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Sbaraglia
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires where his mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in ''La noche de los lápices'', a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.Interview in the Spanish TV show ''Caiga Quien Caiga'', broadcast 2 December 2005. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series ''Clave de sol''. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in theatre (such as ''La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon'', ''Closer''). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in '' Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito''. They came together again for ''Caballos salvajes'' (1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plata Quemada
''Burnt Money'' () is a 2000 action thriller directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras. Starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice and Ricardo Bartis, it is based on Ricardo Piglia's 1997 ''Planeta'' prize-winning novel of the same name. The novel was inspired by the true story of a notorious 1965 bank robbery in Buenos Aires. ''Plata quemada'' won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish-language Foreign Film in 2001. It was partly funded by INCAA. Plot The setting is Argentina. El Nene ( Leonardo Sbaraglia), a petty thief, and Angel ( Eduardo Noriega), a drifter, meet in the toilets of a Buenos Aires subway station, and from that moment they are inseparable. They become known as "the twins", but their relationship is in fact that of lovers and, soon, as partners in crime. At a point when their relationship is already turning difficult, the plot sets in. Their love and loyalty to each other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Garante
''Collateral Man'', originally titled ''El garante'' (), is an Argentine television horror miniseries originally transmitted in 1997 by Canal 9. Created and directed by Sebastián Borensztein, it stars Lito Cruz and Leonardo Sbaraglia. Synopsis The story is about the relationship established between Martin Mondragon, a young psychologist ( Sbaraglia) and the man who seeks to collect a debt left by his grandfather a long time ago. The psychologist's grandfather had signed a pact with the devil, but died without delivering his soul. As set out on the contract, Mondragon's grandfather agrees to offer his (then unborn) grandson's soul as the guarantor of the deal. José Sagasti (Lito Cruz), Satan's agent, presents himself to Mondragon as the one in charge of collecting the old debt and informing the guarantor of his fate. Being a psychologist, Mondragon thinks to have run into a psychopath and dismisses his threats. But soon after their first meeting, Sagasti starts playing mind g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intacto
''Intacto'' (English: ''Intact'') is a 2001 Spanish thriller film directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, and Max von Sydow. It was first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. Rooted in magical realism, the film depicts an underground trade in ''luck'', where fortune flows from those who have less to those who have more; the premise purports that luck can be amassed and transferred as any other commodity. The story follows several participants as they engage in literal games of chance, each one more risky than the last, to eliminate the unlucky. Plot A concentration camp survivor named Samuel "Sam" Berg (Max von Sydow), a supernaturally lucky man, runs a European casino. One of his workers is Federico (Eusebio Poncela), a man who "steals" other people's luck merely by laying a hand on them. When Sam has a falling out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En La Ciudad Sin Límites
''In the City Without Limits'' () is a 2002 thriller film, thriller Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Antonio Hernández (director), Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Geraldine Chaplin. The film received five nominations to the 17th Goya Awards, winning Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay and Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress (Chaplin). Synopsis A young man, Victor, arrives in Paris where his family have gathered around his seriously ill father Max, a former mogul now deteriorating physically and mentally. Max begins to behave very strangely, as his memories and those of Spain's past begin to cloud his mind. He becomes terrified of the staff taking care of him and tries to escape from the clinic in order to find a man named Rancel. The rest of his family assume Max is mad and quickly begin to squabble of dividing up his inheritance, but Victor becomes convin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Pencils (film)
''Night of the Pencils'' () is a 1986 Argentine historical drama film directed by Héctor Olivera and written by Olivera and Daniel Kon. It is based on the non-fiction book by María Seoane and Héctor Ruiz Núñez. It stars Alejo García Pintos, Vita Escardó, Leonardo Sbaraglia, José María Monje, Pablo Machado, Adriana Salonia and Héctor Bidonde. The film, based on the actual events recorded in history as the '' Night of the Pencils'' (''La noche de los lápices''), tells the story of seven students who, after protesting for lower bus fares for students in the city of La Plata, were abducted in September 1976, during Argentina's last dictatorship (1976 - 1983), and subsequently disappeared. Only one student survived to tell what happened. The civic-military dictatorship of Argentina called this period of state terrorism in the country the Dirty War, as a part of Operation Condor. Plot During a time of economic and political unrest and State-sponsored terrorism in Argentina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caballos Salvajes
