Asfalto
''Asfalto'' (English: Asphalt) is a 2000 Spanish-French drama film directed by Daniel Calparsoro. It stars Najwa Nimri, Juan Diego Botto, and Gustavo Salmerón. Plot Set in Madrid, the plot tracks the romantic triangle between Lucía, Chino, and Charly. Cast Production ''Asfalto'' is Calparsoro's fourth feature and his fourth and last to star his then wife, the actress Najwa Nimri. The couple divorced in 2000. Nominations ''Asfalto'' was nominated at the Goya Awards for the Best Original Score. Legacy ''Asfalto'' was part of the program ' in 2019. The film is noted for being rooted in the Basque heritage of its director and, according to ''The A to Z of Spanish Cinema,'' was for him a "return to marginal backgrounds and wild urban landscapes". See also * List of Spanish films of 2000 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2000. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Spanish Films Of 2000 ...
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2000. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2000, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: See also * 15th Goya Awards References ;Informational notes ;Citations External links Spanish films of 2000at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Spanish Films Of 2000 2000 Spanish Films A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are gen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Najwa Nimri
Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea (; born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer. In 1996, Nimri formed the musical duo ''Najwajean'' along with producer Carlos Jean, launching ''No Blood'', an early instance of a trip-hop album in Spain. She first appeared in a film with a leading role in '' Jump into the Void'' (1995), eventually becoming one of the big names of 1990s and 2000s Spanish cinema. Film roles that came after her debut include performances in '' Passages'' (1996), '' Open Your Eyes'' (1997), '' Blinded'' (1997), '' Lovers of the Arctic Circle'' (1998), '' Asfalto'' (2000), '' Sex and Lucia'' (2001), and '' Fausto 5.0'' (2001). After spending some time on the back burner as an actress, her popularity greatly increased in the streaming era for her television work in villain roles in crime drama series '' Locked Up'' and '' Money Heist''. Early life Nimri's mother is from Pamplona and her father, Karam Nimri, is Jordanian. She has a brother, a half-brother and two ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juan Diego Botto
Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film ''Stories from the Kronen''. He has since starred in films such as ''Martín (Hache)'' (1997), ''Plenilune'' (2000), ''Broken Silence (2001 film), Broken Silence'' (2001), ''Obaba'' (2005), ''Go Away from Me'' (2006) and ''Ismael (film), Ismael'' (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with the 2022 social drama-thriller ''On the Fringe (film), On the Fringe''. Early life Botto was born on 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of and Cristina Rota. His parents were both actors. His father (a member of the Peronist Youth and Montoneros) was Forced disappearance, kidnapped and murdered in 1977 during the Arg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mastretta (musician)
Mastretta is the artistic alias of Ignacio Mastretta Rodríguez (Barcelona; May 9, 1964), a Spanish musician, composer and record producer. Biography Early years Even though he was born in Barcelona, Nacho (short for Ignacio) Mastretta is considered a Cantabria, Cantabric musician, since he moved as a young child to Santander (Cantabria), Santander where he studied piano at Conservatorio Jesús de Monasterio of Santander, Cantabria, Santander. His first music project was named ''Las Manos de Orlac'', a band formed in 1987 that played pop and Caribbean music, where he sang and played a lot of instruments. With this band he recorded two albums, ''La Furia'' (1988) and ''Salud y Pesetas'' (1989). He then moved to Madrid in 1991 and from 1992 until 1999 he worked as a sound technician in the famous studio El Sol. He also worked at Sala Maravillas, working with international and local bands throughout the expansion of alternative rock. Instrumental music on an indie label By the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gustavo Salmerón
Gustavo Salmerón García (born 27 August 1970 in Madrid, Spain as Gustavo García Salmerón), is a Spanish actor and writer, known for ''Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle'' (2017), ''Mensaka'' (1998) and '' Asfalto'' (2000). Biography From a very young age he became interested in cinema and began shooting homemade short films with his siblings and was attracted to the arts in general. At the age of eighteen, after finishing high school, he studied for a year in a town near Chicago, where he came into contact with the world of theater at Mount Vernon Drama School. However, his vocation as a painter was stronger and after presenting his drawings he was shortlisted for a scholarship at the prestigious Art Institute in Chicago. But he had returned to Spain for family reasons. Then he registered at the Faculty of Beautiful Arts of Madrid. He regularly attended classes of Theater at the Nicolás Salmerón Cultural Center . They immediately offered him acting jobs in theater and te ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rubén Ochandiano
Rubén Ochandiano de Higes (born 3 October 1980) is a Spanish actor. Life and career Rubén Ochandiano de Higes was born in Madrid on 3 October 1980. He is the nephew of actress and stage director . He trained as an actor under Juan Carlos Corazza and . Ochandiano played bit parts in television series such as '' Médico de familia'' and '' Periodistas'' until landing a breakthrough role in high school soap opera '' Al salir de clase'', portraying Marcos, the shy nephew of the school's principal, from 1999 to 2000. Ochandiano made his film debut in '' Flowers from Another World'' (1999). His performance in Maquis-themed drama '' Broken Silence'' (2001) as a sheep herder earned him a nomination for a Goya Award for Best New Actor. In the film, his character is forced by a policeman to drink a whole bottle of castor oil in a bar. In 2006, he played an anarchist in the television miniseries '' Vientos de agua''. He portrayed "perverse and twisted" archbishop Oliva in historical d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Calparsoro
Daniel Calparsoro López-Tapia (born 11 May 1968) is a Spanish filmmaker, considered one of Spain's most adept action film directors. Biography Daniel Calparsoro López-Tapia was born in Barcelona on 11 May 1968, although he was raised in between Hondarribia and San Sebastián, in Gipuzkoa. He studied Political Science in Madrid simultaneously with filmmaking studies, the latter of which he further advanced in New York. From 1995 to 2000, he was married to actress and singer Najwa Nimri. He married actress Patricia Vico circa 2006. Filmography Feature films TV Series Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calparsoro, Daniel Spanish film directors 1968 births Living people Action film directors 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish screenwriters Spanish male screenwriters Film directors from Barcelona ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonia San Juan
Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter. Biography She was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in '' Todo sobre mi madre'' by Pedro Almodóvar. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre . Since 2009 she has been acting in the popular Spanish TV series '' La que se avecina'', playing the part of Estela Reynolds, the eccentric mother of Lola. She is an atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ... and is highly critical of religion, calling it a "ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Goya Award For Best Original Score
The Goya Award for Best Original Score (''Mejor música original'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Spanish folk band Milladoiro was the first winner of the award for their work in the film ''Half of Heaven'' (1986). Composer Alberto Iglesias holds the record of most wins and nominations for this award, winning eleven times out of seventeen nominations. For the 39th ceremony, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain () is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Cinema of Spain, Spanish cinema. Founded in 1986, it is responsible for the annual Goya Awards, Spain's princ ... introduced a modification consisting of the requirement of a declaration signed by the producers accrediting the non-submission of AI-generated compositions. In the list below the winne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000s Spanish Films
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French Drama Films
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