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Luis Fernández (actor)
Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva (born 14 March 1973) is a Venezuelan actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for his role in the 2016 film ''Tamara (2016 Venezuelan film), Tamara'', and for his stand-up show ''It's not you, it’s me'' (''No eres tú, soy yo''). He has worked extensively on stage and in film and TV, and has published books, essays, and newspaper columns. Early life and education Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva was born on 14 March 1973 in Caracas, Venezuela. Fernández graduated in architecture in 1991 from the Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela), Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1990, graduating in 1993. His thesis, "The Boston Studio", was published by Cuadernos Lagoven in Caracas. From 2008 he attended the New York Film Academy, graduating in Filmmaking in 2012. Career Fernández started his career on stage at age 19, and developed his directorial skills on stage. His directorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The historic center of the city is the Cathedral, located on Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan area. The Caracas Stock Exchange and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan International Film Festival
Milan Film Festival (''MFF'', ') is an annual independent film festival held since 1996 in Milan, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local short films, but grew to have a feature film competition program along with numerous other sections and events. Profile The festival was launched in 1996 as an independent festival of short meter movies. It became international in 1998 when it introduced a competition program. In 1999, MFF began to show feature films, and in the following year they started to compete for the Best Film Award. In 2007, the attendance exceeded 93,000. By 2017, the number of entries for the short meter competition exceeded 2,000. As of 2018, competitions were: Best Short, Best Feature, the Outsiders, Ultra Reality, . The festival takes place in 7 locations around the city, it is supported by Milano City Council and sponsored by Lavazza brand. The industry section is a 3-days long program which includes open talks on storytelling, filmmaking, advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujer Secreta
Mujer Secreta (English title:''Secret woman'') is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Alidha Ávila and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1999. This telenovela lasted 126 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International. Carolina Tejera and Juan Carlos Vivas starred as the main protagonists with Mariano Álvarez and Alba Roversi as the antagonists. Synopsis Eugenia is a beautiful and gentle woman trapped in an abusive marriage to her husband Gustavo Landaeta. She struggles to find herself, love and happiness as she debates whether to leave her husband or not as she blames herself for her husband's failures even though she knows that his mother Carlota who had a role to play in his current brutal behaviour and insecurities. Eugenia fears leaving Gustavo and being free to end up trapped in another prison. But her destiny changes when she meets Bernardo Valladares, Gustavo's cousin and one of the heirs to the Valladares group of banks. Eugenia feels safe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calypso (TV Series)
''Calypso'' is a Venezuelan telenovela created by César Miguel Rondón and produced by Venevisión in 1999. This telenovela lasted 80 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. Chiquinquirá Delgado and Luis Fernández star as the protagonists. Synopsis Calypso is a picturesque and prosperous Caribbean island that, on the day of San Salvador - patron saint of the island, crowns the queen of the festivities, who this year is a lovely young woman named Maria Margarita, “la Bella” (“the Beautiful”). Everyone calls her that not only because of what is obvious to the eye but also to differentiate her from her older sister, who is equally beautiful and has a similar name: Margarita Luisa, “la Grande” (“the Elder”). However, it turns out that neither of the two Margaritas feel like celebrating today. "La Grande" is still in mourning, since exactly one year ago the sea took the life of Ernesto Lopez, the man she was going to marry. "La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Stories (1997 TV Series)
''Ghost Stories'' is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1997 to 1998 on The Family Channel. The show was narrated by Rip Torn and originally two episodes were presented back to back in an hour-long segment. However, towards the end of the series, it was broken down into 30 minute episodes with just one story, most featuring a style similar to episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' in which there would be a twist at the end. There have been five DVD releases. Also, ''Ghost Stories'' was shown in the United Kingdom on ITV and, more recently, the TV channel Zone Horror. Episodes Each episode begins with an introduction segment narrated by Rip Torn (viewable in QuickTime or in Windows Media): Come with me to a place of wondrous contradictions. A place that is silent and unstirring yet restless and alive. A place of untold peace and boundless dread. Come with me into the very cradle of darkness, where those who dwell, dwell alone. Once complete, it goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llovizna (TV Series)
