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Cosas Que Hacen Que La Vida Valga La Pena
''Things That Make Living Worthwhile'' () is a 2004 Spanish romantic comedy-drama film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, starring Ana Belén and Eduard Fernández. Plot The plot features the relationship between Hortensia, a divorced woman working as a civil officer at the INEM, and Jorge, an also divorced unemployed man and recovering alcoholic. Cast Production The film was directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira whereas the screenplay was penned by Joaquín Oristrell, Yolanda García Serrano, and Luis Piedrahita. It was produced by BocaBoca Producciones with the participation of TVE and Canal+. Release The film screened at the 7th Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FMCE) in 2004. Distributed by Columbia Tristar Spain, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 26 November 2004. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film be "an enjoyable, adult-oriented comedy romancer beefed up by a thought-provoking darker side". Mirito Torreiro of ''Fotogramas'' g ...
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Manuel Gómez Pereira
Manuel Gómez Pereira (born 8 December 1958 in Madrid) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director of comedies. His 1999 film '' Between Your Legs'' was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with '' Aimée & Jaguar'' by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' The Thin Red Line'' directed by Terrence Malick. Th .... He is the nephew of the film director Luis Sanz, his brother. Filmography as director * 1992: '' Salsa rosa'' * 1993: '' Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex?'' * 1994: ''All Men Are the Same'' (1994 film) * 2016: '' All Men Are the Same'', a Dominican remake of the above * 1995: '' Boca a boca ( Mouth to Mouth)'' * 1997: '' Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (El amor perjudica seriamente la salud)'' * 1999: '' Between Your Legs (Entre las piernas)'' * 2001: '' Off Key (Desafinado)'' * 2004: '' ¡Hay motivo! ...
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Fernando Colomo
Fernando Colomo Gómez (born 2 February 1946) is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has also acted in small roles in his own and other's films. He is regarded as the father of the so-called '' comedia madrileña''. Filmography Feature film Short film Acting roles Television Political activity In the 2019 Spanish general election, he candidated to the Spanish Senate for Madrid within Recortes Cero - Grupo Verde - Partido Castellano - Tierra Comunera Tierra Comunera (, TC) is a Castilian nationalist political party in the Spanish historical region of Castile. It is modelled after the Basque and Catalan nationalist parties but does not advocate full independence for Castile, instead favori .... His aim was to promote the list rather than becoming elected.
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2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and ''Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Al Pacino, Pacino, Robert De Niro, De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman, Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, ...
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ICAA (Spain)
The Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (; ICAA) is a Spanish government agency, charged with the planning of policies to support the film industry and audiovisual production. It depends on the Ministry of Culture. It is a member of the European Film Promotion (EFP) network on behalf of Spain. History Through the Law 50/1984 of 30 December 1984, the ICAA was created in 1985. In 1986, Fernando Méndez-Leite replaced Pilar Miró at the helm of the ICAA. Miguel Marías became the director general in 1988, whereas Enrique Balmaseda served as head from 1990 to 1992. Role The ICAA manages the subsidies to the film industry provided by the General State Budget. It is charged with ensuring free competition in the audiovisual sector. The institute is also tasked with encouraging cooperation with similar bodies from other countries as well as with cooperating with the regional administrations of the different autonomous communities The autonomous communities () are ...
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List Of Spanish Films Of 2004
A list of Cinema of Spain, Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2004. The domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The five highest-grossing Spanish films in 2004, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: See also * 19th Goya Awards Informational notes References External links Spanish films of 2004
at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Spanish Films Of 2004 Lists of Spanish films by year, 2004 Lists of 2004 films by country, Spanish 2004 in Spanish cinema, Films ...
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14th Actors And Actresses Union Awards
The 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 20 June 2005 at Madrid's Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones. The gala was hosted by Concha Velasco Concepción Velasco Varona (29 November 1939 – 2 December 2023), known professionally as Concha Velasco, also Conchita Velasco, was a Spanish actress, singer, dancer, television presenter, and theatrical producer. She received numerous accolad ... and the comedy duo 'Quésquíspás'. In addition to the competitive awards, Agustín González obtained the '' life achievement career award on a posthumous basis, whilst the Special Award went to . Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: Film Television Theatre Newcomers References {{Actors and Actresses Union Awards Actors and Actresses Union Awards 2005 in Madrid 2005 television awards 2005 film awards 2005 theatre awards June 2005 in Spain ...
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Goya Award For Best Actress
The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in ''Hay que deshacer la casa, We Must Undo the House''. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on twelve occasions, winning two times. As of the 39th Goya Awards, 2025 ceremony, Carolina Yuste is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mónica / Arantxa in ''Undercover (2024 film), Undercover''. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per the Spanish Film Academy convention, corresponding to year the ceremony was held. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The foll ...
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Goya Awards
The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, at the Lope de Vega Theatre (Madrid), Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid. They have since been also held in other Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Málaga, Valencia, Valladolid, and Granada). History To reward the best Spanish films of each year, the Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts decided to create the Goya Awards. The Goya Awards are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards. The inaugural ceremony took place on March 17, 1987, at the Lope de Vega Theatre (Madrid), Lope de Vega theatre in Madrid. From the 2nd edition until 1995, the awards were held at the Palacio de Congresos (Madrid), Palacio de Congresos ...
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Goya Award For Best Actor
The Goya Award for Best Actor (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a significant presence in several film festivals both Spanish and international, Imanol Arias (''El Lute: Run for Your Life, Lute: Run for Your Life''), Fernando Rey (''Winter Diary''), Juan Echanove (''Madregilda''), Luis Tosar (''Take My Eyes''), Juan José Ballesta (''7 Virgins''), Juan Diego (actor), Juan Diego (''Go Away from Me''), José Sacristán (''The Dead Man and Being Happy''), Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez, Javier Gutiérrez (''Marshland (film), Marshland''), Ricardo Darín (''Truman (2015 film), Truman'') and Eduard Fernández (''Smoke & Mirrors (2016 film), Smoke & Mirrors'') received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Juan Luis Galiardo (''Goodbye from the Heart''), Javier ...
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19th Goya Awards
The 19th Goya Awards took place in Madrid, Spain on 30 January 2005. ''The Sea Inside ''The Sea Inside'' () is a 2004 psychological drama film co-written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar, who also co-produced, scored and edited. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), who was left quadr ...'' was nominated for 15 awards and won 14, including the four regular acting awards (Bardem, Bugallo, Dueñas and Rivera) and the two acting awards for Best New Actor and Actress, Best Director (Amenábar), Best Film and Best Original Screenplay (Amenábar and Gil). Winners and nominees Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * José Luis López Vázquez References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 19 2004 film awards 2004 in Spanish cinema 2005 in Madrid Events in Madrid ...
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Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is a Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó and María Fernanda Gañán. On 5 February 1951, the magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jesús Tordesillas for his performance in 1950 film ''Pequeñeces''. In the 1970s the magazine was part of the Nadal Group. New categories were added over time to the award which were renamed Fotogramas de Plata and in 2012 they absorbed the TP de Oro awards. In 2011, the magazine was acquired by Hearst Communications. In 2018, Hearst closed the editorial office in Barcelona in order to centralize editing efforts in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan a ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ...
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