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María Barranco
María de los Remedios Barranco García (born 11 June 1961) better known as María Barranco is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress. Biography María de los Remedios Barranco García was born on 11 June 1961 in Málaga. She studied medicine, but quit to study drama in her city, where she participated in various theatre groups. Later, she moved to Madrid, to debut on stage in a production of ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' (''Don Mendo's revenge''). Barranco made her film debut in 1986's ''El elegido'' (''The Chosen''). Barranco won a Goya Award for playing a transsexual prostitute in the 1990 film ''The Ages of Lulu''. She was married to filmmaker Imanol Uribe from 1982 to 2004. They have a daughter, Andrea. Filmography Television *''Sopa boba'' *''Ellas son así'' Accolades References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barranco, Maria 1961 births Living people People from Fuengirola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Málaga
Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, sixth most populous in the country. It lies in Southern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Costa del Sol ("Coast of the Sun") of the Mediterranean, primarily in the left bank of the Guadalhorce. The urban core originally developed in the space between the Gibralfaro, Gibralfaro Hill and the Guadalmedina. Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation#Europe, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe. According to most scholars, it was founded about 770BC by the Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre as ''Malaka''. From the 6th centuryBC the city was under the hegemony of Ancient Cartha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' (, , "Tie Me!") is a 1989 Spanish black romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles León, Francisco Rabal, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, and Rossy de Palma. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children. The film was highly successful with both critics and audiences in Spain. Its United States release was entangled in controversy, instrumental in the implementation by the MPAA of a new rating category, NC-17, for films of an explicit nature that were previously categorized as pornographic due to the X rating. Plot Ricky, a 23-year-old psychiatric patient, has been deemed cured and is released from a psych hospital. Until then, he has been the lover of the hospital's female director. An orphan, free, and alone, his go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couples (1999 Film)
''Couples'' () is a 1999 Spanish comedy film directed by Joaquín Oristrell which stars Juanjo Puigcorbé, Candela Peña and Juan Diego Botto alongside María Barranco and Karra Elejalde. Plot The plot tracks sexist wedding catering business owner Arturo, who cheats on his wife Paz with kitchen helper Cristal, who in turns decides to seduce Arturo's son, mentally-challenged Arturito, in retaliation for Arturo's lacks of commitment. Cast Release The film was released theatrically in Spain on 17 September 1999. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed ''Couples'' to be a "disappointing" second feature from Oristrell, veering "uncomfortably between straight farce, social commentary and melodrama", while conceding that the performances are still good. See also * List of Spanish films of 1999 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1999. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of Your Dreams
''The Girl of Your Dreams'' () is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba. Set during the Spanish Civil War, it centers on a fictional Andalusian actress ( Penélope Cruz) making a film in Nazi Germany who becomes the object of Joseph Goebbels' attention. Plot In 1938, while Spain is in the grip of civil war, a film team from the territory held by Franco's rebels is invited to the co-production in Berlin of a musical set in 19th-century Andalusia, to be shot in separate Spanish and German versions. At first happy to be working away from their war-torn country, the group finds life under Nazism increasingly unpleasant and dangerous. Macarena, their attractive star, soon catches the eye of Goebbels, the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, who is determined to bed her. Though she finds him repulsive and prefers the company of Blas, the married director of the Spanish version, she is made clear that for the sake of the project and of Hispano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Frecuencia Del Terror
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper *La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwana (film)
''Bwana'' is a 1996 Spanish drama film directed by Imanol Uribe. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The plot tracks an African immigrant and a Spanish family treating the former as if he were an alien. Cast * Andrés Pajares as Antonio * María Barranco as Dori * Emilio Buale as Ombasi * Alejandro Martínez as Iván * Andrea Granero as Jessy * Miguel del Arco as Román * Paul Berrondo as Michael See also * List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Spain has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the conception of the award. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion pi ... References External links * 1996 films 1996 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butterfly Effect (1995 Film)
