A+ Pollux
Directed by	Luc Pagès
Produced by	Laurent Bénégui
Written by	Luc Pagès and Maïté Maillé after the novel by Philippe Jaenada Le Chameau sauvage
Music by	Gérard Torikian
Cinematography	Chicca Ungaro
Editing by	Valérie Pasteau
Studio	Canal+ (France), France 3 Cinéma, France Télévision Images, Magouric Productions (France)
Distributed by	Magouric Distribution
Release date(s)	July 2002, 3 (3-July-2002)
Running time	90min
Country	France
Language	France

A+ Pollux is a film by Luc Pagès, released in 2002. It is an adaptation of a novel by Philippe Jaenada, Le Chameau sauvage, which won the Prix de Flore in 1997.

Synopsis[link]

It is a story of love over the most banal situations between Halvard (Gad Elmaleh) and Pollux (Cécile de France). Halvard is completely in love with the beautiful Pollux. She is the woman of his life. Even when she disappears, Halvard doesn't get the idea of standing shoulder to shoulder out of his head. But the disappearance creates problems of its own.

Cast[link]

• Gad Elmaleh : Halvard Sanz
• Cécile de France : Pollux
• Nathalie Boutefeu : Pascaline
• Jean-Marie Galey : Marc
• Marina Golovine : Cécile
• Marilú Marini : Marthe
• Pierre Berriau : Julien

Releases[link]

• DVD A+ Pollux by Luc Pagès (ASIN B00008IZAN).

Technical details[link]

• Design : Nicolas Derieux, Karima Rekhamdji
• Costumes : Bethsabée Dreyfus
• Format : colour – 2.35:1 – 35 mm

External links[link]

• A+ Pollux at the Internet Movie Database

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Cécile de France
Born	(1975-07-17) 17 July 1975 (age 36) Namur, Belgium
Years active	1997–present
Website
http://www.cecile-de-france.com

Cécile de France (French pronunciation: [sesil də fʁɑ̃s]; born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) and Irène (2002), she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension (2003) and Hereafter (2010).

Career[link]

Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she studied theatre for two years with actor Jean Paul Denizon, assistant to British director Peter Brook. She then spent three years (1995–98) at the acting academy ENSATT (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre) in the Département Comédie first at the Rue Blanche in Paris, then in Lyon. She was discovered by the agent Dominique Besnehard and appeared in French hit films such as L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) and Irène (2002).

Her international breakthrough came with the horror thriller Haute Tension (2003, UK title: Switchblade Romance, US title: High Tension), which was a worldwide success. She caught the eye of Hollywood producers and soon landed her first major role in a US feature, Around the World in 80 Days (2004), in which she starred alongside Jackie Chan.

She won two César Awards for Most Promising Actress in L'Auberge espagnole (2002), and Best Supporting Actress in Les Poupées russes (2005).

Cécile de France at the premiere of Soeur Sourire

Filmography[link]

Cécile de France in 2009.

Films[link]

• 1999 : Toutes les nuits by Eugène Green
• 2000 : Petites joies lointaines by Marco Nicoletti
• 2001 : L'art (délicat) de la séduction by Richard Berry
• 2002 : Pot Luck (L'auberge espagnole) by Cédric Klapisch
• 2002 : A+ Pollux, by Luc Pagès
• 2002 : Irène, by Ivan Calbérac
• 2003 : I, Cesar (Moi César, 10 ans ½, 1m39) by Richard Berry
• 2003 : High Tension (Haute Tension) by Alexandre Aja
• 2003 : Kaena: The Prophecy (Kaena, la prophétie), animated movie from Xilam Films (she plays the French voice of Kaena, original voice is Kirsten Dunst)
• 2004 : Around the World in 80 Days by Frank Coraci
• 2005 : The Russian Dolls (Les poupées russes) by Cédric Klapisch
• 2006 : When I Was a Singer (Quand j'étais chanteur) by Xavier Giannoli
• 2006 : Bad Faith (Mauvaise foi) by Roschdy Zem
• 2006 : Orchestra Seats (Fauteuils d'orchestre) ("Avenue Montaigne" in US and Anglophone Canada) by Daniele Thompson
• 2007 : A Secret (Un secret) by Claude Miller
• 2007 : Gone for a Dance (J'aurais voulu être un danseur) by Alain Berliner
• 2008 : Mesrine: L'instinct de Mort (Mesrine: Killer Instinct) by Jean-François Richet
• 2009 : Soeur Sourire by Stijn Coninx
• 2009 : Où est la main de l’homme sans tête by Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin.
• 2010 : Hereafter by Clint Eastwood
• 2011 : The Kid with a Bike by the Dardenne brothers

Shorts[link]

• 1997 : Tous nos vœux de bonheur, by Jean-Pierre Améris
• 1998 : Bon appétit, by Patrice Bauduinet
• 1999 : Le dernier rêve, by Emmanuel Jespers
• 2001 : Le mariage en papier, by Stéphanie Duvivier
• 2001 : Loup ! by Zoé Galeron
• 2002 : 3 jours, 3 euros by Fernand Berenguer
• 2002 : Nervous break down, by Emmanuel Jespers
• 2002 : Il était une femme, by Marc Saubain
• 2002 : La nuit du 6 au 7, by Patrice Bauduinet
• 2002 : Les calamars n'écoutent plus la radio, by Patrice Bauduinet
• 2002 : L'auberge Espagnole, by Cédric Klapisch
• 2004 : A tes souhaits, Music Video, by Emilie Chedid

