Jean Lecanuet

Acting

Jean Lecanuet

Born — Died

1920-03-04 — 1993-02-22

Place of birth

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Known for

Acting

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6 titles

Jean Adrien François Lecanuet (4 March 1920 – 22 February 1993) was a French centrist politician. Lecanuet was born to a family of modest means in Rouen and gravitated towards philosophy studies. He received his diploma at the age of 22, becoming the youngest agrégé ("A+" professor) in France. He participated in the Second World War French Resistance movement. In August 1944, he was arrested along with a commando that had just blown up the Lille-Brussels railroad, but he managed to escape with the help of a Pole who had been drafted into the German army. He then married Denise Paillard with whom he had three children. After the Liberation, he became a general inspector at the Ministry of D…

Known for

Apostrophes poster
8.5

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

Le monde est à vous poster
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Le monde est à vous

1987

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story poster
6.0

In the summer of 1963, François Mitterrand was going through a deep existential crisis. His political career was at a standstill and, after 19 years of marriage, the couple had grown apart. It was at this point that François Mitterrand met the woman who was to give new meaning to his life. Anne Pingeot, aged 19, was to become the companion of a lifetime, a woman who would be with him throughout his rise to power and who would remain by his side until his last breath. For the first time, Anne Pingeot has agreed to allow the fragments of this passionate love story — hundreds of letters and a diary — to be shown on television, before being donated to the National Library.

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

2021

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An 8-minute satire on politics featuring the first French presidential election campaign broadcasts from 1965 and The Shadoks.

Promesses

1992

1974, une partie de campagne poster
6.6

Following the 1974 French presidential campaign with Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.

1974, une partie de campagne

2002

De Gaulle, the Last King of France poster
7.0

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

2017

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