• The Break (French: Le Trou) is a 1957 novel by the French writer José Giovanni. It is based on a real escape attempt from the La Santé Prison in 1947...
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  • Paradelta Break, an Italian paraglider design The Break (Giovanni novel), 1957, by José Giovanni The Break (Vermette novel), 2016, by Katherena Vermette The Breaks...
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    from prison, Damiani wrote his first novel, The Break (Le Trou), under the name of "José Giovanni". It tells of the escape he attempted from prison with...
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    directed by Sergio Rubini, Italians (2009), a comedy directed by Giovanni Veronesi, and The Big Dream (2009), set in Italy in 1968, directed by Michele Placido...
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  • The Hole (French: Le Trou) is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book The Break. It was...
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  • is a graphic novel based on the book. Written by Colfer and adapted by Andrew Donkin with the art by Giovanni Rigano, the graphic novel was released on...
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  • Le deuxième souffle (1966 film) (category Films based on works by José Giovanni)
    It is based on the novel Le deuxième souffle by José Giovanni. Incarcerated gangster Gustave "Gu" Minda, who is widely respected in the French underworld...
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    pronunciation: [i malaˈvɔʎʎa]) is the best known novel by Giovanni Verga. It was first printed in 1881. The readers' good reception of the short story Nedda, published...
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    and Giovanni Pernice appeared in the travel mini series Anton & Giovanni's Adventures in Sicily. In 2024, this was followed by Anton & Giovanni's Adventures...
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    Giovanni Giustiniani Longo (Greek: Ιωάννης Λόγγος Ιουστινιάνης, romanized: Iōánnēs Lóngos Ioustiniánēs; Latin: Ioannes Iustinianus Longus; 1418 – 1 June...
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  • Jędrowski cites Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin as a major influence in this writing, and Baldwin's novel plays a pivotal role in the novel: when the young protagonist...
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  • by Hunter S. Thompson. The film stars Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, and Giovanni Ribisi. Filming began in...
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  • Everything Calls for Salvation (category Television shows based on Italian novels)
    is an Italian drama television series based on the novel of the same name by Daniele Mencarelli. The first season was released on Netflix on 14 October...
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  • The Gadfly (Russian: Овод, romanized: Ovod) is a 1955 Soviet historical action film based on the novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich and directed by Aleksandr...
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  • Prison. He served as the inspiration for the character of Roland Darbant in José Giovanni's 1957 novel The Break (French: Le Trou). The two met while cellmates...
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    House of Borgia (category Route of the Borgias)
    brother Giovanni, but there is no clear evidence to confirm this. However, Giovanni's death cleared the path for Cesare to become a layman and gain the honors...
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  • the village, the family is being watched by two FBI agents to ensure their safety. Giovanni claims to be an author writing a historical novel on the Normandy...
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    Henry Gauthier-Villars (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1922 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Willy was painted by Giovanni Boldini. Willy is played by Dominic West in the 2018 film Colette which stars Keira Knightley in the eponymous role of his...
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    dancer Gaetano Casanova. Giacomo was the first of six children, followed by Francesco Giuseppe (1727–1803), Giovanni Battista (1730–1795), Faustina Maddalena...
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    the prominent Carafa family of Naples. His father Giovanni Antonio Carafa died in West Flanders in 1516 and his mother Vittoria Camponeschi was the daughter...
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    Damien Molony (category Alumni of the Drama Centre London)
    involved in the acting society. He soon moved to London to attend Drama Centre London. After graduating in 2011, Molony co-starred as Giovanni in a production...
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    leader Giovanni had disappeared after being defeated in the original games, and the syndicate is disbanded. Giovanni himself reappears in the 2009 remakes...
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    James Baldwin (category American recipients of the Legion of Honour)
    gay and bisexual men feature prominently in his work (as in his 1956 novel Giovanni's Room). His characters typically face internal and external obstacles...
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  • Italian romantic drama film, directed by Luca Lucini, based on the 1992 eponymous novel by Federico Moccia. It was released in cinemas in Italy on 12 March...
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    modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Partially serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire...
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  • The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town...
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    Giovanni Giolitti (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni dʒoˈlitti]; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was the prime minister of...
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  • a novel by Niccolò Ammaniti. It is the third novel published by Ammaniti. In 2003, director Gabriele Salvatores adapted the novel into a film of the same...
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    considerable crowd. An engraving dating to 1503 at the latest, by Giovanni Battista Palumba, also shows the couple in coitus, but in deserted countryside....
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  • Danny DeVito in supporting roles. The film is based on the 1993 debut novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. The film follows the lives of five adolescent sisters...
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