Cécile de France in 2009

Television[link]

• 1997 : La balle au bond, by William Crépin
• 1998 : Le juge est une femme - Episode « L'usine du père Noël», by Pierre Boutron
• 2001 : Nana, by Édouard Molinaro

Theater[link]

• 1996 : Dormez je le veux by Georges Feydeau, directed by Benoît Blampain
• 1996 : Une palette rouge sang by Valeria Moretti, directed by Jean Paul Denizon
• 1996 : Le songe d'une nuit d'été by William Shakespeare, directed by Pierre Pradinas
• 1997 : Variations Strindberg-Feydeau, directed by Nada Strancar
• 1998 : Pour nous, directed by Serguei Issayev
• 1998 : Tu serais un ange tombé du ciel exprès pour nous by N. Sadour and A. Vampilov
• 1999, 2000 : Electre, by Sophocle, directed by Claudia Stavisky
• 1999 : Le baladin du monde occidental de John Millington Synge, directed by Philippe Delaigue
• 2001 : Mademoiselle Julie by August Strindberg, directed by Gwenaël Morin
• 2001 : SC35C, by Jean-Michel Frère

Awards[link]

• 2000 : Acting Award at Festival du Court Métrage de Bruxelles
• 2003 : Louis Lumière award for meilleur espoir féminin (best female newcomer) for L'auberge espagnole
• 2003 : Gold Star of meilleur espoir féminin (best female newcomer)
• 2003 : César of Meilleur Jeune Espoir Féminin (best young female newcomer) for L'auberge espagnole
• 2005 : Prix Romy Schneider
• 2006 : César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Russian Dolls

Anecdotes[link]

In 2011 the power pop punk group Dolores Riposte recorded a song named "Cécile de France".

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cécile de France

• (French) Official web site
• Cécile de France at the Internet Movie Database
• Cécile de France at AlloCiné (French)

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Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh, 2007
Born	(1971-04-19) April 19, 1971 (age 41) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut (Dad is upstairs). He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.

Early years[link]

Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He is Jewish and was brought up in a mixed cultural background, speaking Moroccan Arabic and French. He earned his Baccalaureate in Morocco at Lycee Lyautey in Casablanca^[1] before he studied political science in Montreal for four years, then moved to Paris to study drama.

His first one-man show Décalages, performed at the "Palais des glaces" in 1997, was autobiographical.^{[citation needed]}

At the Olympia

Career[link]

Elmaleh's first contact with cinema was the full-length film, Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache. He later appeared in L'homme est une femme comme les autres and Train de Vie.

His fame further increased with the success of his second one-man show, La Vie Normale, and the film La Vérité si je mens ! 2 (2000) in which he played the role of "Dov", the seducer. The character of "Chouchou" in La Vie Normale was reproduced in the comedy Chouchou (2002), directed by Merzak Allouache and also starring Alain Chabat; the film drew large audiences.^{[citation needed]}. He then did his debut as a singer in "it's kiz my life", a popular song in a non-existing language. The music video was directed by J.G Biggs and shot in the famous Parisian Hôtel Costes.

In contrast to his first two one-man shows, his L’autre c’est moi (2005) contains more improvisation and interaction with the public. In an interview, Gad Elmaleh said that this one-man show is more in the tradition of stand up.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to film in 2004 when he starred in the 2004 film Olé! with Gérard Depardieu. In 2005, he starred as François Pignon in La Doublure (English title "The Valet"), by Francis Veber. In 2006, he appeared opposite Audrey Tautou in Hors de prix (English title "Priceless"), by Pierre Salvadori.

He came back to the stage with L'autre, c'est moi in September 2006 in Canada (Montreal) and in the U.S. (in Broadway, at the Beacon Theater in front of 3000 spectators); it was performed also in Casablanca, Morocco. Between April and August 2007 he played his successful show in France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

On July 15, 2007, Elmaleh premiered his latest show, Papa est en haut, in Montreal as part of the Just for Laughs festival.

He also played the voice of Barry B. Benson in the French version of the 2007 film Bee Movie, Drôle d’Abeille.^[2]

In 2009, he released the film, Coco, which he directed, wrote and starred in. In 2010 he appeared in a dramatic role in Roselyne Bosch's The Round Up, which is based on the events surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.^[2]

Elmaleh was scheduled to perform in the 2009 Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon on July 13–15.^[3]

In 2011, he had a small role in Woody Allen's Paris-set feature, Midnight in Paris.^[4] He also appeared in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside Jamie Bell. The film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, was released on October 26, 2011 in Belgium and on December 23, 2011 in the United States. The same year, he also starred in Jack & Jill as Al Pacino's French cook.

Personal[link]

He lived with French actress Anne Brochet from 1998 to 2002. They have one son, Noé.^[5] The story of their relationship and breakup can be found in Brochet's book Trajet d'une amoureuse éconduite.

Filmography[link]

• Man Is a Woman (1998) with Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein
• Deuxième vie (2000)
• La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001) with Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gilbert Melki
• A+ Pollux (2002) with Cécile De France
• Chouchou (2003) with Alain Chabat
• Ole! with Gérard Depardieu (2005)
• The Valet with Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Virginie Ledoyen, Kristin Scott Thomas (2005)
• Priceless (2005) with Audrey Tautou
• Comme ton père (2007) with Richard Berry
• Coco (2009)
• The Round Up (2009)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)^[6]
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• Mood Indigo (2013)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gad Elmaleh

• Gad Elmaleh at the Internet Movie Database