FILM DIRECTOR

Alexandre Astruc

1923 - 2016

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Alexandre Astruc (French: [astʁyk]; 13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film critic and film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Astruc has received more than 101,608 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alexandre Astruc is the 372nd most popular film director (up from 402nd in 2019), the 2,172nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,248th in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 56.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexandre Astrucs by language

Over the past year Alexandre Astruc has had the most page views in the with 8,848 views, followed by French (8,711), and Russian (2,673). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (121.79%), Haitian (99.69%), and Arabic (79.60%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alexandre Astruc ranks 372 out of 2,041. Before him are Emilio Fernández, Jerzy Hoffman, Veljko Bulajić, Alexander Sokurov, Héctor Babenco, and Leos Carax. After him are Alain Tanner, Neil Jordan, Veit Harlan, Giuseppe De Santis, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and J. Lee Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alexandre Astruc ranks 110. Before him are Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Cheikh Anta Diop, Philly Joe Jones, Irvin Kershner, Walerian Borowczyk, and Stig Dagerman. After him are Loriot, Charles Durning, Svetozar Gligorić, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Igor Shafarevich, and Carlos Páez Vilaró. Among people deceased in 2016, Alexandre Astruc ranks 122. Before him are Einojuhani Rautavaara, Guy Hamilton, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Erich Rudorffer, and Héctor Babenco. After him are Nimr al-Nimr, Jayalalithaa, Péter Esterházy, Andrew Grove, Goran Hadžić, and Isao Tomita.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Astruc ranks 2,172 out of 6,770. Before him are Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Yannick Noah (1960), André Claveau (1911), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), Leos Carax (1960), and Édouard Branly (1844). After him are Henri Gouraud (1867), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747), Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), and Pierre Messmer (1916).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alexandre Astruc ranks 47. Before him are Jean Girault (1924), Guy Hamilton (1922), François Ozon (1967), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Doillon (1944), and Leos Carax (1960). After him are Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Patrice Leconte (1947), Jacques Copeau (1879), Claire Denis (1946), Christian-Jaque (1904), and André Téchiné (1943).

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Filmography

Sentimental Education
Director
Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Catherine, a very determined woman, is secretly in love with Frédéric and in order to keep him away from Anne, pushes him into Barbara's arms.
May 2o 19625.8 / 10
End of Desire
Director
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon marries. Her happiness is short-lived as she finds out that not only has Julien married her for her money but he cheats on her as well, with Rosalie to crown it all.
Sep 24o 19585.5 / 10
The Crimson Curtain
Director
A twenty year old Anouk Aimée stars as Albertine, the daughter of a bourgeois couple who house a young officer during the Napoleonic wars. Newly promoted, the officer (Jean-Claude Pascal) is quartered by a dull bourgeois couple who treat him with a cold politeness bordering on indifference.
Mar 6o 19537.25 / 10