Francis Lalanne

Francis Lalanne (born 8 August 1958) is a French-Uruguayan singer, songwriter and poet. He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.

Free Art He opposed the HADOPI law in 2009 and has supported the French free software community saying that the purpose of art is not to make money but conscience, and it is the duty of any author to promote the free dissemination of this conscience. He wrote the book Révoltons-nous, published in August 2011 under the free art license. He led a Yellow Alliance list in the European elections of May 2019, obtaining 0.54% of the votes.

On 22 February 2021, he was investigated for "provocation to the commission of attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation" after he signed an op-ed, published on the FranceSoir website, calling to "put the State out of harm's way", the Paris public prosecutor's office said on Monday 22 February.

Discography

Studio albums

1979: Rentre chez toi 1980: Francis Lalanne 1981: Toi mon vieux copain 1982: Celle qui m'a emmené 1984: Amis d'en France 1985: Coup de foudre 1986: Mai 86 1988: De Corazón 1990: Avec toi 1992: Tendresses 1994: Les Inédits 1996: Face cachée 2000: Sans papiers 2003: D'une vie à l'autre 2005: Reptile 2009: Ouvrir son cœur 2010: Blaïte music

Live albums

1983: Lalanne à Pantin 1993: Zénith 93 2006: Au Casino de Paris

Compilations

1995: Flash-Back 2007: Best of

Publications

1986: Ajedhora, Flammarion. 1993: Le Roman d'Arcanie, Les Belles Lettres. 1994: Les Carnets de Lucifer, Les Belles Lettres. 1995: Le Journal de Joseph, Éditions du Rocher. 1997: D'Amour et de Mots, Les Belles Lettres. Tristan Tzara prize in 1997. 1999: Éliade ou l'Idéale, Les Belles Lettres. 2000: Le Petit Livre de l'Enfant, Éditions du Rocher, with co-author Stella Sulak. 2003: Drac. ou le Soliloque du Vampire, Les Belles Lettres. 2004: Les Carnets de Lucifer – Mon Journal Intime, Les Belles Lettres. 2006: Skizogrammes, Pantoums, Éditions Bibliophane. 2008: Mère Patrie, Planète Mère, Éditions Pascal Petiot. Lauriers Verts award at La Forêt des Livres in 2008. 2009: La bataille Hadopi, In Libro Veritas (group of authors).

Filmography

Cinéma 1995: Marie de Nazareth by Jean Delannoy 2008: Astérix at the Olympic Games, by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann 2008: Disco, by Fabien Onteniente 2010: Orso - La Marche de l'Enfant Roi, by Magà Ettori: Senator Vasco

As a voice actor

1996: The Hunchback of Notre Dame: French voice of Quasimodo 2002: The Hunchback of Notre Dame II: French voice of Quasimodo

Other

In 2011, he participated in the second season of Danse avec les stars – the French version of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with professional dancer Silvia Notargiacomo. On November 5, 2011, they were eliminated finishing 5th.