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Depardieu, Trintignant, Céline Dion… Stars from every angle for Christmas

2020-12-15T06:22:40.202Z


Intimate notebooks, crisp memories or actor biographies will delight lovers of cinema, humor and songs.


Jean-Louis Trintignant, dialogue between friends

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dialogue between friends Éditions de la Martinière

“Being an actor is not ideal as a search for balance, one is happier being a gardener… but it is less well paid”.

It is one of the confidences of Jean-Louis Trintignant which dot the beautiful illustrated book of Serge Korber, the friend of the actor and the journalist Jean-Yves Katelan.

The unforgettable interpreter of

A man and a woman

plunges into his memories - a career rich in 60 years of encounters -, but his relatives including the women who loved him, Brigitte Bardot, Nadine Trintignant,… and his

"brother"

, Jacques Perrin, also tell it.

“I don't find Jean-Louis' films as bad as he says they are.

I find them very interesting, ”

says Claude Lelouch.

Two hundred highly documented and fascinating pages on a

"Great man and a great artist"

aptly sums up the Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli.

Read also: Jean-Louis Trintignant, 90 years old and exceptional roles

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dialogue between friends,

by Serge Korber and Jean-Yves Katelan, Éditions de La Martinière, 208 pages, 34.90 euros.

Céline Dion, Icon and Woman of Heart

Céline Dion, icon and woman of heart Larousse

Who could have predicted the fate of the little girl with the golden voice who became an international star?

Writer and screenwriter, after studying the fates of Sainte-Thérèse d'Avila, Marie-Antoinette and

"Sissi

 ", Elisabeth Reynaud, who knows Céline Dion well, recounts her extraordinary journey: that of Charlemagne's daughter (Quebec ) swept away in a whirlwind of madness.

She will also be at the cinema in February in

Aline

, the pleasant biopic of and with Valérie Lemercier.

Read also: In the

Aline

trailer

,

Valérie Lemercier becomes a Celine Dion truer than life

The artist who hopes to age like

"good wine"

confides in spontaneity and frankness.

Without filter.

As if she was talking to a faithful from the first hour.

Céline Dion looks back on her childhood, her reconstruction after the death of René Angelil, her manager and the man of her life, as well as the love she has for her offspring, René-Charles, Eddy and Nelson.

His fans will be in heaven!

Céline Dion, Icon and loving woman,

by Élisabeth Reynaud, Éditions Larousse, 208 pages, 24.95 euros.

Claude Chabrol

box set

, feminine suspense

Feminine suspense Carlotta / MK2

Hell

,

Nothing is going

,

Thank you for the chocolate

,

The Ceremony

and

The Flower of Evil

.

Here are the restored Chabrolian nuggets which feature ambiguous and amoral women at will.

Poisonous flowers, Isabelle Huppert, Nathalie Baye, Sandrine Bonnaire make her own in these stories where lies and concealment reign supreme.

"

Feminist by temperament, but also by reflection"

, Claude Chabrol orchestrates magnificent duets such as Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault or Emmanuelle Béart and François Cluzet.

Entomologist of the human soul, the director notably inspired the South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho for

Parasites

released in 2019.

Read also: Oscars: Bong Joon-ho and

Parasite

crush the 2020 charts with four awards

Claude Chabrol box set, feminine suspense,

5 blu-Ray DISCtm and 5 DVD, Ed. Carlotta / MK2, 50.16 euros.

You can complete this by reading the aptly named Tout Chabrol by Laurent Bourdon published by Lettmotif editions, 678 pages, 39 euros.

Extraordinary Depardieu

Depardieu out of the ordinary Éditions Larousse

Prefaced by Bertrand Tavernier, the beautiful book that Laurent Delmas devotes to his idol Gérard Depardieu will delight fans of the actor.

The journalist and critic was able to highlight the roughness of the "character" as imposing and disturbing as it is delicate.

Photographed from all angles, the performer of Les

Valseuses

is revealed through a range of diverse roles.

Summary and extracts of film dialogues, decisive encounters, words of the unforgettable Cyrano de Bergerac and analysis of his career, Laurent Delmas has not forgotten anything.

His partners testify:

"Gerard had in him a kind of madness, a brilliant inventiveness which he put at the service of his game and his physique",

observes a Marina Vlady filled with admiration.

“Between us two, we have tenderness.

Without this ambiguity that gives sexuality, ”

said Catherine Deneuve for her part.

A portrait that will go down in the annals.

Depardieu out of the ordinary,

by Laurent Delmas (Editions Larousse, 272 pages, € 29.95).

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Highlights Editions de Borée

We do not know which page to look at as there is so much to discover in Jacques Mailhot's impertinent new work.

The co-director of the Théâtre des Deux Ânes is not slacking off.

Give free rein to a murderous feather.

Which scratches “Nanar”, Bernard Tapie as well as “Mamour”, Laetitia Hallyday and her adored rocker.

A keen observer of a society that has not worked for a long time, Jacques Mailhot also pays tribute to “friends”, such as Raymond Devos who very rightly said:

“As long as we laugh at things, they are no longer dangerous”.

The

Paris premier

chronicler

has a tough tooth, but not a nasty one.

The sharp drawings of his accomplice Frédéric Deligne bring a delectable flavor to this work which will cheer up the most sorrowful minds.

Points of news,

by Jacques Mailhot, 30 years of persiflantes chronicles illustrated by Frédéric Deligne, Éditions de Borée, 174 pages, 21.90 euros.

Tales of the Thousand and One Rohmer

Tales of the Thousand and One Rohmer Exiles

The director of

Pauline à la plage

,

Ma nuit chez Maud

or

Conte d'été

would have been 100 years old this year.

The opportunity to penetrate somewhat the personality of a secret and independent man.

Aficionados will refer to the delicious memories of producer Françoise Etchegaray.

Tales of a thousand and one Rohmer,

by Françoise Etchegaray,


Exils, 220 p., 22euros.

Richard Burton, Diary

Richard Buurton, Séguier diary

Rich in millions, crazy about Liz Taylor, Richard Burton (1925-1984) wrote his “Diary”, finally published by Séguier.

All his life, the actor, who was far from being an idiot, kept his diary.

The volume translated into French focuses on the years 1965-1971.

This is a revelation.

Why did you wait all this time to publish this volcano in block letters?

In the morning, hangover or not, Burton taps on his machine.

In the next room, Liz is still sleeping.

Over the pages, we discover a man who thinks only of literature.

The first sentence, January 1, 1965, sets the tone:

"The day after drunkenness."

The mists of alcohol do not prevent the author from having a sharp eye.

Also: Liz Taylor's Heartbreaking Love Letter to Richard Burton Up for Auction

Diary,

by Richard Burton, translated from English by Alexis Vincent and Mirabelle Ordinair, Séguier, 590 p., 24.90 euros.

Source: lefigaro

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