Nicholas Le Riche Movies
- 2007
- PG13
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The astonishing true-life story of Jean-Dominic Bauby -- a man who held the world in his palm, lost everything to sudden paralysis at 43 years old, and somehow found the strength to rebound -- first touched the world in Bauby's best-selling autobiography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (aka La Scaphandre et la Papillon), then in Jean-Jacques Beineix's half-hour 1997 documentary of Bauby at work, released under the same title, and, ten years after that, in this Cannes-selected docudrama, helmed by Julian Schnabel (Basquiat) and adapted from the memoir by Ronald Harwood (Cromwell). The Schnabel/Harwood picture follows Bauby's story to the letter -- his instantaneous descent from a wealthy and congenial playboy and the editor of French Elle, to a bed-bound, hospitalized stroke victim with an inactive brain stem that made it impossible for him to speak or move a muscle of his body. This prison, as it were, became a kind of "diving bell" for Bauby -- one with no means of escape. With the editor's mind unaffected, his only solace lay in the "butterfly" of his seemingly depthless fantasies and memories. Because of Bauby's physical restriction, he only possessed one channel for communication with the outside world: ocular activity. By moving his eyes and blinking, he not only began to interact again with the world around him, but -- astonishingly -- authored the said memoir via a code used to signify specific letters of the alphabet. In Schnabel's picture, Mathieu Amalric tackles the difficult role of Bauby; the film co-stars Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, and Patrick Chesnais. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, (more)
- 2006
The Ballet of the Opera Nationale de Paris mounted this production of Adolphe Adam's Giselle, with Nicolas Le Riche, Laetitia Pujol, and Marie-Agnès Gillot as the principal dancers. The featured dances were originally created by 19th century choreographers Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli. Paul Connelly conducts. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laëtitia Pujol, Nicholas Le Riche, (more)
- 2001
For decades, Violette Verdy reigned as one of the most celebrated of all contemporary ballerinas and the preeminent ballet dancer among choreographer George Balanchine's protégés. In her retirement years, Verdy branched out into choreography herself and inducted numerous young hopefuls into the ballet arena. Dominique Delouche's documentary Violette et Mister B. observes Verdy at work against the backdrop of the Paris Opera Ballet, coaching established and still-blossoming dancers in the works of Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Highlights include Verdy's coaching of Isabelle Guerin in Dances at a Gathering, Elizabeth Maurin in Emeralds, and Elisabeth Platel and Nicolas Le Riche in In the Night. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Acclaimed author Victor Hugo's most famous work is translated to the stage by the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris in this 1996 production captured live on camera and featuring conductor David Garforth leading Le Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris and the Orchestre et Choerus de l'Opéra national de Paris. Isabella Guérin, Nicolas Le Riche, and Laurent Hilaire perform the choreography of Roland Petit, and the music of Maurice Jarre drives the elaborate ballet. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Isabelle Guerin, Nicholas Le Riche, (more)
