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Histoire vraie is a 1973 French film directed by Claude Santelli. Cast. Pierre Mondy as Varnetot; Marie-Christine Barrault as Rose; Denise Gence as Mère Paumelle;
Based on a True Story (French: D'après une histoire vraie) is a 2017 French-language psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay was written by Polanski and Olivier Assayas, adapted from the novel of the same name by Delphine de Vigan. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. [3]
The Straight Story (stylised as the Straight story) is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch.It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach.
The plot tracks the story of Catalan teacher Antoni Benaiges, destined in 1935 to a small village in the province of Burgos (introducing innovative and inspiring teaching methods from France among the children before being murdered by Falangists during the Civil War), as well as the present-day story of Ariadna, searching for her great-grandfather, who disappeared during the War.
A Simple Story (French: Une histoire simple) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. [1] For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress.
The film won many awards when first released and, as such, the drama was widely well received in the 1980s. Walter Goodman, film critic for The New York Times, believes the film was well balanced, and wrote, "Mr. Puenzo's film is unwaveringly committed to human rights, yet it imposes no ideology or doctrine. The further miracle is that this is ...
Robin des bois, la véritable histoire (English: Robin Hood, the true story) is a 2015 French comedy film. Plot. Robin Hood is a seedy crook. He and his accomplice ...
The film stars Jean Liézer as the murderer and was based on a contemporary tableau series titled "L'histoire d'un crime" at the Musée Grévin. [2] [3] Histoire d'un crime is considered the first French crime film and among the first to use seedy, realistic settings. [4] Film historian Don Fairservice has noted Histoire d'un crime was "very ...