Age: 74
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Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier. After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) —he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure. His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he played a character known as Jacquouille la fripouille; the character's cry of "Okkkayyy!!" became a popular exclamation after the movie's success. After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Thénardier in Les Misérables (2000 television version) and Napoléon in a biographical television film. Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête corse (The Corsican investigation). Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2008. He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.
Alex, country boy with a knack for taking care of family and home. His grandparents went on trip with his grandmother's sister and her husband. They leave Alex in charge of garden, pets and house, where he grew up and he knows all in the village, he always liked to come back from big city. Alex discovers that the beautiful garden has fallen into disarray and the geraniums, his grandmother's favorite flower, need tending. He has a lot of work to do. After finishing it, Alex decided to go to the square and in the store he met beautiful Amélie, who is into a conflict with her ex bf, and when Alex saw that he used violence, he stood up for her. Alex and Amélie spend evening walking and having fun. Amélie is interested in the garden, especially grandma's beloved geraniums. Invites her to come help with garden next day and is surprised when she really came, they spend all day together and while hiding their feelings, begin to fall in love. In the evening he invites her for ice cream, they notice a sign on building and continue the journey and go through places where they spent childhood. Alex asks if she believes in love, she says yes and tells about a boy she met when she was 6 and fell in love, when he left after holidays, they said goodbye and she gave him photo so he wouldn't forget. Alex smiled and looked into her glassy eyes, then reached into pocket and pulled out a grubby lil piece of paper, handed it to her. When she opened it, she burst into tears. It was the old photo.
