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    Frédéric Mitterrand

    1947-08-21 (77 years old) in Paris, France

    Frédéric Mitterrand (born 21 August 1947) is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, producer and director. Born in Paris, he is the nephew of François Mitterrand, who was the president of France from 1981 to 1995, and the son of engineer Robert Mitterrand (1915–2002) and Edith Cahier, the niece of Eugène Deloncle, the co-founder of "La Cagoule". He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris and studied history and geography at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, and political science at Sciences Po. He taught economics, history and geography at EABJM from 1968 to 1971. In 1978, he was a film critic at J'informe. From 1971 to 1986, he ran several art film cinemas in Paris (Olympic Palace, Entrepôt and Olympic-Entrepôt). He also had roles in a number of films, and in the 1980s was active as a producer and director in TV productions. In June 2008, Mitterrand was appointed as the director of the French Academy in Rome by President Nicolas Sarkozy. A year later, on 23 June 2009, Mitterrand was appointed to the French government as the Minister of Culture and Communications until May 2012. Mitterrand, who is openly bisexual, writes a monthly column for Têtu. Mitterrand's autobiographical novel The Bad Life (French: La mauvaise vie) was a best seller in 2005. In the book he details his "delight" whilst visiting the male brothels of Bangkok, and writes, "I got into the habit of paying for boys ... The profusion of young, very attractive and immediately available boys put me in a state of desire I no longer needed to restrain or hide." At the time of its release Mitterrand was applauded for his honesty, but he has had to defend his writings after he publicly defended Roman Polanski when Polanski was detained in Switzerland on an American request for extradition for raping a thirteen-year-old girl. On 5 October 2009, Marine Le Pen of the French National Front Party quoted sections of the book on French television, accusing him of having sex with underage boys and engaging in "sex tourism", demanding that Mitterrand resign his position as culture minister. Amongst others he was also criticised by the Socialist Party spokesman Benoît Hamon, who stated: "As a minister of culture he has drawn attention to himself by defending a film maker and he has written a book where he said he took advantage of sexual tourism. To say the least, I find it shocking." On the other hand, some conservatives supported Mitterrand, and a close aide to Nicolas Sarkozy said the French President backed his Culture Minister, describing the controversy around him as "pathetic". ... Source: Article "Frédéric Mitterrand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

    Movies

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    Frédéric Mitterrand, une vie en images
    70 %|Mar 29, 2024
    Documentary
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    Christian Dior, la France
    65 %|Jun 29, 2017
    Documentary
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    Ministre ou rien
    0 %|Jun 25, 2014
    Documentary, History, TV Movie
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    Arletty, Lady Paname
    60 %|Jul 16, 2007
    Documentary
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    Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
    60 %|Apr 4, 2007
    Documentary
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    The Car Keys
    50.61 %|Dec 10, 2003
    Comedy
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    Bécassine - Le Trésor Viking
    61 %|Dec 12, 2001
    Family, Animation, Fantasy
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    Amélie
    79 %|Apr 25, 2001
    Comedy, Romance
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    E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre
    60 %|Apr 14, 1999
    Documentary
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    Let There Be Light!
    60 %|Jul 8, 1998
    Comedy, Fantasy
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    Fairouz
    80 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Music, Documentary
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    Dorothée Show
    0 %|Dec 26, 1987
    Music, Comedy, Family
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    Jeux d'artifices
    45 %|Mar 17, 1987
    Comedy
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    Cinématon XXX
    0 %|Apr 4, 1984
    actor
    Love Letters in Somalia
    10 %|Apr 21, 1982
    Documentary
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    Merry-Go-Round
    69 %|Oct 8, 1981
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Roberte
    42 %|Mar 14, 1979
    Drama, Fantasy
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    The Conquistadores
    0 %|Mar 10, 1976
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    The Garden That Tilts
    65 %|May 14, 1975
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Scorched Triangle
    10 %|Apr 9, 1975
    Drama
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    Say it with Flowers
    40 %|Sep 4, 1974
    Drama, Thriller
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    Fortunate
    76 %|Nov 16, 1960
    Comedy, Romance

    Series

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    Sans rancune et sans retenue
    80 %|Nov 23, 2015
    Documentary, Talk, War & Politics
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    Un soir à la tour Eiffel
    25 %|Oct 1, 2014
    Talk
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    28 minutes
    25 %|Jan 9, 2012
    Talk, Documentary
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    La revue de presse
    70 %|Oct 17, 2007
    Talk, Comedy
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    Salut les Terriens !
    35 %|Nov 4, 2006
    Reality, Talk
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    Vivement dimanche
    32 %|Sep 20, 1998
    Talk
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    Coucou c'est nous !
    65 %|Sep 22, 1992
    Comedy, Family, Talk
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    Stars 90
    62 %|Sep 3, 1990
    Reality
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    Champs-Elysées
    62 %|Jan 16, 1982
    Talk
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
    60 %|Jan 12, 1975
    Talk
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    Apostrophes
    85 %|Jan 10, 1975
    Talk
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    Samedi soir
    60 %|Jan 9, 1971
    Talk