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Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for '' The Wind Journeys'', selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Career He made his first film, '' Wandering Shadows,'' in 2004 at the age of 23. The film was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. His next film, '' The Wind Journeys'', competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards; it also was not selected. His 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'' was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the C.I.C.A.E. Award. It won the Best Film award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Río De Oro, Cesar
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Florida, a census-designated place * Rio, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Rio, Illinois, a village * Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York * Rio, Virginia, a community * Rio, West Virginia, a village * Rio, Wisconsin, a village * El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio Elsewhere * Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, often referred to as simply Rio * Rio, Italy, a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany * Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras People * Rio (given name) * Rio (surname) * Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol Arts and entertainment Films * ''Rio'' (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone * ''Rio'' (franchise), a film series and related media * ''Rio'' (2011 film), an animated film from 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Green Frontier
''Green Frontier'' () is a Colombian crime thriller television miniseries, created by Diego Ramírez Schrempp, Mauricio Leiva-Cock, and Jenny Ceballos, that premiered on Netflix on August 16, 2019. The series was directed by Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal and Laura Mora Ortega and stars Juana del Río, Nelson Camayo, Ángela Cano, Miguel Dionisio Ramos, Bruno Clairefond, Andrés Crespo, Marcela Mar, Mónica Lopera, Andrés Castañeda, John Narváez, Edwin Morales, Karla López and Antonio Bolívar. It was written by Mauricio Leiva-Cock, Gibran Portela, Camila Brugés, Natalia Santa, Javier Peñalosa, Maria Camila Arias, Anton Goenechea and Nicolás Serrano. Synopsis ''Green Frontier'' follows the story of a "young detective who travels deep into the Amazon, on the border of Brazil and Colombia, to investigate a series of bizarre murders. She soon realizes that there’s more intrigue to the jungle than the homicides, as they come across a mysterious indigenous tribe with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi ( , ; born 18 February 1960) is an actress. Born in Italy to a British-Italian couple, she was raised in Britain and finally settled in Australia, becoming a naturalized citizen. Scacchi had her first leading role in the romantic drama film '' Heat and Dust'' (1983), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination. She subsequently played prominent roles in the films '' White Mischief'' (1987), '' Presumed Innocent'' (1990), '' The Player'' (1992), '' Emma'' (1996) and '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2000). For her portrayal of Alix of Hesse in the biographical television film '' Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' (1996), she earned a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Scacchi received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the Western television film '' Broken Trail'' (2006). Early life Scacchi was born on 18 February 1960 in Milan, Italy, the daughter of Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gana Bayarsaikhan
Gana Bayarsaikhan () is a Mongolian actress and model known for her role as "the girl" in the 2019 film '' Waiting for the Barbarians'' and as Tuva Olsen in the 2020 Sky TV series ''Intelligence''. Early life and career Bayarsaikhan was born and raised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She started her career as a model, and has appeared in '' Schön'' magazine. After finishing drama training, she took a coaching programme to help her accept her own speech and accent for auditions. Bayarsaikhan made her screen acting debut as the android Jade in the 2015 film '' Ex Machina'' alongside Domhnall Gleeson. and secured small roles as Khutu in ''Ben-Hur'' (2016) and in ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). Bayarsaikhan purportedly became the first Mongolian actress ever to play a lead role in a Hollywood movie when she was cast as "the girl" in the 2019 film '' Waiting for the Barbarians'', which co-starred Johnny Depp and Mark Rylance, and premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. #Filmography, His filmography often sees him portraying eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, Pattinson has been ranked among the List of highest-paid film actors, world's highest-paid actors, and his works have grossed over $4.7billion worldwide. In 2010, ''Time (magazine), Time'' included him in its list of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world, and he was also featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100, ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started acting at age thirteen in a London theatre club. He made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in ''Vanity Fair (2004 film), Vanity Fair'' (2004), and played Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005) before making his debut as a lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Johnny Depp, multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. Johnny Depp filmography, His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters, have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide. Depp began his career as a musician performing in several amateur rock bands before transitioning into film. He made his feature film debut in the horror film ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984) and appeared in ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series ''21 Jump Street'' (1987–1990). In the 1990s, Depp portrayed lead roles in ''Arizona Dream'' (1993), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), ''Benny & Joon'' (1993), ''Dead Man'' (1995) and title characters ''Ed Wood (film), Ed Wood'' (1994), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mark Rylance
