|
Caluga O Menta
''Caluga o menta (El Niki)'' (''Candy or Mint'') is a 1990 Chilean crime drama directed by Gonzalo Justiniano and one of the country's first post-Pinochet dictatorship films. Summary The film provides an accurate and gritty portrayal of the lives of a group of young people from the marginalized neighborhoods of Santiago. Niki and his friends are unemployed, with nothing to do, and quickly get caught up in the world of drugs and crime. During one of their adventures, Niki meets Manuela, his love interest who is known as "crazy". Cast * Hector Vega Mauricio * Patricia Rivadeneira * Aldo Parodi * Myriam Palacios * David Olguiser * Rodrigo Gijon * Cecilia Godoy * Rodrigo Peña * Luis Alarcón Luis Alfonso Alarcón Mansilla (born 23 October 1929), popularly known as Lucho Alarcón, is a Chilean actor, theater director, and activist with a distinguished film, television, and stage career. In 1957, Alarcón began working as a stage actor ... References External links * {{Chilea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Justiniano
Gonzalo Justiniano (born 1955) is a Chilean filmmaker. Select filmography * '' Guerreros pacifistas'' (1984) * '' La Victoria'' (1984) * '' Hijos de la guerra fría'' (1986) * '' Sussi'' (1988) * '' Caluga o menta'' (1990) * '' Amnesia'' (1994) * '' Pasión gitana'' (1997) * '' Tuve un sueño contigo'' (1999) * '' El Leyton'' (2002) * '' B-Happy'' (2003) * '' Lokas'' (2008) * '' ¿Alguien ha visto a Lupita?'' (2011) * '' Cabros de mierda'' (2017) References External links * Living people 1955 births Chilean film directors {{SouthAm-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinochet Dictatorship
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the ''de facto'' dictator of Chile, and from 1981 to 1990 as ''de jure'' President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980. His rule remains the longest of any Chilean leader in history. Huneeus, Carlos (2007)Las consecuencias del caso Pinochet en la política chilena Centro de. Estudios de la Realidad Contemporánea. Augusto Pinochet rose through the ranks of the Chilean Army to become General Chief of Staff in early 1972 before being appointed its Commander-in-Chief on 23 August 1973 by President Salvador Allende. On 11 September 1973, Pinochet seized power in Chile in a coup d'état, with the support of the US, Winn, Peter. 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Rivadeneira
Patricia Rivadeneira Ruiz-Tagle (Santiago, August 6, 1964) is an actress and a cultural manager from Chile. She was Chilean Cultural Attaché in Italy by the government of Ricardo Lagos Escobar, a job she carried out between 2001 and 2006. Between 2007 and 2011, the actress served as Executive Secretary of the ''Instituto Italo – Latino Americano'' (IILA). For her contribution to culture, she was decorated by the Italian Government with the Order of the Star of Italy. She is considered a muse of the avant-garde in Chile. In the 90s she stood out on TVN with her characters in telenovelas such as ''Trampas y caretas'', ''Sucupira'' and '' Aquelarre''. She then she returned after 15 years and she belongs to the Dramatic Area of Mega where she shines in the late night soap operas. Filmography Films Telenovela TV Series Theater Plays * ''Réplica'' (2018) de Isidora Stevenson * ''Xuárez'' (2015) de Luis Barrales * ''Allende, noche de septiembre'' (2013) de Luis Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Palacios
Myriam Isabel Palacios Piña (18 December 1936 – 18 March 2013) was a Chilean actress and comedian who worked in theater, film, and television. She was the winner of two Awards for her theater performances. Biography The daughter of Héctor Palacios and Isabel Piña, Myriam Palacios was born in the district of Victoria, Araucanía Region. Her theatrical training took place at the University Theater of Concepción and the Theater School of the University of Chile (1960). She participated in the play ', directed by Raúl Osorio, which was very successful and was performed in several cities in Latin America and Europe. She acted in numerous telenovelas, and developed her role as a comedian on the programs ''De chincol a jote'' and '. She made her film debut in 1988, when she played Laura in Gonzalo Justiniano's '. She also acted in '' Caluga o menta'' (1990), '' Amnesia'' (1994), ''The Sentimental Teaser'' (1999), and ''Coronation'' (2000) – for which she would receive an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Alarcón
Luis Alfonso Alarcón Mansilla (born 23 October 1929), popularly known as Lucho Alarcón, is a Chilean actor, theater director, and activist with a distinguished film, television, and stage career. In 1957, Alarcón began working as a stage actor participating in university theaters – , , Concepción, – and in independent companies. He later began his career as a cinematic actor, appearing in emblematic films such as ''Three Sad Tigers'', ''Jackal of Nahueltoro'', '' The Expropriation'', ''Julio comienza en julio'', '' Nadie dijo nada'', ''Little White Dove'', ''Caluga o menta'', and ''The Shipwrecked''. In the 1980s he had roles in several telenovelas, but gained attention in the press only in 1983 when he played the evil Roberto Betancourt in '. In 1993, he was instrumental in the creation of ChileActores, of which he would become the founding President. Alarcón was labeled the "Sabatini Star Actor", referring to his many appearances in the spectacular productions of on te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Films
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - ''The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – '' Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on '' Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in '' Total Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
