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Alain Corneau was a Cesar Award-winning French writer-director best known for his multiple collaborations with French cinema superstars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Gérard Depardieu. Born on August 7, 1943 in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Corneay trained as a musician but switched his interest to film, becoming an assistant director.

He was an assistant director on Costa-Gavras's 1970 film The Confession (1970) ("The Confession"), which co-starred Montand and Signoret. In 1974 he made the transition to the director's chair, helming France, Incorporated (1974), a movie about drug dealers. His next policier starred Montand as a a Dirty Harry-like dick in Police Python 357 (1976) (1976), which co-starred Montand's wife Signoret. He followed it up with another crime drama starring Montand, La Menace (1977) (1977). Corneau finished up his crime cycle with Choice of Arms (1981) (1981), which starred Montand, Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. The movie was released in the United States as "Choice of Arms."

Shifting gears away from policiers, he directed the French Foreign Legion drama 'Fort Saganne (1984)' (1984). Set in 1911, the movie starred Depardieu and Deneuve. Depardieu also headlined his lush costume drama _Tous les matins du monde (1991)- (1991), an international hit, for which Corneau won the Cesar Award, the French equivalent of the Oscar, for direction.

At the age of 67, Alain Corneau died on August 30, 2010 in Paris from cancer. His remains were interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Victoria Longley was born on 24 September 1960 in Sydney, Australia. She was an actress, known for Celia (1989), Talk (1994) and The More Things Change... (1986). She died on 30 August 2010 in Sydney, Australia.

Lynn Turner was born on 13 July 1968 in Texas, USA. She died on 30 August 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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Willy Wullich was born on 30 January 1944 in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was an actor. He died on 30 August 2010 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Pauline Lapointe was born on 12 May 1950 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for La Florida (1993), The Handyman (1980) and Entangled (1993). She died on 30 August 2010 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Ventura Cantú was born on 15 March 1932 in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Mi venganza (1990), Cazador de asesinos (1983) and Los peseros (1984). He died on 30 August 2010 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

René Scheibli was born on 23 September 1936 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Coffin from Hong Kong (1964), Im Parterre links (1963) and Messidor (1979). He died on 30 August 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Francisco Varallo was born on 5 February 1910 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 30 August 2010 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jairo Aníbal Niño was born on 5 September 1941 in Moniquirá, Boyacá, Colombia. Jairo Aníbal died on 30 August 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia.