Were Alan Mak and Jacques Rivette from the same country?
Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette (] ; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine "Cahiers du Cinéma". He made twenty-nine films, including "L'amour fou" (1969), "Out 1" (1971), "Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1974), and "La Belle Noiseuse" (1991). His work is noted for its improvisation, loose narratives, and lengthy running times.
Jean-Pierre Marielle Jean-Pierre Marielle (born 12 April 1932) is a French actor. He has played in more than a hundred films in which he brought life to a very large diversity of roles, from the banal citizen ("Les Galettes de Pont-Aven"), to the serial killer ("Sans mobile apparent"), to the World War II hero ("Les Milles"), to the compromised spy (""), to the has-been actor ("Les Grands Ducs"), to his portrayal of Jacques Saunière in ("The Da Vinci Code (film) ", acting always with the same excellence whatever the quality of the movie in itself. He is well known for his outspokenness and especially for his warm and cavernous voice which is often imitated by French humorists considering him as the archetype of the French gentleman.