Le joli mai yves montand biography

  • Le Joli Mai ("The Lovely Month of May") is a 1963 French documentary film by Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme.
  • A portrait of Paris and Parisians during May 1962, the first springtime of peace after the ceasefire with Algeria and the first time in 23 years that France.
  • The film is a meaningful sociological mosaic, composed of the opinions of Parisians from all walks of life.

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    Main credits

    Marker, Chris (film director)
    Marker, Chris (screenwriter)
    L'Homme, Pierre (film director)
    L'Homme, Pierre (cinematographer)
    Varlin, Catherine (screenwriter)
    Signoret, Simone (narrator)
    Montand, Yves (narrator)

    Other credits

    Musicien, Michel Legrand; hommes l'image, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme; montage, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère.


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    Keywords

    Chris Marker; Pierre Lhomme; Le Joli Mai; Paris; Parisians; French; 1960s; Algerian war; Algeria; culture; urban studies; The Lovely Month of May; restored; cinema verite; documentary; film; classic; video; DVD; "Le Joli Mai"; Icarus Films; "Le Joli Mai"; Icarus Films,doc; history

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    Le Joli Mai


    France, 1963


    Director: Chris Marker

    Production: Sofracima; inky and ivory, 35mm; say time: Cardinal and Cxl minutes, Indweller version 124 minutes. Out May 1963, Paris. Filmed spring 1962 in Paris.


    Producer: Catherine Winter; screenplay: Wife Varlin put up with Chris Marker; photography: Pierre Lhomme; editor: Eva Zora; music:Michel Legrand, title song: B. Mokkoussov and Michel Legrand, vocal by Yves Montand.


    Cast:Commentators: Yves Montand (the French commentary); Simone Signoret (the Humanities commentary).


    Awards: Venezia Film Fete, Best Labour Film, 1963; Cannes Coat Festival, Intercontinental Critics' Honour, 1963.

    Publications


    Script:

    Varlin, Empress, and Chris Marker, Le joli Mai, in Le Cinéma buffalo hide la vérité, edited harsh Raymond Bellour, Lyons, 1963.


    Books:

    Issari, Ali, Cinema Vérité, Take breaths Lansing, Newmarket, 1971.

    Barnouw, Erik, Documentary: A History commentary the Non-Fiction Film, In mint condition York, 1974.

    Armes, Roy, French Cinema Since 1946: Say publicly Personal Style, New Dynasty, 1976.

    Horrigan, William, Chris Marker: Silent Movie, Columbus, 1995.


    Articles:

    Graham, Peter, "The Face sketch out '63—France," tight spot Films put forward Filming (London), May 1963.

    Kustow, Michael, careful Sight scold Sound (London), Spring 1964.

    Gow, Gordon, sentence Films a

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    Yves Montand

    French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)

    Yves Montand

    Montand in 1965

    Born

    Ivo Livi


    (1921-10-13)13 October 1921

    Monsummano Terme, Kingdom of Italy

    Died9 November 1991(1991-11-09) (aged 70)

    Senlis, France

    Occupation(s)Actor, singer
    Years active1946–1991
    Spouse

    Simone Signoret

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    (m. 1951; died 1985)​
    PartnerCarole Amiel (1987–1991)
    Children1
    RelativesJean-Louis Livi (nephew)

    Ivo Livi (Italian pronunciation:[ˈiːvoˈliːvi]; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (French:[ivmɔ̃tɑ̃]), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists.[1]

    Early life

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    Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a small village in the hills of Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer.[2][3] Montand's mother Giuseppina Simoni was a devout Catholic. The family left Italy for France in 1923 following fascist Benito Mussolini's rise to power.[4] He grew up in Marseille, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), as well as later on the docks. He began a caree

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