|
Catalan Films
The term Catalan cinema encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. In Spain, it is a subset of Spanish cinema, and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PM 104091 E Ponts
PM or pm (also written P.M. or p.m.) is an abbreviation for Latin ''post meridiem'', meaning "after midday" in the 12-hour clock. PM or Pm or pm may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *Palm mute#Notation, Palm mute, a guitar playing technique *PM (Australian radio program), ''PM'' (Australian radio program) *PM (BBC Radio 4), ''PM'' (BBC Radio 4), UK *''PM Magazine'', an American TV news program (1976–1991). *PM (newspaper), ''PM'' (newspaper), US (1940–1948) *PM Press, an American publishing company *Project Mayhem, a “fictional conspiracy” created in the Chuck Palahniuk 1996 novel Fight Club and 1999 movie of the same name * PM a rock band featuring british drummer Carl Palmer. Business and economics Businesses *P.M. Place Stores, a former US chain of discount stores *Pere Marquette Railway, North America 1900–1947, reporting mark *Philip Morris International, a tobacco company Terminology *Performance management of an organisation *Portfolio manager *Preventive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Els Nens Salvatges
''The Wild Ones'' ( ca, Els Nens Salvatges; es, Los Niños Salvajes) is a 2012 Spanish drama film directed by Patrícia Ferreira. The film premiered at the 2012 Málaga Film Festival where it won Best Picture. The film was nominated for three Goya Awards (Best New Actor, Best New Actress and Best Original Song). Plot Álex, Gabi and Oki, three teenagers who live in a big city, are completely unknown for their parents, for their teachers and for themselves. Their emotional isolation, taken to the limit have unexpected and dire consequences that will shake the society. Cast * Marina Comas - Oki * Àlex Monner - Àlex * Albert Baró - Gabi * Aina Clotet - Júlia * Ana Fernández - Rosa * José Luis García Pérez - Luis * Montse Germán - Elisa * Francesc Orella - Àngel * - Raquel * - Laura * Emma Vilarasau Emma Vilarasau Tomàs (born 6 April 1959 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish Stage (theatre), stage, Cinematography, cinema and television actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Catalonia
The term Catalan cinema encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. In Spain, it is a subset of Spanish cinema, and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona School Of Film
The Barcelona School of Film was a 1960s group of Catalan filmmakers, concerned with the disruption of daily life by the unexpected, whose stylistic affinities lie with the pop art movement of the same years. Overview Their aim was to move away from the social realist films that had become associated with the New Spanish Cinema. They took cues from the French New Wave. The most important representative of the Barcelona School of Film was Vicente Aranda with his film Fata Morgana (1965). From the so-called Escuela de Barcelona, originally more experimentalist and cosmopolitan, come Vicente Aranda, Jaime Camino Jaime Camino (11 June 1936 – 4 December 2015) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1962 and 2001. His 1976 film ''Long Vacations of 36'' was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. ..., and Gonzalo Suárez, who made their master works in the 1980s. References Organisations based in Barcelona Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tras El Cristal
''In a Glass Cage'' ( es, Tras el cristal) is a 1986 Spanish horror film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga, and starring Günter Meisner, Marisa Paredes, and David Sust.Schwartz, ''The Great Spanish Films Since 1950'', p. 193 Inspired by the history of Gilles de Rais,Foster, ''Spanish writers on gay and lesbian themes'', p. 183 the plot follows an ex-Nazi child molestation, child molester who is now paralyzed and depending on an Negative pressure ventilator, iron lung to live. A young man claiming to be his new caretaker reveals himself as one of the Nazi's former victims, and forces him to watch while he re-enacts his tormentor's crimes. Due to themes mixing Nazism, pedophilia, torture, and homosexuality, the film was highly controversial. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Teddy Awards, the film was selected to be shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016. Plot Klaus, a former Nazi doctor, practiced horrific, sadomasochism, sadomasochi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balseros (film)
''Balseros'' ( es, Rafters) is a 2002 Catalan documentary co-directed by Carles Bosch and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the Período Especial. As a consequence of the widespread poverty that came with the end of economic support from the former USSR, 37,191 Cubans left Cuba in 1994, unimpeded by the Cuban government, using anything they could find or build to get to Florida in the United States. Most left with improvised rafts, which were often not seaworthy, and some even hijacked a ferry. The documentary consists largely of interviews with the rafters ("Balseros"), over the course of seven years the lives of seven of those refugees, from the building of their rafts to their attempts at building new lives in the United States, giving insight into daily life in Cuba and the US in those days. The documentary is 2 hours long. The first half is filmed in Cuba, with in the end some scenes of the rafters' months long detention in Guantanamo Bay, where lotteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer 1993
