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Amnesia (1994 Film)
''Amnesia'' is a 1994 Chilean drama film directed by Gonzalo Justiniano. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot After years of searching, Ramirez, a former soldier tormented by his conscience, manages to track down his former army sergeant, Zúñiga, under whose cruel orders he served as a guard at a prisoner camp in the desert after the military coup of 1973. Over some drinks, Ramírez forces Zúñiga to recall a violent past that he believed he had left behind, unaware that the seemingly cordial reunion is part of Ramírez's plan to take revenge on him for the sake of his victims. Cast * Julio Jung as Zúñiga * Pedro Vicuña as Ramírez * José Secall as Carrasco * Marcela Osorio as Marta * Myriam Palacios as Yolanda * José Martin as Alvear * Nelson Villagra as Captain Mandiola See also * List of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Justiniano
Gonzalo Justiniano (born 1955) is a Chilean filmmaker. Select filmography * '' Guerreros pacifistas'' - 1984 * '' La Victoria'' - 1984 * '' Children of the Cold War (Hijos de la guerra fría)'' - 1986 * ''Sussi'' - 1988 * '' Candy or Mint (Caluga o menta)'' - 1990 * ''Amnesia'' - 1994 * '' Pasión gitana'' - 1997 * '' Tuve un sueño contigo'' - 1999 * '' El Leyton'' - 2002 * '' B-Happy'' - 2003 * '' Lokas'' - 2008 * '' Have You Seen Lupita? (¿Alguien ha visto a Lupita?)'' - 2011 * ''Damn Kids Stéphane Deschênes better known by his stage name Damn Kids, is a Canadians, Canadian electronic music producer and performer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Damn Kids produces a variety of genres that are mainly categorized under electron ... (Cabros de mierda)'' - 2017 References External links * Living people 1955 births Chilean film directors Mass media people from Santiago, Chile {{SouthAm-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Palacios
Myriam Isabel Palacios Piña (18 December 1936 – 18 March 2013) was a Chilean actress and comedian who worked in theater, film, and television. She was the winner of two Awards for her theater performances. Biography The daughter of Héctor Palacios and Isabel Piña, Myriam Palacios was born in the district of Victoria, Araucanía Region. Her theatrical training took place at the University Theater of Concepción and the Theater School of the University of Chile (1960). She participated in the play ', directed by Raúl Osorio, which was very successful and was performed in several cities in Latin America and Europe. She acted in numerous telenovelas, and developed her role as a comedian on the programs ''De chincol a jote'' and '. She made her film debut in 1988, when she played Laura in Gonzalo Justiniano's '. She also acted in '' Caluga o menta'' (1990), ''Amnesia'' (1994), ''The Sentimental Teaser'' (1999), and ''Coronation'' (2000) – for which she would receive an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Drama Films
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1990s Spanish-language Films
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1994 Drama Films
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1994 Films
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was '' The Lion King'', becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by ''Forrest Gump'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of Hollywood's best years for cinema during the post-Golden Age era, setting the standard for the movies of the modern age. Also in 1994, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th anniversary. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 15 - Viacom acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications Inc. for $9.75 billion, following a five-month battle with QVC. *March 4 - Actor John Candy dies of a heart attack at the age of 43 while on location in Durango, Mexico for the film '' Wagons East''. *March 21 - Steven Spielberg wins his first Academy Award for Best Director for '' Schindler's List'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chilean Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Chile has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1990. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Statistics The Chilean submission is selected annually by the Consejo del Arte y la Industria Audiovisual, which chooses a nominee for the Spanish Goya Awards at the same time. The Goya nominee is usually the same film as the Oscar nominee (1991, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009) but not al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 67th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English language, English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 67th Academy Awards, forty-six films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1994. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Guatemala, Macedonia and Serbia submitted films to the competition for the first time. Also for the first time, films from both the Czech Republic and Slovakia c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Villagra
Nelson Villagra (born 9 August 1937) is a Chilean actor, writer and director of stage and screen. He is recognised as one of the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema and is widely known in Chile for his exceptional portrayal of a mentally retarded murderer in Miguel Littín's '' El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969). He also collaborated with Raúl Ruiz on '' Tres tristes tigres'' (1968), '' La colonia penal'' (1970) and '' Nadie dijo nada'' (1971). In 1973, Villagra was exiled from Chile as a result of the military coup which led to the Pinochet dictatorship. After a time in Europe, he proceeded to Cuba and worked with some of the key Latin American directors of the period, such as Humberto Solás ('' Cantata de Chile'') and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's ''The Last Supper'' at the 1978 Biarritz Film Festival. In 1979, he played a military torturer in Sergio Castilla's film ''Prisioneros desaparecidos'', a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Martin
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Osorio
Marcela Osorio Méndez (Valparaíso, Chile; May 11, 1964) is a Chilean film and television actress. Biography and career Marcela Osorio was born in the city of Valparaíso, in the homonymous province, Chile. At age 12, for political reasons, her family moved to Barcelona, Spain. Four years later she would move to live alone in Italy. In Italy, without acting studies, she made her debut in theater at the age of 17, achieving some brief participations, until in 1983 the writer Antonio Skármeta invited her to participate in the making of his film ' based on the novel '' Ardiente paciencia'', in the leading role of Beatriz González, the young and naive girl seduced by a postman, who, by plagiarizing Pablo Neruda's verses, manages to win his love. In this film, Marcela shows the sensuality that will characterize her career. The 1994's remake is better known internationally, entitled '' Il Postino: The Postman''. In 1986, she decided to return to Chile, where she obtained the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Jung
Julio Humberto Gonzalo Benito Jung del Favero (born 21 March 1942) is a Chilean actor. Selected filmography * ''Amnesia'' (1994) * ''Coronation A coronation ceremony marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power using a crown. In addition to the crowning, this ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special v ...'' (2000) * '' The Dancer and the Thief '' (2009) * '' Cachimba'' (2004) * '' El regalo'' (2008) * '' Los versos del olvido'' (2017) * '' Y de pronto el amanecer'' (2017) * '' Hecho bolsa'' (2019) as President of the company References External links * 1942 births Living people Chilean male film actors Chilean male telenovela actors Chilean male television actors 20th-century Chilean male actors 21st-century Chilean male actors Chilean male comedians Chilean actor-politicians {{Chile-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
