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Banderas, The Tyrant
''Banderas, the Tyrant'' ( es, Tirano Banderas, links=no) is a 1993 internationally co-produced film directed by José Luis García Sánchez. It is an adaptation of the 1926 novel ''Tirano Banderas'' by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. It was produced by companies from Spain, Cuba and Mexico. It stars Gian Maria Volonté as the title character, also featuring Ana Belén, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Ignacio López Tarso and Javier Gurruchaga. Plot An adaptation of the (often presented as "unadaptable") novel ''Tirano Banderas'', a standout work of the ''esperpento'' genre which underpins a criticism of abuses of power, the plot tracks the developments in the fictitious republic of Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, ruled by megalomaniac dictator Santos Banderas. The dictator has been noted to display an amalgamation of features from real dictators such as Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, Miguel Primo de Rivera or Juan Vicente Gómez. Cast Production Featuring an ambitious budget o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Del Valle-Inclán
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 – Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered perhaps the most noteworthy and certainly the most radical dramatist working to subvert the traditionalism of the Spanish theatrical establishment in the early part of the 20th century. His drama is made all the more important by its influence on later generations of Spanish dramatists. His statue in Madrid therefore receives the homage of the theatrical profession on the national theater day. Biography Ramón María del Valle-Inclán was the second son of Ramón Valle-Inclán Bermúdez and Dolores de la Peña y Montenegro. As a child he lived in Vilanova and A Pobra do Caramiñal, and then he moved to Pontevedra in order to study high school. In 1888 he started to study Law at University of Santiago de Compostela, and there he publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Contreras
Patricio Contreras (born December 15, 1947) is a Chilean-Argentine television, film and stage actor. Biography Contreras was born in Santiago, Chile in 1947 and emigrated to neighboring Argentina following the 1973 coup d'état against left-wing President Salvador Allende, of whom Contreras was a vocal supporter.''Clarín'': Contreras, con Sandino (May 9, 1988). He was shortly afterwards cast in a number of minor Argentine cinema roles, notable among them a part in Adolfo Aristarain's 1978 crime thriller, '' La parte del león'' (''The Lion's Share''). He married an up-and-coming Argentine actress, Leonor Manso, in 1981, and in 1983, he was given his first significant film role as the treacherous Sergeant Comini in Aristarain's ''Funny Dirty Little War''. Contreras then gave what became perhaps his best-known performance as the targeted Professor Benítez in the Oscar-winning ''The Official Story'' (1985), for which he was awarded a Silver Condor. This was followed a leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Goya Awards
The 8th Goya Awards were presented in Madrid on 21 January 1994. '' Todos a la cárcel'' (''Everyone Off to Jail'') won the award for best film. Winners and nominees Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Tony Leblanc Ignacio Fernández Sánchez (7 May 1922 – 24 November 2012) better known as Tony Leblanc was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian. Biography Tony Leblanc was born on the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family l ... References External linksOfficial website (Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 08 1993 film awards 1993 in Spanish cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia, Spain
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50th Venice International Film Festival
The 50th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 31 August to 11 September 1993. Jury The following people comprised the 1993 jury: *Peter Weir (head of jury) * Mohamed Camara *Carla Gravina *James Ivory * Kaige Chen *Nelson Pereira dos Santos *Abdulah Sidran *Giuseppe Tornatore Official selection In competition Out of competition * ''The Age of Innocence'' (Martin Scorsese) * ''A Bronx Tale'' (Robert De Niro) * ''Jurassic Park'' (Steven Spielberg) * ''The Secret of the Old Woods'' (Ermanno Olmi) * ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' (Woody Allen) Special Screenings * ''Pursued'' (restored, Raoul Walsh) * '' La naissance de l'amour'' (Philippe Garrel) * ''Johnny Guitar'' (restored, Nicholas Ray) * '' Donersen Islic Cal'' ( Orhan Oguz) * '' High Boot Benny'' (Joe Comerford) * '' Sono Kido Wo Tohtte'' (Kon Ichikawa) * ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' (Steven Zaillian) * '' Fermière à Montfaucon'' (Éric Rohmer) * '' L'Arbre, le m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad (Cuba)
Trinidad () is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988, because of its historical importance as a center of the sugar trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Trinidad is one of the best-preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region. History Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa de la Santísima Trinidad. Hernán Cortés recruited men for his expedition from Juan de Grijalva's home in Trinidad, and Sancti Spíritus, at the start of his 1518 expedition. This included Pedro de Alvarado and his five brothers. After ten days, Cortes sailed, the alcayde Francisco Verdugo failing to prevent Cortes from leaving, despite orders from Diego Velázquez.Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, The Narvaez Expedition landed at Trinidad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba '' The World Factbook''. . The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/ Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. making it the world's List of countries by area, 13th-largest country by area; with approximately 126,014,024 inhabitants, it is the List of countries by population, 10th-most-populous country and has the hispanophone#Hispanosphere, most Spanish-speakers. Mexico is organized as a federation, federal republic comprising 31 list of states of Mexico, states an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Peseta
The peseta (, ), * ca, pesseta, was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a ''de facto'' currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender). Etymology The name of the currency originally comes from ''peceta'', a Catalan diminutive form of the (Catalan) word ''peça'' (lit. ''piece'', i.e. a coin), not from the Spanish ''peso'' (lit. ''weight''). The word ''peseta'' has been known as early as 1737 to colloquially refer to the coin worth 2 ''reales provincial'' or of a peso. Coins denominated in "pesetas" were briefly issued in 1808 in Barcelona under French occupation; see Catalan peseta. Symbol Traditionally, there was never a single symbol or special character for the Spanish peseta. Common abbreviations were "Pta" (plural: "Pts), "Pt", and "Ptas". A common way of representing amounts of pesetas in print was using superior letters: "Pta" and "Pts". Common Spanish models of mechanical typewri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Galiana
María Galiana Medina (born 31 May 1935) is a Spanish actress. She won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the mother in '' Alone''. She owes much of her popularity to her performance as Herminia in '' Cuéntame''. Biography Born in Seville on 31 May 1935, Galiana earned a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Letters and has worked as a high school teacher on history and art history in addition to her acting career. She made her film debut as an actress in ''Pasodoble'' (1988). Appearances in ', ''Belle Époque'', ''Así en el cielo como en la tierra'', ''Libertarias'', and ''Yerma ''Yerma'' is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rura ...'' followed. Filmography Film Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galiana, Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Granados
Daisy Granados (born 9 December 1942) is a Cuban film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1964. At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, she won the award for Best Actress for her role in '' Portrait of Teresa''. In 1985, she was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. She was married to writer/director Pastor Vega until his death in Havana, Cuba. Partial filmography * '' La decisión'' (1964) * '' Tulipa'' (1967) * ''Memories of Underdevelopment'' (1968) - Elena * '' The Challenges'' (1969) - Floritica (segment 3) * '' Páginas del diario de José Martí'' (1972) * '' Portrait of Teresa'' (1979) - Teresa * '' Son o no son'' (1980) * ''Cecilia'' (1982) - Cecilia * '' Habanera'' (1984) - Laura * '' A Successful Man'' (1986) - Rita * '' Amor en campo minado'' (1987) * ''A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'' (1988) - Elisenda * '' Demasiado miedo a la vida o Plaff'' (1988) - Concha * '' Lágrimas al desayuno'' (1989, Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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