Anna Karina was a Danish-French film actress, director, writer, model, and singer. She was French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's early collaborator, performing in several of his films, including The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961), My Life to Live (1962), Bande à part, Pierrot le Fou (1965), and Alphaville (1965). For her performance in A Woman Is a Woman, Karina won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
Silvia Farina-Elia is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in May 2002. Farina-Elia won her first ITF title at Caltagirone in 1991 and her first WTA tournament at Strasbourg in 2001. She made her debut Grand Slam appearance at the 1991 French Open and was coached by husband Francesco Elia, whom she married September 1999.
The Stranger is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus's 1942 novel The Stranger, with Marcello Mastroianni.
Jacques Perrin was a French actor and film producer. He was occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet.
La invención de Morel — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel's Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares' breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires. He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges, sister of Bioy Casares' lifelong friend, Jorge Luis Borges.
Karina (/kəˈriːnə/) is a female given name. In modern times, the country where it is most used is Russia, whereas Belarus is where it is the most popular.
Bread and Chocolate is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the commedia all'italiana film genre. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
The Invention of Lying is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by comedian Ricky Gervais and writer Matthew Robinson in their directorial debuts. The film stars Gervais as the first human with the ability to lie in a world where people can only tell the truth. The cast also includes Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tina Fey.
The Camp Followers, is a 1965 Italian World War II film directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Anna Karina. From a 1956 novel by Ugo Pirro, it tells the story of a young lieutenant in the Italian Army who in 1942 is ordered to take a lorryload of Greek prostitutes from starving Athens under Axis occupation to entertain the troops fighting partisans in Albania. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize.
Tonight or Never is a 1961 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Anna Karina.
She'll Have to Go is a 1962 black and white British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Bob Monkhouse, Alfred Marks, Hattie Jacques and Anna Karina. It was adapted from Ian Stuart Black's 1957 play We Must Kill Toni.
Three Fables of Love is a 1962 internationally co-produced comedy film starring Leslie Caron, Anna Karina and Monica Vitti. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
The Thief of Tibidabo is a 1964 Spanish-French crime-comedy film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Anna Karina.
Lamiel is a 1967 French historical drama film. It was directed by Jean Aurel and stars Anna Karina, Michel Bouquet, and Jean-Claude Brialy.
Christian de Chalonge is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1971 film The Wedding Ring, which starred Anna Karina.
Emidio Greco was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film Morel's Invention.
Giulio Brogi was an Italian actor. He appeared in 39 films and television shows beginning in 1967. He starred in the 1974 film Morel's Invention, which also starred Anna Karina.
The Musician Killer is a 1976 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Anna Karina.
Claudio Trionfi is an Italian film and television actor.
