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Alejandra Borrero
María Alejandra Borrero Saa (born April 25, 1962) is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television. Personal life Born of a traditional family from Popayán, Borrero establishes a liberal life, where she manifests to be very different from the traditional standards which involved her in the world of acting. In 1998, after years of work in Colombian television, she came out as lesbian, an issue that according to her was not well accepted by the country and caused her depression for four years. She decided to move to the United States, questioning how in Colombia there was no respect for difference. Four years after announcing her homosexuality, she returned to her homeland and agreed to interview her sexual orientation, concluding that little by little, society was already accepting sexual diversity.Punto Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popayán
Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian departments of Colombia, department of Cauca Department, Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between the Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), Western Mountain Range and Cordillera Central (Colombia), Central Mountain Range. It has a population of 318,059 people, an area of 483 km2, is located 1760 meters above sea level, and has an average temperature of 18 °C. The town is well known for its colonial architecture and its contributions to Colombian cultural and political life. It is also known as the "white city" due to the color of most of the colonial buildings in the city center, where several churches are located, such as San Francisco, San José, Belén, Santo Domingo, San Agustín, and the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Popayán, Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, known locally as "La Catedral". The city's cathedral was home to the Crown of the Andes, a 16th-century Society of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Debt (1997 Film)
''The Debt'' ( es, La deuda), officially called as ''La deuda (o la insólita muerte y no menos asombrosa resurrección y segunda muerte de Alí Ibrahim María de los Altos Pozos y Resuello, llamado El Turco)'', is a 1997 Colombian drama film directed by Manuel José Álvarez and Nicolás Buenaventura. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Nicolás Buenaventura * Manuel José Álvarez * Vicky Hernández * Jairo Camargo * Humberto Dorado * Marcela Valencia See also * List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Colombia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Tijeras (film)
''Rosario Tijeras'' is a 2005 film directed by and written by Marcelo Figueras based on the book of the same name by Jorge Franco. It stars Flora Martínez as the title character alongside Unax Ugalde and Manolo Cardona. It is a co-production among companies from Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, and France. It is reportedly the second highest-grossing film in Colombian history. Plot The movie, based on a novel by Jorge Franco, deals with the life of a beautiful woman involved with the subculture of sicarios, the motorcycle-riding hitmen of the slums of Medellín, Colombia, in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Rosario, a dangerous woman who was molested and raped as a child, and now claiming to be owned by no man, lives a life on the edge while trying to come to terms with her past and the men in her life, not making the best choices along the way. The film is told in flashback from the point of view of Antonio, a young man from the upper class of Medellín. While at a Medellín d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In The Time Of Cholera (film)
''Love in the Time of Cholera'' is a 2007 American romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell. Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez, it tells the story of a love triangle between Fermina Daza (played by Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her two suitors, Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem) and Doctor Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) which spans 50 years, from 1880 to 1930. It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. Shakira wrote two original songs " Hay Amores" and " Despedida" for the film. Plot In late 19th-century Cartagena, a river port in Colombia, Florentino Ariza falls in love at first sight with Fermina Daza. They secretly correspond, and she eventually agrees to marry him, but her father discovers their relationship and sends h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Love And Other Demons (film)
''Of Love and Other Demons'' ( es, Del amor y otros demonios, link=no) is a 2009 internationally co-produced drama film directed by . The film was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez. Cast * Pablo Derqui as Cayetano Delaura * Eliza Triana as Sierva María * Jordi Dauder as Obispo * Joaquín Climent as Marqués * Margarita Rosa de Francisco as Marquesa * Damián Alcázar as Abrenuncio * Alina Lozano as Abadesa * Martha Lucía Leal as Sor Agueda * Carlota Llano as Martina * Linette Hernández as Caridad See also * List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Costa Rica submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2005. The award is handed ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anina (film)
''Anina'' is a 2013 Uruguayan-Colombian animated comedy film directed by Alfredo Soderguit. The film was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Anina Yatay Salas is a pensive redhead who really does not like her name, with each part of it being palindrome. Her peers always ridicule her about this, especially Anina’s arch-enemy Yisel. When these two get into a playground fight one day they are sent to the school head who disciplines them with a nerve-racking punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares, the days drag by endlessly for Anina. She and her inquisitive best friend try to devise all sorts of ways to discover what is inside the envelope. Gradually, Anina begins to realise that not only does Yisel share her fate: she also has much bigger problems to contend with than Anina. Tentatively, the two riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gente De Bien
''Gente de bien'' (English: "Decent people") is a 2014 French-Colombian drama film written and directed by Franco Lolli. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 2014 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent. Cast * Bryan Santamaria as Eric * Carlos Fernando Perez as Eric's father * Alejandra Borrero María Alejandra Borrero Saa (born April 25, 1962) is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television. Personal life Born of a traditional family from Popayán, Borrero establishes a liberal life, where she manifests to be very different fro ... as Maria Isabel References External links * 2014 films 2014 drama films 2010s Spanish-language films French drama films Colombian drama films 2014 directorial debut films 2010s French films 2010s Colombian films Ad Vitam (company) films {{2010s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