''Summer 1993'' ( ca, Estiu 1993) is a 2017 Catalan-language Spanish drama film directed and written by Carla Simón. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the GWFF Best First Feature Award. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot In 1993, after her parents die of AIDS, a six-year-old orphaned girl goes to live with her uncle and his family. Cast * Laia Artigas as Frida * Paula Blanco as Cesca * Etna Campillo as Irene * Bruna Cusí as Marga * Jordi Figueras as Blai * David Verdaguer as Esteve Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 88 reviews, and an average rating of 8.08/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993)'' finds writer-director Carla Simón drawing on personal memories to create a thoughtful drama elevated by outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of My Death
''Story of My Death'' ( ca, Història de la meva mort) is a film directed by Albert Serra. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival. Reception The film won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.8/10. On Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ..., the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". References External links * Golden Leopard winners 2013 drama films Films directed by Albert Serra {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bread
Rye bread is a type of bread made with various proportions of flour from rye grain. It can be light or dark in color, depending on the type of flour used and the addition of coloring agents, and is typically denser than bread made from wheat flour. Compared to white bread, it is higher in fiber, darker in color, and stronger in flavor. Rye bread was considered a staple through the Middle Ages. Many different types of rye grain have come from north-central, western, and eastern European countries such as Iceland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the Czech Republic and is also a specialty in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Around 500 AD, the Germanic tribe of Saxons settled in Britain and introduced rye, which was well-suited to its temperate climates. Biochemistry While rye and wheat are genetically similar enough to interbreed (resulting in hybrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tit And The Moon
''The Tit and the Moon'' ( es, La Teta y la luna) is a 1994 Spanish/ French film, directed by Bigas Luna. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. Plot The film is about a nine-year-old boy's obsession with women's breasts. Tete becomes jealous of his baby brother who is breast fed by their mother. Tete goes on a personal mission to find the perfect pair of lactating breasts to feed on. Estrellita, a beautiful French dancer (Mathilda May), arrives in town, the answer to Tete's prayers. Unfortunately for Tete, Estrellita is the attention of many adult men's affections including her husband Maurice (Gérard Darmon), an older man working as the other half of her travelling act, and attractive Flamenco-singing teenager Miguel (Miguel Poveda). With this amount of competition will Tete ever fulfil his wish? Cast * Biel Durán as Tete * Mathilda May as Estrellita * Gérard Darmon as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea (2000 Film)
''The Sea'' ( ca, El mar) is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Agustí Villaronga, starring Roger Casamayor. It is based on a novel by Blai Bonet. The plot, set in Mallorca, follows the fates of three childhood friends traumatized by the violence they witnessed during the Spanish Civil War. Ten years later, they are reunited as young adults in a sanatorium for TB patients. The film won the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the summer of 1936, the violence of the Spanish Civil war reaches a small village in Mallorca. Four children: Andreu Ramallo, Manuel Tur, Pau Inglada and a girl, Francisca, are witness to the execution of leftists at the hands of pro-Franco villagers. In a desperate act of revenge, Pau, whose father has been killed the previous day by the lead executioner, plans to avenge his father's murder torturing Julià Ballester, the son of his father's killer. His idea is to force the boy to drink castor oil. However, things go wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Pasajero Clandestino
''El pasajero clandestino'' ( ca, El passatger clandestí) is a 1995 French-Spanish drama television film directed by Agustí Villaronga. It is adapted from the Georges Simenon novel of the same name and has a runtime of 96 minutes.Benavent, Francisco María. ''Cine español de los 90: Diccionario de películas, directores y temático'' (Colección Cinereseña, Volumen 50). Mensajero, 2000. p449 . "O.T: ''Le Passager clandestin'' \ ''El passatger clandestí''. D: Agustí Villaronga. P: Isona Passola, Gerardo Herrero, Pierre Javaux para Massa d'Or Prod. / Tornasol Films / Televisión Española, TVE / TV3 (Catalonia), TV-3 (España) y La Sept-Arte (Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
