
Maxime Le Forestier
Actor · b. 1949 · Paris, France
Maxime Le Forestier (born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917—2010) who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Annette (born 1943) and Catherine (born 1946). His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature. In 1965, he formed a duo (Cat et Maxime) with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including Ma Liberté and Ma Solitude. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed Ballade pour un traître which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani. Le Forestier continued as part-time singer/songwriter during his military service (beginning 1969) with a parachute regiment (the inspiration for the song Parachutiste). He recorded two songs: Cœur de Pierre, Face de Lune, and La Petite Fugue. His military service ending September 1970, Le Forestier refocused on his musical career. He developed a folksy style which was enormously popular in the 1970s and 1980s. He and his sister spent the summer of 1971 living in the Castro District of San Francisco at the invitation of his friend, Luc Alexandre. The experience, and meeting Allen Ginsberg, was the inspiration of a popular song, San Francisco. His first album Mon Frère, released in 1973, contains several pieces that have entered French folklore, including the title song Mon frère, San Francisco, Comme un arbre and Education sentimentale. He toured extensively, both in France and abroad. In 1976, he toured in 14 cities in the USSR. Recently he has gained particular acclaim for his reworkings of the songs of Georges Brassens. "San Francisco", one of his best known songs, begins with the line: "C'est une maison bleue adossée à la colline" (meaning "It's a blue house with its back to the hill"). In 1971, a young Le Forestier was living in a hippie commune, called "Hunga Dunga", in a blue house situated at 3841 18th Street in San Francisco. The anthemic song was written as a fond tribute to Le Forestier’s housemates and hippie friends, and the names mentioned in the song refer to real people. These include Phil Polizatto, who recalls with great affection Le Forestier’s stay in the blue house, in a critically acclaimed book entitled “Hunga Dunga: Confessions of an Unapologetic Hippie”. In the summer of 2011, the house was repainted from light green to its original blue, and a plaque dedicated to Le Forestier was unveiled by the French Consul, pointing to the cultural importance of the song in French popular culture. Maxime Le Forestier has participated in Les Enfoirés, the annual concert to raise money for the charity Restaurants du Cœur, since 1995. Source: Article "Maxime Le Forestier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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TV5.7Talk ShowSacrée soirée
1987 · 5 votes
TV6.8Talk ShowChamps-Elysées
1982 · 9 votes
TV3.6Talk ShowVivement dimanche
1998 · 9 votes
TV8.5Talk ShowApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975 · 4 votes
TV7.5RealityA French variety show.
Numéro un
1975 · 2 votes
TV6.0Talk ShowA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · 2 votes
TVTalk Show
TV8.0Talk ShowNewsLe Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · 3 votes
TV6.0RealityMidi trente
1972 · 1 votes
TV8.0Talk ShowDiscorama
1959 · 1 votes
TV5.8NewsTélématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
Télématin
1985 · 2 votes
TV6.1Talk ShowNulle part ailleurs
1987 · 8 votes
TV7.8RealityLive performances, more live performances. Every episode features a lineup of French and international artists, cult classics, unexpected duets, and original covers... A truly prestigious music stage, graced by both the biggest names and those on their way to stardom.
Taratata
1993 · 5 votes
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Samedi soir
1971 · 1 votes
TV3.3Victoires de la musique
1985 · 3 votes
TV5.7RealityStar Academy is a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It is broadcast on TF1. At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.
Star Academy
2001 · 18 votes
TV6.2Documentary30 millions d'amis
1976 · 3 votes
TV8.0DocumentaryÀ bout portant
1968 · 1 votes
TV6.2RealityStars 90
1990 · 2 votes
TV5.0Téléthon
1987 · 1 votes
TV6.5DocumentarySoapIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · 5 votes
TVTalk ShowDocumentary
Movies15
Movie5.2ComedyWho would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
Movie7.5MusicIn January 2017, Les Enfoirés set the Zénith in Toulouse alight with seven exceptional concerts. Faithful to the cause started by Coluche in 1985, thirty-seven renowned artists answered his call, in a festive and warm atmosphere. This year, Les Enfoirés made their revolution and offered a collective show punctuated by 17 tableaux as poetic as they were spectacular through the ages. The entire troupe invites us on March 3 to set sail aboard the liner "Mission Enfoirés" for a cruise with Gérard Jugnot as captain, in search of his sweetheart...
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017 · 14 votes
Movie8.0Music
Movie6.5MusicLes Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015 · 15 votes
Movie7.8MusicShow recorded at the Zénith in Strasbourg on January 19 and 20, 2014 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014 · 10 votes
Movie7.3Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999 · 4 votes
Movie7.2MusicFamily"Les Secrets des Enfoirés" (2008) was a charity show recorded at the Zénith de Strasbourg. The show featured numerous celebrities, including artists and athletes. They performed seven concerts to raise money for the Restos du Cœur. The show included colorful performances and songs centered around the theme of secrets.
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008 · 8 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryA feature-length documentary about François Cavanna—creator of the publications Charlie Hebdo and Hara-Kiri—who passed away on January 29, 2014. His influence on several generations of writers, journalists, and comedians is far too little known. While older audiences are aware that he co-founded Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo with Choron, the dozens of books and collections he wrote or contributed to remain largely unfamiliar. People chiefly remember his early autobiographical works—such as *Les Ritals*, *Les Russkoffs*, and *Bête et méchant*—while overlooking his historical novels, encyclopedias, and polemical writings like *Stop crève…* The film draws on interviews with Cavanna conducted shortly before his death, forgotten archival footage, and previously unheard testimonies from figures such as Siné, Willem, Delfeil de Ton, and Sylvie Caster.
Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai
2015 · 5 votes
Movie7.6MusicLes Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998 · 5 votes
Movie7.0MusicLes Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010 · 9 votes
Movie8.0MusicLes Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001 · 5 votes
Movie7.2MusicAu rendez-vous des Enfoirés is the twenty-sixth album by Les Enfoirés , recorded during their series of concerts in Paris from the 20th to January 25, 2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016 · 10 votes
Movie6.5MusicLes Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000 · 4 votes
Movie6.9MusicShow recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on January 27 and 28, 2013 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013 · 9 votes
Movie8.0MusicLes Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002 · 5 votes