Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, known professionally as Catherine Deneuve, is a French actress as well as an occasional singer, model, and producer, considered one of the greatest European actresses. She gained recognition for her portrayal of icy, aloof, and mysterious beauties for various directors, including Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, and Roman Polanski. In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the official face of Marianne, France's national symbol of liberty. A 14-time César Award nominee, she won for her performances in Truffaut's The Last Metro (1980), for which she also won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992).
Jean Yanne was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film We Won't Grow Old Together.
Marlène Jobert is a French actress and author.
Belle de Jour is a 1967 drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, and Michel Piccoli. Based on the 1928 novel Belle de jour by Joseph Kessel, the film is about a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute, while her husband is at work.
Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Antoine de Caunes is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes.
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.
Catherine Jacob is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress.
Summer Hours is a 2008 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It is the second in a series of films produced by the Musée d'Orsay, after Flight of the Red Balloon. In the film, two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings after the death of their mother. The film was a critical triumph in the United States.
Léonie, Baroness Cooreman, also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia. Her version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004, King Albert II of Belgium bestowed upon her the title of Baroness in recognition for her life's achievements.
24 Heures de la vie d'une femme is a 2002 film by Laurent Bouhnik, based on the novel 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau by Stefan Zweig. The music is by Michael Nyman, and the accompanying soundtrack album is his 45th.
Georges Dufaux was a Canadian documentary film director and cinematographer.
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.
A Bad Son is a 1980 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It tells the story of a young man who is sent back to France after a sentence for narcotics in the USA and tries to restart his life, but has difficulty relating to his widowed father and suffers the pain of falling in love with a girl who is an addict.
Trouble at Timpetill is a 2008 French fantasy adventure film written and directed by Nicolas Bary, based on the novel of the same name by Henry Winterfeld.
Le coeur à l'ouvrage is a 2000 French comedy drama film, directed by Laurent Dussaux.
96 hours is a 2014 French thriller film directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer.
Mourir d'aimer is a 1971 Franco-Italian film drama directed by André Cayatte. Based on the true story of Gabrielle Russier [fr], it was the third most popular film of 1971 in France.
A Private Affair is a 2002 French crime mystery thriller film written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux. The film premiered at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac on 13 April 2002 and was released theatrically in France on 30 April 2002.
Mine de rien is a French Comedy directed by Mathias Mlekuz, released in 2020.
