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Cecilia Roth
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin better known as Cecilia Roth (; born August 8, 1956) is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an " Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of Fito Páez during the 1990s. Life and career Roth's father, Abrasha Rotenberg, is of Ukrainian Jewish origin, having moved in the 1930s to Buenos Aires, where he worked as a writer, editor, and journalist. Cecilia's mother, Dina Gutkin, known as Dina Rot, a singer, was born in Mendoza and spent her childhood in Santiago de Chile. Her brother, Argentine musician Ariel Rot, is a former member of the Spanish-Argentine supergroup Los Rodríguez and lives in Spain. She began as an actress in Argentina, until 1976 when she fled the military dictatorship and moved to Spain. Roth has had great success in Spanish film since her first appearances in ''Las verdes praderas (The Green Meadows)'', by José Luis Garci; '' Arrebato (Rapture)'', by Iván ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place In The World (film)
''A Place in the World'' ( es, Un lugar en el mundo, links=no) is a 1992 drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Adolfo Aristarain, and starring Federico Luppi. It stars José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto and Cecilia Roth. The movie won numerous awards and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; however, it was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot because it had been submitted by Uruguay, which had exercised insufficient artistic control over the film. It is the only film so far to have been disqualified from this category after it secured a nomination. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 14th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas Del Montón
''Pepi, Luci, Bom'' ( es, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón, link=no; also known as ''Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom'' and ''Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap'') is a 1980 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Carmen Maura, Eva Siva, Alaska and Félix Rotaeta, the plot follows the wild adventures of three friends: Pepi, an independent modern woman; Luci, a mousy, masochistic housewife; and Bom, a lesbian punk rock singer. ''Pepi, Luci, Bom'' is Almodóvar's first feature film. It was shot in 16 mm and blown up to 35 mm for its theatrical release. It became a cult film, emblematic of ''La Movida Madrileña'', a period characterised by a sense of cultural and sexual freedom. Plot Pepi, a young independent woman living in Madrid, is filling up her Superman sticker album when she receives an unexpected visit from a neighbour policeman who has spotted her marijuana plants whilst spying on her via binoculars fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Blasband
Philippe Blasband (born 26 July 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is a filmmaker and a writer in French language from Belgium. He is of JewishGilman S. (2003) "We're Not Jews": Imagining Jewish History and Jewish Bodies in Contemporary Multicultural Literature origin and lives in Brussels. Work Novels ** De cendres et de fumées, Gallimard (1990) - Prix Rossel ** L'Effet-cathédrale, Gallimard (1994) ** Max et Minnie, Gallimard (1996) ** Le Livre des Rabinovitch, Le Castor Astral (1998) ** Johnny Bruxelles, Grasset (2005) ** Irina Poignet, Le Castor Astral (2008), novel based on the scenario of Irina Palm Short stories ** Quand j'étais sumo (Le Castor Astral, 2000) Non-fiction ** Le petit garçon qui parlait dans les cocktails, Climax Editions (2007) - included in DVD edition of La couleur des mots Films (as writer) Short films ** Bon anniversaire, Sergent Bob (de Frédéric Fonteyne) ** les Vloems (1989) (de Frédéric Fonteyne) ** La Ballade de Billie (1989) (de Geneviève Mersch) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darío Grandinetti
Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Damián Szifron. Biography Darío Grandinetti was born in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. His father worked in the Junta Nacional de Granos in streets of Mendoza and Sarmiento. When Darío Grandinetti was 17 years old he and his family moved to the small town of Las Rosas where they lived only one year and returned to Rosario. In Rosario he played in the inferior teams of Newells Old Boys football club. He began to work in the Junta Nacional de Granos as auxiliary and began studying theater. For reasons of work, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Career Darío Grandinetti started as a television actor and slowly moved towards cinema. His filmography is mainly of Argentine production or co-productions with his country. His firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature style. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums. Some of his most known songs are "Calle Melancolía" ("Melancholia street"), " 19 días y 500 noches" ("19 days and 500 nights"),"Quién me ha robado el mes de Abril" ("Who stole my April month"), "Pongamos que hablo de Madrid" ("Lets say I'm talking about Madrid"), "Y sin embargo" ("However"), "Contigo" ("With you") or "Peces de ciudad" ("City fish") He performed both solo and with a group for his live albums, performing with Javier Krahe and Alberto Pérez in La mandrágora, the group Viceversa in a 1986 concert, and with Joan Manuel Serrat in ''Dos pájaros de un tiro'' (Two birds with one stone). Sabina suffered a stroke in 2001 and although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tratame Bien
