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ﾃ］gela Molina
ﾃ］gela Molina Tejedor (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish actress. Aside from her performances in Spanish films, she has starred in multiple international productions, particularly in a number of Italian films and television series. Family Molina was born in Madrid on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina and ﾃ］gela Tejedor. Her siblings , Mﾃｳnica and are also actors. Another of her siblings, , is a composer. Career She studied dance and theatre art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She made her film debut in 1975 with Cﾃｩsar Fernﾃ｡ndez Ardavﾃｭn's ''No matarﾃ｡s''. Another early major credit is her performance as Rosa (a sexually provocative woman and unwed mother) in '' Black Brood'' (1977), a film portraying fascist violence in post-Francoist Spain. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buﾃｱuel's last film ''That Obscure Object of Desire'' (1977). She has worked with such directors as Luis Buﾃｱuel, the Taviani brothers, Jaime Chﾃ｡v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josﾃｩ Luis Borau
Josﾃｩ Luis Borau Moradell (8 August 1929 窶 23 November 2012) was a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He won the Goya Award for Best Director in 2000 for '' Leo''. Borau was born in Zaragoza. In addition to directing, he acted in some films, including ''Everyone Off to Jail'' in 1993. He was president of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1994–1998), and member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival in 1991. In February 2008 he was elected to the B seat of the Real Academia Espaﾃｱola. Borau died on 23 December 2012 aged 83 in Madrid from a throat cancer. Career Born in Zaragoza. During the Spanish Civil War he was kept from school by his overprotecting parents. From an early age, Borau had great love for literature and films. Following family pressure, he studied law in his native Zaragoza and worked at Madrid's Ministry of Housing in 1957. He began his career working for the regional newspaper ''He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heraldo De Aragﾃｳn
''Heraldo de Aragﾃｳn'' is a Spanish language regional daily newspaper published in Saragossa, Spain. The paper has been in circulation since 1895. History and profile ''Heraldo de Aragﾃｳn'' was first published on 20 September 1895. The owner is Heraldo de Aragﾃｳn, S.A. which also owns ''Heraldo de Soria'', and ''Que! Aragﾃｳn''. The publisher of the daily is KBA Comet press. The paper is based in Saragossa and serves the provinces of Huesca, Saragossa, and Teruel. ''Heraldo de Aragﾃｳn'' has a conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ... political stance. It is published in broadsheet format. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year award for 2003 in the category of regional newspapers. As of 2013 ''Heraldo de Aragﾃｳn'' had a science supplement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camorra (1986 Film)
''Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)'' ( it, Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti) is a 1986 Italian crime film directed by Lina Wertmﾃｼller. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Hostel owner Annunziata (ﾃ］gela Molina) is attacked, but before her assailant can sexually assault her, the man is killed. The killer plunges a hypodermic needle into one of the rapist's testicles and escapes before Annunziata is able to identify him. This soon becomes the signature of a serial killer who appears to be targeting drug dealers. Cast * ﾃ］gela Molina as Annunziata * Harvey Keitel as Frankie * Isa Danieli as Carmela * Paolo Bonacelli as Tango * Elvio Porta * Vittorio Squillante as Tony * Muzzi Loffredo * Mario Scarpetta * Tommaso Bianco as Baba * Raffaele Verita * Franco Angrisano * Sebastiano Nardone * Pino Ammendola as O' Dimonio * Anny Papa as (as Anni Papa) * Francisco Rabal as Guaglione * Daniel Ezralow as "Toto" * Lorraine Bracc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2021. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards and rank among top-tier awards such as the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Premio Ubu for stage performances, the Sanremo Music Festival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which hosts the Golden Lion film award. History The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.) The ceremony was established in 1955 in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films, and first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d.'Gentro, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime De Armiﾃｱﾃ｡n
Jaime de Armiﾃｱﾃ｡n Oliver (born 9 March 1927) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for ''My Dearest Senorita, Mi querida seﾃｱorita'' and in 1980 for ''The Nest (1980 film), El Nido''. His 1974 film ''The Love of Captain Brando, El amor del capitﾃ｡n Brando'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1985 film ''Stico'' was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where Fernando Fernﾃ｡n Gﾃｳmez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. In 1994, his film ''On the Far Side of the Tunnel, Al otro lado del Tﾃｺnel'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Life Jaime de Armiﾃｱﾃ｡n was born on 9 March 1927 in Madrid within a family of artist, politicians and writers. He studied law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. After graduating as a lawyer, Armiﾃｱﾃ｡n began writing articles for such magazines as ''Fotos'' and ''Dﾃｭgame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978, he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeare's ''Measure for Measure'' at the Teatro di Roma and with roles in other plays such as ''La Madre'' by Brecht, ''Merchant of Venice'', and ''Candelaio'' by Giordano Bruno. At the Teatro di Genova he starred in the roles of Tuzenbach in Chekhov's ''Three Sisters'' and Jean in Strindberg's ''Miss Julie'', both under the direction of Otomar Krejka. In the coming years, he also starred in such theatrical productions as ''L'infelicitﾃ senza desideri'' and ''Piccoli equivoci'' at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also appeared in ''Barefoot in the Park'' by Neil Simon. During his years in the theatre, he worked alongside man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Wertmﾃｼller
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmﾃｼller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (14 August 1928 窶 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmﾃｼller (), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'' (a genre-bending World War II film for which she became the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977), ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Love and Anarchy'', and ''Swept Away (1974 film), Swept Away''. In 2019, Wertmﾃｼller was announced as one of four recipients of the Academy Honorary Award for her career, the second female director to be so honoured. Early life Wertmﾃｼller was born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmﾃｼller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich in Rome in 1928 to Federico, a lawyer from Palazzo San Gervasio, Basilicata, belonging to a devoutly Catholic family of distant Swiss descent, and to Maria Santamaria-Maurizio born in Rome. Wertmﾃｼller depicted her childhood as a period of adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades throughout his career, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2018. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British film industry. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising, where he honed his filmmaking skills by making mini-films for television commercials. He made his debut as a film director with ''The Duellists'' (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, ''Alien'' (1979). Three years later he would dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Medem
Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter. Biography Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastiﾃ｡n, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention. After college graduation (where he earned degrees in Medicine and General Surgery) he worked as a film critic and later as a screenwriter, assistant director and editor. After a few shorts he directed his first full-length feature, ''Vacas'' ('Cows') for which he won a Goya Award. After this film he directed ''The Red Squirrel'' and ''Earth'', both receiving good reviews at Cannes. His next film, '' Lovers of the Arctic Circle'', has been compared to the works of Krzysztof Kieﾅ嬪owski. In 2002 was released his following film, ''Sex and Lucia''. Medem explored the documentary format with his next production '' La pelota vasca'' ('The Basque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 窶 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had recently established at the university. After his graduation and a short time working for international shipping companies in London, he continued feeling drawn to film. Film career Tanner found work at the British Film Institute in 1955, subtitling, translating, and organizing the archive. His first film, ''Nice Time'' (1957), a short documentary film about Piccadilly Circus during weekend evenings, was made with Claude Goretta. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown as part of the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in May 1957. The debut film won a prize at the film festival in Venice and much critical praise. Tanner went to France for a while where he assisted with several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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