', inspired by her own experiences. In 1991 she made her feature film debut with ''Pierre qui roule'', which was well received by critics. Her 1999 film '' Empty Days'' was entered into the main competition at the 56th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. Personal life Vernoux was married to director Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard (; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. One of the most awarded French filmmakers in history, his international accolades include an Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Days Ahead
''Bright Days Ahead'' () is a 2013 French romance film directed by Marion Vernoux. It was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, Fanny Ardant received a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th César Awards. Based on a novel by Fanny Chesnel, it tells the story of a married woman who retires at age 60 and joins a computer class, where she starts an affair with the much younger instructor. Plot In a port on the north-west coast of France, Caroline retires from her husband's dental practice at age 60. Her married daughters give her a trial subscription to “Les Beaux Jours”, a club for retired people, where she joins the computer class. She and Julien, the instructor who is in his thirties, feel a mutual attraction and start an affair of snatched encounters. Her behaviour becomes increasingly reckless: wearing heavy make-up, taking up smoking, drinking lots of wine, endlessly receiving and sending texts, ignor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kad Merad
Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian writer and actor. Life and career Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother. During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing roles at Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troupe. In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris rock radio station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the ''Rock'n Roll Circus'', introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who brought their act to TV. In 1999, they began appearing on the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ on their own show, ''La Grosse Emission''. At the same time, Merad started his Cinema career with a lot of secondary roles. In 2003, he scored his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Baroux
Olivier Baroux (born 5 January 1964) is a French actor, comedian, writer and director who has acted both on stage and on screen. He first became known in forming with Kad Merad Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian writer and actor. Life and career Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother. During his teens, he played d ..., the duo Kad & Olivier then went solo, while finding Kad regularly. Baroux's movies on ''Le Tuche'' is inspired by the hurdles of the American dream. He is married to his wife Coralie since 2009. Baroux appeared in '' Les Tuche 3''. Filmography Actor Writer & Director Voice External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Baroux, Olivier 1964 births Living people Writers from Caen French male film actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French film directors French male screenwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Other Side Of The Tracks
''On the Other Side of the Tracks'' () is a French comedy film released in France on 19 December 2012 and picked up for US distribution by The Weinstein Company. It was released in the US on April 4, 2014. ''On the Other Side of the Tracks'' is the story of two very different police officers who team up after a business mogul's wife is murdered. A sequel titled ''The Takedown (2022 film), The Takedown'' was released on 6 May 2022 on Netflix. Plot When bad boy police officer Ousmane is involved in a car accident, he is mistaken for the assailant by his fellow police officers. The next day, the wife of a business mogul turns up nearby Ousmane's housing project. Ousmane draws connections between the two crimes and believes he is able to solve both crimes. In order to be heard by fellow police officers, Ousmane is forced to team up with visiting Parisian investigator Francois Monge, who has much more departmental clout. Despite coming from and working in very different neighborhoods, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léa Fazer
Léa Fazer (born 20 April 1965) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress. She studied film at the University Paris Diderot. Her film ''Bienvenue en Suisse'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film '' Fahrenh .... Biography Filmography References External links * 1965 births Living people Swiss film directors Swiss women film directors Swiss screenwriters Swiss film actresses Film people from Geneva {{Switzerland-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Farrugia
Dominique Farrugia (born 2 September 1962) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, humorist and comedian. He is a member and founder of the group of comedians '' Les Nuls'' alongside Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette. Life and career Farrugia was born in Vichy, France, to a Jewish pied-noir and Maltese family.Statement on the 8 March 2011 '' Les Grosses Têtes'' show Since the launching of Canal+, in 1984, he works in editing trailers and as a broadcast production assistant on the ''Tous en scène'' show. Thus he meets Canal+ first weatherman, Alain Chabat, with whom he would form the group of comedians ''Les Nuls'' alongside Chantal Lauby and Bruno Carette in 1986. In 1987 he is included in the writing of the TV series '' Objective: nul'' (7 d'Or for best comedy TV show), the first parody by ''Les Nuls''. He hosts a parodic weather forecast in the ' JTN' of ' Nulle part ailleurs' from 1987 to 1988. Initially, he did not want to act, but rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little White Lies (2010 Film)
''Little White Lies'' () is a 2010 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Guillaume Canet, starring an ensemble cast of François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot. The original French title is ''Les Petits Mouchoirs'', which means "the small handkerchiefs". The film was released in France on 20 October 2010. A sequel, ''Nous finirons ensemble'' (''Little White Lies 2'') was released in 2019 and features a surprise and unwanted visit of the group to Max's house, which he is trying to sell, for his birthday. Plot On leaving a Paris nightclub late at night, Ludo (Jean Dujardin) rides away on his scooter and is broadsided by a speeding truck that ran a red light. Lying between life and death in the hospital, Ludo is visited by his band of longtime friends, who decide that the gruesome crash should not prevent them from embarking on their summer holidays. Prior to the trip, anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the ''Service Cinéma de l'Armée''. From 1965 until 1974, Miller worked in assistant and supervisory capacities for many of France's major directors, including Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard. His principal mentor was François Truffaut, under whose tutelage Miller directed a trio of shorts and (''The Best Way to Walk'', 1976), his first theatrical feature, a coming-of-age drama which bore traces of Truffaut's '' Les Mistons'' (1957) and ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). Miller received César nominations for Best Director and César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation for this film. His subsequent films can also be perceived as homages to Truffaut, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
