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Maxime Le Forestier
Born 1949-02-10 · Paris, France
Maxime Le Forestier (born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917—2010) who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Annette (born 1943) and Catherine (born 1946). His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature. In 1965, he formed a duo (Cat et Maxime) with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including Ma Liberté and Ma Solitude. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed Ballade pour un traître which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani. Le Forestier continued as part-time singer/songwriter during his military service (beginning 1969) with a parachute regiment (the inspiration for the song Parachutiste). He recorded two songs: Cœur de Pierre, Face de Lune, and La Petite Fugue. His military service ending September 1970, Le Forestier refocused on his musical career. He developed a folksy style which was enormously popular in the 1970s and 1980s. He and his sister spent the summer of 1971 living in the Castro District of San Francisco at the invitation of his friend, Luc Alexandre. The experience, and meeting Allen Ginsberg, was the inspiration of a popular song, San Francisco. His first album Mon Frère, released in 1973, contains several pieces that have entered French folklore, including the title song Mon frère, San Francisco, Comme un arbre and Education sentimentale. He toured extensively, both in France and abroad. In 1976, he toured in 14 cities in the USSR. Recently he has gained particular acclaim for his reworkings of the songs of Georges Brassens. "San Francisco", one of his best known songs, begins with the line: "C'est une maison bleue adossée à la colline" (meaning "It's a blue house with its back to the hill"). In 1971, a young Le Forestier was living in a hippie commune, called "Hunga Dunga", in a blue house situated at 3841 18th Street in San Francisco. The anthemic song was written as a fond tribute to Le Forestier’s housemates and hippie friends, and the names mentioned in the song refer to real people. These include Phil Polizatto, who recalls with great affection Le Forestier’s stay in the blue house, in a critically acclaimed book entitled “Hunga Dunga: Confessions of an Unapologetic Hippie”. In the summer of 2011, the house was repainted from light green to its original blue, and a plaque dedicated to Le Forestier was unveiled by the French Consul, pointing to the cultural importance of the song in French popular culture. Maxime Le Forestier has participated in Les Enfoirés, the annual concert to raise money for the charity Restaurants du Cœur, since 1995. Source: Article "Maxime Le Forestier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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7.2Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés is the twenty-sixth album by Les Enfoirés , recorded during their series of concerts in Paris from the 20th to January 25, 2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016
7.0As Les Restos du Cœur have just celebrated their 40th anniversary, you voted for your favorite tracks from among 40 legendary Enfoirés songs…
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
6.0Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
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Départ immédiat
2012
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Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015
7.8Show recorded at the Zénith in Strasbourg on January 19 and 20, 2014 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014
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Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
7.2"Les Secrets des Enfoirés" (2008) was a charity show recorded at the Zénith de Strasbourg. The show featured numerous celebrities, including artists and athletes. They performed seven concerts to raise money for the Restos du Cœur. The show included colorful performances and songs centered around the theme of secrets.
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
5.2Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
The Car Keys
2003
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002
6.9Show recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on January 27 and 28, 2013 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013
9.0No synopsis available yet.
M. Eddy & sa tribu
2018
6.6A feature-length documentary about François Cavanna—creator of the publications Charlie Hebdo and Hara-Kiri—who passed away on January 29, 2014. His influence on several generations of writers, journalists, and comedians is far too little known. While older audiences are aware that he co-founded Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo with Choron, the dozens of books and collections he wrote or contributed to remain largely unfamiliar. People chiefly remember his early autobiographical works—such as *Les Ritals*, *Les Russkoffs*, and *Bête et méchant*—while overlooking his historical novels, encyclopedias, and polemical writings like *Stop crève…* The film draws on interviews with Cavanna conducted shortly before his death, forgotten archival footage, and previously unheard testimonies from figures such as Siné, Willem, Delfeil de Ton, and Sylvie Caster.
Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai
2015
7.5In January 2017, Les Enfoirés set the Zénith in Toulouse alight with seven exceptional concerts. Faithful to the cause started by Coluche in 1985, thirty-seven renowned artists answered his call, in a festive and warm atmosphere. This year, Les Enfoirés made their revolution and offered a collective show punctuated by 17 tableaux as poetic as they were spectacular through the ages. The entire troupe invites us on March 3 to set sail aboard the liner "Mission Enfoirés" for a cruise with Gérard Jugnot as captain, in search of his sweetheart...
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017
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Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000
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Véronique Sanson - Comme ils l'imaginent…
2006
7.5No synopsis available yet.
La chaise vide
1975
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La chaise vide
1975
NRSpartacus is a Thracian from the 1st century AD. A peasant and then a fighter, he joins the Roman army, which immediately makes him a slave. His resistance leads his masters to send him to a place where men live only a few months, a marble mine, in one of the hottest parts of Africa. In this hellish place, he sees a child die, which makes him furious. He is then "saved" by Batiatus, who turns him into a gladiator. He befriends other gladiators, Draba and David, and meets a slave who will become his wife, Calicia.
Spartacus le gladiateur
2004