12 years ago world bid farewell to famous Armenian: life and activity
of Henri Verneuil
16:59, 11 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: `Time does not exist and Henri is
always in our hearts...' - the incomparable star of the world cinema
Claudia Cardinale, having played the main role in the movie `Mayrik',
told about the famous French Armenian film director Henri Verneuil. On
the
occasion of the 12th death anniversary Armenpress reports about the
life and activity of the popular artist.
Director Henri Verneuil was born Ashot Malakyan of Armenian parentage
on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France
and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later
recounted his childhood experience in the novel `Mayrik' (The Mother),
which he dedicated to his mother and the Armenian Genocide and made
into a 1991 film with the same name, which was followed by a sequel,
588 Rue Paradis, the following year.
Verneuil is the director of the video of the song `To you, Armenia'
devoted to the Spitak Earthquake of 1988 (lyrics by Charles Aznavour,
music by Diran Garvarentz).
Verneuil enrolled in 1943 at the Ecole Navale des Arts et Métiers at
Aix-en-Provence, where he studied engineering. He then pursued a
career in journalism, working as the editor-in-chief of the magazine
Horizon in 1944-1946 and as a film critic for a Marseilles radio
station. In 1947, he had an idea for a short film set in Marseilles
and proposed it to the famous comedian Fernandel. The comic liked it,
and thus began a long-lasting partnership which produced such popular
film hits as Forbidden Fruit, The Sheep Has Five Legs, and The Cow and
I.
Verneuil also had an important collaboration with Jean Gabin, starting
with Les Gens sans Importance in 1955 and continuing with A Monkey in
Winter, Any Number Can Win, and The Sicilian Clan in 1969. The
commercial success of those films was invaluable to the filmmaker, and
opened the door to a number
of big-budget international productions, including The 25th Hour, Guns
for San Sebastian (both starring Anthony Quinn), and Night Flight to
Moscow starring Yul Brynner and Henry Fonda. Ironically, however,
these projects did not turn out to be as successful as his French-made
action thrillers with Jean-Paul Belmondo: The Burglars, Night Caller,
and Les Morfalous. Verneuil received an honorary César award in 1996
for the body of his work. He died in January 2002.
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of Henri Verneuil
16:59, 11 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: `Time does not exist and Henri is
always in our hearts...' - the incomparable star of the world cinema
Claudia Cardinale, having played the main role in the movie `Mayrik',
told about the famous French Armenian film director Henri Verneuil. On
the
occasion of the 12th death anniversary Armenpress reports about the
life and activity of the popular artist.
Director Henri Verneuil was born Ashot Malakyan of Armenian parentage
on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France
and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later
recounted his childhood experience in the novel `Mayrik' (The Mother),
which he dedicated to his mother and the Armenian Genocide and made
into a 1991 film with the same name, which was followed by a sequel,
588 Rue Paradis, the following year.
Verneuil is the director of the video of the song `To you, Armenia'
devoted to the Spitak Earthquake of 1988 (lyrics by Charles Aznavour,
music by Diran Garvarentz).
Verneuil enrolled in 1943 at the Ecole Navale des Arts et Métiers at
Aix-en-Provence, where he studied engineering. He then pursued a
career in journalism, working as the editor-in-chief of the magazine
Horizon in 1944-1946 and as a film critic for a Marseilles radio
station. In 1947, he had an idea for a short film set in Marseilles
and proposed it to the famous comedian Fernandel. The comic liked it,
and thus began a long-lasting partnership which produced such popular
film hits as Forbidden Fruit, The Sheep Has Five Legs, and The Cow and
I.
Verneuil also had an important collaboration with Jean Gabin, starting
with Les Gens sans Importance in 1955 and continuing with A Monkey in
Winter, Any Number Can Win, and The Sicilian Clan in 1969. The
commercial success of those films was invaluable to the filmmaker, and
opened the door to a number
of big-budget international productions, including The 25th Hour, Guns
for San Sebastian (both starring Anthony Quinn), and Night Flight to
Moscow starring Yul Brynner and Henry Fonda. Ironically, however,
these projects did not turn out to be as successful as his French-made
action thrillers with Jean-Paul Belmondo: The Burglars, Night Caller,
and Les Morfalous. Verneuil received an honorary César award in 1996
for the body of his work. He died in January 2002.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/745892/12-years-ago-world-bid-farewell-to-famous-armenian-life-and-activity-of-henri-verneuil.html