Bernard Pivot
Birthday: 1935-05-05
Place of Birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
Biography: Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. In 1985, Pivot created the Championnats mondiaux d'orthographe (world spelling championships). He has been Chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2019.
Movies
Belmondo, le magnifique
With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of t...
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television ...
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Paris Rendez-vous
Théodore, a strange and shy parisian man, discovers a song with supernatural power. An old jazz clas...
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a n...
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Maso and Miso Go Boating
The year 1975 is declared “year of the woman”. On this occasion Bernard Pivot invited Françoise Giro...
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Going and Coming Back
Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called "Apostrophes", ho...
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Un fil à la patte
Bois d'Enghien, engaged to a young girl from a good family, has to break up with Lucette Gautier, hi...
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Days of Darkness
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ig...
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I Betrayed Hitler
During the worst days of World War II, the British government asks the mathematician Alan Turing to ...
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Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts prese...
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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman
The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and ...
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The Gods Must Be Daring
A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes a...
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Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book under the name of his cousin...
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Mitterrand et la télé
May 10th, 1981. François Mitterrand is elected President of the Republic. The “soviet tanks” suppose...
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Delphine and Carole
In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were ...
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Football Rebels
Five stories that tell how a handful of football stars took the risk of losing everything and put th...
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