Author: Grace Patane

La Strada (1954)

Director: Federico Fellini Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti Screenplay: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano Genre: Drama Music: Nino Rota Country: Italia Language: Italian Release date: 1954 Running time: 104 minutes Giulietta Masina (1921-1994) as Gelsomina Anthony Quinn (1915-2001)…

Michel Piccoli

(1925–2020) Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli Filmography as Actor: French Cancan 1955 Director: Jean Renoir Starring: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul     Le Mépris 1963 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli     Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel…

Jean Sorel

(1934) Jean Bernard de Chieusses de Combaud de Roquebrune Filmography as Actor: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel     The Day of the Jackal 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale   Born September…

Luis Buñuel

(1900–1983) Luis Buñuel Portolés Filmography as Director: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel     Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie 1972 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran     Le fantôme de la liberté…

Belle de Jour (1967)

Director: Luis Buñuel Producer: Henri Baum, Robert Hakim, Raymond Hakim Screenplay: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière Based on: Belle de Jour by Joseph Kessel Genre: Drama Country: France | Italia Language: French Release date: 1967 Running time: 101 minutes Catherine Deneuve…

Santa Lucía (1625-1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Lucía (Saint Lucy) c.1625–1630 Oil on canvas, 104.14 × 77 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Few images of saints show women as gorgeously attired as Francisco de Zurbarán‘s. His Saint Lucy portrays the young…

Le Bateaux de pêche (1865)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le Bateaux de pêche (The Fishing Boat) 1865 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Courbet painted this work during an intensely productive visit to Trouville with James McNeill Whistler from…

La Femme à la vague (1868)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Femme à la vague (The Woman in the Waves) 1868 Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 54 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Between 1864 and 1868 Courbet undertook a series of paintings of the female nude.…