Forlani, Remo

(René Forlani / February 12, 1927, Paris, France - )

   A cinematographic columnist for the RTL radio channel, he also is novelist and playwright who worked for films as a co-screenwriter (1947 L'Alcool tue, short, documentary, also actor, Alain Resnais; 1954 UOeil en Coulisses, André Berthomieu; 1956 Toute la Mémoire du Monde, short, documentary, commentary, Alain Resnais; 1958 La Première Nuit, short, documentary, Georges Franju; Sans Famille / Senza famiglia / Die Abenteuer des kleinen Rémi / USA: The Adventures of Rémi, also co-dialogist; An­dré Michel; France / Italy / West Germany;l959 La Verte Moisson, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, François Villiers; 1960 Bouquet de Femmes, TV short; 1961 Le Puits aux Trois Vérités / Il pozzo delle tre verità / UK and USA: Three Faces of Sin, François Villiers, France / Italy; 1964 L'Autre Femme / Quella orribile notte / La otra mujer, François Villiers, France / Italy / Spain; 1967 Un Choix d'Assassins, also co-adapter, co-dialo­gist, Philippe Fourastié, France / Italy;1968 LaBande à Bonnot / La banda Bonnot, Philippe Fourastié, France / Italy; 1971 L'Amour, c'est gai, l'Amour, c'est triste, also dialogist, actor, Jean-Daniel Pollet, shot in 1968), co-adapter, co-dialogist (1961 Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'Or, Jean-Jacques Vierne; 1962 Comme un Poisson dans l'Eau, André Michel; 1963 Jusqu'au Bout du Monde / Un filo di speranza, François Villiers, France / Italy), adapter (1963 Le Roi du Village, Henri Gruel; 1964 Tintin et les Oranges bleues / El misterio de las naranjas azules, Philippe Condroyer, France / Spain), dialogist (1965 Le Voleur de Tibidabo / La vida es magnifica, Maurice Ronet, France / Spain; 1989 Papa est parti, Maman aussi, also novel, Christine Lipinska), and screenwriter (1967 Tu imagines Rob­inson, Jean-Daniel Pollet; 1973 Les Volets clos / USA: Closed Shutters, also dialogist, Jean-Claude Brialy). His novel Au Bonheur des Chiens was brought to the screen (1990 Cera un castello con 40 cani / Au Bon­heur des Chiens, Duccio Tessari, Italy / France / Spain, shot in 1988). Other credits(as actor): 1946 Ouvert pour Cause d'Inventaire (short, Alain Resnais); 1964 Les Diamants de Palinos (13 X 13' TV series, André Pergament); Les Chemins de la Fortune (documentary, as narrator, Peter Kassovitz); 1966 Made in U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard); 2001 Eloge de l'Amour / UK and USA: In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, France / Switzerland, shot in 1999-2000); 2006 Avida (Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern).

 Filmography

1947 ◘ Transfo transforme l'Energie du Pyrium (short; documentary)

1974 ◘ Juliette et Juliette / Juliette e Juliette (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor; France / Italy)