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (; born 18 January 1960) is an English actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his roles on stage and screen, having received numerous awards including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards. In 2016 he was included in the ''Time'' 100 list of the world's most influential people. In 2017 he was made a knight by Queen Elizabeth II. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he made his professional debut at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in 1980. He appeared in the West End productions of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in 1994 and ''Jerusalem'' in 2010, winning the Olivier Award for Best Actor for both. He has also appeared on Broadway, winning three Tony Awards: two for Best Actor for '' Boeing Boeing'' in 2008 and ''Jerusalem'' in 2011, and one for Best Featured Actor for ''Twelft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Waiting For The Barbarians
''Waiting for the Barbarians'' is a novel by the South African writer J. M. Coetzee. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series '' Great Books of the 20th Century'' and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction. American composer Philip Glass has also written an opera of the same name based on the book which premiered in September 2005 at Theater Erfurt, Germany. Coetzee is said to have taken the title as well as to have been heavily influenced by the 1904 poem " Waiting for the Barbarians" by the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy. Coetzee's novel was as well deeply influenced by Italian writer Dino Buzzati's novel '' The Tartar Steppe'' (which too had been based on Cavafy's poem). Plot The story is narrated in the first person by the unnamed magistrate of a settlement that exists on the territorial frontier of "The Empire". The Magistrate's rather peaceful existence comes to an end with the Empire's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Waiting For The Barbarians (film)
''Waiting for the Barbarians'' is a 2019 drama film directed by Ciro Guerra in his English-language directorial debut. The film is based on the 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee. It stars Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, and Greta Scacchi. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2019. It was released on August 7, 2020, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It received a lukewarm critical response. Plot The Magistrate manages an outpost on the desert frontiers of an unnamed Empire. His careful management has kept the peace for many years and there are only minor misunderstandings. All that changes with the arrival of Colonel Joll, who is acting as part of a mysterious plan set in motion by the centre of the empire. The Magistrate tries his best, but Colonel Joll remains antagonistic. Colonel Joll insists on interrogating an innocent man and his nephew for sheep rustling. Colonel Joll is determined to follow his process for getting the truth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
La Guajira Desert
The La Guajira Desert ( Wayuu: ''Woumainkat Wajiira'', Spanish: ''Desierto de La Guajira'') is a desert located in northern Colombia and Venezuela, approximately north of Bogotá, covering most of the La Guajira Peninsula at the northernmost tip of South America. It is the continent's largest desert north of the equator. Most of the region is within Colombia's La Guajira Department, though a small portion is in the Venezuelan state of Zulia. The area holds immense coal reserves which are exploited in a zone known as El Cerrejón. It is also home to the indigenous Wayuu people. The Wayuu are mostly herders but also master deep-sea divers, known for collecting pearls from the Caribbean Sea. The peninsula is populated chiefly by xeric scrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Birds Of Passage (film)
''Birds of Passage'' () is a 2018 epic crime film directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The film explores the rise of a Wayuu man and his family as they enter the drug trade, prosper, and slowly lose their traditions and former way of life. It was selected to open the 50th edition of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. Plot In the late 1960s, Zaida ( Natalia Reyes), a young Wayuu woman, comes of age. She meets Rapayet (José Acosta) who proposes to marry her. Zaida comes from the influential Pushaina family and her mother, Ursula, sets her dowry high. Rapayet comes across white American Peace Corps volunteers desperate for marijuana. Rapayet and his friend Moisés go to Rapayet's cousin, Gabriel, who grows marijuana. Impressed by their product, one of the Americans offers Rapayet a business deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
El Espectador
''El Espectador'' () is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became a daily paper. As the oldest newspaper in Colombia still in circulation'', El Espectador'' is considered a newspaper of record for Colombia and a home for prominent writers, including the 1982 Nobel Prize Laurete Gabriel García Márquez. It is a member of the Inter American Press Association and the Asociación de Diarios Colombianos (ANDIARIOS). It defined itself as a "political, literary, news, and industrial newspaper". In 2001, during a financial crisis, It transitioned into a weekly release, but reverted to a daily release on May 11, 2008, a comeback which had long been rumoured. With this change, it now utilized a by tabloid format. From 1997 to 2011 its main shareholder was Julio Mario Santo Domingo. Since 2001, the paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
