This French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter wrote the novel that inspired this 2013 crime comedy film directed by Luc Besson produced by which company?
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Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is an award-winning French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel "Malavita" ("Badfellas" for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film by Relativity Media and EuropaCorp titled "The Family"; it was released on 13 September 2013 in North America.
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The Family (2013 film) The Family (released as Malavita and Cosa Nostra in some countries) is a 2013 crime comedy film directed by Luc Besson, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo. The film follows a Mafia family in the witness protection program who want to change their lives. The film is based on the French novel "Malavita" ("Badfellas" in the 2010 English translation) by Tonino Benacquista.
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Luc Dionne Luc Dionne is an award winning screenwriter and director born in Quebec in 1960. Luc's work is largely directed towards the French-speaking market. However, many within the industry accredit Dionne's successful "Omerta" series as being an inspiration for David Chase's hit series "The Sopranos".
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Querelle of Brest Querelle of Brest (French: "Querelle de Brest" ) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet. It was first published anonymously in 1947 and limited to 460 numbered copies. It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest, where sailors and the sea are associated with murder. Its protagonist, Georges Querelle, is a bisexual thief, prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit. The novel formed the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, "Querelle" (1982).
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The Killer (comics) The Killer ("Le Tueur") is a French comic book by writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon which follows the life of an unnamed assassin.
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Bounty Killer (film) Bounty Killer is a 2013 post-apocalyptic action comedy directed by Henry Saine about celebrity assassins who hunt the white collar criminals responsible for the apocalypse. The film premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film is based on a graphic novel published by Kickstart Comics in 2013.
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Collision (2013 film) Collision (a.k.a. Intersections) is an English-language French romantic thriller film written and directed by American filmmaker David Marconi, produced by Luc Besson and starring Frank Grillo, Jaimie Alexander, Roschdy Zem, Marie-Josée Croze and Charlie Bewley. The film was released in France on January 30, 2013.
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Aya of Yop City (film) Aya of Yop City (French title: Aya de Yopougon) is a 2013 French animated film directed by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie and based on the graphic novel "Aya of Yop City" by the same authors. It was released on 17 July in France. It was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 39th César Awards.
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The Torture Garden The Torture Garden (French: "Le Jardin des supplices" ) is a novel written by the French journalist, novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, and was first published in 1899 during the Dreyfus affair. The novel is ironically dedicated: "To the priests, the soldiers, the judges, to those people who educate, instruct and govern men, I dedicate these pages of Murder and Blood."
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Fatale (Image Comics) Fatale is a supernatural noir comic book created by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. It was published by Image Comics between January 2012 and July 2014. The series was initially announced as a 12-issue limited series, but it was later extended to 24 issues.
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Cortex (film) Cortex is a 2008 French crime film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief.
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Crime and Punishment (1956 film) Crime and Punishment (French: "Crime et Châtiment" ) is a 1956 French crime film based on the eponymous novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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La fièvre d'Urbicande La fièvre d'Urbicande is a graphic novel by Belgian comic artists François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, the second volume of their ongoing "Les Cités Obscures" series. It was first published in serialized form starting in 1983 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine "À Suivre" (#68–73), and as a complete volume first in 1985 by Casterman. In English, it was published as "Fever in Urbicand (Cities of the Fantastic)" in 1990 by NBM Publishing.
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So Long, Stooge So Long, Stooge (French title: "Tchao Pantin") is a 1983 film directed by Claude Berri. It is based on a novel by Alain Page.
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Benoît Peeters Benoît Peeters (] ; born 1956) is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics studies scholar.
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A Secret A Secret (French: "Un secret" ) is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.
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Pierre Lemaitre Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951 in Paris) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.
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Déclic Images Déclic Images is a French company specialised in the translation and sale of Japanese-style comics in the French-speaking world.
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A Man Named Rocca A Man Named Rocca (French: "Un nommé La Rocca" , Italian: "Quello che spara per primo" ) is a 1961 French-Italian crime-thriller film directed by Jean Becker and starring Jean Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1968 novel "L'Excommunié" by José Giovanni. Belmondo appeared in another film version of this novel in 1972, directed by Giovanni, called "Bad Luck".
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Claude Berri Claude Berri (] ; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
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Braqueurs Braqueurs (also known as The Crew) is a 2015 French crime film directed and co-written by Julien Leclercq.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (French: "Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes" ) is a 2017 English-language French 3D science fiction adventure film written and directed by Luc Besson, and co-produced by Besson and his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. The film is based on the French science fiction comics series "Valérian and Laureline", written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières. It stars Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline, with Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer in supporting roles. Besson independently crowd-sourced and personally funded "Valerian" and, with a production budget of around $180 million, it is both the most expensive European and independent film ever made.