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Vahina Giocante | |
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 Vahina Giocante, 2009 | |
| Born | 30 June 1981 Orléans, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress |
Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress.
As Marie in Marie Baie des Anges (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera.
In 1999 she appeared in No Scandal (French: Pas de scandale) directed by Benoît Jacquot. [1]
In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, Lila Says (French title: Lila dit ça), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseilles. Chief film critic for The New York Times A.O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, being "a femme more vital than fatale". He further wrote "Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma ... give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth." [2]
In 2009 she appeared in Bellamy , the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol. [3]
Vahina Giocante is of half Corsican and half Andalusian origin. She lived on Corsica until the age of 10. Born in Orléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence. [ citation needed ]
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch woman who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by firing squad in France. The idea of a beautiful woman using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the femme fatale. Her story has served as an inspiration for many books, films, and other works.
Succès de scandale is a term for any artistic work whose success is attributed, in whole or in part, to public controversy surrounding the work. In some cases the controversy causes audiences to seek out the work for its titillating content, while in others it simply heightens public curiosity. This concept is echoed by the phrase "there is no such thing as bad publicity".
Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film The Dreamlife of Angels. Régnier is the first Belgian actress to win a César Award.
Valérie Kaprisky is a French actress.
Lila Says is a 2004 French film directed by Ziad Doueiri. The plot is based on the novel of the same title written by "Chimo".
Benoît Jacquot is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Elisa Tovati born Elisa Touati is a French singer, actress and television personality.
Christine Boisson is a French actress.
Le Premier Cercle, also known as Inside Ring and The Dead List in English and as Ultimate Heist on USA video, is a 2009 French-language film by Laurent Tuel.
Bellamy — known as Inspector Bellamy in the U.S. — is a French murder mystery film released in 2009. It is the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol, who died the following year, and the only time he worked with star Gérard Depardieu. Chabrol said in an interview that the film is like a "novel that Simenon never wrote", a kind of "Maigret on vacation".
Dennis Charles Berry was an American-French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was the son of director John Berry.
No Scandal, also known as Keep It Quiet, is a 1999 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Fabrice Luchini, Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Lindon.
Jean Rabier was a French cinematographer who frequently worked with director Claude Chabrol. He had almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961 to 1991.
Marie Bunel is a French film and stage actress.
Nuit noire 17 octobre 1961 is a 2005 French television film directed by Alain Tasma.
Marie from the Bay of Angels, also known as Angel Sharks, is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
Manuel Pradal was a French film director and screenwriter. He wrote the scenarios for all the films he directed. Pradal died on 13 May 2017 in Paris after a long illness, aged 53.
Philippe Lellouche is a French actor, director, screenwriter, television presenter and singer. He was born on 30 March 1966 in Tel HaShomer in Israel. His brother is the actor Gilles Lellouche.
Cécile Bois is a French actress.
The Baie des Anges is a bay of the Mediterranean Sea, in Alpes-Maritimes, France, extending between the communes of Antibes to the west and Nice to the east. It is bordered by five municipalities: Antibes, Villeneuve-Loubet, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, and Nice. In Nice, the Baie des Anges is bordered by four major landmarks: Nice Côte d’Azur airport, the Promenade des Anglais, Lympia port, and Mont Boron.
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