* 2008: Jean Rochefort

Her 1975 novel, I Sent a Letter To My Love, was made into a film ( Chère inconnue ) in 1980 by Moshe Mizraki, starring Simone Signoret and Jean Rochefort.

A riot takes place during which d ' Artagnan accidentally kills Rochefort and Porthos kills Bonacieux ( who in the earlier novel was d ' Artagnan's landlord and an agent of Richelieu, and is now a beggar and Frondist ).

He reappears from time to time, poping up, like a jack-in a box, whenever he isn't wanted, as the story progresses ; d ' Artagnan regularly sees Rochefort and tries to catch him, however, he vanisheses into the streetcorner crowds of Paris, skillfull, and never gets to actually meet him again and learn his name until the end of the novel.

At the end of the novel, Rochefort tries to arrest d ' Artagnan for the cardinal, who eventually orders the two men to become friends.

The Comte de Rochefort was the subject of an earlier novel, Mémoires de M. L. C. D. R.

* Rochefort is the narrator and protagonist of Mary Gentle's novel 1610: A Sundial in a Grave.

Film incarnations tend to depict Rochefort as a far darker character than in the novel, and often extend his role.

Unlike in the original novel, d ' Artagnan ends up killing Rochefort in duel in The Four Musketeers ( though he turns up alive in The Return in the Musketeers, only to die " again " in a gunpowder explosion intended for ( and partially triggered by ) the musketeers ), and the character suffers the same fate in the 1993 adaptation.

During 1992, another film adaptation of the novel was made, L ' Atlantide, directed by Bob Swaim and starring Tchéky Karyo, Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, and the famous Spanish actor, Fernando Rey.

The character of Jeanne Rochefort was created for the film, Dorothy " Dodo " Lash, who was the companion of Curtis O ' Keefe in the novel, was merged with the character of Marsha Preyscott, and the character of Albert Wells, who turned out to be a buyer of the St. Gregory, was dropped.

Tim Roth's Febre, the main villain of The Musketeer, also wears an eyepatch ( although Rochefort does not ).

At Musketeer Headquarters, Captain Rochefort ( Michael Wincott ) and the cardinal's guards have disbanded the musketeers as per the orders of Cardinal Richelieu ( Tim Curry ), the King's minister, ostensibly to help fight in an impending war with England.

Another French effort, Jacques Demy's homage to the MGM musical: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort ( 1967 ) in which Kelly appeared, was popular in France and nominated for Academy Awards for Best Music and Score of a Musical Picture ( Original or Adaptation ) but performed poorly, elsewhere.

Bridges narrated the documentary Lost in La Mancha ( 2002 ), about the " unmaking " of a Terry Gilliam retelling of Don Quixote, tentatively titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which would have starred Johnny Depp as Sancho Panza and Jean Rochefort as the quixotic hero.

Rochefort is a notable example of 17th-century " ville nouvelle " or new town, which means its design and building resulted from a political decree.

The reason for building Rochefort was to a large extent that royal power could hardly depend on rebellious Protestant La Rochelle, which Cardinal Richelieu had to besiege a few decades earlier.

Cumberland hoped that the Royal Navy might bring him reinforcements and supplies which would allow him to regroup and counterattack, but the British mounted an expedition to Rochefort instead, despite suggestions that it should be sent to aid Cumberland.

The frigate Hermione, in which Lafayette returned to America, has been reconstructed in the port of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.

The " grotto " of Rochefort, within the town contains six chambers, the largest and highest of which was called the Sabbat ( Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ).

He was in the habit of claiming that he never read books, saying to the Académie française on the day of his introduction ( 7 April 1892 ), " Loti ne sait pas lire " (" Loti doesn't know how to read "), but testimony from friends proves otherwise, as does his library, much of which is preserved in his house in Rochefort.

In 1757 he took part in the amphibious Raid on Rochefort which withdrew without making any serious attempt on the town.

Using messages passed to Rochefort using tennis balls, they arrange to have a meal on Whitsuntide, to which La Ramée, second in command of the prison, is invited.

Boisdeffre's orderly officer, Pauffin de St. Morel, was even caught one day bearing the " staff gospel " to Henri Rochefort ( 16 November ); nobody was deceived by the punishment for breach of discipline which he had to undergo for the sake of appearances.

After the second abdication ( June 22, 1815 ) he with his wife, Albine de Montholon, accompanied the emperor to Rochefort, where Napoleon and his friends finally adopted the proposal, which emanated from Count Las Cases, that he should throw himself on the generosity of the British nation and surrender to H. M. S.

The French may have purchased her with her becoming the Surprise, which was broken up at Rochefort in 1789.

A series of duels, of which the most famous was one fought with Paul de Cassagnac à propos of an article on Joan of Arc, kept Rochefort in the public eye.

SNCASO ( Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest, or commonly, Sud-Ouest ) was a French aircraft manufacturer, which originated on November 16, 1936, from the merger of the factories of Blériot of Suresnes, Bloch of Villacoublay and Courbevoie, SASO ( Société Aéronautique du Sud-Ouest ) of Bordeaux-Mérignac, UCA ( Usine de Construction Aéronautique ) of Bordeaux-Bègles, SAB ( Société Aérienne Bordelaise ) of Bordeaux-Bacalan and Lioré et Olivier of Rochefort.

