Cloclo – DVD (Used)

Description

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 30-10-2012

Details: Egypt, 1949. At the age of 10, Claude Francois was already dreaming of a singing career, while his father, who worked for the Suez Canal Company, hoped Claude would follow in his footsteps. Expelled from the country in the wake of the nationalization of the canal by the Nasser government, the Franois family took refuge in Monaco, where Claude, always working on perfecting his musical training, was hired as a drummer in a jazz band. Outraged, his father disowned him. When the latter died in 1961, the young man moved to Paris with his mother and sister and, through sheer determination, managed to break into the world of show business. Claude enjoyed phenomenal popularity. At the age of 30, he co-wrote and recorded the song « Comme d’habitude, » which went on to become a huge hit. It was then translated into English by Paul Anka and recorded by Frank Sinatra under the title « My Way. » Unfortunately, Claude’s love life wasn’t as successful, due to his jealous nature and narcissistic temperament. He went through an acrimonious divorce, followed by a stormy affair with French singer France Gall. In 1978, just two years after his song « Le Telephone Pleure » (« The Telephone is Crying ») made the U.K. charts and two months after he performed a concert for an audience of 6,000 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, fate struck.—–Cloclo, c’est le destin tragique d’une icne de la chanson franaise dcde l’ge de 39 ans, qui plus de trente ans aprs sa disparition continue de fasciner. Star adule et business man, bte de scne et pro du marketing avant l’heure, machine tubes et patron de presse, mais aussi pre de famille et homme femmes… Cloclo ou le portrait d’un homme complexe, multiple ; toujours press, profondment moderne et prt tout pour se faire aimer.

UPC: 774212004025

EAN: 0774212004025

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood