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Jean-Claude Carrière is a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. He wrote a novel when he was 23, then was introduced to Jacques Tati, who had him write short novels based on his films. Through Tati, he met Pierre Etaix, with whom Carrière... MORE Jean-Claude Carrière is a screenwriter and actor. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel. He was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. He wrote a novel when he was 23, then was introduced to Jacques Tati, who had him write short novels based on his films. Through Tati, he met Pierre Etaix, with whom Carrière wrote and directed several films, including Heureux Anniversaire, which won them the academy award for. His nineteen-year collaboration with Buñuel began with the film Diary of a Chambermaid; he co-wrote the screenplay with Buñuel and also played the part of a village priest. Carrière and the director would collaborate on the scripts of nearly all Buñuel's later films, including Belle de Jour, The Milky Way, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty and That Obscure Object of Desire. He also wrote screenplays for The Tin Drum, Danton, The Return of Martin Guerre, La dernière image, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Valmont, Cyrano de Bergerac, Birth, and Goya's Ghosts, and co-wrote Max, Mon Amour with director Nagisa Oshima. He also collaborated with Peter Brook on a nine-hour stage version of the ancient Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata, and a five-hour film version. LESS |
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Directed by: Abbas KiarostamiWith: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Claude Carriere, Agathe Natanson, William ShimellAcademy Award-winner Juliette Binoche gives one of the finest performances of her career (for which she won the best actress award at Cannes) in CERTIFIED COPY, the first European film from Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY). The film is a playful and provocative romance set against the lush, golden landscapes of Tuscany, a captivating story of a couple's apparent chance meeting and a masterful game of hide and seek exploring the nature of love, marriage and art. -- VideoDetective.com. Theatrical Release Date:3/11/2011 On DVD:8/1/2011
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