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Requiem For A Spanish Peasant (film)
''Requiem for a Spanish Peasant'' () is a 1985 Spanish historical drama film directed by Francesc Betriu based on the 1953 short novel of the same name by Ramon J. Sender. Its cast features Antonio Ferrandis and Antonio Banderas. Plot Told from the account of priest Mosén Millán, conducting a requiem mass, the plot tracks the life of Republican peasant Paco, killed by Fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Cast Production The film is a Venus and Nemo Films production, and it had support from Catalan broadcaster TV3. Shooting locations in the province of Zaragoza included (Calatayud), Chodes, and Arándiga. Release There was controversy over the film title, with National Cinematography Institute director Pilar Miró threatening to remove State backing for the Venice premiere should the ('Spanish') bit be removed from the title, as TV3 managers suggested at some point. The film premiered at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival in August 1985. Distributed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesc Betriu
Francesc Betriu was a Spanish filmmaker. He was born in the town of Organyà, Lleida in 1940. ''Corazón solitario'' marked his feature film debut in 1973, a film that is now rarely seen. This was followed by films such as ''Furia española'' (1974) and ''Los fieles sirvientes'' (1980). One of his best-known works is ''La plaça del Diamant'' (1982), an adaptation of a novel by Mercè Rodoreda. He then adapted Ramón J. Sender's 1953 short novel ''Réquiem por un campesino español'' ('' Requiem for a Spanish Peasant''; 1985; nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...) and Raul Nunez's novel ''Sinatra'' (1988) for the screen. He also brought Juan Marsé's play ''Un día volveré'' (1993) to television. He died i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simón Andreu
Simón Andreu Trobat (born 1 January 1941) is a Spanish actor. He has appeared in more than 180 films and television shows since 1961. In 2013 he was awarded the Nosferatu Award at the Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya for his long career. Selected filmography * ''Rocío from La Mancha'' (1963) * '' The Good Love'' (1963) * ''Constance aux enfers '' (1963) * '' Ballad of a Bounty Hunter'' (1968) * ''Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion'' (1970) * ''Death Walks on High Heels'' (1971) * ''Bad Man's River'' (1971) * '' Spaniards in Paris'' (1971) * '' The Blood Spattered Bride'' (1972) * '' Death Walks at Midnight'' (1972) * '' Those Dirty Dogs'' (1973) * '' Children of Rage'' (1975) * '' Hidden Pleasures'' (1977) * '' El sacerdote'' (1979) * '' Flesh+Blood'' (1985) * ''El viaje a ninguna parte'' (1986) * '' Fine Gold'' (1989) * '' Prince of Shadows'' (1991) * '' The Shooter'' (1995) * '' The Sea'' (2000) * ''Die Another Day'' (2002) - Dr. Alvarez * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar Miró
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero (20 April 1940 – 19 October 1997) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. She was the General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. In the 1990s, she directed the television broadcasts of the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. She is credited with fostering Spain's film industry by introducing state aid for promising young filmmakers when she served as TV Director in Spain's Culture Ministry in the Socialist Government of the 1980s. Her film '' Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven'' was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981. Her 1986 film ''Werther'' was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. In 1992, her film '' Beltenebros'' won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. Her film '' El pájaro de la felicidad'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arándiga
Arándiga is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 472 inhabitants. History Possibly ancient ''Aratikos'' or ''Aratis'', an ancient Iberian settlement of which little is known, but was located somewhere to the SW of the Roman colony of ''Caesaraugusta'' the Modern day city of Zaragoza. It issued coins in the Late 2nd century BC with the Iberian inscription ''aratikos'' and these present a Male head, right on the obverse, and a horseman carrying a spear, right, on the reverse. The Barrington Atlas of the ancient world equates this site with modern Arándiga. ichard J. A. Talbert et al (2000). ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' Princeton University Press. Map 25, D4./ref> See also *Comunidad de Calatayud * List of municipalities in Zaragoza This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Zaragoza (Saragossa in English) in the autonomous community of Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chodes
Chodes is a municipality in the Zaragoza (province), province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. , Chodes had a population of 152. The municipality has an area of , and is along the Jalon (river), Jalón River and the Isuela river. See also * List of municipalities in Zaragoza References External links *http://www.chodes.es Municipalities in the Province of Zaragoza {{Zaragoza-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calatayud
