Cinema of France

France has been influential in the development of film as a mass medium and as an art form. Cinema of France - History. Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century. In the late 19th century, during the early years of cinema, France produced several important pioneers. Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinématographe and their screening of L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat in Paris in 1895 is marked by many historians as the official birth of cinema ...

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• Cinema of France - History
• Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century
• Cinema of France - Post-World War II: 1940s-1970s
• Cinema of France - 1980s
• Cinema of France - 1990s
• Cinema of France - Current situation
• Cinema of France - Notable contemporary French cinema personalities
• Cinema of France - Actors
• Cinema of France - Directors
• Cinema of France - Literature

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Cinema of France - Actors. Isabelle Adjani Renée Adorée Anouk Aimée Mathieu Amalric Fanny Ardant Jean-Pierre Aumont Daniel Auteuil Charles Aznavour Emmanuelle Béart Monica Bellucci Juliette Binoche — Academy Award winner for her role in The English Patient Bernard Blier Bourvil Charles Boyer Capucine Leslie Caron Vincent Cassel Aurore Clément< ...

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Cinema of France, Cinema of France - History, Cinema of France - Late 19th century to early 20th century, Cinema of France - Post-World War II: 1940s-1970s, Cinema of France - 1980s, Cinema of France - 1990s, Cinema of France - Current situation, Cinema of France - Notable contemporary French cinema personalities, Cinema of France - Actors, Cinema of France - Directors, Cinema of France - Literature

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Catherine Deneuve (born October 22, 1943) is a French actress, born in Paris, France. Born Catherine Dorléac to the actor Maurice Teynac (né Dorléac) and his wife Renée Deneuve, she made her movie debut in the 1956 film "Les Collegiennes," when she was still a teenager (her elder sister, Françoise Dorléac, 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). Her breakthroughs came with the musical film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (Jacques Demy, 1964), the late Surrealist masterpiece Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967), and the Franco-Eng ...

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• Catherine Deneuve - Filmography

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Daniel Auteuil (born January 24, 1950) is a French actor. He was born in Algiers, Algeria, to French parents who were both opera singers. His starring role in Jean de Florette brought him onto the world stage, and he is now one of the best known and most popular actors in France. His ten-year relationship with actress Emmanuelle Béart, his co-star in several films and with whom he h ...

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• Daniel Auteuil - Films

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In Grand Illusion, director Jean Renoir paints a sharply critical view of the fate of Europe as it faces the rising spectre of fascism (especially in Nazi Germany) and the impending approach of the Second World War (1939-1945) and observes it through the eye of the First World War (1914-1918). However Renoir's critique of the politics and ideology does not descend into petty jingoism. Instead, he approaches the issue from the point of view of a universa ...

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Grand Illusion, Grand Illusion - Brief history of the film, Grand Illusion - The story, Grand Illusion - Political and historical analysis, Grand Illusion - Credits, Grand Illusion - Cast, Grand Illusion - Production credits, Grand Illusion - Trivia

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The three hour film was extremely difficult to make due to theatrical constraints during the occupation. Noted critic Pauline Kael wrote "that the starving extras made away with some of the banquets before they could be photographed". Carné and Prevert hid some of the key reels of film from the occupying forces, hoping that Paris would be liberated by the time the film was completed. The occupying Nazi administration imposed a maximum time limit of 90 minutes for feature films. As a result of this the film was split into its two part ...

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Children of Paradise, Children of Paradise - Story, Children of Paradise - Historical conditions, Children of Paradise - Historical References, Children of Paradise - Influence, Children of Paradise - Trivia

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A group of astronomers decide to go to the Moon, so they build a space capsule in the shape of a bullet, and a huge cannon to shoot it into space. The astronomers embark and are fired from the cannon with the help of a bevy of beautiful women (played by chorus girls of the Folies-Bergères). The Man in the Moon watches the capsule as it approaches, and it hits him in the eye. Once on the Moon, the explorers get out of the capsule, unroll their sleeping bags, and take a nap. They dream of celestial Folies-Bergères girls, who call down ...

