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Ana Belén
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer. She and her husband are considered symbols of the Spanish Transition, and her songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content. Life/career Born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid, María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta is the eldest of three siblings. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and her mother worked as doorwoman at an estate.ANA BELÉN Inicios de su carrera anabelen.es; accessed 18 March 2015. Cuesta made her feature film debut in '' Zampo y yo'' (1966) starring as a girl named Ana Belén alongside [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31st Goya Awards
The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row. Nominations were announced on 14 December 2016 by Javier Cámara and Natalia de Molina. ''A Monster Calls (film), A Monster Calls'' received the most nominations with twelve, followed by ''Smoke & Mirrors (2016 film), Smoke & Mirrors'' and ''The Fury of a Patient Man'' with eleven nominations each. ''The Fury of a Patient Man'' won Best Film, as well as Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best New Director, but ''A Monster Calls (film), A Monster Calls'' won the most awards, with nine awards, including Best Director. Actress Emma Suárez won two awards on the same night: Best Actress for ''Julieta (film), Julieta'' and Best Supporting Actress for ''La próxima piel''. Winners and nominees Major awards Other award nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work, ''The Threepenny Opera'', which included the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose,Kurt Weill Cjschuler.net. Retrieved on August 22, 2011. '' Gebrauchsmusik''. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. He became a United States citizen in 1943. Family and childhood W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Court Of The Pharaoh
''The Court of the Pharaoh'' () is a 1985 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez from a screenplay by Rafael Azcona and García Sánchez inspired by the 1910 zarzuela ''La corte de Faraón'' written by Guillermo Perrín and Miguel Palacios and composed by Vicente Lleó. It stars Ana Belén. Plot Set in 1940s Madrid, the plot follows a group of thespians staging a play of ' and the play thereby being censored by the Francoist authorities on the basis of its moral laxity. Cast Production The film is a Lince Films and TVE production. Shooting locations included Madrid's . Release The film screened at the 33rd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1985, winning a Silver Shell award. It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 1985. It grossed 239,902,713 ₧ (87,160 admissions). Reception Ángel Fernández-Santos of ''El País (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons In The Garden
''Demons in the Garden'' () is a 1982 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, starring Ángela Molina, Ana Belén and Imanol Arias. The film is about a dysfunctional family living in rural Spain during the first years of Franco's dictatorship. It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Plot In a small Spanish village, Gloria, the imperious head of a troubled family, is devoted to her two sons. The brothers, Óscar and Juan, have frequent violent disputes. Óscar, the oldest, and his steel-willed mother run the family's grocery store called ''el Jardín'' (The Garden), which does a brisk business in the black market. When Óscar marries Juan's lover, Ana, Juan, the beloved handsome second son decides to better his fortunes in Madrid joining the Nationalist Army. Ana, who loves him, is heartbroken. Juan also leaves behind his impoverished cousin, Ángela, pregnant with his child. She moves to the countryside a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Colmena (film)
''The Beehive'' () is a 1982 Spanish film directed by Mario Camus based on the novel '' The Hive'' by Camilo José Cela, it depicts the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its impact on several characters. Cela has a small role as Matías Martí. Synopsis The film is set in Madrid during the postwar period, beginning in 1942. The population suffers the consequences of the civil war. A group of members of a social gathering meet every day in the café ''La Delicia:'' * Doña Rosa ( María Luisa Ponte) is the owner of the central cafe ''La Delicia'' that most of the other characters frequent. She is strict and threatens her staff and her clients with physical violence and accusing them of political crimes, so that they work tirelessly and pay for her drinks. * Several penniless poets, unofficially led by Ricardo Sorbedo ( Paco Rabal), meet in the cafeteria ordering the minimum drink and often convincing the academic Don Ibrahim ( Luis Escobar) to invite them in a scam game that I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universitat Politècnica De València
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (; , ), shortened to UPV, is a Spanish university located in Valencia, with a focus on science, technology, and arts. It was founded in 1968 as the Higher Polytechnic School of Valencia and became a university in 1971, but some of its schools are more than 100 years old. Characteristics The Polytechnic University of Valencia consists of three campuses: (Valencia, Gandia and Alcoy) and 13 schools and faculties: School of Civil Engineering (1972), School of Architecture (1972), School of Industrial Engineering (1972), School of Agricultural Engineering and the Environment (1972), School of Building Engineering (1972), School of Design Engineering (1972), Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoi (1972), Faculty of Fine Arts (1978), School of Informatics (1982), School of Telecommunication Engineering (1989), Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia (1993), School of Engineering in Geodesy, Cartography and Surveying (1994), and Faculty of Business Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleepwalkers (1978 Film)
