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Pilar Revuelta
Pilar Revuelta is a Spanish Production designer, Art director and Set decorator based in Madrid. Along with production designer Eugenio Caballero, she won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Art Direction in 2007 for Film director Guillermo del Toro's movie Pan's Labyrinth. Revuelta and Caballero also received a BAFTA nomination for Production Design for Pan's Labyrinth. Revuelta received a grant to study at the American Film Institute in Hollywood, CA. She is a member of the class of 1991 with a focus on Production Design. She worked with Guillermo del Toro previously on The Devil's Backbone. She has worked with Pedro Almodóvar helping to achieve his trademark vivid color schemes in Bad Education (2004) and also worked with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo on his acclaimed first feature Intacto (2001). Filmography Set Decorator * Black Tears (1998) * The Devil's Backbone (2001) * Intacto (2001) * The Shanghai Spell (2002) * Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (2003) * Bad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish People
Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the whole country. Commonly spoken regional languages include, most notably, the sole surviving indigenous language of Iberia, Basque, as well as other Latin-descended Romance languages like Spanish itself, Catalan and Galician. Many populations outside Spain have ancestors who emigrated from Spain and share elements of a Hispanic culture. The most notable of these comprise Hispanic America in the Western Hemisphere. The Roman Republic conquered Iberia during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Hispania, the name given to Iberia by the Romans as a province of their Empire, became high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shanghai Spell
''The Shanghai Spell'' ( es, El embrujo de Shanghai, links=no) is a 2002 film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. The film is based on the 1993 novel of the same name written by Juan Marsé. It is an international co-production among companies from Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Plot The film is set in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, in the wake of the Spanish Civil War. Fourteen-year-old Dani is a budding artist, who looks after Captain Blay ( Fernando Fernán Gómez), an ageing civil war veteran. Blay suggests Dani draw local girl Susana as the subject of a poster warning of the dangers of factory smoke causing consumption. Dani and Susana begin a tentative romance, as they hear stories of Susana's father's exploits as a secret agent in the Chinese city of Shanghai from one of his wartime colleagues.Shanghai Spell [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weakness Of The Bolshevik
''The Weakness of the Bolshevik'' ( es, La flaqueza del bolchevique, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish psychological drama film directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca from a screenplay he co-wrote with Lorenzo Silva, based on Silva's novel ''La flaqueza del bolchevique''. Plot In Madrid, a middle-aged man driving his car rams into the rear of another car that is driven by a woman named Sonsoles. They argue and then the frustrated businessman harasses her by sending lewd remarks on her phone. He stalks her and this eventually leads him to the school where her 15-year-old sister María studies. He follows her and introduces himself to her with a false name and profession. They start spending time together, going to a park and afterwards to the swimming complex. María later learns that the person she is seeing is named Pablo López. However, after an initial reluctance, she gives in and they again start to see each other. On the other hand, a colleague of Pablo is wooing him hard, but he disper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Bola
''El Bola'' (English: ''Pellet'') is a 2000 Spanish drama film, directed by Achero Mañas. It won the Goya Award for Best Film The Goya Award for Best Picture ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor película) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first awarded in 1986 to Fernando Fernán Gómez's drama film '' Voyage to Nowhere''. Sev ... at the 15th Goya Awards. from imdb.com It is available in the United States from Filmmovement. Plot Pablo a.k.a. "El Bola" is a twelve-year-old boy with an overly strict father. He has few friends at school until a new kid, Alfredo, arrives. The warm, caring atmosphere in Alfredo's family provides a stark contrast to Pablo's oppressive f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Buena Estrella
''Lucky Star'' ( es, La buena estrella, links=no) is a 1997 drama film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Antonio Resines), Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score. Ricardo Franco made just one more film; he died of a heart attack in 1998. Plot Rafael is a kind, good-hearted butcher. He has a lonely life after accidentally castrating himself while cutting meat several years before, but he longs to have a family life, a dream that seems unattainable for him. One early morning when he is driving his truck to his butcher’s shop, he sees a young man assaulting a woman. Rafael cannot help but intervene and jumps out of his vehicle to help her. Taking pity on the girl, he takes her to his home. Her name is Marina and the man who was beating her was her boyfriend, Daniel. Marina, nicknamed One-Eye (for she lost one eye in a childh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Bits & Pepper
