Philippe Besson
Рождение : 1967-01-29, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, France
История
Philippe Besson (born 29 January 1967 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente) is a French writer.
In 1999, Besson, a law graduate, was inspired to write his first novel, En l'absence des hommes while reading of accounts of ex-servicemen during the First World War. The novel, with its daring inclusion of Marcel Proust as a central character, won the Prix Emmanuel Roblès. Besson's second novel, Son Frère was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and adapted for cinema by Patrice Chéreau in 2003. The film was well received and won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Novel
Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.
Story
In Brittany, a notary is killed with shots to the head. His wife Joséphine is a suspect. Her husband had just sold part of their property to two shady real estate developers who wanted to transform the little fishing village into an ultra-modern marina for wealthy clients.
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A war of inheritance in the Lanzac family, a rich industrial family from Bordeaux, against a backdrop of family secrets and the unsaid. Elisabeth Lanzac authoritatively leads an important industrial group specializing in wood. Her eldest son, Nicolas, is her named successor, but he dies in a road accident. When the will is read, the family is stunned to learn that he has left his share to Julien, his secret son...
Writer
Pierre Vasseur is the French president. He has a busy schedule: resolving political crises, abating popular anger, tolerating sarcastic journalists, and parrying opposition attacks-not to mention dealing with the tense relationship he has with his daughter.
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Начало ХХ века, Европа охвачена войной, Российская империя на краю пропасти. Внезапное появление загадочного Григория Распутина в царских покоях вызывает волну негодования при дворе. Сибирский целитель облегчает страдания неизлечимо больного наследника престола, проповедует и творит чудеса. Императрица уверена, что всё не случайно и Григорий — божий человек, спаситель, посланный свыше. Ее уверенность разделяют далеко не все. Вокруг «святого беса» плетутся заговоры, его мистическая власть над царской семьей и нежная дружба с императрицей раздражают слишком многих. Россия, монархия и Распутин в эпицентре приближающейся катастрофы.
Screenplay
TV Guest
Литературный критик Джордж получает по почте коробку. Он раскрывает ее и обнаруживает видеопленки, где записаны фрагменты жизни его самого и его семьи. Постепенно эти кадры наводят Джорджа на мысль, что отправитель странной посылки неплохо его знает. Он начинает тревожиться. Но полиция отказывается действовать, пока Джорджу ничто не угрожает. Кто отправитель посылки и какую цель он преследует?
Novel
Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc's homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, he decides he wants to bring Luc back into his life. The brothers soon become inseparable, and their new relationship begins to alienate their significant others.
Police Officer at Accident
In 1980s Paris, a series of murders captures public attention. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daiga moves from Lithuania to Paris, immigrant musician Théo struggles to raise his young son, and Théo's brother, a gay transvestite named Camille, sings and dances in a cabaret for a living. All three grapple with isolation and the problems of modern living, but one of them could be so desperately alienated that they have a hand in the serial murders.
A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage.
On a stormy night, off the coast of the Arcachon basin, a small sailboat named "Julie" disappears with a young girl of the same name on board. What really happened? The mystery is all the thicker because a month later, her husband met the same sad end. A year later, on the anniversary of Julie's disappearance, a commemorative meal is organized by the young woman's main relations. Many things from the past will then resurface.
Граф Мишель Форбек, богатый чудак-эксцентрик, живущий на грани 19-го и 20-го веков, создает "храм счастья", в котором посетители возвращаются в состояние детства. Для создания ауры Утопии, гости графа испытывают только положительные ощущения - в воздухе звучат потоки волшебной музыки, повязки на глазах защищают от неприятных видов - а они тем временем лежат в больших детских кроватках. План графа терпит крах, когда Ливия, тайком не принимавшая предписанный напиток, обнаруживает, что одна из ее подруг случайно умирает по небрежности персонала. Тут начинается Первая мировая война, и храму счастья и мечтам графа приходит конец.
