Raphaël Fejtö
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Raphaël Fejtö is a French actor, director, and author. He is most famous for co-starring in Louis Malle
's semi-autobiographical 1987 motion picture Au revoir, les enfants
(Goodbye, Children).
Fejtö is of Russian, Egyptian, Jewish and Lebanese
ancestry. His grandfather was Ferenc Fejtő
, a famous Hungarian
historian and journalist
.
His primary acting credit is in Au revoir, les enfants. He also wrote, directed, and starred in the 1996 short film 56 fois par semaine (56 Times A Week). He wrote and directed the French-language film Osmose (Osmosis) in 2003. His second motion picture, L'Age D'Homme (The Age of Man, which he also wrote), starred Romain Duris
, Aïssa Maïga, and Clément Sibony and was released in 2007.
He is also the co-author and illustrator (with his mother, Nadja) of several children's books. Among these are Le Vélo de Jo (Jo's Bicycle), Petit George (Little George), and Roro le Pompier (Roro the Fireman).
Louis Malle
Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...
's semi-autobiographical 1987 motion picture Au revoir, les enfants
Au revoir, les enfants
Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year...
(Goodbye, Children).
Fejtö is of Russian, Egyptian, Jewish and Lebanese
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
ancestry. His grandfather was Ferenc Fejtő
Ferenc Fejto
Ferenc Fejtő, , was a Hungarian-born French journalist and political scientist, specializing in Eastern Europe....
, a famous Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
historian and journalist
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
.
His primary acting credit is in Au revoir, les enfants. He also wrote, directed, and starred in the 1996 short film 56 fois par semaine (56 Times A Week). He wrote and directed the French-language film Osmose (Osmosis) in 2003. His second motion picture, L'Age D'Homme (The Age of Man, which he also wrote), starred Romain Duris
Romain Duris
-Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune...
, Aïssa Maïga, and Clément Sibony and was released in 2007.
He is also the co-author and illustrator (with his mother, Nadja) of several children's books. Among these are Le Vélo de Jo (Jo's Bicycle), Petit George (Little George), and Roro le Pompier (Roro the Fireman).