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Carmen Machi
María del Carmen Machi Arroyo (born 7 January 1963) is a Spanish actress. She become popular for her role as Aída in the television series ''7 vidas'' and ''Aída''. Biography María del Carmen Machi Arroyo was born on 7 January 1963 in Madrid and raised in neighbouring Getafe. Her father's family comes from Genoa. After several years as a theatre actress, she became popular thanks to her character ''Aída'' first in the TV series ''7 Vidas'', and later in a spinoff series made for the character, ''Aída''. She has also worked in movies like ''Hable con ella'' (2002), ''Descongélate ''Chill Out!'' ( es, Descongélate!, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano. Plot Set in a multicultural neighb ...'' (2003), '' Los Amantes Pasajeros'' (2013), '' Ocho apellidos vascos'' (2014) and '' Ocho apellidos catalanes'' (2015). Filmography Film Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitges Film Festival
The Sitges Film Festival ( ca, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, links=no) is an annual film festival held in Sitges, Spain, specialized in fantasy and horror films, of which it is considered one of the world's foremost international festivals. Established in 1968, the festival takes place every year, usually in early October. The 55th edition of the festival will be held from October 6 to 16, 2022. This year, in the 22nd edition of the Awards 15 film schools and universities around Catalonia, which have submitted a total of 32 audiovisual works, will also participate. Venues The main venue of the Sitges Film Festival is the Auditori (Auditorium), located in the Hotel Melià Sitges (in the Port d'Aiguadolç area), which has a capacity of 1,384 seats. As of 2020, other venues are: Cine El Retiro (El Retiro Cinema), Cine Prado (Prado Cinema), Brigadoon - L'escorxador (a beautiful modernista building), Tramuntana (another cinema hall in Hotel Melià), Platj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shacky Carmine
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Shatsky (masculine, Cyrillic: Шацкий), Shatskaya (feminine, Cyrillic: Шацкая), or Shatskoye (neuter, Cyrillic: Шацкое) may refer to: * Shatsky (surname) * Shatskiy Hill in Antarctica *Shatsky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia * Shatskyi Lakes in Ukraine *Shatsky Rise, a plateau in the north-west Pacific Ocean *Shatskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Shatsk in Shatsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia is incorporated as *Shatsk Raion (''Shatsky District''), a district of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine * Shatskaya (rural locality), a rural locality (a ''sloboda'') in Sapozhkovsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia See also * Richard Schatzki *Olivier Schatzky Olivier Schatzky (born 1949) is a French film director and screenwriter. His 1991 film ''Fortune Express'' was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * 1986 : ''Le Complexe du kangourou'', Screenwriter * 1987 : ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Embraces
''Broken Embraces'' ( es, Los abrazos rotos, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind Madrilenian screenwriter who recalls his tragic love for Lena, played by Penélope Cruz, the deceased lead actress in his last directional feature ''Girls and Suitcases'', who was also the mistress of a powerful, obsessive businessman ( José Luis Gómez). Blanca Portillo co-stars as his agent Judit, while Tamar Novas portrays her son and Caine's co-writer Diego. Inspired by darkness and by a photo of a couple that Almodóvar took of El Golfo beach in Lanzarote in the late 1990s, the film serves as an homage to filmmaking, cinema and its various film genres. Stylistically, it is a complex noir-ish melodrama, that also blends comic elements with a film within a film—a broad comedy, that hearkens back to Almodóvar's 1988 release, ''Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Mejor De Mí (2007)
Lo may refer to any of the following: Arts and entertainment * '' Lo!'', the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort * L.O., a fictional character in the Playhouse Disney show Happy Monster Band * ''Lo'' (film), a 2009 independent film * Lo Recordings, a London-based record company established in 1995 * ''Law & Order'' (franchise), several related American television series created by Dick Wolf * ''Lost Odyssey'', a 2007 role-playing video game * ''Lore Olympus'', a 2018 webcomic ** ''Lore Olympus'' (TV series), an in-development adaptation by The Jim Henson Company Businesses and organizations * Legal observer, a third-party organization that monitors protests or war zones in the interest of protecting human and civil rights * Lo Recordings, a London-based record company established in 1995 * "National confederation of trade unions" in several Scandinavian countries: ** ''Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' (Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) ** ''Landsorga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surf's Up (film)
''Surf's Up'' is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, the film features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, James Woods, and Diedrich Bader. It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as ''The Endless Summer'' and ''Riding Giants'', with parts of the plot parodying '' North Shore''. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves. The film was released on June 8, 2007 by Sony Pictures Releasing through Columbia Pictures, and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and humor. The film grossed $152 million during its theatrical run against a budget of $100 million. It was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo Que Sé De Lola
