Maléfique
''Maléfique'' is a 2002 French horror film directed by Éric Valette. Plot Carrere, a middle-class family man convicted of financial fraud, arrives in prison where he finds himself sharing a cell with three others- Lassalle, an old librarian who murdered his wife; Paquerette, a childlike lunatic who ate his infant sister and Marcus, a muscular young transgender woman (whose crime is not mentioned) who yearns for a sex-change. The cellmates discover, hidden behind a loose brick of the cell-wall, an old hand-written journal which belonged to a prisoner named Danvers in the 1920s who mysteriously disappeared from his cell. The book is filled with incantations and symbols of black magic. Although sceptical, Carrere reads aloud one of the incantations and the prisoners are shocked when a bright, burning symbol briefly materialises on the floor. Carrere, and then Lassalle both study the book and they begin to have disturbing visions. Paquerette wakes up one morning to find that d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gérald Laroche
Gérald Laroche (born 1964) is a French actor born in Paris, France 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 ci .... He is an actor and composer known for his roles in '' Maléfique'' (2002), '' The Last Deadly Mission'' (2008) and '' Love Crime'' (2010). Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laroche, Gerald French male film actors 1964 births Living people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marc Missonnier
Marc Missonnier (born 1970 in Algeria) is a French film producer. He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Moana Films. Biography Missonnier first studied at Sciences Po in Paris, where he was heavily involved in the film club. Missonnier then studied in the production department of the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis, from which he graduated in 1996. While at La Fémis, Missonnier met fellow production student Olivier Delbosc, with whom he launched the company Fidélité Productions. Missonnier and Delbosc got their start in the 1990s producing the short films of Francois Ozon, and produced Ozon's feature film debut Sitcom (1998). They co-managed Fidélité for nearly 20 years. In 2014, he was considered by ''Télérama'', alongside Olivier Delbosc, among the "Top 50" people in French cinema who "have the power and the talent to raise money, create films, make them popular". In 2015, after nearly 20 years at Fidélité, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olivier Delbosc
Olivier Delbosc (born 1968 in Toulouse) is a French film producer. He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Curiosa Films. Biography Delbosc formerly co-managed the company Fidélité Productions with Marc Missonnier, who he met while attending the prestigious Paris film school La Fémis (graduated 1996). Delbosc and Missonnier got their start in the 1990s producing the short films of Francois Ozon, and produced Ozon's feature film debut Sitcom (1998). In 2015, after nearly 20 years at Fidélité, Delbosc created his own production company Curiosa Films, with associate partner Emilien Bignon. Also in 2015, he married the actress and filmmaker Audrey Dana. In 2014, he was considered by ''Télérama ''Télérama'' is a weekly French language, French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing ed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clovis Cornillac
Clovis Cornillac (born 16 August 1968) is a French actor, film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Clovis Cornillac was born to actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theatre at the age of 14. He made his debut in cinema in 1984 in Robin Davis's ''Outlaws''. He was noticed by Dominique Besnehard, who introduced him to Peter Brook at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Cornillac performed in Brook's stage adaptation of ''Le Mahâbharata''. Cornillac was married to Caroline Proust from 1994 to 2010, with whom he had twin daughters. He married actress Lilou Fogli in 2013, with whom he has a son, Nino, born in 2013. Filmography As actor As director/screenwriter Theatre * 1984: ''Une lune pour les déshérités'' by Alain Françon * 1990-1991: ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' by Alain Françon * 1997: ''Edward II'' by Alain Françon * 1997: ''Les Petites Heures'' by Alain Françon * 1998: ''Surfeurs'' by Xavier Durringer * 2014: ''La Contreb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philippe Laudenbach
Philippe Laudenbach (31 January 1936 – 22 April 2024) was a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1963. Career Philippe Laudenbach, the nephew of Pierre Fresnay (born Peter Laudenbach), was trained at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He earned a nomination for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his notable performance in Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...'s play ''The Crazy's Hat''. Personal life Laudenbach was married to Francine Walter, actress and drama teacher at La Bruyère and the Théâtre de l'Atelier. He died on 22 April 2024, at the age of 88. Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laudenbach, Philippe 1936 births 2024 deaths People fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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BAC Films
BAC Films is a French film production and distribution company. Based in Paris, the company was founded in 1986 by Jean Labadie, Éric Heumann, and Stéphane Sorlat. Capital shares of the company were re-allocated in 1988 when Vivendi took 10% followed by a 20% stake in the capital of the company, which allowed BAC Films to make major and ambitious acquisitions. History BAC Films had an early success in 1990 with '' Sailor et Lula'', a Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival. The releases of ''Barton Fink'' and '' Tous les matins du monde'' in 1991, '' Indochine'' and ''Le Zèbre'' in 1992, and '' La Leçon de piano'' in 1993 placed BAC Films at the top of the independent film distribution industry in France. In 1994, BAC Films started diversifying its activities with the creation of a movie theater subsidiary named -Les Écrans de Paris, in association with Simon Simsi. In 1997, another movie theater business was created under the name Majestic, and the group underwent a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000s French Films
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French LGBTQ-related Films
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Films About Trans Women
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |