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Goya Toledo
Gregoria Micaela Toledo Machín (born 24 September 1969) professionally known as Goya Toledo, is a Spanish actress and model. She has appeared in '' Amores perros'', '' Killing Words,'' and ''13 Roses''. Early life and career Gregoria Micaela Toledo Machín was born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, on 24 September 1969 but was raised in Las Palmas. Before venturing into acting, Toledo had worked as a model. She made her debut in 1993, and has since performed in Spanish, Italian and German productions. At the 13th Goya Awards, Toledo was nominated for Best New Actress for her performance in ''Mararía''. In 2003, at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival, she was one of several young European actors that were presented the Shooting Stars Award by the European Film Promotion. Personal life Toledo is a close friend of fellow actress Penélope Cruz, whom she met while studying acting in the school of Cristina Rota. In 2015, she confirmed her marriage to guitarist Craig Ross C ...
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Arrecife
Arrecife (; ; ) is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport. The population of the municipality was 64,645 in 2020. Its area is . Arrecife is located south of Teguise and east of San Bartolomé, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its southeast. It is a port town, served by ferries to the other Canary Islands, Europe, and Africa. The LZ1 road connects Arrecife to the northeast of the island, the LZ2 road connects it to the southwest, and the LZ3 road serves as the city's beltway. The tallest building in Lanzarote is the Arrecife Gran Hotel, which is located on the seafront alongside the harbour. History The earliest records of Arrecife date from the fifteenth century when it was a small fishing settlement. The name, given then as ''Arrec ...
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European Film Promotion
European Film Promotion (EFP) is an organisation with a mission of promoting European films internationally. A network of 38 national film promotion institutes which represent films from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, the members team up on initiatives to promote the diversity and the spirit of European cinema and talent at key international film festivals and markets. Activities EFP's joint promotional strategies including artistic and business-oriented platforms with a focus on three main areas: promotion of films and talent, access to international markets, and film sales support outside of Europe. EFP has developed innovative programmes and initiatives such as the well-known programmes European Shooting Stars, introducing young talented actors to the press, industry and public at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Producers on the Move, a networking event at the Cannes Film Festival to promote and link up aspiring young producers. Further programme ...
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The Cliff (film)
''The Cliff'' () is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by based on the novel ''El contenido del silencio'' by Lucía Etxebarria which stars Goya Toledo, Daniel Grao, Juana Acosta, Ingrid García-Jonsson, and Jon Kortajarena. Plot Attorney Gabriel goes to the Canary Islands to look for his sister, cult adept Cordelia, missing since a collective suicide took place in the cult. He is helped by Cordelia's friend Helena, coming across the criminal investigation of inspector Santana. Cast Production The film is a Lamia production, with the participation of TVE, ETB, Movistar+, Euskaltel and Gobierno de Navarra. Shooting locations included Navarre, Gipuzkoa, and Gran Canaria. Release The film premiered at the 19th Málaga Film Festival on 25 April 2016. Distributed by Alfa Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 3 June 2016. Reception Andrea G. Bermejo of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be a "cold and efficient" thrille ...
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Maktub (2011 Film)
''Maktub'' is a 2011 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by (in his directorial debut feature). Its cast features Diego Peretti, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Goya Toledo, Andoni Hernández, Laura Esquivel, and Jorge Garcia, among others. Plot A couple in marital crisis formed by Manolo and Beatriz meet Antonio, a Canarian boy with cancer full of zest for life, thereby changing Manolo's life forever. Cast Production The film is a Sonrisas que Hacen Magia Producciones AIE production, with the collaboration of Antena 3. Shooting locations included El Guincho (Garachico). Release Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 December 2011. Critical reception of ''El País'' wrote that "the worst thing about 'Maktub' is not only its aggressive combination of television aesthetics and sentimentality" "but its thinly disguised status as promotional fiction". Irene Crespo of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars deeming it to ...
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Los Hombres De Paco
''Los hombres de Paco'' (English: ''Paco's Men'') is a Spanish television series that originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on Antena 3. A tenth season was aired from 10 May 2021 to 16 December 2021. Created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The fiction primarily focused on a group of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents. General The fiction focused on a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictitious neighborhood in Madrid, originally following a trio of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents: Paco, Mariano and Lucas, overseen by Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. The "forbidden" love story between Lucas and Sara (Paco's daughter) was another of the main storylines of the series, later turned into a love triangle with the addition of Aitor. Season 6 featured a big jumping the shark moment, by retconning the non-death of Lucas. Seasons six through eight of the series centered on a lesbian relation ...
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Plans For Tomorrow (film)
''Plans for Tomorrow'' () is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Juana Macías (her feature debut). The cast features Carme Elias, Goya Toledo, Ana Labordeta and Aura Garrido. Plot Set in an indeterminate Spanish city, the plot follows four women at a time their lives are facing radical changes. Cast Production The film was produced by Teoponte PC, Monte Film and Viernes Producciones, with support from Junta de Extremadura. Shooting locations included the city of Cáceres, in Extremadura. Release On 18 April 2010, the film screened at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FMCE), where it was met with acclaim. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it was theatrically released in Spain on 19 November 2010. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film to be "a quietly engrossing debut for helmer/co-writer Juana Macias that unpacks the crosscut lives of four women in crisis". Reviewing for ''El País'', Javier Ocaña considered the film to be a "notable ...
