Monique Pantel

Monique Pantel

Born: December 11, 1932
Died: April 7, 2021
in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France
Monique Pantel (11 December 1932 – 7 April 2021) was a French film critic and journalist. She worked for RTL, France Inter and Europe 1.

Born into a family of hoteliers, she left Mont-de-Marsan to become a hotel receptionist in England, then in Paris. There she meets the playwright Jacques Audiberti, for an interim secretary contract, and becomes her companion during the last three years of her life. He introduces her to the Paris-Presse newspaper in July 1964, and she writes for the entertainment section of France-Soir after the merger of the two dailies. There, the impertinent journalist, often blundering, takes the nickname of "Panpan". She interviews several American actors when they come to France: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Gere, Shirley MacLaine, etc.

When her first book came out in 1994, she was invited on to Laurent Ruquier's radio programme, who appreciates her outspokenness and her humor, and offers her to give a phone report of the Deauville Festival, in 1997. This radio experience continues with her weekly intervention on Wednesdays, in Dans tous les sens on France Inter, then on Fridays in On va s'gêner on Europe 1, where she gives her opinion on the films released during the week, until 2014. In 1999, she publishes a book of memories and anecdotes about the film industry, Panpan fait son cinoche.

After the resumption of the show Les Grosses Têtes on RTL by Laurent Ruquier in September 2014, Monique Pantel is occasionally invited as a guest to give her opinion by phone on a specific film.

After her death on 7 April 2021 in Paris, aged 88, a tribute is paid to her on social networks, notably by Laurent Ruquier and by the former president of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob.

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Movies for Monique Pantel...

Title: Le Grand Tralala
Character: Self
Released: August 7, 1999
Type: TV
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L'amour trop fort
Title: L'amour trop fort
Character: Monique
Released: April 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young antique dealer, walks into Charlie's life. When Max's wife walks out on him, he clings to the young couple like ivy. However he soons becomes a dead weight and Rose-Marie threatens to leave if Charlie doesn't choose between her and Max.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.