Post a pic of your favorite French celebrities

[Radical Activist]

Just to piss off the French haters in the Grumpy Old Party, let's celebrate our favorite frenchmen and women.

There are many I could choose from but one of my all time favorites has to be model/actress Laetitia Casta...



It looks like she has been hiking!

And for very different reasons, I'm a big fan of author Victor Hugo...



I get that face sometimes when someone says they like George W. Bush.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. so many...

here are a few:

Daniel Auteuil:



Vanessa Paradis:



Jean-Paul Belmondo:

[Radical Activist]

I like Auteuil

Your second pic doesn't seem to be working.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. hmmm, i can see it

weirdness...

[Radical Activist]

8. I figured it out

I'm at Panera and their wireless networks blocks certain sites. It takes half the fun out of the internet.

[BrotherBuzz]

2. Le Petomane (which we may loosely translate as "the fartiste")

[Radical Activist]

3. A French Johnny Knoxville?

[BrotherBuzz]

11. I ain't hip to who Jonny knoxville was but Le Pétomane was the real deal

Le Pétomane was the stage name of the French professional farter and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - 1945).

He was famous in Victorian times for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to break wind at will. He derived his stage name from the French verb péter, "to fart."

Joseph Pujol was born in Marseille. He was one of five children of François (a stonemason and sculptor) and Rose Pujol. Soon after he left school he had a strange experience while swimming in the sea. He would put his head under the water and hold his breath whereupon he felt an icy cold penetrating his rear. He ran ashore in fright and was amazed to see water pouring from his anus. A doctor assured him that there was nothing to worry about.

When he joined the army he told his fellow soldiers about his special ability, and repeated it for their amusement. He then found that he could do the same with air. Although a baker by profession, Pujol decided to try his talent on the stage, and debuted in Marseille in 1887. Successful, he proceeded to Paris, where he took the act to the Moulin Rouge.

Some of the highlights of his stage act involved playing a flute through a rubber tube in his anus and farting sound effects of cannon fire and thunderstorms.

In 1894, the managers of the Moulin Rouge sued Pujol for an impromptu exhibition he gave to aid a friend struggling with economic difficulties. For the measly sum of 3,000 francs (Pujol's usual fee being 20,000 francs per show), the Moulin Rouge lost their star attraction, who proceeded to set up his own traveling show called the Theatre Pompadour.

In the following decade Pujol tried to 'refine' and make his acts 'gentler'; one of his favourite numbers became a rhyme about a farm which he himself composed, and which he punctuated with the usual anal renditions of the animals' sounds. The climax of his act however involved him farting his impression of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

With the outbreak of World War I, Pujol, horrified by the inhumanity of the conflict, retired from the stage and returned to his bakery in Marseille. Later he opened a biscuit factory in Toulon. He died in 1945, aged 88 and was buried in the cemetery of La Valette in the Var département, where his grave can still be seen today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

[Radical Activist]

18. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake

in farts. That's freaking hilarious.

[Aristus]

29. I guess he switched his closing 'number' to the 1906 San Francisco

earthquake after the French government complained about his previous climax. At the end of his stage show, he would solemnly ask the audience to stand while he farted "Le Marseillais".

Patriotic tooting just didn't cut it with the Second Republic. (Or was it the Third Republic? I can't keep them all straight.)

[JVS]

7. HELL yeah! He was my hero when growing up!

[BrotherBuzz]

14. I discovered him sometime around fifth grade

:thumbsup:

[JVS]

16. I read about him in "The Straight Dope" around 2nd grade!

It was an epiphany of sorts.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I prefer this Le Petomaine

No, look in the middle, dammit! The middle! :grr:

[BrotherBuzz]

17. In the middle of the two mountains?

Beautiful nature scenery. Oh, Blazing Saddles, Governor William J. Lepetomane (Mel Brooks) - LOL

[smirkymonkey]

21. Of Terrance and Philip Fame?

What talent!

[BrotherBuzz]

23. Terrance and Philip, like me are rank amateurs compared to Le Pétomane

Le Pétomane elevated farting to a fine art.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. This purdy gal.

[Radical Activist]

6. very good choice.

And not the least bit repulsive.

[ronnykmarshall]

9. One of my "I'd turn for her" choices.

I think she's one of the beautiful women I've ever seen.

[5thGenDemocrat]

40. I was watching "That Man from Rio" (1964) the other night

Wherein I was introduced to her sister, Francoise Dorleac. Just as beautiful as Deneuve, only brunette, and quite the charmer.
John
Francoise was killed when her sports car flipped and burned outside Nice a couple of years after "Rio" was filmed. What a tragedy -- I suspect she would've been quite the star in her own right.
No clue how to post a pic -- but Francoise would add even some more beauty to this thread. Not that there's any shortage of it now.

[arbusto_baboso]

10. How the hell do you post pics here, anyway?

I mean, I'm fairly bright, and pretty computer-savvy, but I have yet to figure it out. A little help, anyone?

[Radical Activist]

12. Just post the link in the text.

no code or anything else is required.

[arbusto_baboso]

13. Thanks!

:dunce:

[BuelahWitch]

19. Max Linder, one of the first movie comedians

Charlie Chaplin learned alot from watching him

[Magrittes Pipe]

20. Serge:

[Crazy Dave]

22. I always liked this guy

[Radical Activist]

24. What is he doing in England?

Did he migrate?

[underpants]

25. I told them we already had one

:rofl:

[anarch]

26. France

[chat_noir]

27. Jean Reno

The Professional aka Léon
Wasabi
Ronin

Coming soon:

The Da Vinci Code
The Pink Panther

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

28. Vincent Perez is incredibly handsome....and, he's French

I first saw him in the early 90's in the French film, Indochine.

There's even a web site dedicated to him. http://www.vincentperez.com/

[CBHagman]

30. The more Daniel Auteuil, the merrier!

Well, at least this picture is. Let's upset those prudes!




Audrey Tatou


Jeanne Moreau


Reno again, this time with Juliette Binoche


Mathieu Kassovitz

[kwassa]

31. The ultimate guy - Belmondo

[kwassa]

32. Audrey Tatou

[Richardo]

36. Yes! But your pic link is faulty. Allow me...

:loveya:

[ET Awful]

38. You both beat me to it.

By far my favorite :loveya: I have such a celebrity crush on that woman :P

[kwassa]

33. Eugene Delacroix

[Patiod]

34. Isabelle Adjani

I'm a chick, and I think she's hot.

[CBHagman]

35. Ooh, forgot Fanny Ardant.

[LynneSin]

37. I can't believe no one said Vincent Cassel

I got a crush on him when he was in "Elizabeth"



Of course he's married to Monica Bellucci so there isn't much hope for me!

[mooseandsquirrel]

39. Favorite French artists