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Les Misérables (1995 Film)
''Les Misérables'' is a 1995 film written, produced and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during the first half of the 20th century, the film concerns a poor and illiterate man named Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic 1862 novel ''Les Misérables'' and begins to see parallels to his own life. The film won the 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot As the film opens, Henri's father, a chauffeur also named Henri, is falsely accused of having murdered his boss. During his trial and imprisonment, Henri's mother finds a job in a tavern on a Normandy beach. There Henri sees a film adaptation of ''Les Misérables''. His father dies attempting to escape from prison, and upon hearing the news Henri's mother commits suicide. Henri grows up an orphan and learns boxing. The film next takes up the story of Elisa, a ballerina, and André Ziman, a young Jewish journalist and law student. They meet following a performance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including ''The Miserables'', ''The Wretched'', ''The Miserable Ones'', ''The Poor Ones'', ''The Wretched Poor'', ''The Victims'', and ''The Dispossessed''. Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. ''Les Misérables'' has been popularized through n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''Venus Beauty Institute''. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the '' Angélique'' series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western ''Cemetery Without Crosses'' (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in '' Forbidden Priests''. Cinematic career Hossein started directing films in 1955 with ''Les Salauds vont en enfer'', from a story by Frédéric Dard whose novels and plays went on to furnish Hossein with much of his later film material. Right from the start Hossein established his characteristic trademarks: using a seemingly straightforward suspense plot and subverting its conventions (sometimes to the extent of a complete disregard of the traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Boudet
Jacques Boudet (born 29 December 1939) is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in '' Exercises in Style'', and is featured in the film '' The Names of Love'' (2010). In cinema, he frequently appeared in films by Robert Guédiguian. He excels in composite roles such as his Duc de Guermantes in '' Un amour de Swann'', the brother of the character played by Philippe Noiret in ''Père et fils'' and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in ''L'Ivresse du pouvoir ''Comedy of Power'' (french: L'Ivresse du pouvoir) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert. The French title means "drunk with power". The film is loosely based on a true story involving the french fo ...''. He also appeared in the 1979 British TV play '' Churchill and the Generals'' as Charles de Gaulle. Filmography Theater External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudet, Jacques Living people French male sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Toscan Du Plantier
Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the ''France Soir'' daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death. Personal life Toscan du Plantier was married four times and had three sons and two daughters. His first marriage was to French actress Marie-Christine Barrault Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in '' Cousin Cousine'' (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, ti ..., with whom he had one son and one daughter. His second marriage was with Italian film director and producer Francesca Comencini, with whom he had one son. His third wife was Sophie Toscan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Joly
Sylvie Joly (18 October 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Going Places'' (1974) and ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' (1978). Personal life Joly was born in Paris. She had a daughter, Mathilde Vitry, and a son Gregoire Vitry. In October 2010, she revealed she had Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom .... Joly died from a heart attack on 4 September 2015 in Paris, aged 80. Filmography Theater References External links * 1934 births 2015 deaths Actresses from Paris French film actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French women comedians 20th-century French comedians 21st-century French comedians French stage actresses Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in Hollywood and in France. Life and career Born in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of 15 in the 1937 production of ''La Fessée''. In 1938, she was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as the most promising young actress in French cinema. Her rise to European stardom, in films such as '' Devil in the Flesh'', led to offers from Hollywood, and in 1950, she was signed by 20th Century Fox. 20th Century Fox executives changed Presle's last name to Prell. It was later changed to Prelle after a soap company brought out Prell shampoo. Her first Hollywood production was a starring role opposite John Garfield in the film '' Under My Skin'' directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 films and was the muse and lover of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French Cinema. Early life A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais was a son of Alfred Emmanuel Victor Paul Villain-Marais and his wife, the former Aline Marie Louise Vassord.Trambouze, ClaudeJean Marais : Un Homme aux milles ''PORTRAIT'' (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2015. Career Early films Marais' first role was an uncredited bit in ''Song of the Streets'' (1933) and he was in '' Etienne'' (1933). Filmmaker Marcel L'Herbier put him in '' The Sparrowhawk'' (1933) with Charles Boyer; '' The Scandal'' (1934), with Gaby Morlay; ''Happiness'' (1934) again with Boyer, ''The Venturer'' (1934) wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Leymergie
William Leymergie (born 4 February 1947 in Libourne) is a French journalist television producer and host, best known for the French breakfast television news show '' Télématin'', broadcast on public broadcaster France 2 and TV5 in Canada. Biography After completing an arts degree at University of Paris X: Nanterre, Leymergie began his career at the External Affairs and Cooperation department (now Radio France Internationale) of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) in 1970. In 1972, he joined the children's programming department as well as the France Inter radio station. In 1974, he became a journalist at the TF1 television network. After a period at the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), Leymergie worked as a journalist in the children's programming department of Antenne 2 from 1978 to 1984, where he produced programmes such as '' Disney Dimanche'' in 1979 and '' Récré A2'' in 1980. Starting in 1985, he has hosted France 2's morni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticky Holgado
Ticky Holgado (24 June 1944, in Toulouse – 22 January 2004, in Paris), pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With ''Delicatessen'' (1991) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, Ticky Holgado saw his acting talent acknowledged. Gérard Jugnot wrote for him the character of the beggar who meets the frame in the unemployment becoming NFA (played by Jugnot) in ''Une époque formidable'' (1990). He received the Caesar of the best male bit part in 1992 for ''Une époque formidable'' and in 1996 for '' Gazon maudit''. In September 2003, Holgado announced the remission of his lung cancer, which had considerably rarefied his appearances on the screen since 2000. On 5 January 2004, he had just begun work on a new film with Lelouch, but he succumbed to cancer on 22 January 2004. He left a posthumous message, in the form of a document which appeared on his hospital bed after taking him to surgery to remove his 4th cancerous tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Khorsand
Philippe Khorsand (February 17, 1948 – January 29, 2008) was a French actor. His father was Iranian and his mother was French. He first appeared in a number of small roles in the 1970s. One of his most memorable roles as husband and father in ''Tableau d'honneur'' (1992). Khorsand died of a hemorrhage at the age of 59 in Paris. Partial filmography * ''Laisse aller... c'est une valse'' (1971) - Homme de Varèse * '' Hippopotamours'' (1976) - Un danseur guinguette (uncredited) * ''Lâche-moi les valseuses!...'' (1977) - Philippe * ''Le mors aux dents'' (1979) - Flipper * ''Rien ne va plus'' (1979) - Le conducteur au péage / Jacky / M. Alexandre * '' Inspector Blunder'' (1980) - Le satyre Alphonse Rouchard * ''T'empêches tout le monde de dormir'' (1982) - Michel * '' Édith et Marcel'' (1983) - Jo Longman * ''Zig Zag Story'' (1983) - Police inspector * ''Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre!'' (1983) - Raphaël * ''Les Compères'' (1983) - Milan * ''P'tit Con'' (1984) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
