Marcel Camus
Nascimento : 1912-04-21, Chappes, Ardennes, France
Morte : 1982-01-13
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Marcel Camus (21 April 1912 – 13 January 1982) was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Camus was born in Chappes, Ardennes, France and died in Paris. He studied art and intended to become an art teacher. However, World War II interrupted his plans. He spent part of the war in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
Prior to directing films, Camus assisted filmmakers in France, including Jacques Feyder, Luis Buñuel, and Jacques Becker. He directed nearly a dozen films, including Orfeu Negro (also known as Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1960, Camus made a second Brazlilian-themed film, Os bandeirantes. Twenty years after Orfeu Negro, Camus returned to Brazilian themes for what would prove to be his last film, Bahia (also known as Otalia da Bahia and Os pastores da noite), based on a novel by Brazilian novelist Jorge Amado. These films, however, failed to recapture the success of Orfeu Negro. In 1970, Camus had a moderate success with a World War II comedy, Le Mur de l'Atlantique (The Atlantic Wall), starring the well-known French comedian Bourvil. Camus ended his career working primarily in television.
Camus married one of the stars of Orfeu Negro, Marpessa Dawn.
Camus is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Source: Article "Marcel Camus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
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French youth drama.
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Uma história de amor medieval.
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Uma história de amor medieval.
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A beautiful dancer has two admirers -- one is a young worker whom she has only met by accident, and the other is an unscrupulous businessman. The worker had been training as a Buddhist monk and as his interest in the dancer and the businessman's pursuit of the woman develop, the dancer and the former monk end up at the archaeological site of Angkor.
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A beautiful dancer has two admirers -- one is a young worker whom she has only met by accident, and the other is an unscrupulous businessman. The worker had been training as a Buddhist monk and as his interest in the dancer and the businessman's pursuit of the woman develop, the dancer and the former monk end up at the archaeological site of Angkor.
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A trágica história romântica entre a jovem Eurídice e o motorista e músico Orfeu. Os dois se conhecem durante o carnaval no Rio de Janeiro e se apaixonam, mas Orfeu tem uma noiva ciumenta. De acordo com a antiga lenda, o amor do casal é acompanhado de perto pela morte, e ele será capaz de descer aos infernos para salvar a sua grande paixão.
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A trágica história romântica entre a jovem Eurídice e o motorista e músico Orfeu. Os dois se conhecem durante o carnaval no Rio de Janeiro e se apaixonam, mas Orfeu tem uma noiva ciumenta. De acordo com a antiga lenda, o amor do casal é acompanhado de perto pela morte, e ele será capaz de descer aos infernos para salvar a sua grande paixão.
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A trágica história romântica entre a jovem Eurídice e o motorista e músico Orfeu. Os dois se conhecem durante o carnaval no Rio de Janeiro e se apaixonam, mas Orfeu tem uma noiva ciumenta. De acordo com a antiga lenda, o amor do casal é acompanhado de perto pela morte, e ele será capaz de descer aos infernos para salvar a sua grande paixão.
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A trágica história romântica entre a jovem Eurídice e o motorista e músico Orfeu. Os dois se conhecem durante o carnaval no Rio de Janeiro e se apaixonam, mas Orfeu tem uma noiva ciumenta. De acordo com a antiga lenda, o amor do casal é acompanhado de perto pela morte, e ele será capaz de descer aos infernos para salvar a sua grande paixão.
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In a small town in southern France, on the seafront and not far from Italy, Dr. Valerio is working to heal the poor. His young wife, could no longer stand the place, encouraged him to go and settle in Nice but the doctor does not want to leave before having found a replacement. Valerio was particularly friendly with Sandro, an agricultural worker who maintains the trees belonging to Gorzone, wealthy industrialist and major employer in the city. Sandro, disturbed by the serious illness of his wife, is struggling to fulfill its functions. During an absence of his wife, Dr. Valerio meets Clara, a young Italian, and falls for her. The drama erupts when Gorzone dismisses Sandro ...
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Catherine Racan, a young journalist who always puts her career over her love life, is brought in by the police for questioning. They are looking for a doctor who illegally performs abortions and now they are interrogating all of his previous clients.
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The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
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The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
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A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire, he wants to fulfill his life's dream: to become a father. This plan is opposed by his greedy relatives who would go any low to take this money away from him. They are being led by a small-time crook. Mr. Bard's natural shyness and good heart lead him to the journey of self-exploration and finding his true love.
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A young, talented and ambitious journalist, Louis heads off to try his luck in Paris. He's spotted by Walter, editor-in-chief for a major daily newspaper, who takes to him and furthers his career. What he doesn't realise is that Louis is ready to betray anyone to achieve his ends...
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Rosette is young and charming but she is crippled so she cannot make the most of her life. Which upsets Jules Petitpas, a single inventor, her eccentric but kind-hearted neighbor. Jules pledges to help her by creating a potion that will cure her. Unfortunately he dies before being able to achieve his aim. But a promise is a promise, and the good man comes back to the land of the living as an ... ectoplasm! And he manages to involve a whole tribe of ghosts to assist him in the noble task of saving the young lady. All is well that ends well.
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No submundo da Belle Époque parisiense, a sensual e atrevida Marie abandona seu namorado gângster ao se apaixonar por Manda, um ex-criminoso e carpinteiro honesto. Mas essa paixão dará origem a uma rivalidade no submundo que levará inexoravelmente à traição e tragédia.
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O casal de trabalhadores Antoine e Antoinette sonham com uma vida melhor. Constantemente se afastando da indesejada atenção dos homens, Antoinette compra um bilhete de loteria premiado. Mas quando Antoine perde o bilhete, parece que tudo não vai passar de um sonho.
