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Vera Filatova
Vera Filatova (; born 6 November 1982), also known as Vera Graziadei, is a Ukrainian-British actress. She has played Elena in Channel 4's cult series ''Peep Show (British TV series), Peep Show'' alongside David Mitchell (comedian), David Mitchell and Robert Webb, Eva in ''Lesbian Vampire Killers'' with James Corden and Mathew Horne; and Svetlana in a five-part BBC1 drama ''The Deep (TV serial), The Deep'' opposite Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt and Goran Višnjić. Personal life Vera Filatova was born in Khartsyzsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and later moved to the UK. Filatova was educated at Brighton College, and is married to Italian architect Robin Monotti-Graziadei, Robin Monotti Graziadei. They live in London with their son and daughter. Career Filatova's TV credits include ''The Last Detective'' (ITV (TV network), ITV), ''All About Me'' (BBC One), ''The Bill'', ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'', ''The Pagan Queen'' (USA), ''Agatha Christie's Poirot, Agatha Christie: Poirot'' (ITV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khartsyzsk
Khartsyzk (, ; , ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of History It was founded in 1869 as a settlement at the station put into operation on the Samuel Polyakov, Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railway. The Khartsyzsk settlement, which belonged to Major General Ivan Ilovaysky, was founded on the site of the modern city in 1786. Its name comes from the word "khartsyzy" ("robbers, plunderers"), which was the name used by Turks and Tatars in the sixteenth century for fugitive peasants and Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporizhzhia Cossacks who settled near the southern borders of the Moscow state. The places of their settlements were called "Khartsyzsk". In 1883, a railway line was laid to the Makiivka mine, and in 1884to the Krynychna and Yasynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Yasysivka stations (modern Makiivka-Pasazhyrska), and in 1898to the Makiivka metallurgical plant "Union". Starting Mid-April 2014 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Monotti-Graziadei
Robin Monotti Graziadei is an Italian architect, film producer, biourbanist and water fountain designer based in London. He was the managing partner of Robin Monotti Architects, a firm that he founded in 2007. In 2010, Monotti won the RIBA and Royal Parks Foundation's International Drinking Fountain Design Competition with his ''Watering Holes'' fountain design. In 2016 Robin co-founded the film production company Luminous Arts Productions, which co-produced the drama feature film on the history and philosophy of medicine The Book of Vision executively produced by Terrence Malick. Early life Monotti Graziadei was born and raised in Rome. He moved to England when he was 17 and studied BSc Architecture at the University of Bath in 1994. In 2000, he studied MA in Histories and Theories of Architecture at the Architectural Association of London. Career From 2001 to 2007, he taught a Diploma Unit at the London Metropolitan University. He started Robin Monotti Architects in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Vision
''The Book of Vision'' is a 2020 psychological drama film directed by Carlo S. Hintermann (in his narrative feature directorial debut) and starring Charles Dance, Lotte Verbeek and Sverrir Gudnason. Terrence Malick serves as an executive producer. It was selected as the opening film of the International Critics' Week at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Plot In present day, young doctor Eva leaves her promising career behind to study history of medicine, questioning everything from her nature to her body, her illness and sealed fate. Johan Anmuth is an 18th-century Prussian physician in perpetual struggle between the rise of rationalism and ancient forms of animism. The ''Book of Vision'' is a manuscript that sweeps these two existences up, blending them into a never-ending vortex. Nothing expires in its time. Only what you desire is real, not merely what happens. Cast * Charles Dance as Johan Anmuth * Lotte Verbeek as Eva / Elizabeth * Sverrir Gudnason as Dr Nils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Men
''Children of Men'' is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel '' The Children of Men'', was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film is set in 2027 when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where they are subjected to detention and deportation by the government. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who tries to help refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. ''Children of Men'' also stars Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, Charlie Hunnam, and Michael Caine. The film was released by Universal Pictures on 22 September 2006, in the UK and on 25 December in the US. Despite the limited release and lack of any clear marketing strategy during awards season by the film's distributor, ''Children of Men'' received critical acclaim and was rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including Television advertisement, advertising. It began its transmission in 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC1 and BBC2, and a single commercial broadcasting network, ITV (TV network), ITV. Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And Mrs Jones (TV Series)
''Me and Mrs Jones'' is a British comedy about the life of a woman named Gemma Jones. The first series began on 12 October 2012 on BBC One. It stars Sarah Alexander and Neil Morrissey. On 10 December 2012, it was announced that the comedy would not return for a second series. Synopsis Gemma Jones is the mother of twin daughters Charlotte and Jess and adult son Alfie. The show follows Gemma's life as she navigates relationships with Tom, the father of one her daughters' playmates, and Billy, a friend of Alfie's. Cast * Sarah Alexander – Gemma Jones – The main character of the series and the mother of Alfie, Charlotte and Jess. * Neil Morrissey – Jason Jones – Gemma's ex-husband and Charlotte and Jess's father. * Nathaniel Parker – Tom Marshall – Gemma's admirer and the father of Poppy. * Robert Sheehan – Billy Delaney – Alfie's friend and one of Gemma's love interests. * Jonathan Bailey – Alfie Jones – Gemma's son and Charlotte and Jess's older half-brother. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Murder (UK TV Series)
Blue Murder may refer to: Theatre, film and TV * ''Blue Murder'' (Beatrix Christian play), a 1994 play by Beatrix Christian * ''Blue Murder'' (Peter Nichols play), a 1995 play by Peter Nichols * ''Blue Murder'' (miniseries), a 1995 Australian mini-series * ''Blue Murder'' (UK TV series), a British detective series * ''Blue Murder'' (Canadian TV series), a Canadian crime drama * ''Blue Murder'' (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television movie * ''Blue Murder'' (2000 film), a British television crime drama film Music * Blue Murder (folk group), a folk group * Blue Murder (band) Blue Murder were an English hard rock band led by guitarist-vocalist John Sykes. The group was formed in 1987 following Sykes's dismissal from Whitesnake. The initial line-up was rounded out by bassist Tony Franklin and drummer Carmine Appic ..., an English heavy metal band ** ''Blue Murder'' (album), the band's debut album *"Blue Murder", song from '' Boy Cried Wolf'' *"Blue Murder", song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poirot
Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi (play), Alibi'') and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including Austin Trevor, John Moffatt (actor), John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina, Orson Welles, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, Peter Dinklage and John Malkovich. Overview Influences Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: Marie Belloc Lowndes's Hercules Popeau and Frank Howel Evans's Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London. Evans's Jules Poiret "was small and rather heavyset, hardly more than five feet, but moved with his head held high. The most remarkable features of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
