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Butterfly's Tongue
''Butterfly's Tongue'' or ''Butterfly'' ( es, La lengua de las mariposas ; may be more literally translated as "''The Tongue of the Butterflies''"), is a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centers on Moncho (Manuel Lozano) and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio (Fernando Fernán Gómez), who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life. The film is adapted from three short stories from the 1996 book ' by Galician author Manuel Rivas. The short stories are "A lingua das bolboretas", "Un saxo na néboa", and "Carmiña". The film received some critical acclaim. It was nominated for the 2000 Goya Award for Best Picture, and it won the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. ''Butterfly's Tongu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Cuerda
José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 19474 February 2020) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Albacete and died on 4 February 2020 at the age of 72 in Madrid from an embolism. He won four Goya Awards: in 1987, 1988, 2000 and 2009. Filmography as director * 1982 – '' Pares y nones'' * 1983 – ''Total (film for TV)'' * 1985 – ''Mala racha (film for TV)'' * 1987 – '' El bosque animado'' * 1989 – '' Amanece, que no es poco'' * 1991 – '' La viuda del capitán Estrada'' * 1992 – ''La marrana'' * 1993 – ''Tocando fondo'' * 1995 – ''Así en el cielo como en la tierra'' * 1999 – '' Butterfly's Tongue'' * 2000 – ''Primer amor'' * 2004 – '' ¡Hay motivo!'' (episode: "Por el mar corre la liebre") * 2006 – '' The Education of Fairies'' * 2008 – '' The Blind Sunflowers'' * 2012 – ''Todo es silencio'' * 2018 – ''Tiempo después ''Some Time Later'' ( es, Tiempo después, links=no) is a 2018 Spanish-Portuguese surreal hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
