La Grande Illusion is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape.
Mark Anthony Peter Phillips is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles, a noted eventing course designer, and a columnist for Horse & Hound magazine.
Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, also known as Pasionaria, "the passionate one", was a Spanish Republican politician of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and a communist known for her slogan ¡No Pasarán! issued during the Battle for Madrid in November 1936.
Nash Bridges is an American police procedural television series created by Carlton Cuse. The show stars Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU).
Pierre Renoir was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in Night at the Crossroads, directed by his brother.
A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Candice Marie Giannarelli, better known as Candice Alley is an Australian singer-songwriter of Italian descent. She married Australian swimming captain Grant Hackett on 14 April 2007 and the couple had twins, but they divorced in 2013.
FC Sète 34 was a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1901 as Olympique de Cette. The club won the French league title twice and the French cup also twice. In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double. At the time, they were using the Georges-Bayrou Stadium. Until 1960, the club played a major role in the French football championship, but due to financial issues, it was forced to give up professional status. From the 1970s until 2005, the club played in secondary levels, before accessing Ligue 2 for one season after finishing at the 3rd rank of Championnat National. The club last played in Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football, at Stade Louis Michel in the town.
André Antranik Manoukian is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician and actor of Armenian descent.
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri was a Spanish military officer and Soviet commander of the 100th Machine Gun Company of an independent training battalion of the 35th guards rifle division of the 62nd army of the Stalingrad Front. He was posthumously awarded the rank of captain of the Guards unit, and also 2 times the Order of the Red Banner. By the decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin. He was a Lieutenant of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. The asteroid 2423 Ibarruri was named in his honour at 1972. He died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Kheira Hamraoui is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. She is currently without team
Mhamed Arezki is a French actor of Algeria origins best known for his starring and supporting roles in French television series. He portrays Lyès Beloumi on the action packed, comedic, police drama Les Bleus, young Tony on the gangster mini-series Les Beaux Mecs and Brigadier Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui on another police drama, Candice Renoir. He is also known for his roles in such films as The Tourist, Zim and Co. and Adieu Gary.
Raphaël Lenglet is a French actor. He is best known for his starring roles in French police television series. On Les Bleus he plays small-time hood turned rookie policeman, Alex Moreno and on Candice Renoir he portrays Capitaine Antoine Dumas. He is also known for his starring role as Guillaume in the 2009 French horror film, High Lane.
Esther Benbassa is a French-Turkish-Israeli historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Since 2011, Benbassa has served as a French senator, representing Paris from 2017 onwards and Val-de-Marne from 2011 to 2017.
Arnaud Giovaninetti was a French actor.
Cécile Bois is a French actress.
Alexandre Varga is a French actor.
The Portrait of Irène Cahen d’Anvers, or The Little Girl with the Blue Ribbon or Little Irène, is an oil painting by French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Balthazar is a French crime-thriller drama television series created by Clothilde Jamin and Clélia Constantine, broadcast in Belgium since 20 November 2018, on La Une, and, in France, since 6 December 2018, on TF1. The series was renewed for the last season in 2023.
La Faille or The Wall is a French Canadian television crime drama series of three seasons, with a total of 25 episodes, which started broadcasting on Club Illico in 2019. The series is written by Frédéric Ouellet, directed by Patrice Sauvé and Daniel Roby, and produced by Dominique Veillet for Pixcom/Quebecor Content. The first season of eight episodes was broadcast in Canada from December 12, 2019 and in France as The Wall: Cover Your Tracks from April 26, 2020 via 13ème Rue. The second season, La Faille 2 or The Wall: The Chateau Murder, of nine episodes was broadcast from October 17, 2021. La Faille 3: La Verger or The Wall: The Orchard, the third and final season of eight episodes, was aired on November 16, 2022.