''Two Bits & Pepper'' is a 1995 family dramedy film directed by Corey Michael Eubanks and starring Joe Piscopo, Lauren Eckstrom, and Rachel Crane. The plot concerns two young girls who get into mischief with their pet horses. They are kidnapped by a pair of bumbling crooks who hold them for ransom, and it is up to their equine pets to rescue them.. Retrieved April 8, 2017. Plot Two Bits and Pepper are horses, living in Central California with their owners, Tyler and her parents, Roger and Carla. One day, after school, Tyler's best friend, Katie, sets out a plan to get her to ride Two Bits and Pepper into town. Carla refuses to allow Tyler to do so, so Katie makes up a concept to go below the highway that runs across their property rather than to directly cross it, as Carla did not clearly state that they could not go below it. Carla witnesses Tyler and Katie in a hang-out session with Two Bits and Pepper in town, alongside their best friends. After putting Two Bits and Pepper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Monster Calls (film)
''A Monster Calls'' is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona from a screenplay by Patrick Ness and based on Ness' 2011 novel of the same name. It stars Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson. In the film, Conor O'Malley (MacDougall) grapples with his mother's terminal illness as he is visited by the Monster (Neeson), a giant anthropomorphic yew tree who tells him stories. The film rights to Ness' novel were acquired by Focus Features in March 2014, after which, he was hired as screenwriter and Bayona signed on as director. Jones was first hired that April and Neeson joined that May, with the rest of the main cast rounded out by that September. Principal photography began on 30 September 2014, with filming locations mainly including West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire in England, with additional scenes filmed on location in Spain. ''A Monster Calls'' premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise (2016 American Film)
''The Promise'' is a 2016 American epic historical war drama film directed by Terry George, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Robin Swicord. Set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the film stars Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale. The plot is about a love triangle that develops between Mikael (Isaac), an Armenian medical student, Chris (Bale), an American journalist, and Ana (Le Bon), an Armenian-born woman raised in France, immediately before and during the Armenian genocide. ''The Promise'' premiered on September 11, 2016, at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released by Open Road Films in the United States on April 21, 2017, on the 102nd anniversary of the week the genocide started. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing just $12 million against its $90 million budget and losing Open Road over $100 million. However the studio noted the main purpose of the film was to bring attention to the story, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods And Kings
Gods and Kings may refer to: *''Gods and Kings'', 1945 collection of six one-act plays by Lajos Bíró *''Gods and Kings'', Christian historical fiction novel by Lynn Austin Lynn Austin is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight. One of her books, ''Hidden Places'' was turned into a Hallmark Channel movie. She and her husband have three children an ... * '' Civilization V: Gods & Kings'', a videogame *'' Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano'', a 2015 book See also *'' Exodus: Gods and Kings'', 2014 epic biblical drama film directed by Ridley Scott {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossible (2012 Film)
''The Impossible'' ( es, link=no, Lo imposible) is a 2012 English-language Spanish disaster drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez. It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It features an international cast including Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland in his film debut. The film received positive reviews from critics for its direction and its acting, especially for Watts who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Plot In 2004, Doctor Maria Bennett, her husband Henry, and their three sons Lucas, Simon and Thomas go on a Christmas holiday to Khao Lak, Thailand. Arriving on Christmas Eve, they settle in and begin to enjoy the brand new Orchid Beach Resort. Two days later on December 26, the massive Indian Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limits Of Control
''The Limits of Control'' is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and as of May 17, 2020, had a 42% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, having been criticized for its slow pace and inaccessible dialogue while praising its beautiful cinematography and ambitious scope. Plot In an airport, Lone Man ( Isaach de Bankolé) is being instructed on his mission by Creole (Alex Descas). The mission itself is left unstated and the instructions are cryptic, including such phrases as "Everything is subjective," "The universe has no center and no edges; reality is arbitrary," and "Use your imagination and your skills." After the meeting in the airport he travels to Madrid and then on to Seville, meeting several p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Embraces
''Broken Embraces'' ( es, Los abrazos rotos, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind Madrilenian screenwriter who recalls his tragic love for Lena, played by Penélope Cruz, the deceased lead actress in his last directional feature ''Girls and Suitcases'', who was also the mistress of a powerful, obsessive businessman ( José Luis Gómez). Blanca Portillo co-stars as his agent Judit, while Tamar Novas portrays her son and Caine's co-writer Diego. Inspired by darkness and by a photo of a couple that Almodóvar took of El Golfo beach in Lanzarote in the late 1990s, the film serves as an homage to filmmaking, cinema and its various film genres. Stylistically, it is a complex noir-ish melodrama, that also blends comic elements with a film within a film—a broad comedy, that hearkens back to Almodóvar's 1988 release, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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