''Sleepwalkers'' () is a 1978 Spanish film written and directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón starring Ana Belén alongside Norman Briski, María Rosa Salgado, Lola Gaos and José Luis Gómez. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot The plot's historical backdrop is the Burgos trials. Ana, an activist involved in the anti-Francoist struggle, has seemingly converted some of her life's worries into bodily symptoms, suffering from strange maladies. Cast Release The film screened at the 26th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1978. In 1979, a jury formed by the Madrid's , the Barcelona's and other producers selected the film to be the Spanish submission to the 51st Academy Awards. Accolades , - , align = "center" , 1978 , , 26th San Sebastián International Film Festival , , Silver Shell for Best Director , , Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón , , , , alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Criatura
''The Creature'' () is a 1977 drama film, directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. The plot follows a respectable bourgeois housewife who chooses the love for her black German Shepherd over her relationship with her husband. ''La criatura'' is notable, like Walerian Borowczyk's '' La Bête'' (1975) and Nagisa Oshima's (1986), for openly involving zoophilia, then a novelty in Spanish Cinema.Mira, ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema'', p.170 Shot in 1977, the film employs bestiality as a symbol of Spain's political landscape. It makes references to the massacre of Atocha and to political right wing groups that after the death of Francisco Franco, tried to maintain the dictator's political ideals. Plot Marcos and Cristina are a well-to-do couple who have been married for several years. Their relationship has been strained, in part because they have not been able to have children. They are overjoyed when Cristina unexpectedly gets pregnant. Months before the due date, Cristina's hopes are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oviedo
The University of Oviedo (, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres. History The University of Oviedo was established under the terms and conditions of the will of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés Salas (1483–1568), who was the General Inquisitor under Philip II of Spain, and funded by his estate. In 1574 Pope Gregory XIII granted the papal bull to create the university and in 1604 Philip III issued its charter. It first opened for the teaching of classes on September 21, 1608. The ancient university had three faculties: the Faculty of Arts, which every student had to graduate from in order to continue his training in one of the other; and the Faculties of Theology and Law, sometimes known as the higher faculties. After the French invasion of Spain the ''Historical Building'' of the university was occupied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad De Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a private university whose main campus is located in Bogotá, Colombia, with satellite campuses in Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía. Established in 1954, the institution was named after the botanist, scientist and politician Jorge Tadeo Lozano. The university was founded by Joaquín Molano Campuzano, Javier Pulgar Vidal and Jaime Forero Valdés at a time of great political commotion in Colombia. Their aim was to create an environment of peaceful engagement in an academic setting, based on the scientific and altruistic principles that characterized the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada of which Jorge Tadeo Lozano was a member, in a team of scientists led by José Celestino Mutis. Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a member of the Association of Colombian Universities (ASCUN), and Universia. Among the notable architecture features of the school are an auditorium, a fine art gallery, a postgraduate studies building and a public square des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Of Captain Brando
''The Love of Captain Brando'' () is a 1974 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Ana Belén, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Jaime Gamboa. The film was a critical and commercial success and was one of the highest-grossing Spanish films at the time. Plot The film follows the relationship of Aurora, a young school teacher, with two men of opposite generations who fall in love with her: Fernando, a middle age republican exile, and Juan, a thirteen-year-old boy who enjoys playing acting in Westerns, and his imitation of Marlon Brando gives the film its title. Cast Production The film was shot in Pedraza, in the province of Segovia, renamed Trescabañas in the film.Deveney, ''Cain on Screen'', p. 172 Release The film was released theatrically in Spain on 21 June 1974. It was also entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Reception By the end of 1975, the film had grossed 122.4 million ₧, which made it the second highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torment (1974 Film)
''Torment'' () is a 1974 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Olea based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós which stars Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal, Concha Velasco, and Javier Escrivá. Plot The plot is set in 19th-century Madrid. Upon the return of enriched Agustín from the Americas to Spain, young maid Amparo, working for the Bringas and in a relationship with priest Pedro Polo, is courted by Agustín. Cast Production An adaptation of the novel ' by Benito Pérez Galdós, the screenplay was penned by Ricardo López Aranda, , Pedro Olea Pedro Olea (30 June 1938, Bilbao) is a Spanish screenwriter, film producer and film director. His films '' A House Without Boundaries'' (1972) and '' Akelarre'' (1984) entered into the 22nd and the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. His ..., and . The film is a José Frade PC production. Release Distributed by Atlántida, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 2 September 1974. The film becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
