François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, the forerunner of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Xavier Saint-Macary was a French actor, brother of Hubert Saint-Macary.
Serge Reggiani was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight.
Jean-Claude Izzo was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels Total Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea, featuring as protagonist ex-cop Fabio Montale, and set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis.
Pierre-Jean Mariette was a collector of and dealer in old master prints, a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of French Italian and Flemish artists. He was born and died in Paris, and was a central figure in the artistic culture of the city for decades.
"Le Dernier qui a parlé..." is a song recorded by singer-songwriter Amina, with music composed by Wasis Diop and lyrics by Amina herself. It represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed as "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison".
Amina Annabi is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress. She finished second in the tied 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rome, after a countback, scoring equal 146 points alongside Carola from Sweden.
If All the Guys in the World is a 1956 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot, Georges Poujouly, Doudou Babet.
The Five-Legged Sheep is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.
Bernard René Giraudeau was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.
Bernard Mariette is a businessman, President CEO & CBO of Coalision Inc.
Claire Devers is a French film director and screenwriter. She was nominated for the 1987 César Award for Best Debut for directing Noir et Blanc (1986).
Khuit I was an ancient Egyptian queen who has been tentatively dated by association to have lived during the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
La Traversée de Paris is a 1956 French comedy-drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funès. It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy the curfew to deliver pork for the black market. The film is very loosely based on the short story "La traversée de Paris" by Marcel Aymé.
Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in La Nuit Merveilleuse and Derrière la Facade.
La hiena is a Mexican telenovela directed and produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1973. Starring Amparo Rivelles, Ofelia Medina, Carlos Bracho, Nelly Meden, Enrique Rocha, Gloria Marín and Tony Carbajal.
Lost Souvenirs is a 1950 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was distributed by Cocinor in France, attracting more than two million spectators at the box office.
Paradise Lost is a 1940 French war drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco and Micheline Presle. In pre-First World War Paris, an aspiring artist falls in love with a dressmaker. After she dies in childbirth he volunteers to take part in a dangerous mission during the war. Badly wounded, he nonetheless recovers, and returns home to bring up his only daughter.
J'ai perdu Albert is a French comedy directed and written by Didier Van Cauwelaert. It is the final film composed by Michel Legrand before his death in 2019.
Bernard Aubouy was a French sound engineer and film director. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1961. Aubouy died on 18 February 2024.
