What film won an award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was based on the autobiographical book "The Pianist"?
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2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski.
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The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist is a 2002 biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book "The Pianist", a World War II memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman. The film was a co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.
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Il Divo (film) Il Divo (] , "The Divine") is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010.
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The Past Is a Foreign Land The Past Is a Foreign Land (Italian: "Il passato è una terra straniera" ) is a 2008 Italian neo-noir film directed by Daniele Vicari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Gianrico Carofiglio, who also collaborated to the screenplay. It entered the competition at the 2008 Rome International Film Festival, in which Michele Riondino was awarded best actor.
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Pretty Things (2001 film) Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses ) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and based on Virginie Despentes's 1998 novel "Les Jolies Choses". It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.
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Zona Zamfirova Zona Zamfirova (Serbian Cyrillic: "Зона Замфирова") is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Zdravko Šotra. It is based on the 1906 book by Serbian author Stevan Sremac. The film contains the local Torlakian vernacular (dialect) of the Serbian language of Niš instead of standard Serbian.
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Manners of Dying Manners of Dying is a 2004 Canadian drama film based on the short story of the same name (1993) by Yann Martel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for his book, "The Life of Pi".
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Nuit de chien Nuit de Chien ("This Night") is a 2008 French-German-Portuguese drama film directed by Werner Schroeter. It is based on the novel "Para esta noche" by Juan Carlos Onetti. It was entered into the competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.
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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film) The Importance of Being Earnest is a 2002 British-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oliver Parker, based on Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners play "The Importance of Being Earnest". The original music score is composed by Charlie Mole. The film grossed about $8.4 million in North America.
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The Pianoplayers The Pianoplayers is a 1986 novel by Anthony Burgess, drawing heavily on his memories of his father, a pub piano-player. The narrator, Ellen Henshaw, is a prostitute who later becomes a madam. Her father, Billy, plays the piano in the cinema, accompanying silent movies. it was published by Arbor House in the US (ISBN  ), and Hutchinson in the UK.
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Ivan Ilić (pianist) Ivan Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Илић) (born August 14, 1978) is a Serbian-American pianist. He lives in Paris.
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A Severed Wasp A Severed Wasp (1982) is a novel by Madeleine L'Engle. It continues the story of a pianist, Katherine Forrester, who was first seen in "The Small Rain". Now a widow in her seventies, Katherine Forrester Vigneras returns to New York City in retirement from concert touring in Europe. There she encounters Felix Bodeway, an old friend from her Greenwich Village days, who is now the retired Episcopal Bishop of New York. He asks Katherine to give a benefit concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. It turns out to be an unexpected challenge, full of new friends and mysterious dangers.
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Ronald Harwood Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934) is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for "The Dresser" (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and "The Pianist", for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007).
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Zama (2017 film) Zama is a 2017 Argentine film directed by Lucrecia Martel. It is based on the novel of the same name by Antonio di Benedetto. It premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. It was also screened in the Masters section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
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The Liberace of Baghdad The Liberace of Baghdad is a 2005 British documentary film by filmmaker Sean McAllister focusing on the life and music of Iraqi pianist Samir Peter and his family in wartime Baghdad. The film received a 2005 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury award as well as the 2005 British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary. Samir Peter previously appeared in the 2004 documentary "Voices of Iraq".
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The Officers' Ward (film) The Officers' Ward (French: La Chambre des officiers ), is a 2001 French film, directed by François Dupeyron and starring Eric Caravaca as the central character. It was based on the novel by Marc Dugain, which in turn was based on the experiences of one of the author's own ancestors during World War I. The film received nine nominations at the 27th César Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for André Dussollier and Best Cinematography for Tetsuo Nagata.
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Gonzague Saint Bris Gonzague Saint Bris (16 January 1948 – 8 August 2017) was an award-winning French novelist, biographer and journalist. He won the 2002 Prix Interallié for "Les Vieillards de Brighton". He was the founder of La Forêt des livres, an annual book festival, and the Cabourg Film Festival. With his family, he was a co-proprietor of Clos Lucé.
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A Bag of Marbles A Bag of Marbles (French: "Un sac de billes" ) is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French Jewish author Joseph Joffo. It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to the Zone Libre. Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged by the newly founded publishing house Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès to get the help of an editor to polish the text. The book was a phenomenal best-seller, being made into a major film two years later.
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23rd César Awards The 23rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1997 and took place on 28 February 1998 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Juliette Binoche and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. "Same Old Song" won the award for Best Film.
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Marie's Story Marie’s Story (French: Marie Heurtin ) is a 2014 French biographical film directed by Jean-Pierre Améris and written by Améris and Philippe Blasband. It is based on the true story of Marie Heurtin (1885-1921)—a girl who was born deaf and blind in late 19th century France. The film won the Variety Piazza Grande Award at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival.
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List of accolades received by The Pianist "The Pianist" is a 2002 French-German-British historical film directed by Roman Polanski. It is based on the autobiographical novel "The Pianist" written by Władysław Szpilman.
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Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival) The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or. Prior to its creation, the Special Jury Prize held the "second place".