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Alfredo Alcón
Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies since his first one, '' El amor nunca muere'' (''Love Never Dies''), in 1955, and received many recognitions for his work: among others, the Silver Condor, the Martin Fierro Award and the 1981 Diamond Konex Award. He died on April 11, 2014 at the age of 84. Biography Alfredo Alcón was born on March 3, 1930, in Liniers. His family has Spanish ancestry: his paternal grandmother immigrated from Cádiz, and his mother from Castile. As a result, he had a fluent Spanish accent, which helped him when he worked in Spain. His father died soon after his birth, and so the family moved to Ciudadela, Buenos Aires. One of his early influences was ''Richard III'' by William Shakespeare, which he read at the age of 11. He began working as a radio h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Guapo Del '900
''Un Guapo del '900'' is a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. Cast *Alfredo Alcón Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies s ... as Ecuménico López * Arturo García Buhr as Alejo Garay *Elida Gay Palmer as Edelmira Carranza de Garay * Lydia Lamaison as Doña Natividad *Duilio Marzio as Clemente Ordóñez *Catalina Mora de Goldenhorn Betbeder as Doña Cata *Eduardo Jorge Goldenhorn as Don Eduardo *Susana Mayo *Beto Gianola *Eduardo Foglizzio *Ovidio Fuentes *Mario Rolla *Walter Soubrie *Oscar Matarrese *Francisco Iribarren External links * 1960 films 1960s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films 1960 drama films Films directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Films shot in Buenos Aires Films set in Buenos Aire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Por El Nombre De Dios
Por or POR may refer to: Por *Por (Thai word) *Por, Armenia, a town * Por, a Spanish preposition * Por, a Portuguese preposition POR * POR (gene), cytochrome P450 reductase * Power-on reset * Program of Record (PoR), a term used in US government procurement *The Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom Politics * Partido Obrero Revolucionario (other), commonly referred to by the Spanish initials POR * Party of the Right (other), any of several organizations Places * Portland Transportation Center, US, Amtrak station code * Pori Airport, Finland; IATA airport code * Porth railway station, Wales; National Rail station code See also *Poor (other) *Pore (other) Pore may refer to: Biology Animal biology and microbiology * Sweat pore, an anatomical structure of the skin of humans (and other mammals) used for secretion of sweat * Hair follicle, an anatomical structure of the skin of humans (and other m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herederos De Una Venganza
''Herederos de una venganza'' (International Title: ''Legacy of Revenge'') is a 2011 Argentine telenovela aired by Channel 13 in the prime time. The characters inhabit a small fictional village named Vidisterra. The cast includes Luciano Castro, Romina Gaetani, Marcela Kloosterboer, Federico Amador, Leonor Benedetto, Rodolfo Ranni, Antonio Grimau, Daniel Kuzniecka, Marco Antonio Caponi, and Betiana Blum. Creation Channel 13 had great success in 2009 and 2010 with ''Valientes'' and ''Malparida'', primetime telenovelas with vengeance plots and a dramatic genre. Luciano Castro, lead actor from ''Valientes'', was again lead actor for this project, along with Romina Gaetani, who worked at another successful 2010 dramatic telenovela, ''Botineras''. Production started on November 2010. The initial scenes in the highway were filmed at the highways near Pilar. The wedding of Antonio and Angie, one of the plot starting points, was filmed during three days at Bella Vista, and was followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty War
The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and right-wing death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (AAA, or Triple A) hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, left-wing Peronism, or the Montoneros movement.''Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina, '' Antonius C. G. M. Robben, p. 145, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard, ''Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo,'' p. 22, Rowman & Littlefield, 1994 It is estimated that between 9,000 and 30,000 people were killed or disappeared, many of whom were impossible to formally document due to the nature of state terrorism. The primary target, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother. ''Hamlet'' is considered among the "most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language", with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others". There are many works that have been pointed to as possible sources for Shakespeare's play—from ancient Greek tragedies to Elizabethan plays. The editors of the Arden Shakespeare question the idea of "source hunting", pointing out that it presupposes that authors always require ideas from other works for their own, and suggests that no author can have an original idea or be an originator. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Pibe Cabeza
''El Pibe Cabeza'' is a 1975 Argentine crime drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. Cast * Alfredo Alcón - Roberto Gordillo, El Pibe Cabeza * Marta González - Julieta Dunne * José Slavin - Caprioli * Edgardo Suárez - el Nene Martínez * Raúl Lavié - el Negro Mota * Emilio Alfaro Emilio Alfaro, born Emilio Vallarino Alfaro (January 20, 1933 in Buenos Aires – July 18, 1998), was an Argentine actor, and theatre and film director. Alfaro played in the movies ''El jefe'', ''La mesa del 10'', ''La sentencia'' and ''El pibe ... - Romano * Silvia Montanari - El Pibe Cabeza's lover * Ana Casares - Lucía External links * 1975 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1975 crime drama films Films set in the Infamous Decade Films directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Argentine crime drama films 1970s Argentine films {{1970s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boquitas Pintadas
''Heartbreak Tango'' (Spanish: ''Boquitas pintadas'') is a 1974 Argentine drama film, directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. It was adapted from Argentine writer Manuel Puig's 1969 novel of the same name (English: '' Heartbreak Tango''). In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 22nd position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 47th position. Cast * Alfredo Alcón as Juan Carlos Etchpare * Marta Yolanda González as Nené (as Martha González) * Luisina Brando as Mabel Saénz * Raúl Lavié as Francisco Paez / Pancho * Leonor Manso Leonor Manso (born 16 April 1948) is an Argentinian actress. She appeared in more than 70 films since 1969. Manso directed her first production, ''Waiting for Godot'', i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Madmen
''The Seven Madmen'' ( es, Los siete locos, also known as ''The Revolution of the Seven Madmen'') is a 1973 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón, Norma Aleandro and Héctor Alterio. It was based on the novels ''Los siete locos'' (''The Seven Madmen'') and ''Los lanzallamas'' (''The Flamethowers''), by Roberto Arlt. The film was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award. Cast *Alfredo Alcón as Erdosain *Norma Aleandro as Hipólita *Héctor Alterio as Gregorio Barsut * Thelma Biral as Elsa *Sergio Renán as El Rufián Melancólico *José Slavin as Alberto *Osvaldo Terranova as Ángel Erqueta *Leonor Manso Leonor Manso (born 16 April 1948) is an Argentinian actress. She appeared in more than 70 films since 1969. Manso directed her first production, ''Waiting for Godot'', in 1996. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Miguel De Güemes
Martín Miguel de Güemes (8 February 1785 – 17 June 1821) was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spanish royalist army during the Argentine War of Independence. Biography Güemes was born in Salta into a wealthy family. His father, Gabriel de Güemes Montero, born in Santander, in the Spanish province of Cantabria, was a learned man and was serving as royal treasurer of the Spanish crown. He got his son to have a good education with private teachers who taught him philosophical and scientific knowledge of his time. His mother was María Magdalena de Goyechea y la Corte, born in Salta. He was sent to study at the Royal College of San Carlos in Buenos Aires. At 23 he started his military career and took part in the defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, where Güemes achieved notability when he and his cavalrymen charged and took over the armed British merchantman ''Justine'', moored in shal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tierra En Armas
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain. In 1808, after taking part in the Peninsular War against France, San Martín contacted South American supporters of independence from Spain in London. In 1812, he set sail for Buenos Aires and offered his services to the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, present-day Argentina. After the Battle of San Lorenzo and time commanding the Army of the North during 1814, he organized a plan to defeat the Spanish forces that menaced the United Provinces from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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