Dupont and his staff officers were transported on Royal Navy vessels to Rochefort harbour after the Seville Junta refused to honour the pact under which the French were to be repatriated via Cádiz.

In the War of the Third Coalition ( 1805 – 1806 ) he was in command of the squadrons blockading the ports of Rochefort and Ferrol, in which ( amongst others ) ships were being prepared for the invasion of England by Napoleon I. Calder held his position with a force greatly inferior to that of the enemy, and refused to be enticed out to sea.

With the aid of the authorities of Rochefort he was enabled at the age of 15 to enter the Ecole Navale at Brest, in which he studied two years and earned a high reputation.

In 1548 the line was split between a Harz line ( Stolberg-Stolberg ) and a Rhenish line which had possessions in Rochefort ( Stolberg-Rochefort ) and Königstein im Taunus ( Stolberg-Königstein ).

On 30 October 1801, with the Treaty of Amiens, Latouche-Tréville was given command of the fleet of Rochefort, which carried part of the leading 23, 000 men of the Army of Rhine for the expedition, under Admiral Villaret de Joyeuse, against rebel black slaves in Saint-Domingue.

A seaside resort, Royan is in the heart of an urban area estimated at 38, 638 inhabitants, which makes it the fourth-largest conurbation in the department, after La Rochelle, Rochefort and Saintes.

One of their most important targets was the city of Rochefort, heavily fortified port in which a powerful French naval force was based, and a squadron of six Royal Navy ships of the line was assigned to watch it in case Willaumez attempted to return there.

Influential French critic M. Henri Rochefort commented, " I am compelled to admit, not without some chagrin, that not one of our female artists … is strong enough to compete with the lady who has given us this year the portrait of Dr. Grier.

Michael Palin reportedly entered talks with Gilliam to step in for Rochefort and play Don Quixote.

It has long been generally agreed that by several of his most costly expeditions nothing was really won but glory: the policy of diversionary attacks on places like Rochefort was memorably described as ' breaking windows with gold guineas '.

In 1967, she reunited with director Demy for the musical Les Demoiselles de Rochefort with her sister Dorléac — who was killed in a car accident shortly before the film's release.

But the defense of Prince Pierre showed that Victor Noir was not actually the journalist that he was supposed to be, but actually was the " bully " or bodyguard who assisted various left wing writers ( such as Henri Rochefort ) to go around and beat up opponents or people they disliked with impunity.

Having purchased the minor-league Quebec Aces, the team had a distinctly Francophone flavor in its early years, with Parent, Rochefort, Andre Lacroix, Serge Bernier, Jean-Guy Gendron, Simon Nolet and Rosaire Paiement among others.

Rochefort was the Flyers top goal scorer with a total of 21 goals.

Rochefort is twinned with:

Roquefort ( or ; ; from Occitan ròcafòrt ), sometimes spelled Rochefort in English, is a sheep milk blue cheese from the south of France, and together with Bleu d ' Auvergne, Stilton and Gorgonzola is one of the world's best-known blue cheeses.

Rochefort is twinned with the city of Broussard, Louisiana.

In 1779 Coulomb was sent to Rochefort to collaborate with the Marquis de Montalembert in constructing a fort made entirely from wood near Ile d ' Aix.

He was particularly noted for his conduct at Rochefort, where he had taken the Ile d ' Aix, and was described by George Rodney as performing his duties " with such cool and steady resolution, as has most justly gained him the universal applause of army and navy ".

* I miei primi quarant ' anni ( English-language title-My First Forty Years ) ( 1987, by Carlo Vanzina ), about the life of countess Marina Punturieri, with Elliott Gould and Jean Rochefort.

After renewing his acquaintance with d ' Artagnan and making a promise to aid his advancement, Rochefort is brought to his audience with Mazarin, where he learns that the cause for his imprisonment was his refusal to serve Mazarin at an earlier stage.

He has worked on the stage adaptation of Jacques Demy ’ s Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, together with composer Michel Legrand, that opened at Le Palais des Congrès in 2003.

Rochefort and Drumont proclaimed the existence of a syndicate to free him, published some false information about the rules that the condemned man had to obey, and affirmed that with a little money it was the easiest thing imaginable to accomplish his rescue.

However, the French fleet was unable to concentrate in time ; D ’ Estrees and the Toulon fleet were beaten back at the Straits of Gibraltar, losing two ships in a storm, and Villette Mursay with the Rochefort squadron was delayed.

Immediately, the option was backed by notable conservative figures such as Henri Rochefort, Count Arthur Dillon, Alfred Joseph Naquet, Anne de Mortemart-Rochechouart ( Duchess of Uzès, who financed him with immense sums ), Arthur Meyer, Paul Déroulède ( and his Ligue des Patriotes ).

Power struggles with the Navy had by that time already led to Safford's ouster, and he was sidelined for the remainder of the war, as ultimately was Rochefort.

Until 1941, Rochefort spent nine years in cryptologic or intelligence-related assignments and fourteen years at sea with the U. S. Fleet in positions of increasing responsibility.

Rochefort had a close working relationship with Edwin T. Layton, whom he first met on the voyage to Tokyo where both men were sent to learn Japanese at the Navy's request.

After the battle of Waterloo he accompanied the emperor to Rochefort and sailed with him to Plymouth on HMS Bellerophon.

In 1757, while with Wolfe's regiment, he participated in the unsuccessful attack on Rochefort.