Llovizna is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV in 1997 based on a story written by José Simón Escalona. Scarlet Ortiz and Luis Fernandez starred as the main protagonists. Plot Llovizna is the name of a beautiful eighteen-year-old girl raised by Marhuanta Sánchez, a former prostitute and companion of Llovizna's grandfather, Caruachi del Río. Caruachi, an ex-convict and now a steel worker, gave baby Llovizna to Marhuanta, without revealing that she was his granddaughter. Llovizna's biological mother, Caruachi's daughter, Rosplandor, was murdered immediately following her birth in an effort to hide a relationship she had with Pio Heres, the owner of the steel mill. As Pio was hoping for a son, Llovizna's life was spared, and she was given to Marhuanta to raise as her own child. On his deathbed, Caruachi reveals to Llovizna that Pio robbed him of his investment in the steel mill 20 years prior, and that Pio is responsible for the death of her mother. As he breathes his last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruz De Nadie
''Cruz de nadie (Cross of No One)'' is a Venezuelan telenovela which starred Luis Fernández, Nohely Noriega, Isabel Moreno and Joana Benedek. It was produced and broadcast on Marte TV in 1994. Synopsis Cruz de nadie (Cross of No One) is the story of a forbidden love by the unfortunate laws of inheritance. Framed at the early 20th century, and breathtaking Andes landscapes, this is the story of Augusto Antúnez and Emilia Vegas' fight against the tyrant Teofilo Vegas, Emilia's Father, and their fate, which condemns their love. The fruit of this relationship are two children which are separated from their parents at birth. One of them, Luciano, will suffer the fatal sickness filling Augusto with horror and unable to withstand the pain that Emilia will bear upon seeing the maimed child decides to exchange him for a healthy girl. Maité Antúnez. She will seize their fortune and live surrounded in luxury and comfort that was rightfully the twins. The children are sold to a circus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paseo De La Gracia De Dios
''El paseo de la gracia de Dios'' ("The Walk of the Grace of God") is a Venezuelan telenovela which starred Luis Fernández, Nohely Arteaga, Beatriz Valdés and Carmen Julia Álvarez. It was produced and broadcast on Marte TV in 1993. Synopsis Played out against a backdrop of political upheaval, this story of untamed passion and fatal vengeance throws two lovers together in an impossible affair that can only end in tragedy, unless their love can triumph intense drama of power and romance. Cast * Luis Fernández * Nohely Arteaga * Beatriz Valdés * Carmen Julia Álvarez * Elba Escobar as Concepción Quijano * Jesus Nebot * Daniela Alvarado * Veronica Ortiz as Clara Delfino * Isabel Moreno as Soledad Mendoza * Beatriz Fuentes * Raquel Castaño * Aitor Gaviria as Antonio Trenard + Nelson Diaz as Peter Gonzalez Maria Eugenia Perera External linksEl paseo de la gracia de Diosat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Loba Herida
''La loba herida'' (The Wounded She-Wolf) is a Venezuelan telenovela shown in 1992, starring with Mariela Alcala, Carlos Montilla, and Astrid Carolina Herrera. This telenovela contains 214 episodes. Nicandro Díaz produced its remake, known as Contra Viento y Marea for Televisa in 2005. Synopsis Rosana Soler is a young Spanish girl who is sent to Venezuela to live with her Aunt Celeste and Uncle Elias when she is orphaned. After a rape attempt by her uncle, Rosana runs away from home and meets Eva Rudel, a cruel woman who runs a whorehouse. Thanks to Celeste, Rosana becomes a ward of Eva, whose husband has a bastard son, Alvaro, that he wants to legitimize and bring to Caracas. Armando doesn't know that his son had been a bullfighter who was killed in the ring, so when he shows up in Spain to collect his son, Alvaro's sister Isabel dresses up as a boy and greets her new ''dad.'' Isabel's goal, however, is to wreak vengeance on Eva, who was responsible for landing her mother in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reverón (2011 Film)
Reverón is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People *Adriana Reverón (born 1985), Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder *Armando Reverón (1889–1954), Venezuelan painter and sculptor *Jorge Díaz Reverón Jorge Díaz Reverón is a Puerto Rican judge. He was the first First Gentleman of Puerto Rico and husband of Wanda Vázquez Garced. At the time, Díaz Reverón was a superior court judge in Caguas. Career Díaz Reverón graduated in 1987 ..., Puerto Rican judge Films Reverón can also refer to the following films: * ''Reverón'', 1952 documentary film directed by Margot Benacerraf * ''Reverón'', 2011 film directed by Diego Rísquez {{DEFAULTSORT:Reveron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Miranda
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is regarded as a precursor of South America's liberation from the Spanish Empire, and remains known as the "First Universal Venezuelan" and the "Great Universal American". Born in Caracas in the Viceroyalty of New Granada into a wealthy family, Miranda left to pursue an education in Madrid in 1771 and subsequently enlisted in the Spanish army. In 1780, following Spain's entry into the American Revolutionary War, he was sent to Cuba and fought the British at Siege of Pensacola, Pensacola. Accused of espionage and smuggling, he fled to the United States in 1783. Miranda returned to Europe in 1785 and travelled through the continent, gradually formulating his plans for Spanish Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Miranda (film)
''Francisco de Miranda'' is a Venezuelan film on the life of Venezuelan independence hero Francisco de Miranda. It was released in Venezuela in August 2006, opening at forty cinemas, and beating ''Superman Returns'' at the box office.Inter Press Service, 12 January 2007Petrodollars for Local Film Industry Cast * Luis Fernández : Francisco de Miranda * Ralph Kinnard Ralph Kinnard (born Ralf Graessner, in Germany) is an American film director and acting coach. He has won “Best Director” at the L.A. Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art and “Best Foreign Film”, NYC Downtown Film Festival, participat ... : Pitt * Luke Grande : Conde Floridablanca See also * '' Miranda Returns'' (2007), an unrelated film on Miranda released the following year References External links * 2006 films Venezuelan drama films 2000s Spanish-language films {{Venezuela-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
