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Claude Antoine Marie François (French pronunciation: [klod ɑ̃twan maʁi fʁɑ̃swa]; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.
Mar 11, 2008 · Three decades later, Claude François – CloClo – remains one of France's biggest-selling recording artists. One of the songs that he co-wrote still rakes in more royalties from abroad...
Mar 11, 2012 · Florent-Emilio Siri’s biopic of Claude François, Cloclo, has the not inconsiderable advantage of an extraordinary central performance by Jérémie Renier, the Belgian actor most closely associated with the social realist films of the Dardenne brothers, but who has also cropped up in films as diverse as In Bruges, François Ozon’s Les ...
A biopic of French pop star Claude François, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Florent-Emilio Siri
- 2012-03-14
My Way, released in France as Cloclo, is a 2012 French biographical drama film about the life of French singer, songwriter and entertainer Claude François. It is co-written and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri, and stars Jérémie Renier as François.
Apr 8, 2012 · François began performing as a percussionist under the name Kôkô - which morphed into Cloclo - and initially hitched himself to the twist bandwagon. But his longevity was ensured by being able to write songs (even though masses of his recordings were covers of US or Brit hits) and dance. Boy, could he dance.
While not as controversial as Serge Gainsbourg, handsome as Johnny Halliday or international as Charles Aznavour, Claude François aka Cloclo was a game-changer, the living incarnation of popular music, pop highlighted.
