Manon des sources de claude berri 1986 mrcin ma 16
Early life
Born Claude Berel Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann.
Career
Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's Tess which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981.
In 2003, he was elected President of the Cinémathèque Française where he obtained enough state subsidies to cover the costs of its resurgence at its new site in the rue de Bercy.
Personal life
Berri's wife, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother. Berri and Rassam had two children: actor Julien Rassam and actor and film producer Thomas Langmann.
Death
Berri died of a stroke on 12 January 2009, aged 74. After his death, a group of nine works by Robert Ryman, Ad Reinhardt, Giorgio Morandi, Richard Serra and Lucio Fontana was promised to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in lieu of tax. But the heirs of the film director finally sold them through French art dealer Philippe Ségalot for about €50 million to Qatar.
2008 : Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (English title: Welcome to the Sticks) (dir. Dany Boon)
Writer
1967 : Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant, novel that was adapted by Berri for the film. (English: The Two of Us. Helen Weaver (translation), Lydia Rosier (drawings). Morrow. 1968. OCLC 343943.)
1968 : Mazel Tov ou le Marriage
1969 : Le Pistonné
1970 : Le Cinéma de Papa
1972 : Sex-shop
1975 : Le Mâle du Siècle (English title: Male of the Century )
1976 : La Première Fois
1977 : Un Moment d'Égarement
1980 : Je Vous Aime
1981 : Le Maître d'École
1983 : Tchao Pantin (English title: So Long, Stooge)
1986 : Manon des Sources (US title: Manon of the Spring)