Claude Gensac
Nascimento : 1927-03-01, Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France
Morte : 2016-12-27
História
Claude Gensac (1 March 1927 – 27 December 2016) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nominated in 2015 for her role as Marthe in the film Lulu femme nue.
In 1952, Gensac portrayed the character of Evelyne in her first feature film, La Vie d'un homme honnête. She collaborated on a number of films with Louis de Funès, often playing his wife, to international acclaim. She appeared in the series of movies "Les Gendarmes" with Louis de Funès. She played De Funès' wife, Josepha Cruchot. After De Funès's death in 1983, Gensac was rarely involved in film, but was active as a theater actress. In 2001 she returned to film in the French version of Absolutely Fabulous, her first film role since 1983. Gensac appeared in over 100 cinema and television films, as well as numerous theater roles. In 2011 she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at the officer grade.
Claude Gensac was married twice: from 1952 to 1954 with the actor Pierre Mondy and from 1958 to 1977 with Henri Chemin, a racer and PR Manager of Ford France with whom she had a son. She died in her sleep on 27 December 2016. She was 89 years old.
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Josette Legourinec
Hélène and Paul, early 30s and long-term singles, have been living in a two-person flat for years. Currently, graphic designer Paul wants to escape the digital constraints of his time and has acquired an age-old phone on which only "real" friends can reach him. One evening Paul gets from a friend at a party, his future predicted: Soon he will meet the love of his life, but also commit a murder. A short time later, when he meets the stunning Camille and falls in love with her, he begins to doubt with all luck. Could the prophecy really be true?
La grand-mère
Uma experiência de trabalho fracassada na Bélgica leva Ana a tomar uma decisão impulsiva e mudar seus planos. Durante o verão, quando um antigo caso amoroso floresce novamente e sua avó precisa ir ao hospital, Ana faz o melhor para suportar a vida.
Adèle
Nuclear engineer Antoine Degas must convince the small town of Saint-Lassou to host a storage site for radioactive waste. But the town's German mayor, a fierce ecologist and organic farmer, is steadfastly opposed to the idea.
Marthe
Após uma entrevista de emprego mal sucedida, Lulu decide não voltar para casa, deixando o marido e os filhos à sua espera. Ela não tem nada planejado e se dá alguns dias de liberdade, aproveitando plenamente o que vier em seu caminho. Neste caminho, ela acaba encontrando pessoas que também estão na beira do mundo e alguém que perdeu de vista há muito tempo: ela mesma.
Annie
Bettie (Catherine Deneuve) é uma viúva de 60 anos, que cuida de um restaurante em uma pequena cidade francesa. Amante de um rico industrial local, ela está cansada de ouvir as constantes promessas de que largará a esposa. Um dia isto finalmente acontece, mas, para surpresa de Betty, ele fica com uma mulher mais nova que está grávida. Perturbada com a novidade, ela sai de carro pela estrada e acaba vivenciando diversas situações que irão mudar radicalmente sua vida pessoal e profissional.
Mme Lavignasse
A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.
Mme Deschamps
Mrs. Fontarosa
Depois de anos vivendo fora da lei, Charly Mattei, resolveu nos últimos três anos se dedicar a família e viver harmoniosamente com sua esposa e seus dois filhos pequenos. No entanto, em uma manhã de inverno ele é encontrado em um estacionamento com 22 balas no corpo e apesar de muitos acreditarem que ele havia morrido, Charly misteriosamente sobrevive. Agora ele sai à caça de Tony Zacchia, o único homem que se atreveria a tentar matá-lo. Zacchia cometeu apenas um erro: ele falhou.
La Hollandaise
Sam é um motoboy, que como qualquer colega de profissão, não pode ser considerado exatamente como alguém que respeita o tráfego, para o desgosto do seu pai, que é policial de trânsito. Mas o problema de Sam começa quando ele recebe uma missão urgente, que o envolve com criminosos da pesada. Justamente no dia do casamento da irmã de Nadia, sua noiva, que o cobra por mais atenção no relacionamento. Mas ele não tem muita escolha... A corrida que ele vai fazer neste dia será o pior pesadelo de sua vida.
Self
A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.
Mamie Mousson
The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
Dora
During a cruise, two women marked by life become friends.
Alice
A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to have the mayor's daughter kidnapped to induce him to withdraw his candidacy in the next elections.
Madame Hibbert
Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
Françoise, the mother-in-law
Roger, a chip seller on a Cote d’Azur beach, divides his life between his wife, a painter with a flair for originality whose work is unrecognized, and his mistress Bébé, a beautician on vacation. But his encounter with a third woman, a picaresque singer with whom he falls madly in love, will be accompanied by numerous adventures.
Gabrielle Caporet
Clotilde Pontignac
Lucienne
A good country priest discovers that he is a father and must assume his role, a task all the more delicate since his son is a thug.
Josépha Cruchot
Quatro novas gendarmes jovens chegam à delegacia do Gendarme Cruchot (Louis de Funès) com o objetivo de aprender a profissão com os melhores.
Amelie Poulangeard
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Frosine
Based on Molière's play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven't spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children. When Cléante, at last, tries to speak to Harpagon, the old man informs the family that he wants to marry Marianne, the young girl loved by Cléante. Unaware of his son's sorrow, Harpagon doesn't understand why Cléante has become so angry with him.
Madeleine
School headmaster
A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first time, but wants a real man. That's when the P.I. shows up and stirs up the household.
Marguerite #1, Duchemin's secretary
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
Constance, la Folle de Passy
Germaine
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
Sylvie Brisebard
Selling author, Antoine Brisebard is a victim of a blackmailer, Jo, which threatens to jeopardize his reputation by revealing the past of his wife Sylvia. While the latter must pass the same night to take possession of the money required, Brisebard accidentally kills ...
Josépha Cruchot
Depois de ser obrigado a se reformar, o Gendarme Cruchot (Louis de Funès) volta a usar o uniforme para ajudar um amigo que sofre de amnésia.
Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe (Sylvia Fennec) delight in throwing lavish costume balls. The couple develops a friendship with a young boy who delights in the parties thrown by the noble couple. Love soon blooms between the Countess and the boy as she searches for something more than a string of endless parties and social affairs. The masquerades are an attempt to freeze time and hold on to the nostalgia of a bygone era. For fear of losing her, the Count allows the Countess to continue her love affair.
Edmée de Tartas
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle...
Josépha Lefrançois
Quando o Gendarme Cruchot (Louis de Funès) se apaixona por uma viúva e planeja casar-se com ela, sua filha travessa vai fazer de tudo para cancelar o casamento.
Isabelle Bosquier
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
Germaine Barnier
Um rico promotor de eventos, Bertrand Barnier, leva uma vida pacata até o dia em que Christian, seu homem de confiança, o chantageia para obter a mão de sua filha em casamento. Entretanto, a filha de Barnier está grávida de Oscar, o motorista.
Marcelle
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.
Mlle Viralleau
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women's professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.
Mrs. Grandbourg
Evelyne, la femme de chambre
La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
