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Abril Zamora
Abril Zamora Peláez (born 11 November 1981) is a Spanish actress, screenwriter, and director with a long career in film, television, and theater. She rose to prominence as Luna in the FOX Spain television series '' Vis a Vis'', which gave visibility to the LGBT+ reality through fiction. Biography Abril Zamora Peláez was born in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona on 11 November 1981. She made her gender transition visible through her personal social networks, and since then she has demanded both greater diversity in characters and more opportunities for the transgender community in the audiovisual media. However, for her, it is also important to speak openly about her past, of which she is also proud. In 2018, she participated in the documentary directed by Fernando González Molina ''The Best Day of My Life'', which shows six LGBT people who gather in Madrid for the celebration of International LGBT Pride Day and who dare to live as they are with pride, joy, and commitment. ...
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Cerdanyola Del Vallès
Cerdanyola del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Collserola ridge. The town is served by the A-7 and C-58 motorways, the N-150 road and the Renfe railway commuter lines R4, R7 and railway regional line Ca4. It is well known as the site of the main campus of the ''Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'' (at Bellaterra) and hosts the ALBA (synchrotron) located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park. Main sights As befits a municipality which has increased its population more than fiftyfold in the last century, most of the buildings are modern. The parish church is in a modernist style, while the Sant Marçal castle has been rebuilt in a neogothic style. The botanical gardens of ''El Pedregar'' (also at Bellaterra) have a notable collection of sculptures. Iberian remains have been found and are exposed at ''Ca n'Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum''. Notable people * Ramon Sauló Jor ...
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Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launched on 3 March 1990, becoming the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels and the second private channel in Spain. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the biscione-absent flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel logos. History On April 4, 1986, the Council of Ministers of Spain approved private television in the country, the legislation was approved in 1988. On August 25, 1989, the contest was held to obtain three private television licenses, the which were granted to Gestevisión Telecinco, Grupo Antena 3 and Sogecable. Tele 5 began transmissions experimentally in 1989 to officially begin broadcasting on March 3, 1990, although with limited coverage in Madrid and Barcelona. In January 1991, it achieved ...
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RIS Científica
''RIS Científica'' is a television series co-produced by Videomedia and the Spanish network Telecinco and released by the latter. It is an adaptation of the Italian series ''RIS Delitti Imperfetti'' in turn inspired by the American production '' CSI''. It premiered on September 23, 2007. The first two episodes were broadcast in prime time on Sunday, with a lower than average audience share, so from October 9 it was moved to Tuesday at 22: 00. On December 18, the last episode was screened, with no announcement of a second season. Plot summary The series follows the team of forensic experts in Spain who are trying to solve crimes with the help of forensic evidence. The location of the series is Madrid. This is the first series in the RIS franchise that has been cancelled. Cast *Ricardo Ventura (José Coronado) is the new head of the special unit of the scientific police, after replacing Cuevas. *Ana Galeano (Irene Montalà) is the computer expert, newly incorporated into the unit. ...
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Edoardo Ponti
Edoardo Ponti (born 6 January 1973) is an Italian director. He is the younger son of actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti Sr. and the brother of conductor Carlo Ponti Jr. Early life Ponti was born on 6 January 1973 in Geneva, Switzerland. Ponti's mother is Sophia Loren, the actress. Ponti's father is Carlo Ponti Sr., a film producer. Ponti grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. Education Ponti studied at Aiglon College in Switzerland and graduated in 1990. In 1994, Ponti graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. In 1998, Ponti earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Directing & Production from the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. Career ''Between Strangers'' was the first feature film which Ponti wrote and directed. It was produced by Gabriella Martinelli and starred an ensemble cast which included Sophia Loren (his mother), Mi ...