''Tratame bien'' ( es, Treat me nice) is an Argentine TV series made by Pol-Ka. It was awarded with seven Martín Fierro Awards in May 2010, including the Golden one. Plot The main characters of the series are a married couple, facing a matrimonial crisis. José works at a toyshop near bankruptcy, while Sofía is successful in her work but without being happy from it. They have 2 children that deal with their own maturity crisis as well. Cast * Julio Chávez as José * Cecilia Roth as Sofía * Cristina Banegas as Clara * María Onetto as Elsa * Norman Briski as Arturo Secondary characters * Martín Slipak as Damián * María Alche as Helena * Guillermo Arengo as Hernán * Mónica Cabrera as Rosa * Chunchuna Villafañe as Mecha (Sofía's mother) * Federico Luppi as Moncho (Sofía's father) * Alfredo Casero as Nacho * Mario Moscoso as Laurencio Guest appearances * Noemí Frenkel as Nora * María Carambula as Caro * Leticia Brédice as Sabrina * Daniel Fanego as Carlos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in '' La Noche de los lápices'' (''Night of the Pencils''), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.Interview in the Spanish TV show '' Caiga Quien Caiga'', broadcast 2 December 2005. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series ''Clave de sol''. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in ''La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon'', ''Closer''). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in '' Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito''. They came together again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Chávez
Julio Hirsch (born 14 July 1956), known professionally as Julio Chávez, is an Argentine film and television actor. He was born in Buenos Aires, and received his first film role in 1973. Since 1976, he has had leading roles in Argentine cinema and, more recently, in Argentine television. Filmography (partial) * ''La Malavida'' (1973) * ''No Toquen a la Nena'' (1976) * ''La Nueva Cigarra'' (1977) Short Film * ''La parte del León'' (1978) * ''Señora de nadie'' (1982) * ''La Pelicula del Rey'' (1985) a.k.a. '' A King and His Movie'' * ''Refugio en la Ciudad'' (1993) * ''Un Muro de Silencio'' (1993) a.k.a. ''A Wall of Silence'' * ''El Acompañante'' (1994) Short Film * ''El Visitante'' (1999) * ''La Sombra'' (2002) Short Film * '' Un Oso Rojo'' (2002) a.k.a. '' A Red Bear'' * ''Dormir al Sol'' (2003) * ''Extraño'' (2003) * ''El Custodio'' (2006) a.k.a. '' The Minder'' * ''The Other'' (2007), a.k.a. ''El Otro'' * "El Pampero" (2017) * "Cuando La Miro" (2022) Television (part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susú Pecoraro
Susana Raquel "Susú" Pecoraro (born December 4, 1952) is an Argentine film and television actress, one of the most popular of the country. Career Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in Buenos Aires in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in ''Yo, Argentino'' (''I'm (a disinterested) Argentine''), and on television in a 1977 Channel 13 sitcom. She later had a role in a 1977 Venezuelan telenovela based on Emily Brontë's ''Wuthering Heights'', and in 1978, debuted in the cinema of Argentina with a bit part in Manuel Antín's '' Allá lejos y hace tiempo'' (''Long Ago and Far Away''). She was cast by María Luisa Bemberg in her 1982 drama, ''Señora de nadie'' (''Nobody's Wife''), and in 1984, she starred in the title role in Bemberg's historical drama, '' Camila'', portraying Camila O'Gorman, a 19th-century Argentine socialite. The role earned her a Best Actress award at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaldo André
Arnaldo André (born November 12, 1943) is a Paraguayan actor for soap-operas. He spent most of his career in Argentina, where he has been active since 1964. He earned a Martín Fierro award in 2010, and his most recent work was in the ''Los únicos'' TV series. Biography Arnaldo André was born in San Bernardino, Paraguay in 1943. His father died when he was aged 11, and he took care of his family since then.Arnaldo André: "La televisión me dio todo, todo, todo" He grew up influenced by American and Italian Movies, and initially intended to make a name in Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
