- published: 18 May 2011
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Christo (born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев, June 13, 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, June 13, 1935 – November 18, 2009) were a married couple who created environmental works of art. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, the 24-mile (39 km)-long artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same date. They first met in Paris in October 1958. Their works were credited to just "Christo" until 1994 when the outdoor works and large indoor installations were retroactively credited to "Christo and Jeanne-Claude". They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work.
Jeanne-Claude died, aged 74, on November 18, 2009, from complications of a brain aneurysm.
Although their work is visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, the artists have repeatedly denied that their projects contain any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact. The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to create works of art or joy and beauty and to create new ways of seeing familiar landscapes. Art critic David Bourdon has described Christo's wrappings as a "revelation through concealment." To his critics Christo replies, "I am an artist, and I have to have courage ... Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished. Only the preparatory drawings, and collages are left, giving my works an almost legendary character. I think it takes much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain."
Actors: Gilles Waterkeyn (producer), Carlos Bardem (actor), Kevin Koeniger (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Politowski (producer), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Josh Hutcherson (actor), Myriam Rak (miscellaneous crew), Brady Corbet (actor), Cathy Dutheil (miscellaneous crew), Andrea Di Stefano (director), Andrea Di Stefano (writer), Maryline Monthieux (editor), M.A. Faura (producer), Marylin Fitoussi (costume designer), Michel Rangel (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Romance, Thriller,Actors: Ozzie Devrish (producer), Ozzie Devrish (actor), Ozzie Devrish (editor), Ozzie Devrish (writer), Ozzie Devrish (director), Madeleine Kennedy (actress), Axle Gunn (actor), Jack Henry (actor), Marco Naddei (actor), Marco Naddei (miscellaneous crew), T. Stinga (actor), Shelley Marshall (actress), Rudy Testa (actor), Lea Reyes (miscellaneous crew), Lai Peng Chan (actress),
Plot: An underachieving Greek Australian is proving to be a constant disappointment to his traditional family, and a well read aboriginal youth who mistakenly thinks he is on the run after making his escape from an aboriginal mission. When the two worlds collide, they learn that this is not just another day for either of them.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Martin Pfefferkorn (actor), Jonathan Gray (producer), Michael Shannon (actor), Stephen Stix Josey (producer), Joel Plotch (editor), Dustin Bricker (miscellaneous crew), Joshua Zeman (producer), Jason Orans (producer), Brian Devine (producer), Brian Devine (director), Adam Spielberg (producer), John F. Lyons (editor), Wade Mylius (actor), Elisabeth Hower (actress), Adam Lim (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Assen Blatechki (actor), Bohos Topakbashian (editor), Mira Iskarova (composer), Paulina Guentcheva (writer), Paulina Guentcheva (producer), Paulina Guentcheva (producer), Paulina Guentcheva (director), Deyan Enev (writer), Boyan Arbov (actor),
Plot: This is a story for two completely different generations and ages. Placed in an 'unusual' situation a father will manage in finding strength and hope first for himself in order to be able a role model for his little boy. Their Christmas pray will bring them together on the way to each other. This touching story will discover that life should not be defined. It should be perceived as a process and not as a category.
Genres: Family, Romance, Short,Actors: Ozzie Devrish (producer), Ozzie Devrish (actor), Ozzie Devrish (director), Marco Naddei (miscellaneous crew), Ramona Rai (producer), Marco Naddei (actor), T. Stinga (actor), Carolyn Wagner (miscellaneous crew), Zachariel J. Shanahan (miscellaneous crew), Nate Gothard (actor), Maryanne Paterson (writer), Shelley Marshall (actress), Rudy Testa (actor), Lea Reyes (miscellaneous crew), Lea Reyes (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Adrian Politowski (producer), Gilles Waterkeyn (producer), Nadia Khamlichi (producer), Francis Renaud (actor), Jeremy Burdek (producer), Valeria Cavalli (actress), Olivier Rabourdin (actor), Etienne Chicot (actor), Tchéky Karyo (actor), Gérard Lanvin (actor), Patrick Catalifo (actor), Daniel Duval (actor), François Levantal (actor), Olivier Marchal (writer), Olivier Marchal (writer),
Plot: After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Gang Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business". He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture.
Keywords: 1970s, armed-robbery, based-on-novel, betrayal, criminal, criminal-gang, flashback, gang, gangster, gypsyActors: Anant Singh (producer), Sanjeev Singh (producer), Rob De Mezieres (editor), Rob De Mezieres (actor), Rob De Mezieres (writer), Rob De Mezieres (director), Brendan Jury (composer), Christo Davids (actor), Charlton George (actor), John Fredericks (actor), Andrew Cassells (producer), John Fredericks (writer), Adam Rist (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Birbal (actor), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Shafi Inamdar (actor), Annu Kapoor (actor), Jagdish Raj (actor), Paresh Rawal (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Anjana Mumtaz (actress), Bappi Lahiri (composer), Raju Khan (miscellaneous crew), Saroj Khan (miscellaneous crew), Chinni Prakash (miscellaneous crew), Bob Christo (actor), Danny Denzongpa (actor),
Plot: Karan (Sunny Deol) a lawyer crusades for truth, fairness and justice, is the son of Chandrakant (Shafi Inamdar) a journalist who uses his journalistic expertise to expose and unmask Justice Dharmesh Agnihotri, who is known as 'Daga' in the underworld. Suraj (Sanjay Dutt) is a man victimized by Fate. To bear the loss of his love, Shilpa he gets addicted to drugs. Then in a complete reversal of attitude he turns against drug dealers. He vows to bring an end to the deadly drug smuggling which wreaks such havoc in people's lives. Dharmesh Agnihotri's daughter Vidya loves Karan. Karan idolizes Justice Dharmesh Agnihotri, unaware of the man behind the mask of respectability. Daga hires Suraj and deliberately creates animosity between Suraj and Karan The enmity between Suraj and Karan is sealed when Karan's father Chandrakant is framed for murder and sent to jail where he is killed. Karan loses complete faith in the judicial system. Will Suraj and Karan discover the truth behind the events and incidents happening around them?
Genres: Action,Actors: Jules Dassin (director), Jules Dassin (writer), Tasso Kavadia (actress), Mikis Theodorakis (composer), Raf Vallone (actor), Harriet Medin (miscellaneous crew), Jules Dassin (producer), Kostas Baladimas (actor), Andreas Filippides (actor), Anthony Perkins (actor), Faidon Georgitsis (actor), Jules Dassin (actor), Theoni V. Aldredge (costume designer), Alexis Pezas (actor), Roger Dwyre (editor),
Plot: A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, marries the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.
Keywords: based-on-play, bitch-slap, car-over-cliff, father-son-romantic-rivalry, foreign-language-adaptation, greece, lesbian-interest, reference-to-johann-sebastian-bachActors: Maria Forescu (actress), Harry Frank (actor), Leonhard Haskel (actor), Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (actor), Adele Sandrock (actress), Tzwetta Tzatschewa (actress), F.W. Murnau (director), Albrecht Viktor Blum (actor), Toni Zimmerer (actor), Greta Schröder (actress), Max Nemetz (actor), Wolfgang Geiger (writer), Hans Janowitz (writer), Erwin Rosner (producer),
Genres: Drama,C.O.N.T.R.O.L., feed you young on the fear of hell. And when you reach down to pull the plug, turn you white with the fear of god. One day I looked down and saw the man feeding rosaries down our throats was holding hands with the businessman who was wringing the blood from all these stones. They said "Do you believe in life after death"? I said I believed in life after birth, and the holy church swallowed hard for the body of Christ. So when they say It's A Sin, they mean it's high treason to kill the mule before his back gives out. This is company time. And we never close, we never close. We'll sink you with crosses and bury you in rows. When they say Every Day is a Gift they mean Blessed Are the Working Poor, whose high hopes pay for all these golden crosses. Never catching up but never stopping, taxed to death and still repenting when they say that you'll burn up in hell if you die with this mark on your soul. But there can't be any worse things below than Pascal's sainted bureaucrats got in mind for the hopeful masses. The scheme is hatched and the priest dispatched. And when they say Amen they mean I Hope You Live Forever Hand To Mouth. I've got plans - both my hands on the plug of your god's wasted love. Both hands on the plug of your god's wasted love. Kill the bosses, kill the priests, kill the shepherds - save the sheep.