Farewell (2009 film)
Farewell( literally" The Farewell Affair") is a 2009 French espionage thriller film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica.
The film is loosely based on the actions of the high- ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov.
It was released in the United States in June 2010.
It was adapted from the book" Bonjour Farewell: La vérité sur la taupe française du KGB"( 1997) by Serguei Kostine.
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin( 18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964.
He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle.
He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Mariclare Costello
Mariclare Costello( born February 3, 1936) is an American television, stage, and movie actress.
She is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.
Costello's most notable role was Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on the television series" The Waltons," from 1972 to 1977.
In 1977, after her role on The Waltons, she played matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on the short- lived drama show" The Fitzpatricks."
Costello was born in Peoria, Illinois.
Her first film appearance was in" The Tiger Makes Out"( 1967).
In 1970, she appeared on stage in" Harvey" at the ANTA Theatre, in New York City.
She is also well remembered for her role as a hippie- vampire in the 1971 cult horror film" Let's Scare Jessica to Death."
In the 1981 Miloš Forman film" Ragtime," she portrayed Emma Goldman in a scene that was ultimately deleted from the theatrical release, but still included on the DVD.
She was married to actor Allan Arbus until his death in 2013.
She now works as an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Robert Greenhut
Robert" Bob" Greenhut( born December 18, 1942) is an American film producer.
Born in New York City, Greenhut studied music at the University of Miami.
He began his film career as a production assistant on Arthur Hiller's 1967 comedy" The Tiger Makes Out".
During the next seven years, he worked in various production capacities, rising through the ranks to become a production manager, assistant director, and associate producer.
Greenhut served in that last capacity on" The Front", a 1976 Hollywood blacklist drama starring Woody Allen.
It was the first of many collaborations with the writer/ director.
Greenhut served as the executive producer and production manager of" Annie Hall" and went on to produce or executive produce every Allen- directed film through to the period musical comedy" Everyone Says I Love You" in 1996.
Greenhut also has worked extensively with Mike Nichols on" Heartburn"( 1986)," Working Girl"( 1988)," Postcards from the Edge"( 1990)," Regarding Henry"( 1991), and" Wolf"( 1994).
His additional credits include Miloš Forman's" Hair"( 1979)," Arthur"( 1981), Martin Scorsese's" The King of Comedy"( 1983), and Penny Marshall's" Big"( 1988)," A League of Their Own"( 1992) and" Renaissance Man"( 1994).
Greenhut received a 1989 Crystal Apple Award from the NYC Mayor's Film Office for his contribution to the city's film industry.
That same year, he was honored with the Eastman Kodak Award for lifetime achievement.
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Jean- Philippe Toussaint( 29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker.
His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan.
Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel" FuirRunning Away"), second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four- tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover.
His 2009 novel" La Vérité sur Marie The Truth about Marie"), third volume of the cycle, won the Prix Décembre.
Return of the Tiger
Return of the Tiger is a 1978 martial arts Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li and a sequel to Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger.
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge( aka" The Truth About Bebe Donge" or UK title:" The Truth of Our Marriage") is a 1952 French film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux and Jean Gabin.
The plot is essentially the analysis of a couple's marriage that has broken down; the film is based on the novel by Georges Simenon.
Arthur Hiller
Arthur Hiller,( November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian- American television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50- year career.
He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S.
By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies.
He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as" Love Story"( 1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Hiller collaborated on films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon.
Among his other films were" The Americanization of Emily"( 1964)," Tobruk"( 1967)," The Hospital"( 1971)," The Out- of- Towners"( 1970)," Plaza Suite"( 1971)," The Man in the Glass Booth"( 1975)," Silver Streak"( 1976)," The In- Laws"( 1979) and" Outrageous Fortune"( 1987).
Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997.
He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002.
An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.
Brian Werner
Brian Werner, is an American conservationist and the founder of the Tiger Missing Link Foundation and founder of the Tiger Creek Wildlife refuge, both located in Tyler, Texas.
The Tiger Makes Out
The Tiger Makes Out is a 1967 American black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson.
The plot concerns a kidnapper and his unintended victim.
Making a brief appearance is Dustin Hoffman in his film debut.

Question: Do both films The Tiger Makes Out and La Vérité Sur Bébé Donge have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no