French films of 2006
Encyclopedia
A list of film
s produced in France
in 2006
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Film
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s produced in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 2006
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
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2006
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| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
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| 13 Tzameti 13 Tzameti 13 Tzameti is a 2005 film written and directed by Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani. "Tzameti" is the Georgian word for thirteen. 13 Tzameti is the feature length directorial debut for Babluani... |
Géla Babluani Géla Babluani Géla Babluani is a Georgian-French film director.Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. His first short film, A Fleur de Peau , received critical appraise... |
Thriller | Jury Prize (Sundance) | |
| Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest | Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association... |
Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass , also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and an Arab citizen of Israel. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge , Haifa , Paradise Now , The Syrian Bride , Free Zone , Dawn of the World , The Visitor , Lemon Tree , and Amreeka... |
Animation / Fantasy | |
| Barakat! Barakat! Barakat! is a 2006 French/Algerian drama film directed by Djamila Sahraoui. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2006.-Plot:... |
Djamila Sahraoui | Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni is a French actress of Algerian origin. She is married to the football hero turned film actor Eric Cantona, whom she met on the filmset of Outremangeur in 2002.... |
Drama | Oumarou Ganda Prize (FESPACO) |
| Freddie Highmore Freddie Highmore Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Toast.-Early life:Highmore was... |
Mia Farrow Mia Farrow Mia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra... |
Drama | ||
| Bled Number One Bled Number One Bled Number One is a 2006 French drama film directed by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Meryem Serbah - Louisa* Abel Jafri - Bouzid* Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche - Kamel... |
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Charlie Says | Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia Nicole Garcia is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Actress:*1968: Des garçons et des filles directed by Étienne Périer... |
Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Flanders Flanders (film) Flanders is a 2006 French film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It tells the story of Demester, a man whose girlfriend cheats on him out of frustration with his lack of emotion... |
Bruno Dumont Bruno Dumont Bruno Dumont is a French film director. To date, he has directed five feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité and... |
Won the Grand Prix at Cannes 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Hors de prix | Pierre Salvadori Pierre Salvadori Pierre Salvadori is a French Corsican film director from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco known for works on romantic comedies such as Hors de prix .... |
Audrey Tautou Audrey Tautou Audrey Justine Tautou is a French model and film actress, best known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci Code, Irène in Priceless and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel... , Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.- Early years :Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco... |
Comedy | |
| Indigènes | Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb is a French film director of Algerian descent.From 1977 to 1983, he worked as an assistant director for France’s state television production company, Société française de production . Subsequetly, he worked for broadcasters TF1 and Antenne 2... |
Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Little Jerusalem Little Jerusalem (film) Little Jerusalem is a 2005 French drama film directed by Karin Albou. Albou's film depicts how the conflict between the rational and the irrational drives the relationships within a Jewish family living in the outskirts of Paris.-Plot:... |
Karin Albou | Drama | 2 wins & 3 nominations | |
| Meurtrières Meurtrières Murderers is a 2006 French drama film directed by Patrick Grandperret. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Hande Kodja - Nina* Céline Sallette - Lizzy* Gianni Giardinelli - Yann Jobert... |
Patrick Grandperret Patrick Grandperret Patrick Grandperret is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His film Meurtrières was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Court circuit... |
Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Nouvelle chance Nouvelle chance Nouvelle chance is a 2006 French drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Danielle Darrieux - Odette Saint-Gilles* Arielle Dombasle - Bettina Fleischer... |
Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (filmmaker) Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral... |
Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French film directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It is a parody of the spy film genre. The film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, OSS 117, in Cairo in 1955.-Plot:... |
Michel Hazanavicius | Jean Dujardin Jean Dujardin -Life and career:Dujardin was born in Rueil-Malmaison. Dujardin first became famous on the French talent show Graines de star in 1996 as part of the comedy group Nous C Nous, formed by members of the Carré blanc theater. From 1999 to 2003 he starred in the French version of the comedy television... |
Adventure comedy | 2 wins & 4 nominations |
| Renaissance Renaissance (film) Renaissance is a 2006 French black-and-white animated science fiction film by French director Christian Volckman. It was co-produced in France, United Kingdom and Luxembourg and released on 15 March 2006 in France and 28 July 2006 in the UK by Miramax Films... |
Christian Volckman Christian Volckman Christian Volckman , a graduate of Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris, is a French painter, graphic designer, photographer, author and producer.... |
Animation / Action | 1 win | |
| Tell No One Tell No One Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet... |
Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach... |
François Cluzet François Cluzet François Cluzet is a French film and theatre actor, best known in the English-speaking world for starring in the 2006 French film "Tell No One", based on the novel of the same name by the American author Harlan Coben... , Marie-Josée Croze Marie-Josée Croze -Career:Croze was born in Montreal, QC. She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005... , Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in Bitter Moon, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The English Patient.... |
Thriller | 8 wins & 10 nominations |
| The Tiger Brigades The Tiger Brigades Les Brigades du Tigre is a 2006 French crime film, based on a very successful 1970s-'80s French television series of the same name. The story involves an Untouchables-type crack "Flying Squad" formed by Georges Clemenceau to combat rampant crime in 1912 Paris... |
Jérôme Cornuau | Clovis Cornillac Clovis Cornillac Clovis Cornillac is a French theater, television and cinema actor.- Biography :Clovis Cornillac was born to actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theatre at the age of 14.... , Diane Kruger Diane Kruger Diane Kruger is a German actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in Troy, Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds, Anna in Mr... |
Action | 3 nominations |
| La Tourneuse de pages | Denis Dercourt Denis Dercourt Denis Dercourt is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films since 1997. His film La Tourneuse de pages was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival... |
Catherine Frot Catherine Frot -Early life:The daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age. At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school... , Déborah François Déborah François Déborah François is a Belgian actress. She starred in the Palme d'Or winning film L'Enfant playing the lead role of Sonya... |
Drama | 3 nominations |
| Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie is a French film directed by Patrice Leconte and released in 2006. It is the fiftysomethings section, the third instalment, of the Bronzés trilogy - preceded by Les Bronzés and Les Bronzés font du ski.... |
Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:... |
Christian Clavier Christian Clavier Christian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the... , Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer and director.She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit... |
Comedy | |
| Sheitan Sheitan Sheitan is a 2006 French horror film. It was directed by Kim Chapiron, and written by Kim and Christian Chapiron. It stars and was co-produced by Vincent Cassel... |
Kim Chapiron | Vincent Cassel Vincent Cassel Vincent Cassel is a Cesar award winning French actor probably best known to English-speaking audiences through his performances in the Ocean's Trilogy of films and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.-Personal life:... |
Horror / Black Comedy | |
| When I Was a Singer | Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli Xavier Giannoli is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.-Filmography:* Le condamné * Terre sainte * J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites... |
Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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External links
- French films of 2006 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- 2000s film at Filmsdefrance.com
- Films by year at Cinema-francais.fr