Madeleine Chapsal

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Madeleine Chapsal

Born September 1, 1925 · Paris, France (age 101)

Madeleine Chapsal (born 1 September 1925, Paris, France) is a French author and the daughter of Robert Chapsal, son of the politician Fernand Chapsal, and of Marcelle Chaumont, who made dresses for Madeleine Vionnet. She married the French journalist and politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in 1947 with whom she participated to the creation the news magazine L'Express. She was a member of the …

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Private ScreeningPrivate Screening · 1973
Private Screening
4.81973
MovieDrama
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.
La dernière fêteLa dernière fête · 1996
La dernière fête
6.01996
MovieDramaRomance
The story of Marquise De Prie, the wife of Marquis De Savoy and the mistress of King Louis XV.
To Die in MadridTo Die in Madrid · 1963
To Die in Madrid
7.71963
MovieDocumentary
Morir en Madrid brings together several papers on the Spanish Civil War and integrates capturing different points of view, intended to represent the continuity of the suffering of the Spanish during the Franco regime. The death of Federico Garcia Lorca, Guernica, the defense of Madrid, the International Brigades, are some of the items comprised in this document.
The House of JadeThe House of Jade · 1988
The House of Jade
7.81988
MovieRomanceDrama
During a ceremony in an orthodox church in Paris, a 40-year-old writer and journalist is seduced by a young man, whom with she will live an extraordinary story of love and passion that will drive them to madness.
The WitnessesThe Witnesses · 1961
The Witnesses
7.31961
MovieDocumentary
This film brings to life a vanished world: that of the Warsaw Ghetto, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1944 uprising. Two authentic "reconstruction" sources have been used to this end: photographic and cinematographic documents recorded at the time and discovered in Poland, East Germany, Israel and France; and the oral testimonies of 44 survivors, invited to evoke their personal tragedy in front of the images put before their eyes.
La Femme abandonnéeLa Femme abandonnée · 1992
La Femme abandonnée
5.51992
MovieDramaRomance
Tired of Parisian life, Louis de Nueil settles in a provincial village to rest from his hectic life. But he quickly gets bored. He then meets Fanny de Lussange, as beautiful as she is mysterious. The young man decides to court Fanny.
L'amour des femmesL'amour des femmes · 1982
L'amour des femmes
6.31982
MovieDrama
Geneva, 1980s. Three friends in search of themselves. Bruno, an architect, is married to a woman he cannot simply love. Philippe, a more refined journalist, refuses to accept the reality of separating from his girlfriend Sonia. Bruno, the youngest of the three, collects one-night stands...

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