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The Heart Of The Earth
''The Heart of the Earth'' () is a 2007 historical drama film directed by from a screenplay he wrote with Shelley Miller, and Doc Comparato, based on the novel of the same name by . It is a Spanish-British-Portuguese co-production. Its cast features Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sienna Guillory, Philip Winchester, Bernard Hill, Joaquim de Almeida, Jorge Perugorría, and Ana Fernández, among others. Plot The plot is set against the backdrop of the February 1888 miners' protest in the Spanish province of Huelva stirred by Cuban anarchist revolutionary , which was bloodily repressed by the Spanish Army, and the miners' deplorable working conditions in the Río Tinto copper mines under British employees, following the plight of Blanca (a teacher) and her friend Kathleen Crown, the daughter of the tyrannical manager of the mines, fifteen years after the events. Cast Release The film premiered at the Miami Film Festival in March 2007. It received a pre-screening in Riotinto and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Comparato
Luís Filipe Loureiro Comparato (born in 1949), known as Doc Comparato, is a Brazilian writer of miniseries, television series and Brazilian cinema. Career He was a founder of the Centro de Criação da Rede Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ..., acting as writer of shows like ''Mulher'' (1998), ''O Tempo e o Vento'' (1985), ''A Justiceira'' (1997), and ''Lampião e Maria Bonita'' (1982), receiving the Gold Medal of Cinema and Television Festival of New York. He worked in Europe, writing for film and television, including the miniseries "Me alquilo para soñar" (1989) with Gabriel García Márquez. Internationally recognized, he received nine awards, including the Japan Award for Television (1980–1981), the DAAD – Deuchst Academic Art Development (2002) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba (newspaper)
''Córdoba'', sometimes called ''Diario Córdoba'', is a Spanish language newspaper from the city of Córdoba and is the major source of news from the province. It has been published continuously since 25 July 1941. History Founded on 25 July 1941, they were the successor of the Falangista newspaper ''Azul'', the official organ of Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS in the province of Córdoba. For this reason, the newspaper belonged to the during Francoist Spain. For almost forty years, it was the only newspaper that existed in the capital of Córdoba, having a modest circulation of about 5,000 copies during the 1940s and 1950s. At the beginning of the 1970s, circulation had increased to 9,000 copies. Following the death of Franco, ''Córdoba'' began a period of dependence on the public body, Medios de Comunicación Social del Estado. On February 1, 1984, the State put the newspaper on sale, where it was acquired by a private company with links to Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portimão
Portimão () is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro (district), Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population in 2022 was 63,079 in an area of 182.06 km2. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão. In 1924, it was incorporated as a ''cidade'' and became known merely as Portimão. Historically a fishing and shipbuilding centre, it has nonetheless developed into a strong tourist centre oriented along its beaches and southern coast. The two largest population centers in the Algarve are Portimão and Faro, Portugal, Faro. History Prehistory The area was settled during the prehistoric epoch: the Cynetes, influenced by the Celts and Tartessos lived in the Algarve for many centuries. In the area of Alcalar there are several remnants of Neolithic funerary sites of which only one, Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar, Alcalar monument number seven, comprising a circular chamber composed of schist stone and long corridor, remains. Comparable to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