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Acusados
''Acusados'' is a Spanish drama television series created by Ida y Vuelta starring Blanca Portillo and José Coronado, among others. It aired from 2009 to 2010 on Telecinco. Premise Rosa Ballester ( Blanca Portillo) is a judge who prosecutes the businessman Joaquín de la Torre (José Coronado) for believing him responsible for a fire in a club. To that end, Ballester requires the services of Jorge Vega ( Daniel Grao), who moves from Salamanca to Madrid in order to help with the investigation, unbeknownst the main reason behind the requirement of Ballester is that the latter wants to approach Vega's girlfriend Laura Nieto (Silvia Abascal), supposedly a key piece in the case. Cast ;Introduced in season 2 Production and release Filming started by September 2008 in Salamanca, later moving to Madrid. The series premiered on 28 January 2009. The last episode of the first season aired on 22 April 2009. The second season premiered on 13 January 2010. The broadcasting run of th ...
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Sandrine In The Train
Sandrine was a popular French female name. It is a diminutive form of Sandra, a shortened form of Alexandra, the female version of Alexander, which means ''Protector of Men''. There are variants such as ''Sandrilene''. People * Sandrine (singer), Australian singer-songwriter of pop music * Sandrine Bailly, French biathlete * Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress * Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress * Sandrine Corman, Belgian model * Sandrine Doucet, French politician * Sandrine Dudoit, French-American statistician * Sandrine François, French singer * Sandrine Fricot, French high jumper * Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress * Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress * Sandrina Malakiano, Indonesian journalist * Sandrine Nosbé, French politician * Sandrine Piau, French opera singer * Sandrine Pinna, Taiwanese actress * Sandrine Renard, Canadian journalist * Sandrine Revel, French comics illustrator and author * Sandrine Tas, Belgian inline speed skater and long track speed skater * Sandrine Testu ...
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Rated R (film)
''Rated R'' () is a 2008 Spanish film directed and written by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Candela Peña, Mar Flores, and Goya Toledo. Plot The plot, starting in Madrid in 1975, follows Sandra, Lina and Eva, three actresses with different backgrounds working in Cine 'S' (erotic films) productions during the so-called Transition. Cast Susana Estrada features in a cameo. Production The film was produced by The Little Jiraffe and Antena 3 Films and it had the participation of Antena 3. Release Distributed by Universal Pictures International Spain, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 24 October 2008. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film to be "an affectionate, if clumsy, X-ray of the period" mmediately after the death of dictator Francoin which the sinking soap-opera-like final stretch is compensated by a trio of strong performances and "the sheer fascination of watching a decent portrayal of a society in transition". ...
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Rivals (2008 Spanish Film)
''Rivals'' () is a 2008 Spanish comedy-sport film directed by Fernando Colomo and written by Joaquín Oristrell and Inés París. The plot follows an Under-12 Spanish football tournament. Plot When two youth football teams from Madrid and Barcelona with a longstanding rivalry reach the finals of the Youth Spanish Cup, the tension explodes on and off the field. The players from both teams share a bus and hotel with each other and with their coaches (who are in love but hide it), parents, a crazy grandmother, reporters and even pets. Guillermo (played by Ernesto Altiero) and his son Xavier find their relationship tested as Guillermo remembers his own failure to make the championship in his youth, while Xavier chooses his girlfriend over football. In director Fernando Colomo's own words, this is a "road trip movie about human relationships." Cast Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed ''Rivals'' to be a "disappointing" comedy for Colomo. See also * List of S ...
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Eugénie De Montijo
Eugénie de Montijo (; born María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920) was Second French Empire, Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until he was overthrown on 4 September 1870. From 28 July to 4 September 1870, she was the ''de facto'' head of state of France. Born to prominent Spanish nobility, Eugénie was educated in France, Spain, and England. As Empress, she used her influence to champion "authoritarian and clerical policies"; her involvement in politics earned her much criticism from contemporaries.McQueen 2011, p. 3. Napoléon and Eugénie had one child together, Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856–1879). After the fall of the Empire, the three lived in exile in England; Eugénie outlived both her husband and son and spent the remainder of her life working to commemorate their memories and the memory of the Second French Empire. Youth María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina was born on 5 Ma ...
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Body Confusion
''Body Confusion'' () is a 2004 Spanish fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by which stars Gustavo Salmerón, José Coronado, and Goya Toledo. Plot Bruno, a Guardia Civil agent at a low-ebb, finds out that he actually is an actor (Alex) portraying a character in a movie. He seeks to reach out to the movie director in a parallel reality to get his affairs in order. Cast Production The film is a Cartel production. Shooting locations included Madrid and its surroundings. Release The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2004. It was released theatrically in Spain on 13 August 2004. Reception Mirito Torreiro of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that the helmer get himself into a mess from which he emerges well and on his own feet, highlighting a script full of smart cheats. Accolades , - , align = "center" rowspan = "2" , 2004 , , rowspan = "2" , 7th Málaga Film Festival , , Best Director , , Vicente Pe� ...
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