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Gonzalo Suárez (director)
Gonzalo Suárez Morilla (Oviedo, Spain, 30 July 1934) is a Spanish writer, screenwriter and film director. Career In 1963 he published his first novel ''De cuerpo presente''. His 1975 film ''The Regent's Wife'' was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1991 film '' Don Juan in Hell'' was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1984 he acted as the married writer in Pedro Almodóvar's '' ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?'' (''What Have I Done to Deserve This?''). In 1987 he directed '' Los pazos de Ulloa'' for TVE. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2003, he received the Nacho Martinez Award. Personal life He has a younger brother cinematographer Carlos Suárez, two daughters and son, Gonzalo Suárez Girard, who is a video game director, most well known for his work on Commandos Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin">40_Commando.html" ;"title="Royal Marines from 40 Commando">Royal Marines from 40 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oviedo
Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located approximately southwest of Gijón and south of Avilés, both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate, in spite of its not being located on the shoreline itself. History The Kingdom of Asturias began in 720, with the Visigothic aristocrat Pelagius's (685–737) revolt against the Muslims who at the time were occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula. The Moorish invasion that began in 711 had taken control of most of the peninsula, until the revolt in the northern mountains by Pelagius. The resulting Kingdom of Asturias, located in an ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Sanz
Jorge Sanz Miranda (born 26 August 1969) is a Spanish actor and one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema since the 1980s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: '' Amantes'' (1991) by director Vicente Aranda and Fernando Trueba’s ''Belle Époque'' (1992). Early life Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on 26 August 1969 in Madrid.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 258 The youngest of five children, he would have followed a military career in the footsteps of his father, but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as the son of Jane Birkin in the film ''La Miel'' (1979) directed by Pedro Masó.Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra From then on, he started a prolific career as an actor mostly in commercial films. His se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charo López
María del Rosario López Piñuelas (born 28 October 1943) better known as Charo López, is a Spanish actress. Filmography *Plan Jack cero tres (1967) *El hueso (1967) *La vida sigue igual (1969) *Ditirambo (1969) * El extraño caso del doctor Fausto (1969) *Pastel de sangre (1971) *Me enveneno de azules (1971) *El bandido Malpelo (1971) *El sol bajo la tierra (1972) * '' The Guerrilla'' (1973) *Don Yllán, el mágico de Toledo (1973) *Leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea, La (1973) *Las estrellas están verdes (1973) * La regenta (1974) directed by Gonzalo Suárez * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1975) *La Raulito en libertad (1975) *Largo retorno (1975) *Las cuatro novias de Augusto Pérez (1976) *Manuela (1976) *El límite del amor (1976) *Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro! (1976) *Luto riguroso (1977) *Parranda (1977) * Los placeres ocultos (1977) *' (1978) *Adiós, querida mamá (1980) *Historias de mujeres (1980) *El gran secreto (1980) *Tres mujeres de hoy (1980) * Anima - Symphonie p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Alterio
Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en primavera'' ("How to commit suicide in spring"). After finishing drama school, he created the ''Nuevo Teatro'' ("New Theatre") company in 1950, where he worked until 1968 and helped change the Argentine theatrical scene of the 1960s. He also worked in the Argentine cinema. His debut on the silver screen took place in Alfredo Mathé's ''Todo sol es amargo'' (''Every sun is bitter'') in 1965. He then participated in many of the most important Argentine movies of the 1970s, including ''La Patagonia rebelde'' (''The Rebel Patagonia''), which was awarded a Silver Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. His voice was used in ''Ya es tiempo de violencia'' (1969), an anonymous film about the ''Cordobazo'' riots which took place the same ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers' modern western drama film '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007). He also received critical acclaim for his roles in films such as ''Jamón jamón'' (1992), ''Boca a boca'' (1995), ''Carne trémula'' (1997), ''Los lunes al sol'' (2002), and ''Mar adentro'' (2004). Bardem also starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama '' Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film '' Skyfall'' (2012), Terrence Malick's drama '' To the Wonder'' (2013), Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film '' mother!'' (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama '' Everybody Knows'' (2018) and Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama ''Dune'' (2021). Bardem has been nominated for three additional Academy Awards; Julian Schnabel's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria De Medeiros
Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions. Early life Maria de Medeiros was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the daughter of musician and composer António Victorino de Almeida. She played her first part on screen at the age of 15. At 18, she moved to France to pursue her acting studies and was a student at the CNSAD. Medeiros speaks French fluently and has acted extensively on stage and on screen in French productions. She also acts in German, Spanish and Italian productions. Medeiros is the first Portuguese woman to be designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace. Film career Among Medeiros' most memorable film appearances are three early 1990s roles. Her considerable resemblance to Anaïs Nin landed her the primary role in '' Henry & June'' (1990), in which she played the author. In 1990, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Detective Y La Muerte
''The Detective and Death'' ( es, El detective y la muerte, links=no) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez. Plot Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts (in lieu of the forest from the short story). Cast Production Produced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films, it was shot in between Llanes and Warsaw. Release The film was presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1994. It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994. Reception David Rooney of ''Variety'' assessed that despite the bizarre meeting between film noir and gruesome fairy tale featuring "commanding perfs and arresting visuals", the helmer "encumbers the lugubrious thriller with pretentious hokum". Accolades , - , align = "center" , 1994 , , 42nd San Sebastián International Film Festival , , Silver Shell for Best Actor , , Javier Bardem , , , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Alterio
Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970) is an Argentine-Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. Early life Alterio is the son of psychologist Modesta Ángela Bacaicoa Destéfano and actor Héctor Alterio Onorato. His younger sister Malena is also dedicated to acting. He is of Italian descent, his grandparents were originally from Carpinone, a commune in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region. After the coup in Argentina that took place very shortly after the birth of Malena, his father Héctor Alterio was threatened by Triple A, so the family went into exile and settled in Spain between 1974 and 1975 (where he was working at the time), years later he obtained Spanish nationality. Installed with his family in Madrid, when he was four years old, Ernesto suffered the uprooting that exile brings. He remained attached to his Argentine roots through family traditions. He began Biology studies but left to take up History, and continued with those s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Larrañaga
Amparo, a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning ''refuge'', ''shelter'', or ''protection'', may refer to: People *Amparo (name) *Amparo people, Afro-Cuban descendants of Angola Places Brazil *Amparo, São Paulo *Amparo, Paraíba * Amparo do Serra, Minas Gerais *Amparo de São Francisco, Sergipe *Santo Antônio do Amparo, Minas Gerais Other places *Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico *Amparo High School, Caloocan, Philippines Other uses *Amparo (film), a 2022 Colombian drama film * Massacre of El Amparo, the killing of 14 fishermen in El Amparo, Venezuela in 1988 *'' Megachile amparo'', a bee of family Megachilidae *''Recurso de amparo'' or writ of amparo, a form of constitutional relief found in the legal systems of some countries *Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo ( la, Dioecesis Amparensis) is a diocese located in the city of Amparo in the Ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil. History * December 23, 1997: Established as Diocese of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Resines
Antonio Fernández Resines (born 7 August 1954) professionally known as Antonio Resines, is a Spanish film and television actor known for his performance in comedy films and series. Biography He was born 'by accident' on 7 August 1954 in Torrelavega, as his parents spent their Summer holidays there, but he was raised in Madrid, son of José Ramón Fernández Quevedo, lawyer, and Amalia Resines Ruiz de Rebolledo, who died on 10 July 2011. He studied on the Marianist Colegio Santa María del Pilar. Resines started studying law at university, yet he dropped his studies after a year, switching to 'Sciences of the Image'. During this time, he became an acquaintance of the likes of Fernando Trueba and Óscar Ladoire. From 2003 to 2008, he starred as leading role (Diego Serrano) in the successful (yet controversially-ended) ''costumbrista'' sit-com ''Los Serrano''. He was a usual collaborator in ''La Resistencia'', and in September 2019 he was cast to ''El hormiguero''. Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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