Georges Corraface Movies
Of Greek origin, actor Georges Corraface was born and raised in Paris. After spending many years in French theater, most notably as a member of the renowned Peter Brook Company, he began his film career with 1987's La Louve, followed by Brook's acclaimed 1989 epic The Mahabharata. With a multi-cultural background and fluency in Greek, French (his native language), English, Spanish, German and Italian, Corraface has performed a wide variety of roles, from dramatic leads to eccentric supporting characters. He is perhaps best known for playing the lead in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). Other film appearances include To Tama, Escape From L.A., La Pasion Turca, Viva La Mariée, and Impromptu. On television, Corraface has appeared in such series and features as War and Remembrance, Esperanza, La Bicyclette Bleu, L'Ete Rouge, and The Indiana Jones Chronicles. His extensive popularity and critical acclaim in France, Spain, and Greece led to his being named president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2005. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, better known in the literary world as George Sand, not only took a man's name, but trotted around wearing pants and smoking cigars in public. No great shakes today, but in the 1800s she was perhaps the most famous (or infamous) woman in the world. One of the first original celebrities, aside from her garb and literary output, she was known to inspire many duels and broken hearts among other famous hedonist artists. One character describes her in Impromptu, as "that graveyard." The film engages in a sexual roundelay among Sand's (Judy Davis) many friends -- Eugene Delacroix (Ralph Brown), Alfred DeMusset (Mandy Patinkin), Franz Liszt (Julian Sands), and Frederick Chopin (Hugh Grant). The entire crew heads off to the summer estate of the Duke and Duchess d'Antan (Anton Rodgers and Emma Thompson), invited there by the culture-vulture hosts. Sand takes a bead on the sickly Chopin and spends her time throwing herself at him. Also on hand is Liszt's mistress Marie d'Agoult (Bernadette Peters) and Felicien Mallefille (Georges Corraface), Sand's recently jilted lover. Mallefille is jealous of any of the other guests who glance in Sand's direction and continually challenges them to duels. Marie, on the other hand, is enlisted by Sand to deliver a note to Chopin. But Marie, jealous of Sand, delivers the note substituting her name for Sand's. And as the weekend continues, the sexual merry-go-round continues at full tilt. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, (more)
Director Peter Brook collaborates with writer Jean-Claude Carriére for this screen adaptation of the epic, 100,000-stanza Sanskrit poem tracing mankind's quest for universal truth as explored through the ongoing conflict between two warring families - the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Originally a nine-hour stage production, the lengthy play was pared down to just over five hours for the screen. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Langton-Lloyd, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, (more)
