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Torrente 2, Misión En Marbella
''Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella'' () is a 2001 Spanish black comedy action film. It is a sequel to ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law'', and, like the first installment, it was written and directed by Santiago Segura, who takes the leading role of José Luis Torrente. It surpassed its predecessor as the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time. Plot Torrente has moved to Marbella, where, after being wiped out of the money he had gained, he has returned to private investigation. But in one of his cases he gets involved in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation... and he knows nothing. Cast Paloma Cela, José Luis López Vázquez, Neus Asensi, Yola Berrocal, Jesús Bonilla, Andreu Buenafuente, Esther Cañadas, , Diego el Cigala, El Gran Wyoming, , Juan Luis Galiardo, Ariadna Gil, Chus Lampreave, Carlos Moyá, Pepe Navarro, , Antonio Resines, and Rosa María Sardà appear in cameo roles. Production locations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Segura
Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books. At 12, he began making films with a Super-8 camera, and, after a recommendation from Fernando Trueba, began to make films in 35 mm, funded by his appearances in TV game shows. He earned early recognition for his performance as a metalhead in 1995 film ''The Day of the Beast'' (billed as a "satanic comedy"), which won him the Goya Award for Best New Actor. Great success would come with his directorial feature debut, 1998 dark action comedy and box-office hit ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law'', in which he stars as José Luis Torrente, a racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and fascist former police cop. The film, that won Segura the Goya Award for Best New Director, was followed by four sequels (''Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella, Torrente 2: Mission i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neus Asensi
María de las Nieves Asensio Liñán known as Neus Asensi (born 4 August 1965, in Barcelona) is a Spanish actress. Education and Career She had complete training to become an actress. She studied classic dance for 5 years and jazz-dance. She studied drama in the centre "La Casona" and one speech therapy course. She has a feature role in the Spanish TV comedy ''Los hombres de Paco''. Filmography * '' Paris 70'' (2023) * '' Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas'' (2014) by Santiago Segura. * '' Tú eliges'' (2008) by Antonia San Juan. * '' Cuerpo a la carta'' (2007) * '' Freedomless'' ( Xoel Pamos & Mike Jacoby, 2007) * '' Locos por el sexo'' ( Javier Rebollo, 2006) * '' El oro de Moscú'' ( Jesús Bonilla, 2003) * '' Tempus fugit'' ( Enric Folch, 2003) * '' Esta noche no'' ( Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia, 2002) * '' Marujas Asesinas'' ( Javier Rebollo, 2001) * '' El paraíso ya no es lo que era'' ( Francesc Betriu, 2001) * '' Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella'' (Santiago Segura, 2001) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa María Sardà
Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: Plants and animals * ''Rosa'' (plant), the genus of roses * Rosa (sea otter), a sea otter that has become popular on the internet *Rosa (cow), a Spanish-born cow People * Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) * Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid * Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, Germany *Rösa, a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Rosà a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy *Monte Rosa, the second highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe *Republic of South Africa, a southernmost country in Africa. Film and television * ''Rosa'' (1986 film), a Hong Kong film released by Bo Ho Films *''Rosa – A Horse Drama'', a 1993-94 opera by Louis Andriessen on a libretto by Peter Greenaway * "Rosa" (''Doctor Who''), an episode of the eleventh series of ''Doctor Who'' Music *"Rosa", a song by Pixinguinha *De Rosa (band) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Resines
Antonio Fernández Resines (born 7 August 1954) is a Spanish film and television actor. Resines made his feature film debut in 1980 in ''La paloma azul'', also featuring in '' Opera prima'' and ''La mano negra''. He gained early notoriety in the 1980s by featuring in titles such as '' Be Wanton and Tread No Shame'' (1985), '' La vida alegre'' (1987) and '' Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing'' (1989). He further consolidated a film and television career in the 1990s, primarily in comedy works, including pictures such as ''Disparate nacional'' (1990), '' Anything for Bread'' (1991), '' The Sow'' (1992), '' Acción mutante'' (1993), '' Everyone Off to Jail'' (1993) and '' All Men Are the Same'' (1994) and series such as ''Colegio Mayor'' and '' Los ladrones van a la oficina'', which earned him notoriety. He nonetheless won the Goya Award for Best Actor for a dramatic role in '' The Lucky Star'' (1997). He attained an enormous degree of popularity in Spain for his portrayal of Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Navarro (journalist)
