Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine

Nacimiento : 1621-07-08, Château-Thierry, Aisne, France

Muerte : 1695-04-13

Historia

The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. -Wikipedia entry

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Jean de la Fontaine

Películas

The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare
Novel
A telling of the classic tale about a foot race between a hare and a tortoise.
Lusty Liaisons II
Lusty Liaisons II
Story
Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.
Lusty Liaisons
Lusty Liaisons
Story
Series of erotic stories, inspired by La Fontaine's and Boccaccio's work.
Les contes de La Fontaine
Les contes de La Fontaine
Story
Four tales of Jean la Fontaine tell in a libertine way. The pleasure of infidelity is described in all forms: a woman seduced by her servant, a man seduce his servant, the wives of Messire Guillaume, and a bourgeois and a nun.
Las cuatro verdades
Las cuatro verdades
Novel
Cuatro historias, basadas en cuatro fábulas de Lafontaine, muestran a una mujer que intenta recuperar a su marido; a un infeliz que quiere suicidarse; a un hombre celoso que llega a asociarse con su rival, y a una pareja que se queda encerrada en un apartamento.
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grasshopper and the Ant
Story
A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.
Cock o' the Walk
Cock o' the Walk
Story
The title character comes to town, complete with portable boxing ring. He grabs a local chicken and dances with her, inspiring several other barnyard animals to dance. But her rooster takes offense, and enters the ring to do battle.
Eva and the Grasshopper
Eva and the Grasshopper
Writer
El saltamontes festea y sestea durante el verano, mientras las hormigas trabajan diligentemente en ese tiempo ahorrando para la estación fría. ¿Qué sucederá con el saltamontes cuando llegue el invierno?
The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle
The Crow that wanted to imitate the Eagle
Original Story
A crow decides, for once, to treat itself the king's meal.