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Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films ''Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven (2002 film), Heaven'' (2002), ''Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' (2006), and ''The International (2009 film), The International'' (2009). He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film ''Cloud Atlas (film), Cloud Atlas'' (2012) and the Netflix series ''Sense8'' (2015–2018), and worked on the score for Lana Wachowski's ''The Matrix Resurrections'' (2021). Tykwer is also well known as the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed German television series ''Babylon Berlin'' (2017–). Early life Tykwer was born in Wuppertal, West Germany. Fascinated by film from an early age, he started making amateur Super 8 mm film, Super 8 films at the age of eleven. He later helped out at a local arthouse cinema in order ...
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The Story Of A Murderer (film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ...
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Dafne And The Rest
''Dafne and the Rest'' ( es, Todo lo otro, links=no; ) is a Spanish television series created, written, directed and starred by Abril Zamora for HBO Max. It is one of the first Spanish original titles of the HBO Max catalogue, which debuted in Europe on 26 October 2021. Premise The fiction (a dramedy) follows Dafne, a young transgender woman with a precarious job who has just left a relationship, and finds out to be infatuated with her closest friend instead. It takes place in Madrid. Cast Production and release Created, written and directed by Abril Zamora, the series was produced by (via its subsidiary Campanilla Films S.L.) for Warner Media. It consists of 8 episodes featuring an average running time of 30 minutes. Miguel Salvat, Steve Matthews and Antony Root were credited as executive producers on behalf of WarnerMedia whereas Santi Botello was credited on behalf of Campanilla Films. Shooting wrapped in Madrid towards May 2021. The series was originally intended to ...
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HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run programming from the HBO pay television service, original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others). The service succeeds both HBO Now—a previous HBO SVOD service, and HBO Go—the on-demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming componen ...
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Inma Cuesta
Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez (born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in films such as ''The Sleeping Voice'', ''Three Many Weddings'' and '' The Bride''. Some of her best known television credits include performances in ''Águila Roja'' and '' Arde Madrid''. Early life Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez was born in Valencia on 25 June 1980. Born to parents from Andalusia, Cuesta spent her childhood in Arquillos, province of Jaén (Andalusia). Her father was an upholsterer, so she used to collect the leftovers to make handbags and sell them to finance her studies. At age of 18, she moved to Córdoba to study a Degree at the School of Dramatic Art. After completing her studies, she continued her training in Seville. In 2005 she moved to Madrid and entered the Conservatory and School of Dance, a performing arts center run by Carmen Roche. Career Once settled in the capital of Spain, Cuesta undertook her career in the world of the theater from the hand of Nacho Cano ...
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Sophia Loren
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood cinema. As of 2022, she is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema and is the only remaining living person to appear on the AFI's list of the 25 greatest female stars of American film history, positioned at number 21. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career at age sixteen in 1950. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career. Her film appearances around this time include ''The Pride and the Passion'', '' Houseboat'', and ''It Started in Naples''. During the 1950s, she starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona ...
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The Life Ahead
''The Life Ahead'' ( it, La vita davanti a sé) is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel ''The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora, and is set in Bari, Italy. The film was preceded by ''Madame Rosa'', a 1977 film based on the Gary novel, directed by Moshé Mizrahi and featuring Simone Signoret. Like the book, the first film version is set in Paris. ''The Life Ahead'' was given a limited release on November 6, 2020, followed by digital streaming on Netflix on November 13, 2020. Plot Madam Rosa is a former prostitute and Jewish Holocaust survivor who provides a home in her apartment for the children of other "working women" in the port city of Bari, Apulia, Italy. After Momo, a 12-year-old, orphaned, Senegalese immigrant, robs her, Dr. Coen, the boy's foster guardian, who also happens to be Rosa's doctor, brings her stol ...
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Who Would You Take To A Deserted Island?
''Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?'' ( es, ¿A quién te llevarías a una isla desierta?, links=no) is a 2019 Spanish drama film directed by Jota Linares. Cast Release The film screened in competition at the 22nd Málaga Film Festival on 22 March 2019. See also * List of Spanish films of 2019 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2019. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films , - , align = "center" , 8 , , ''70 Big Ones''(''70 binladens'') , , Director: ... References External links * 2019 drama films 2019 films Netflix original films Spanish-language drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Spanish films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ...
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