''Lola'' or ''What I Know About Lola'' ( es, Lo que sé de Lola, links=no; french: Ce que je sais de Lola, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish-French film directed by which stars Michaël Abiteboul and Lola Dueñas as Léon and Lola alongside Carmen Machi and Lucienne Deschamps . Plot Set in Paris, the plot concerns Léon, an asocial man living with his mother who starts observing newcomer Lola, a vivacious Spaniard. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Javier Rebollo and Lola Mayo. A Spanish-French co-production, the film was produced by a Lazennec & Associes, Lolita Films and Malvarrosa Media with the participation of TVE and RTVV. Release The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2006. It also screened at the 50th London Film Festival in 2006, and at the 8th Seoul International Film Festival in 2007. It opened in Spanish theatres on 29 September 2006, and it did so in French theatres on 1 August 2007. Santiago Racaj was resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Rey En La Habana
''Un rey en la Habana'' (A king in Havana) is a film produced in 2005 starring Alexis Valdés. Plot Papito is a young actor grown up in "El Mamey", the most dangerous marginal district of La Habana, which he dreams to leave someday along with his small theater group. Don Arturo arrives in Cuba full of promises and souvenirs. But the millionaire does not last more than 24 hours. During his first "encounter" with Yoli he dies from a cardiac arrest because of overdose of sexual enhancement drug. In the family the panic spreads: They have lost the great opportunity that was going to let them out of the misery. When Papito thinks that nothing could go worse, he receives an "order" from "La Caimana". He must be taken for dead, travel with Yuri to Spain and get all the Euros he can. In spite of the danger and the threats, Papito thinks it's an opportunity to make amends with his love and accepts the treatment. In order to escape the confusion, Papito will have to make the best out of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Sueño De Una Noche De San Juan
''Midsummer Dream'' ( es, El Sueño de una noche de San Juan, lit=A Dream of a Night of Saint John) is a 2005 computer-animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of ''The Living Forest''. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Character The main character is the girl Helena, a princess. Voice cast The voice cast of the English speaking version includes: *Romola Garai as Helena *Bernard Hill as Theseus * Billy Boyd as Puck *Rhys Ifans as Lysander * Miranda Richardson as Titania * Fiona Shaw as The Witches *Toby Stephens as Demetrius Production Directed by Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez, the production team totalled over 400 people over the lifetime of the project. See also * List of Spanish films of 2005 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2005. The theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vida Y Color
''Life and Colour'' ( es, Vida y color, links=no) is a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by in his feature length directorial debut. Its cast features Junio Valverde, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Joan Dalmau, among others. Plot Spain, 1975. Fede, a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña, unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather, who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona, a girl with Down syndrome who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father. Cast Release The film was presented at the 50th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2005. Distributed by Alta Classics, it was theatrically released in Spain on 5 January 2006. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film to be a "powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torremolinos 73
''Torremolinos 73'' is a 2003 Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger. Plot Alfredo López is an exasperated encyclopedia salesman for the ''Montoya Publishing House'' and lives with his faithful wife Carmen in 1973 Spain. Carmen and Alfredo are given the opportunity by the Montoya Publishing House to create pornographic films that will be imported into Scandinavian countries under the pretence of being an audiovisual encyclopedia of human reproduction. They have no other choice as Alfredo's encyclopedia sales are practically zero and Carmen loses her job. Unknowingly, Carmen becomes an adult film star in the Northern European countries though they are well-paid for their films. In the meantime Alfredo and Carmen are trying to have a child and Carmen discovers that Alfredo has a sperm count of zero. Inspired to become a film-maker, Alfredo writes an Ingmar Bergman-inspired feature film titled ''Torremolinos 73''. His boss offers to fund the filming of it with Alfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Panza
The following is a partial list of characters in the novel ''Don Quixote de la Mancha'' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Main characters * Don Quixote, a Spanish gentleman of La Mancha Alonso Quijano (or Quesada, or Quijada), who believes himself and acts as a knight-errant as described in various medieval books of chivalry, riding his horse Rocinante. * Sancho Panza (or Zancas), Don Quixote's squire. He is uneducated and unable to read, but he knows numerous proverbs and rides a donkey. Other characters * Antonia, Alonso Quijano's niece, a woman under twenty; she urges both the priest and the barber to burn all of Alonso's books * Antonio, a goatherder, who plays a song for Don Quixote on the rebec (in Book I, Chapter 11) * Avellaneda, author of the false Second Part of ''Don Quixote'' who is frequently referred to in Cervantes' second part. * Cardenio, an honorable young man who dwells in misery and madness in Sierra Morena, driven there by the apparent infidelity of his bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