Calatayud (; 2014 pop. 20,658) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón (river), Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest town in the province after the capital, Zaragoza, and the largest town in Aragón other than the three provincial capitals. It is the seat of the Comarcas of Spain, comarca of Comunidad de Calatayud, Calatayud. Its population has been declining during the last decade due to migration. The town motto is ''Muy noble, leal, siempre augusta y fidelísima ciudad de Calatayud'' ("The very noble, loyal, always august and most faithful town of Calatayud"). The first democratic elections after Francoist Spain, Francisco Franco's regime were called for 15 June 1977. In Calatayud they were held one day earlier than all the rest of Spain, in order to prepare for a visit there by King Juan Carlos I. Highways and railways The town is located by the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), also called Saragossa in English,''Encyclopædia Britannica''Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)/ref> is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Its capital is the city of Zaragoza, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. Other towns in the province include La Almunia de Doña Godina, Borja, Calatayud, Caspe, Ejea de los Caballeros, Tarazona, and Utebo. Its area is 17,274 km², which makes it the fourth-largest Spanish province by land area. Its population was 954,811 in 2018, accounting for slightly over 72% of the entire population of Aragon; nearly 75% of those lived in the capital. Its population density was 51/km². It contains 292 municipalities, of which more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people. The main language throughout the province is Spanish (with official status), although Catalan is spoken in the easternmost part ( Bajo Aragón-Caspe comarca and Mequinenza municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 (Catalonia)
TV3 () is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programmes only in Catalan and Aranese, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies, although Spanish is not dubbed or subtitled. TV3 is also a founding member of FORTA. It is funded by the regional autonomous government, the Generalitat de Catalunya, through the CCMA. History TV3 started its trial broadcasts on 10 September 1983 (a day right before the National Day of Catalonia), but its regular broadcasts started a few months later, on 16 January 1984. TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. In 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra, Northern Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, also Catalan-speaking territories. Since 1985, Montse Armengou Martín has co-directed award-winning documentary films. One year later, TV3 inaugurated it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena Samarina
Yelena Samarina (née Elena Georgievna Vologzhaninova , Vologzhanina, Volozhanina) , 16 December 1927, Omsk – 4 May 2011, Madrid - was a Russian-born actress who settled in Spain. She was originally selected to play the lead in Wim Wenders' historical ''The Scarlet Letter'' (1973), but the film's financial backers insisted on the casting of the better-known Senta Berger.Palmer p.35 Selected filmography * '' Cuéntame'' (2004) * '' Antivicio'' (2001) * '' La duquesa roja'' (1997) * ''Don Juan in Hell'' (1991) * '' The Tunnel'' (1988) * ''Lulú de noche'' (1986) * ''Coarse Salt'' (1984) * ''Cervantes'' (1981) * '' Madrid al desnudo'' (1979) * ''Trout'' (1978) * '' La Carmen'' (1976) * ''Gone to the Mountain'' (1974) * '' The Man in Hiding'' (1971) * ''Spaniards in Paris'' (1971) * '' The House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967) * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1965) * '' The Blackmailers'' (1963) * ''The Balcony of the Moon'' (1962) * ''Let's Make the Impossible! ''Let's Make the Impossible! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manolo Zarzo
Manuel López Zarza (; 26 April 1932 – 16 or 17 June 2025), better known as Manuel Zarzo (), was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 200 television and film works over his 7-decade long career. Zarzo made his film debut in '' Day by Day'' (1951). In 1960, the actor was clinically dead for two hours due to an injury received saving a woman from a fire. Zarzo died in Pozuelo de Alarcón in the night of 16 to 17 June 2025, at the age of 93. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * ''Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * ''Cursed Mountain'' (1954) * '' The Fisher of Songs'' (1954) * ''The Song of the Nightingale'' (1959) * ''The Showgirl'' (1960) * '' The Delinquents'' (1960) * ''The Balcony of the Moon'' (1962) * ''Weeping for a Bandit'' (1964) * ''The 317th Platoon'' (1965) * ''It's Your Move'' (1968) * ''The Pizza Triangle'' (1970) * ''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (1971) * ''My Dear Killer'' (1972) * ''The Two Faces of Fear'' (1972) * '' Ricco the Mean Machine' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Isbert
María Vicenta Ysbert Soriano (21 April 1917 – 25 April 2011) better known as María Isbert was a Spanish actress whose credits included more than 250 Spanish films during her career. Isbert worked with most major Spanish film actors and directors, including Luis García Berlanga and Luis Buñuel. Isbert, whose credits included films, television and theater work, was most active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Isbert was born in Madrid, Spain, on 21 April 1917. She was the daughter of Pepe Isbert, a popular Spanish film actor whose major roles included '' Welcome Mr. Marshall!''. Maria Isbert was the mother of seven children, including actor Tony Isbert. Isbert received numerous awards for her work, including the Silver Bellas Artes Medal in 1987. She was also named an Honorary Academic of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España in 2008. Maria Isbert died at the Villarrobledo Hospital in Villarrobledo (Albacete), Spain, on 25 April 2011, at the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Crier
A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required. Duties and functions The town crier was used to make public announcements in the streets. Criers often dressed elaborately, by a tradition dating to the 18th century, in a red and gold coat, white breeches, black boots and a tricorne hat. In English-speaking countries, they carried a handbell to attract people's attention, as they shouted the words "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!" before making their announcements. The word "Oyez" means "hear ye," which is a call for silence and attention. ''Oyez'' derives from the Anglo-Norman word for ''listen'' (modern French, ''oyez'', infinitive, ''ouïr'', but has been largely replaced by the verb ''écouter''). The proclamations book in Chester from the early 19th century records this as "O Yes, O Yes!". History Europe Prior to widespread literacy, town criers were the means of communication with the people of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
