René Fallet

Writing

René Fallet

Born — Died

1927-12-04 — 1983-07-25

Place of birth

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, France

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

René Fallet (4 December 1927 – 25 July 1983) was a 20th-century French writer. He wrote a novel that the 1981 film La Soupe aux choux was later based on. Source: Article "René Fallet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Apostrophes poster
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Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Apostrophes

1975

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Samedi soir

1971

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30 millions d'amis

1976

Fan-Fan the Tulip poster
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Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

Fan-Fan the Tulip

1952

The Love of a Woman poster
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Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an Italian engineer.

The Love of a Woman

1953

Idiot in Paris poster
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Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...

Idiot in Paris

1967

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