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Elizabeth: She had such power over men's hearts. They died for her.
Sir Francis Walsingham: They have found nothing to replace her.
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Sir Francis Walsingham: Madam, if I may. A prince should never flinch from being blamed for acts of ruthlessness which are necessary for safeguarding the state and their own person. You must take these things so much to heart that you do not fear to strike. Even the very nearest that you have if they be implicated.
Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona (Eric Cantona), full name Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona), was born in Marseille , France on May 24, 1966 , a former French football player, actor, director, and player era As a center and shadow front, he is known as the " Michel Platini of France in the 1990s ."
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Cantona made his debut at the AJ Auxerre youth training camp in the French Football League . In 1983, Cantona was promoted to the first team of Auxerre and began his career. In 1987, Cantona was named the French Youth Player of the Year.
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After that, Cantona played for Marseille , FC Girondins de Bordeaux , Montpellier HSC and other clubs in France . In February 1992, Cantona landed in the top league of English football and joined Leeds United FC ;
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On November 26, Cantona moved to Manchester United FC .
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his career, Cantona has won 5 top English football league championships, 2 FA Cup championships and many other honors. In 1994 and 1996, he was elected Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year and Football Writers. 'Association Footballer of the Year .
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On May 18, 1997, 31-year-old Cantona announced his retirement.
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In 2000, Cantona was named the best player of the 20th century Manchester United club by fans. In 2002, Canton was selected as the English Football Hall of Fame .
[10-11] In 2021, Canton was elected to the Premier League Hall of Fame.
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From 1987 to 1995, Cantona represented the France national football team in 45 appearances, scoring 20 goals, and participated in Sweden UEFA EURO 1992 . During this period, he helped the French U21 youth team win the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship .
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In 1995, Cantona made his silver screen debut in the movie " Happiness Is in the Field ". In 1997, Cantona officially entered the film world, and later starred in " Enfants du marais, Les ", " The over-eater ", " Looking For Eric " and many other movies.
Early Experience
Eric Cantona was born on May 24, 1966 in Marseille, France. Cantona’s home is located at the foot of the Saint-Bohm Heights. The area was originally a cave and was a Nazi outpost during World War II . In 1955, Cantona's grandfather moved here from Sardegna and turned the cave into a residence. A few years after that, the cave gradually became a house. Cantona grew up in this cave as a country boy when he was a child, often climbing mountains to hunt birds.
Cantona’s father was named Albert Cantona, a painter, and he used to serve as a goalkeeper for a small football team in his hometown. Encouraged by his father, Cantona aspired to become a football player when he was 11 years old.
Performing Experience
In 1995, in the film " Happiness Is in the Field " directed by French director Etienne Chatillier , Cantona, who was suspended during the season, got a cameo role and made his silver screen debut.
In 1997, Cantona officially entered the film world after retiring from football.
In 1998, Cantona played the leading role for the first time in his personal film "Mucci".
In the same year, Cantona played a French minister who admired the Queen of England in the film " Elizabeth " directed by Indian director Shekhar Kapoor .
In 1999, Cantona participated in the film " Enfants du marais, Les " directed by French director Jean Baker and played the male number one "Jo Sardi" in the film.
In 2002, Cantona directed the short film "Bring Your Love to Me" and entered the short film section of the Cannes International Film Festival that year .
In 2003, in the film " The over-eater " directed by Thierry Binisti , Cantona played a sheriff "Serena" who loves to overeating. After the film was released, Cantona's acting skills were well received by French film critics.
In 2007, in the film " Second Wind " directed by Alain Corneau based on the classic film of the same name shot by Jean-Pierre Grumbach in 1966 , Cantona collaborated with Daniel Auteuil and Monica Anna Maria Bellucci to play supporting roles in the play " Alban".
In 2008, in Eric Cantona's biopic " Looking For Eric " directed by the famous British director Ken Loach , Cantona starred and participated in the production of the film. Together with Ken Loach, he served as the producer of the film.
In May 2009, "Looking For Eric" was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival after its release .
In 2011, Cantona and French actress Isabelle Yasmine Adjani co-starred in the crime movie "De force" in which Cantona played a prisoner rescued from prison by the police.
In 2013, in the French film "Midnight Carnival" directed by Yann Gonzalez , Cantona appeared naked for the first time, playing a role called "Stallion".
Eric Cantona in the movie
Director Eric Cantona's work
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"Bring Me Your Love" |
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Personal Life
Family life
Cantona's first wife was Isabel, and the two met during Cantona's AJ Auxerre period. Isabel is the younger sister of Cantona teammate Ferrer. In 1986, Cantona was even willing to be loaned to a small football club like Matiguez in order to be closer to Isabel's residence. Isabel gave Cantona a son and a daughter after marriage. In 2003, Cantona and Isabel divorced.
Cantona’s second wife is Lacida Brackney, a descendant of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , 11 years younger than Cantona, and a comedian who has won the Molière Award and the César Awards . The two got acquainted with the filming set of the 2002 movie "The over-eater".
Beach football
In 1997, Cantona, who retired from football, became passionate about beach football and became the coach and captain of the French beach football national team. He wore the No. 7 jersey, and Cantona’s brother Joel Cantona also participated in it. , Served as a French beach football player and concurrently as an assistant coach.
In May 2005, in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final held at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , Cantona led the French beach football national team as a coach to defeat the Portuguese beach football national team through a penalty kick. Beach Football World Cup champion.
Running for president
In January 2012, in order to solve the housing problem of the bottom people in France, Cantona participated in the French presidential election as a non-party candidate. However, in accordance with the French constitution, candidates must have the signature support of 500 elected members of parliament, provincial assembly members and the mayor. Cantona ultimately failed to stand out in the primary election.
Personal anecdote
- When the British football sports brand UMBRO was still sponsoring Manchester United Football Club, the designer once wanted to design a collarless jersey for Manchester United, but this proposal was quickly rejected by the Manchester United club because the collarless jersey could not make it difficult. Tongna raised his collar on the court, and Cantona, who raised his collar, has become one of the symbols of Manchester United clubs at that time.
- Cantona in life likes reading very much, especially the big classic books. " At The Picture of Dorian Gray " and " Narcissus and song Erde Meng " These are the literary classic Cantona favorite books.
- In 1995, in a press conference after the kicking fan incident, Cantona faced media encirclement and questioning and said, "Seagulls are flying with trawlers because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea." In a classic sentence, what Cantona wants to express from the sentence has become a football question. On November 17, 2016, "French Football" magazine selected ten international football philosophers in the International Philosophy Festival , and Cantona was named the first.
- Cantona’s teammate at Manchester United, Roy Keane , recalled in his autobiography "Second Half": When Cantona was still at Manchester United, the club’s locker room had a player prize pool, and every player on the team would have it at the end of the season. A subsidy of 800 pounds is used as compensation for the players to work for the club’s magazine and video shooting. 800 pounds does not care about the old players of the Manchester United club who earn a lot of money, so a group of players including Roy Keane threw the 800 pounds of personal checks into a hat to play a game of lottery, and whose name was caught. The cheque goes to whoever, and Cantona became the lucky one in the end, earning 16,000 pounds. But when Cantona learned that Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, who had just entered the club, were also involved the next day , he cashed the check in two and gave them to the two shy young players to encourage them. The courage to participate in the game.
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