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Le Voyage dans la Lune, Le Voyage dans la Lune - Plot, Le Voyage dans la Lune - Trivia, Le Voyage dans la Lune - In popular media, Le Voyage dans la Lune - External link

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The story takes place sometime in the not-too-distant future, in an America whose society's goal in life is hedonistic pleasure and abandonment of self-control. By this point in time, books have been made obsolete due to the increasingly frenetic pace of life and the ever-shortening attention span of the common man — nobody has "time" to read anymore. In the government's, and consequently the society's opinion, books contain problems and conflicting theories, books are seen as a source of unhappiness, causing people to be anxious, sad or a ...

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Fahrenheit 451, Fahrenheit 451 - Plot, Fahrenheit 451 - Character Analysis, Fahrenheit 451 - Film and radio versions, Fahrenheit 451 - List of Books in Fahrenheit 451 the movie, Fahrenheit 451 - Influence on popular culture, Fahrenheit 451 - Accuracy as a vision of the future, Fahrenheit 451 - ISBNs

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With its extensive underwater scenes and languid score (as with all of Luc Besson's films to date, the soundtrack was written by Eric Serra), the film has been both praised as beautiful and serene, and in equal measure criticised as being dull and uneventful. While popular in Europe, the film was a commercial failure in North America in part due to the studio's recutting of the movie to include a simplified "happy" ending and the replacement of Serra's score with one composed by Bill Conti. The director later released a longer Director's Cut ...

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The Big Blue, The Big Blue - Plot, The Big Blue - Production, The Big Blue - Filming locations, The Big Blue - Awards, The Big Blue - Trivia

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Antoine was born while his mother was unmarried (as is revealed later in the film). Afterwards she married an older man to "give him a name." She is unhappy in her married life and resents Antoine because of the situation. The family is financially insecure, and Antoine is poorly dressed and poorly fed, and sleeps in a sleeping bag (which he prefers because "at least it's warm") on a cot crammed next to the back entrance to the apartment. Both his mother and his step-father consider him an unwanted burden. He engages in a series of childish pranks, usually at the instigation of his schoolma ...

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The 400 Blows, The 400 Blows - Overview, The 400 Blows - The film, The 400 Blows - Awards, The 400 Blows - Other Antoine Doinel films, The 400 Blows - Cast, The 400 Blows - Crew

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Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Lemmy Caution. As a journalist he calls himself Ivan Johnson, claiming to work for Figaro Pravda and always wears a huge tan overcoat where he keeps various items. He carries a camera with him always and photographs everything he sees, particularly the things that would be ordinarily unimportant to a journalist. As a spy he kills many people particularly in bizarre circumstances, and the fights/shots themselves are displayed in such an unusual way that th ...

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Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Plot details, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Characters, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Lemmy Caution, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Natasha Von Braun, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Alpha 60, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Prof. Von Braun, Alphaville une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution - Influence

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Director Mathieu Kassovitz delivers a powerfully emotional comment on the state of French society and the problems caused by urban deprivation and its underlying causes (mainly, racism of the French police). "La Haine" features sterling perfomances by all three main actors, especially Cassel whose portrayal of Vinz launched him to stardom. The film was a huge commercial success and provoked much debate in France over its unflinching presentation of urban and police violence. The then-prime minister Alain Juppé was reported to ...

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La Haine, La Haine - Plot and characters, La Haine - Impact of the film

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Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself after Humphrey Bogart. While driving a stolen car, Michel shoots a policeman who follows him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the police, he turns to his U.S. girlfriend Patricia, a student and aspiring journalist. The ambiguous Patricia agrees to hide him and the two spend their time evading the police, making love and stealing cars to raise money for a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Mic ...

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Breathless, Breathless - Synopsis, Breathless - Awards, Breathless - Other versions, Breathless - Film connections

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The Godard canon has never been able to escape the critical desire to distinguish between, and in turn label, its visible periods. The first of which, spanning roughly from the onset of his filmmaking career and his first feature, À bout de souffle (1960), through to 1967's Week End, has been referred to as his productive, narrative, and even conventional period. The most fitting label for the period, however, is perhaps his cinematic period. The entire period is made up of films that primarily reference film history. In this ...

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Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Godard - Cahiers and early films, Jean-Luc Godard - Cinematic period, Jean-Luc Godard - Revolutionary period, Jean-Luc Godard - Later work, Jean-Luc Godard - Filmography, Jean-Luc Godard - Bibliography

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The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity (including economic and cultural issues) and the influences of American and European cinema. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Overview. Film production in the UK has experienced a number of booms and recessions. Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number ...

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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Overview
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - History
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Early UK cinema
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The 1930s boom
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - World War II
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Post-war cinema
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The British New Wave
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The 1960s Boom
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The 1970s
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The 1980s
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - British cinema since 1990
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Art Cinema
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Film technology
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Black and Asian film
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Bibliography
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Pre-WWII
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - World War II
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Post-War
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - 1990s
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Cinema and Government
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - General

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Released in 2001, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain), or Amélie, as it is known in the English-speaking world, is a quirky French romantic comedy, or a modern fairy tale, starring Audrey Tautou. It draws on the attractions of the touristic areas of Paris (Montmartre), in a somewhat idealized depiction of contemporary Parisian life. The film is also known for its creative use of computer-generated imagery and a digital intermediate. Amélie was nominated for five Academy awards and was nominat ...

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• Amélie - Alternate titles
• Amélie - Cast and crew
• Amélie - Synopsis
• Amélie - Criticism
• Amélie - Awards
• Amélie - Trivia
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1 See Languages section for regional languages 2 Whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and territories, but excluding the French territory of Terre Adélie in Antarctica where sovereignty is suspended since the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 3 Metropolitan (i.e. European) France only 4 French National Geographic Institute data 5 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than ...

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• France - Geography
• France - History
• France - Government and politics
• France - Military
• France - Administrative divisions
• France - Economy
• France - Demographics
• France - Population
• France - Languages
• France - Cities
• France - Culture
• France - Marianne
• France - Religion
• France - Terminology
• France - Origin of the country's name
• France - Meanings of the name France
• France - Miscellaneous topics
• France - International rankings
• France - Notes and references

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The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. The nominations are made by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. The nationally televised award ceremony is held in the Théatre du Châtelet, in Paris each February. The name of the award comes from the sculptor, César Baldaccini (1921-1998). The trophies are actual sculptures of the artist. César Award - Winners. César Award - Best Picture AwardsIncluding:

• César Award - Winners
• César Award - Best Picture Awards
• César Award - Best Director Awards
• César Award - Best Actor Awards
• César Award - Best Actress Awards
• César Award - Best Foreign Film
• César Award - External link

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The Smashing Pumpkins appropriated footage from the film for use in their music video "Tonight, Tonight." In tribute to Georges Méliès, the steam ship in the video is called the "SS Méliès". Fragments from the film were used in the music video of the song "Heaven for Everyone" from the rock band Queen. An episode of the 1998 HBO television miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon (which borrows its title from Verne's original novel) details the making of this film. A clip from this film appeared in an episode of the PBS television program Reading Rainbow. An episode of Futur ...

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Le Voyage dans la Lune, Le Voyage dans la Lune - Plot, Le Voyage dans la Lune - Trivia, Le Voyage dans la Lune - In popular media, Le Voyage dans la Lune - External link

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Several aspects of the fictional future depicted in the novel have become reality in the late 20th and early 21st century: Live television broadcasts of police pursuits of fugitives, aided by helicopter-mounted cameras and supplemented by voice-over commentary by announcers. "Seashell radios" closely resemble portable radios and earbuds, such as those found in portable audio players. Some have argued that television content has in certain ways become more empty (see reality television). The burning of ...

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Fahrenheit 451, Fahrenheit 451 - Plot, Fahrenheit 451 - Character Analysis, Fahrenheit 451 - Film and radio versions, Fahrenheit 451 - List of Books in Fahrenheit 451 the movie, Fahrenheit 451 - Influence on popular culture, Fahrenheit 451 - Accuracy as a vision of the future, Fahrenheit 451 - ISBNs

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