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A Monster in Paris is the third most expensive French film produced in 2010. [ citation needed ] In order to meet the requirements of co-producer EuropaCorp , the English voices are recorded before the animation itself, which makes the film easier to sell in Anglo-Saxon countries; Bibo Bergeron supervised the choice of voice actors and ...
Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut.Set before, during, and after World War I, it follows a tragic love triangle involving French bohemian Jim (Henri Serre), his shy Austrian friend Jules (Oskar Werner), and Jules' girlfriend and later wife Catherine (Jeanne Moreau).
To avoid conflict, Catherine strikes a deal with both the Bourbons and Guises — the Bourbons can start trade negotiations with protestant England and in return, they will drop the case against the Guises; the Guises and the other Catholic nobles will finance the construction of a new palace that Catherine plans to build in Paris in exchange ...
It depicts the massacre as having been instigated by Catherine de' Medici for both religious and political reasons, and authorised by a weak-willed and easily influenced Charles IX. [103] The St Bartholomew's Day massacre is the setting for Tim Willocks' historical novel, The Twelve Children of Paris (Matthias Tannhauser Trilogy:2), published ...
Catherine was first released in 1962 as a cliffhanger in the daily newspaper France-Soir, [3] even though the novel was not yet available in stores but the foreign publishing houses bought the rights for Catherine, [citation needed] including West Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and England. [4]
Catherine de' Medici, by François Clouet. The French queen Catherine de' Medici was patron for building projects including the Valois chapel at the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the Tuileries Palace, and the Hôtel de la Reine in Paris, and extensions to the Château de Chenonceau, near Blois.
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The Great is a historical and satirical black comedy-drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The series is highly fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia, focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.