''The Butterfly Effect'' (; ) is 1995 Spanish-French romantic comedy film directed by Fernando Colomo which stars María Barranco, Coque Malla, and Rosa Maria Sardà, with James Fleet, Peter Sullivan, and Cécile Pallas in supporting roles. It features dialogue in Spanish and English. Ketama Ketama is a Spanish musical group in the new flamenco tradition. Fusing flamenco with other musical forms ( salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz), they created a style that lies somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa. Their music drew ... was responsible for the score. Cast See also * List of Spanish films of 1995 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Butterfly Effect, The 1995 romantic comedy films Spanish romantic comedy films Films directed by Fernando Colomo 1995 films 1990s Spanish films 1990s French films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s English-language films Spanish-language French films Spanish-language romantic comedy films English-language ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca A Boca
''Mouth to Mouth'' () is a 1995 Spanish sex comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira. The cast, led by Javier Bardem, also features Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Josep Maria Flotats. Plot The aspiring actor Víctor Ventura has a night job at a phone sex agency. He gets to know a woman who wants more than just talking. The seductive Amanda drags him into an assassination plot and his dream of an acting career moves further into the distance. Cast Production ''Mouth to Mouth'' was directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, who also wrote the screenplay together with Joaquín Oristrell, Naomi Wise and Juan Luis Iborra. The production companies were Sogetel, and Star Line TV Productions. Shot in Madrid from 19 December 1994 to 8 February 1995, shooting locations included the . Release The film was presented at the 28th Sitges Film Festival in October 1995, screened as part of the 'Premiére' selection dedicated to non-fantasy films. Distributed by Sony Pictures, the film was theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lame Pigeon
''The Lame Pigeon'' () is a 1995 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, based on the 1991 novel by Eduardo Mendicutti, based on his childhood.Benavent, ''Cine Español de los Noventa'', p. 440 It stars María Barranco, Francisco Rabal, Carmen Maura and a young Miguel Ángel Muñoz, in his feature film debut. It is a coming of age story of a ten-year-old boy sent to the house of his maternal grandparents, which is full of eccentric characters. The boy has to deal with the realization of his sexual identity. The title makes reference to the analogy of a lame pigeon with homosexuality. The film is an exploration of class and sexual identity in Andalusia, Spain, in the 1950s. Plot In 1958, Felipe, a ten-year-old boy, is sent by his mother to spend the summer with his maternal relatives in Sanlúcar de Barrameda while he recuperates his frail health. His grandparents are wealthy and live in a vast residence that serves as the center that reunites a large famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morirás En Chafarinas
''You Shall Die in Chafarinas'' () is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by . It stars Jorge Sanz and María Barranco alongside Óscar Ladoire and Javier Albalá. Plot Featuring the backdrop of military conscription and set in a military barracks in Melilla, the plot touches themes such as the suicide of conscripts and substance consumption. Two begrudging privates (Jaime and Cidraque) see themselves forced to act as casual investigators in the wake of series of deaths in the barracks (two deaths from overdose and the ensuing killing of a homosexual conscript). Cast Production Based on the 1990 novel ''Morirás en Chafarinas'' by Fernando Lalana, the screenplay was penned by Pedro Olea and Francisco Lalana. The film is an Altube Filmeak SL production, with the participation of TVE. Shooting locations included a barracks in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid. Release Distributed by Columbia Tri-Star Films de España, the film was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7000 Días Juntos
''7000 días juntos'', also known as ''Siete mil días juntos '', (English title: ''Long Life Together'') is a 1994 film directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez. It was written by Gómez, Javier García and Maurino Fernando Morales, and stars Pilar Bardem, José Sacristán, Chus Lampreave, María Barranco María de los Remedios Barranco García (born 11 June 1961) better known as María Barranco is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress. Biography María de los Remedios ..., Agustín González and Tina Sainz. References External links * 1994 films 1990s Spanish-language films 1994 drama films Spanish drama films 1990s Spanish films Spanish-language drama films United International Pictures films {{1990s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Men Are The Same (1994 Film)
''All Men Are the Same'' () is a 1994 Spanish comedy film directed by 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 Internati .... Cast See also * List of Spanish films of 1994 References External links * 1994 comedy films 1994 films Spanish comedy films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s Spanish films {{1990s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