José Navarro Prieto (Palma del Río, Córdoba; November 16, 1951), better known as Pepe Navarro, is a Spanish television presenter, journalist, television producer, and writer who has worked in television, journalism, and radio. Biography Born to Granadian parents, when he was just two years old, his family moved to Sabadell. At the age of 10, they traveled to France, only to return to Sabadell at the age of 11. There, he began his high school studies at the Salesian Sant Oleguer School, which he abandoned at the age of 15 to work. Two years later, at 17, he completed his higher education —5th, 6th, and COU— at Jaime Balmes Institute in Barcelona, self-financing himself as an employee of El Corte Inglés selling fans, giving math and gymnastics classes, working as a waiter, DJ, footballer, etc. He studied Scriptwriting, Writing, and Broadcasting at the Radio School of Radio Juventud in Barcelona, where he produced his first half-hour weekly program, "Welcome to Music", and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyá Llompart (; born 27 August 1976) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Moyá won 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 1998 French Open, and was part of the victorious Spanish Davis Cup team in 2004. He was also the runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. After his playing career, Moyá served as Rafael Nadal's primary coach from 2016 to 2024. Tennis career In November 1995, at the age of 19, Moyá won his first tournament at the top-level in Buenos Aires, defeating Félix Mantilla in the final. In May 1996, Moyá defeated the clay-court champion Thomas Muster, in the semifinals of the tournament in Munich, ending Muster's streak of winning 38 matches in a row on clay-courts. It was the fourth time in four weeks that Moyá had played a match against Muster. In the final of Munich, Sláva Doseděl defeated Moyá. In 1997, Moyá reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chus Lampreave
María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films. She is known internationally for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar. Career Lampreave was born in Madrid. She planned on being a painter and studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, after which she worked as an illustrator for the publishing firm. It had not been her intention to become an actress, but was discovered by Jaime de Armiñán and began appearing in films in 1959. Her first work with Pedro Almodóvar was in '' Entre tinieblas'' (1983). In total, Lampreave appeared in eight of his films. Almodóvar is known for his recurring use of certain actresses; they are referred to as the " Almodóvar girls". While Lampreave never played a leading role, she would come to be known as Spain's most popular supporting actress. She was known for playing old ladies, usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil i Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as ''Belle Époque'' (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), '' Black Tears'' and '' Pan's Labyrinth''. Career Gil made her feature film debut as an actress in Bigas Luna's ''Lola'' (1986). After four films primarily in Catalan, though partly in Spanish and French, she took part in a movie exclusively in Spanish shot in 1991, Emilio Martínez Lázaro's '' Amo tu cama rica'', and has gone on to star in myriad films and series in Catalan, Spanish, French and English, among other languages. Between 1993 and 2007, she performed in more than thirty films, including '' Libertarias'', directed by Vicente Aranda; '' Pan's Labyrinth'', directed by Guillermo del Toro; and '' Soldados de Salamina'', directed by her former husband David Trueba. Personal life Gil was married to screenwriter, director, and novelist David Trueba with whom she has two children. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Luis Galiardo
Juan Luis Galiardo Comes (2 March 1940 – 22 June 2012) was a Spanish television, theater and film actor. Life The eldest of six children, Juan Luis Galiardo Comes was born in San Roque, Cádiz, but spent most of his childhood and youth in Badajoz, where his father had moved following working opportunities. After finishing his secondary education in Seville, Galiardo studied Agricultural Engineering at the University of Madrid.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 228 He abandoned his studies in 1961, to enroll the following year at Spain's National Film School (EOC) where he trained as an actor. He began his career working in the theater under the direction of José Luis Alonso de Santos in the theater María Guerrero. With some fellow actors he founded the T.E.I. (Independent Experimental Theatre), directed by Miguel Narros. Galiardo made his film debut in the leading role in Julio Diamante's film ''El arte de vivir'' ''(The Art of Living'') (1965). In the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gran Wyoming
José Miguel Monzón Navarro (15 May 1955, Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...), better known by his stage name El Gran Wyoming (''The Great Wyoming''), Wyoming or Guayo, is a Spanish comedian, musician, writer and TV presenter. He has hosted the LaSexta satire show ''El Intermedio'' since 2006. Books *1990, ''Un vago, dos vagos, tres vagos''. Ed. Temas de Hoy. *1993, ''Te quiero personalmente''. Editorial Anagrama. *1997, ''Las aventuras del mapache''. Ed. Alfaguara. *2000, ''Janos, el niño que soñaba despierto''. Ed. Agruparte. Colección de Cuentos Musicales "La mota de polvo" *2013, ''No estamos locos''. Planeta. *2014, ''No estamos solos''. Planeta. *2016, ''¡De rodillas, Monzón!''. Planeta. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gran Wyoming, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Cañadas
Esther Cañadas (; born 1 March 1977, in Albacete) is a Spanish model and actress. In 2024, the website Models.com added her to its list of Industry Icons, a term it applies to models "who have built stellar careers", ranking her higher than its Industry Legends category but lower than its Supermodels. Career Originally, Cañadas wanted to pursue a career as a criminologist, but her mother persuaded her to give modeling a try. In her teens she started working as a model and moved first to Barcelona, then to Milan and New York. Cañadas has walked the catwalk for many designers, including Chloé, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Moschino, Custo Barcelona and Givenchy. She has appeared in campaigns for the most renowned fashion brands like Versace, Gianfranco Ferré, Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior. and She has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |