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Claude Monet (French pronunciation: [klod mɔnɛ/mɔne]) (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).
Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the 5th floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet, both of them second-generation Parisians. On 20 May 1841, he was baptized in the local parish church, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, as Oscar-Claude, but his parents called him simply Oscar. In 1845, his family moved to Le Havre in Normandy. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery business, but Monet wanted to become an artist. His mother was a singer.
On 1 April 1851, Monet entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts. Locals knew him well for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. Monet also undertook his first drawing lessons from Jacques-François Ochard, a former student of Jacques-Louis David. On the beaches of Normandy in about 1856/1857, he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin, who became his mentor and taught him to use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet "en plein air" (outdoor) techniques for painting. Both received the influence of Johan Barthold Jongkind.
Actors: Jonathan Von (actor), Rita Betti (editor), Rita Betti (writer), Rita Betti (producer), Rita Betti (producer), Yonghwan Kang (producer), Glen Preece (composer), Deborah Kay (producer), Deborah Kay (producer), Glen Preece (producer), Deborah Kay (director), Ron Montgomery (producer), Sunny Red (actor), Tina Betti (miscellaneous crew), Tad Sowers (actor),
Plot: Monet's guardian angel, Charlie assures Monet in a dream that he will make the awful fighting between her parents stop. That night, after a terrible fight, Abbey wakes Monet in the middle of the night and they flee, hopping a bus to anywhere but there. At the first major stop, Abbey's purse is snatched and Charlie appears in the form of a homeless man to lead them to safety. Abbey mistrusts Charlie, despite Monet's insistence that Charlie was sent to help them and ends up at a mission. Monet becomes very ill and Abbey overhears the mission director discussing them with the police. Terrified, she runs from the mission, more lost than ever and finally accepts Charlie's help.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Rolfe Kent (composer), Joel Coen (writer), Stanley Tucci (actor), Ethan Coen (writer), Julian Rhind-Tutt (actor), Cameron Diaz (actress), Pip Torrens (actor), Togo Igawa (actor), Tom Courtenay (actor), Cloris Leachman (actress), Greg Bennett (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), Colin Firth (actor), Libbie Barr (miscellaneous crew), Jenny Beavan (costume designer),
Plot: Curator Harry Deane is an expert in fine art, but he's equally accomplished in taking abuse from his insolent boss. That's about to change. The plan - trick the avid art collector into buying a fake Monet painting. To assist in the heist, Deane hires a rowdy Texas cowgirl to help him fool the richest man in England. But as the plan begins to unravel, Deane finds he is falling in love with the rodeo queen, ensuing further complications.
Keywords: animated-opening-credits, caper, heist, remakeActors: André Wilms (actor), Timo Linnasalo (editor), Aki Kaurismäki (director), Aki Kaurismäki (producer), Elina Salo (actress), Aki Kaurismäki (writer), Kati Outinen (actress), Patrick Bonnel (actor), Karl Baumgartner (producer), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (actor), Pierre Étaix (actor), Jean-Pierre Léaud (actor), Ilkka Koivula (actor), Fabienne Vonier (producer), Evelyne Didi (actress),
Plot: A dock worker in Le Havre hears a human sound inside one of the containers in port, that container which left Gabon three weeks ago and which was supposed to arrive in London five days after its departure from Gabon, which didn't happen. The Le Havre police and French border guards find a still alive group of illegal African immigrants inside. On the sign from one of his elders, a young teen boy among the illegal immigrants manages to escape, news of which hits the local media. The first friendly face that boy, Idrissa, encounters is that of former artist now aged shoeshine Marcel Marx. Marcel decides to help Idrissa by hiding him in his house, news which slowly trickles through his community of friends - most of whom he associates with at his local bar - and neighbors, most who assist Marcel in this task. Marcel goes to great lengths to find out Idrissa's story, which leads to Marcel's further task of trying to get Idrissa to London, his original end destination. The one neighbor who wants to turn Idrissa in and the authorities seem to be on to Marcel's activities, most specifically hard nosed police Inspector Monet, who may have his own private agenda. Through it all, Marcel has on his mind the health of his terminally ill and hospitalized wife Arletty, the terminal aspect being something of which he is unaware and which may in turn eventually kill him as Arletty is his life.
Keywords: aid, baker, bar, calais-france, cameo, cameo-appearance, cargo-container, charity, charity-event, clandestineActors: Michelle Ito (actress), Michelle Ito (writer), Michelle Ito (director), Michelle Ito (editor), Monica Bhatnagar (actress), Lenea Smydra (miscellaneous crew), Aries Hines (actor), Kenyatta Jackson (actor), Andy Major (actor), Mamie Chow (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Short,Actors: Webb Pickersgill (editor), Webb Pickersgill (writer), Laura Durant (actress), William 'Bill' Connor (actor), Annie Boon (actress), Joel Cranson (actor), Daniel Gourley (producer), Daniel Gourley (director), Daniel Gourley (writer), Daniel Gourley (editor), Jennifer E. Rio (actress), Cori Orlowski (writer), Cori Orlowski (producer), Cori Orlowski (actress), Rani Sweis (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: James Gutierrez (actor), David A. Lockhart (actor), David A. Lockhart (producer), Julie Rubio (writer), Julie Rubio (director), Sharon Franklin (editor), Sonia Kazarova (writer), Sonia Kazarova (producer), Paul Mirkovich (composer), James Stavena (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Sam Freedle (miscellaneous crew), George White (editor), Alex Montoya (actor), John Pickard (actor), Chris Warfield (actor), John Zaremba (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Carl Milletaire (actor), Steve Conte (actor), Wright King (actor), Dick Foote (actor), Sally Fraser (actress), Peter Forster (actor), Robert Gottschalk (producer), Robert Gottschalk (writer),
Plot: A fishing boat discovers a deserted luxury yacht at sea with a dead body on board. They claim the yacht as salvage, not knowing that a drug smuggling ring has hidden $500,000 worth of heroin on the boat.
Keywords: boat, drugs, independent-film, murder, smuggling, yachtActors: William Russell (actor), Bernard Gribble (editor), Jack Greenwood (producer), Richard Vernon (actor), Alexander Knox (actor), Bernard Lee (actor), Edgar Wallace (writer), Walter Horsbrugh (actor), Fanny Carby (actress), Richard Warner (actor), John Gabriel (actor), Bernard Ebbinghouse (composer), Philip Mackie (writer), Gerard Glaister (director), Stanley Morgan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Louis Mercier (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Leon Ames (actor), Alan Dinehart (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), James Flavin (actor), Earle Foxe (actor), Robert Graves (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Russ Clark (actor), Boyd Irwin (actor), Edward Keane (actor), Harry Myers (actor),
Plot: A strange group of passengers embarks on a luxury liner when the news is announced that the fabulous Omar diamond is to be taken to the United States by a gem dealer. Victor Morrell is aboard posing as an owner of an Argentine cattle ranch, as is Valerie Barton, interested in the diamond and traveling with her aunt, Cynthia Barton. Others aboard are Julien Stevens, a blustering suit manufacturer, and two out-and-out crooks, Phil and Monet. All have the idea that Morell is after the diamond and declare themselves in whether he likes it or not. Valerie plays upon Morell's interest in her to make him give up his attempt to get the diamond so she can have a clear field.
Keywords: remakeActors: Hans Leibelt (actor), Peter Kreuder (composer), Bruno Hübner (actor), Heinz Salfner (actor), S.O. Schoening (actor), Ernst Rotmund (actor), Ida Wüst (actress), Theo Lingen (actor), Hans Junkermann (actor), Julius Brandt (actor), Egon Brosig (actor), Emil Burri (writer), Werner Scharf (actor), Erich Engel (director), Walter Fredersdorf (editor),
Genres: Comedy,