Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times". Neither a chronicler nor a historian in the usual sense of the word, his analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time.
Jean Marcel Lefebvre was a French film actor.
Pierre Wynants is a Belgian chef. He owned and led the Comme chez Soi restaurant in Brussels.
Lokman Polat is a Swedish writer of Kurdish origin. Before 1980, he was involved in publishing political commentaries and news. He has been arrested several times due to his activities in the field of Kurdish literature, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia. He moved to Sweden in 1984 and began writing short stories in Kurdish. Lokam Polat is a founding member of the Kurdish Writers Association, a member of the international PEN and a member of the Writers' Union of Sweden.
Calvaire is a 2004 psychological horror film directed by Fabrice Du Welz, starring Laurent Lucas, Philippe Nahon and Jackie Berroyer. It was Fabrice Du Welz's first full-length film.
Marc-Édouard Nabe is a French writer, painter and jazz guitarist.
Comme Chez Soi is a restaurant in Brussels, Belgium, which has garnered 2 Michelin star in its lifespan. The chef is Lionel Rigolet, Gault Millau's Belgian Chef of the Year 2007.
Like a Pot of Strawberries is a 1974 French comedy film by Jean Aurel.
The 23rd Cannes Film Festival ran from 3 to 18 May 1970. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan. He was tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.". The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov and left the jury panel with only eight members.
The Château of Vauvenargues is a fortified bastide in the village of Vauvenargues, situated to the north of Montagne Sainte-Victoire, just outside the town of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.
Scènes de ménage English: Domestic stages, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by André Berthomieu, written by Marcel Achard, starring Bernard Blier and Louis de Funès. The scenario is based on three pieces by playwright Georges Courteline: "La peur des coups", "La paix chez soi", and "Les Boulingrin".
Une souris chez les hommes is a French comedy film from 1964, directed by Jacques Poitrenaud, written by Michel Audiard and Francis Ryck, starring Dany Saval and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "A Mouse with the Men", "Un drôle de caïd", "O Tesouro Oculto" (Portugal), "Bei Oscar ist 'ne Schraube locker", "Due uomini in fuga... per un colpo maldestro" (Italy).
Loran Özz Ceko Nûjen,, is a Turkish-born Kurdish-Swedish stand up comedian, scriptwriter, TV show host and actor who lives in Sweden.
Dominique Rolin was a Belgian novelist.
Back to Mom's is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Éric Lavaine.
"Comme un garçon" is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1967 album Comme un garçon. It was also released on an EP and as a single.
Jean Alciede Marie Marcland was a French composer of film music. He also wrote popular tunes under the name Marc Lanjean.
Nicolas Sale is a French chef. He is the chef of the two gastronomic restaurants of the Hôtel Ritz Paris: La Table de l'Espadon and Le Jardin de l'Espadon. He was named "Chef of the Year" in 2017.
The Musée de l'Histoire de France is a museum that was created by King Louis Philippe I in the Palace of Versailles and opened in 1837. At the time, it represented an ambitious project of national reconciliation between the hitherto competing narratives of the French monarchy and the French Revolution, to which Louis-Philippe devoted significant personal attention. Whereas it gradually faded in importance as a museum in the later 19th century, its lavish historicist decoration remains a major exemplar of the art of France's July Monarchy.
Sedef Ecer is a Turkish-French playwright, novelist, actress and screenwriter. She began her career as a child film actress in Turkey, and later moved to France. She has written a number of plays in both Turkish and French, which have been widely translated, and her first novel was published in 2021.
