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    the inspiration for the 1993 French film Tombés du ciel, starring Jean Rochefort, internationally released under the title Lost in Transit. The short story...
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    Catherine Deneuve (category David di Donatello winners)
    genre with appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, 8 Women and The Beloved. Early in her career, she gained...
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    Catch a Thief. They lived together on rue du Pré-aux-Clercs, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, which distanced Alain Delon from the underworld and changed...
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    Annie Girardot (category David di Donatello winners)
    French municipalities have named streets after her, including the 13th arrondissement of Paris, Toulouse, Angers, etc. In October 2012, France's Postal service...
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    Claude Lelouch (category David di Donatello winners)
    film are known for attracting criticism. Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to Charlotte (née Abeilard) and Simon Lelouch. His father was...
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    Isabelle Adjani (category David di Donatello winners)
    (2022). Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born on 27 June 1955 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, to Mohammed Cherif Adjani, an Algerian Muslim from Constantine...
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    Théâtre Hébertot (category Buildings and structures in the 17th arrondissement of Paris)
    ebɛʁto]) is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The theatre was completed in 1838 and opened as the...
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    four months later. Whilst on board, she became acquainted with Henri Rochefort, a famous polemicist, who became her lifelong friend. She also met Nathalie...
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    2003, Depardieu bought the restaurant La Fontaine Gaillon in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Its wine cellar, which consisted of bottles of Château Haut-Brion...
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    Jean Gabin (category David di Donatello winners)
    inaugurated on 16 May 2008 by Daniel Vaillant, the then mayor of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, and Gabin's children. It is on the corner of rue Custine and...
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    Isabelle Huppert (category David di Donatello winners)
    (2019) in New York. Huppert was born on 16 March 1953, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the daughter of Annick (née Beau; 1914–1990), an English language...
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  • to the Pozzo di Borgo [fr] family for the Soyecourt, a historic hôtel particulier on the rue de l'Université in the 7th arrondissement in central Paris...
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    the 13th to the 18th century. Istituto internazionale di storia economica F. Datini. Settimana di studio. Firenze University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-88-8453-585-6...
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    Die (French: [di] ; Vivaro-Alpine: Diá [djɔ]; Arpitan: Dia [dja]) is a commune, a former episcopal see, and a subprefecture of the Drôme department in...
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    Amadeus II, having abdicated, lived here with his second wife Anna Canalis di Cumiana before they were imprisoned at the Castle of Rivoli for trying to...
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    Saint-Dizier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.di.zje]) is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It has a population of 23,382...
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    Wallonia boasts three of the seven Trappist beers (from Chimay, Orval and Rochefort) in addition to a great number of other locally brewed beers. Wallonia...
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    comprises 15 communes on both sides of the river: Les Angles, Pujaut, Rochefort-du-Gard, Sauveterre, Saze and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Gard département;...
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    Revolution, aside from Maillezais, included the present arrondissements of Marennes, Rochefort, La Rochelle, and a part of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. During...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a sub-prefecture of Savoie. It is the seat of the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, the canton of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and...
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    theatre, equipped with wooden machinery. Recently four works by the painter Di Credico [fr] were placed in the room of traditional games (boules, roulette...
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    river (as in the Rhône). Conflation of the Celtic word vonne (a source) and di (abundant). Fancifully, divine + eau (divine water). From the 2nd century...
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    et ceux de son arrondissement. With plates [Historical research on the city of Saumur, its monuments and those of its arrondissement. With plates] (in...
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    in 2017, the massive increase in support in the wealthier western arrondissements and decrease in support everywhere else in the city reflected the changing...
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    department in Auvergne in central France. Tauves is twinned with Castiglione di Sicilia, Italy. Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department "Répertoire national...
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    Department Puy-de-Dôme Arrondissement Ambert Canton Ambert Intercommunality Ambert Livradois Forez Government  • Mayor (2022–2026) Jean-Luc Di Marco Area 1 2...
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  • in the Loire department in central France. L'Horme is twinned with: Pian di Scò, Italy, since 1993 Communes of the Loire department "Répertoire national...
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    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Department Ain Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse Canton Replonges Government  • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-Jeanne Di Pietro-Pesenti Area 1 6.6 km2...
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    this book even a citation in 1225: Ecclesia de Salis and 1362: Sancti Petri di Salis. Until the Revolution the town was called St Pierre des Salles. The...
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