Jean-Charles Tacchella

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Jean-Charles Tacchella (23 September 1925 – 29 August 2024) was a French screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film Cousin Cousine (1975), which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[1] and which was later remade in the U.S. as Cousins (1989) starring Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young and William Petersen.

Jean-Charles Tacchella
Tacchella in 2005
Born(1925-09-23)23 September 1925
Died29 August 2024(2024-08-29) (aged 98)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer
Years active1955–2010

Early career

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Jean-Charles Tacchella was born on 23 September 1925 in Cherbourg, Manche. He had Genoese ancestry. He studied in Marseilles and, just after the liberation of France, left for Paris with the aim of becoming a film director. He joined L'Écran français [fr] when he was nineteen, where he worked with Jean Renoir, Becker, and Grémillon. While with the magazine, he wrote about filmmakers, actors, films and met André Bazin, Nino Frank, Roger Leenhardt, Roger Thérond [fr], and Alexandre Astruc. He became friends with Erich Von Stroheim, Anna Magnani, Vittorio de Sica and created the monthly “Ciné Digest” with Henri Colpi. In 1948, Tacchella, along with Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Astruc, Claude Mauriac, René Clément, and Pierre Kast, established Objectif 49, an avant-garde film club whose president was Jean Cocteau. Objectif 49 became the birthplace of the New Wave cinema.[2][3][additional citation(s) needed]

Film director

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Jean-Charles Tacchella directed eleven features, many of which have had successful international careers and been awarded prestigious prizes. They include Voyage to Grand Tartarie (1974), Cousin cousine (1975, nominated for the Oscars Césars, Silver Shell for Best Director at the 1976 San Sebastian International Film Festival), Le Pays bleu (1977), It's a Long Time I've Loved You (1979, Jury Prize at the Montreal Film Festival), Croque la vie (1981), Staircase C (1985, Prix de l'Académie française, Grand Prix at the Uppsala Film Festival), Travelling avant (1987, Best Male Newcomer for Thierry Frémont – Golden Tulip for Best Director at the Istanbul Film Festival), Gallant Ladies (Best Director, Digne Film Festival 1990), The Man of My Life (1992), and Seven Sundays (1995).[2][additional citation(s) needed]

Tacchella was described as being "a smooth technician, Tacchella's camera work is fluid and precise". His movie Traveling avant (1987) is described as "a semi-autobiographical paean to his youth as a cinema fanatic and cine-club enthusiast in post-war Paris".[4]

Cinémathèque

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Tacchella was President of the Cinémathèque Française from 2000 to 2003.[2]

Death

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Tacchella died in Versailles, Yvelines on 29 August 2024, at the age of 98.[5]

Selected filmography

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Source:[2][6][additional citation(s) needed]

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1955 The Heroes Are Tired No Yes No
1957 Typhoon over Nagasaki No Yes No
1958 The Law Is the Law No Yes No
1959 Come Dance with Me No Yes No
1959 Time Bomb [fr] (Le vent se lève) No Yes No
1959 Croquemitoufle No Yes No
1960 The Itchy Palm No Yes No
1961 The Honors of War No Yes No
1962 Crime Does Not Pay No Yes No
1964 The Thief of Tibadabo No Yes No
1964 The Great Blow No Yes No
1966 La longue marche No Yes No
1971 Legs in the Air No Yes No
1971 The Last Winters [fr] (short) Yes Yes No
1973 Une belle journée (short) Yes Yes No
1974 Voyage to Grand Tartarie [fr] Yes Yes No
1975 Cousin Cousine Yes Yes No
1978 Blue Country [fr] Yes Yes No
1979 Silver Anniversary [fr] (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) Yes Yes No
1981 Croque la vie [fr] Yes Yes No
1985 Escalier C [fr] Yes Yes No
1987 Travelling avant [fr] Yes Yes No
1990 Gallant Ladies [fr] Yes Yes No
1992 The Man of My Life [fr] Yes Yes No
1994 Seven Sundays Yes Yes No
1999 Les Gens qui s'aiment Yes Yes No

References

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  1. ^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mort du réalisateur Jean-Charles Tacchella à 98 ans". Le Figaro (in French). 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ Unifrance Site
  4. ^ quote from Film.com Site
  5. ^ "Le réalisateur Jean-Charles Tacchella est décédé à 98 ans". lematin.ch (in French). 30 August 2024. ISSN 1018-3736. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Jean-Charles Tacchella". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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