''Wild Horses'' () is a 1995 Argentine drama road movie directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Aída Bortnik. It stars Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo and Fernán Mirás. Renowned actors Cipe Lincovsky and Federico Luppi both appear in cameo appearances. The film chronicles the five days of two fugitives who are on the run after inadvertently robbing a corrupt corporation and being targeted by the media. At the time of its release ''Wild Horses'' was critically acclaimed and quickly became the most popular Argentinian film of the year. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as one of the final nominees.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ''Wild Horses'' is currently considered a classic of Argentina's cinema in its native country as well as abroad. Plot José is an aging anarchist who decides to get even with the bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor () is an award presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding Supporting character, supporting performance in a film. Miguel Rellán was the first winner of this category for his performance in ''Dear Nanny''. Actors Juan Diego (actor), Juan Diego, Eduard Fernández, Karra Elejalde, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba and Luis Zahera hold the record for most wins in this category with two victories each while Antonio de la Torre (actor), Antonio de la Torre, has received the most nominations for this award with seven. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Actors with more than 1 award in the category *2 wins: Juan Diego (actor), Juan Diego, 6 nominations *2 wins: Eduard Fernández, 6 nominations *2 wins: Karra Elejalde, 3 nominations *2 wins: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, 3 nominations *2 wins: Luis Zahera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen (2003 Spanish Film)
''Carmen'' is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Vicente Aranda. The script was written by Aranda and Joaquim Jordà adapting the classic romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. Director Vicente Aranda based the plot on Mérimée's original 1847 novella about jealousy and passion, not its famous operatic adaptation by Bizet from 1875, changing some details about the love story between Carmen (Paz Vega) and José (Leonardo Sbaraglia). As in the novella, author Mérimée (Jay Benedict) is portrayed as a French writer who finds the "real" Carmen in early 19th century Spain. Plot While traveling through Andalusia, Spain in 1830, Prosper Mérimée, a French writer, meets José, a wanted criminal. José ends up condemned to death by garroting. The day before José is going to be executed, Mérimée, who has befriended the bandit, visits him in prison. From his jail cell, José begins to narrate his tragic story to the sympathetic writer. José Lizarrabengoa, a serious and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Lights (2012 Film)
''Red Lights'' is a 2012 psychological supernatural thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Rodrigo Cortés and starring Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Toby Jones, Joely Richardson, and Elizabeth Olsen. The plot focuses on a physicist (Murphy) and a university psychology professor (Weaver), both of whom specialise in debunking supernatural phenomena, and their attempt at discrediting a renowned psychic (De Niro) whose greatest critic mysteriously died 30 years prior. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, and received a limited release in the United States on 13 July 2012. Plot University professor and psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant Tom Buckley, a physicist, investigate claims of paranormal phenomena. They observe a seance and later debunk the tricks used by the pretend psychic. At the same time, famous blind psychic Simon Silver announces he will begin performing again. Silver spent decades away f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (Puig Antich)
''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' (or ''Salvador'') is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga starring Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich. It is based on the 2001 book by Francesc Escribano, which depicts the time Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Cast See also * List of Spanish films of 2006 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2006. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2006, by domestic box office ... References Further reading * * External links The Great Swindle: 'This is not the tale of Salvador Puig Antich'* A memorial from Salvador Puig Antich versus MediaPro film (in Catalan) 2000s politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Roth
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin (born 8 August 1956), known professionally as Cecilia Roth () is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an " Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of Fito Páez during the 1990s. Life and career Roth's father, Abrasha Rotenberg, is of Ukrainian Jewish origin, having moved in the 1930s to Buenos Aires, where he worked as a writer, editor, and journalist. Cecilia's mother, Dina Gutkin, known as Dina Rot, a singer, was born in Mendoza and spent her childhood in Santiago de Chile. Her brother, Argentine musician Ariel Rot, is a former member of the Spanish-Argentine supergroup Los Rodríguez and lives in Spain. She began as an actress in Argentina, until 1976 when she fled the military dictatorship and moved to Spain. Roth has had great success in Spanish film since her first appearances in ''Las verdes praderas (The Green Meadows)'', by José Luis Garci; '' Arrebato (Rapture)'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro (born March 5, 1953) is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts. In 1980, he and his associate Luis Puenzo founded Cinemania, a Latin American production company. In 1984, Piñeyro came to international attention as executive producer of ''The Official Story'' (directed by Luis Puenzo). In 1985, the film became the first Latin American movie to win an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. In 1992, Piñeyro premiered as a director with ''Tango Feroz'' (''Tanguito, Wild Tango''). In Argentina, the film set attendance records and initiated a debate about the country's past. Screened at such film festivals as the Toronto International Film Festival in 1993, the film won several awards including the Premio del Jurado Joven en el Festival de San Sebastián (1993). '' Caballos Salvajes'' (''Wild Horses' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
