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El Valle De Los Miserables
''El valle de los miserables'' (English: ''The valley of the miserable'') is a 1975 Mexican drama film. Based in the novel ''El Valle Nacional'' by Enrique Albuerne. Synopsis In 1909, the former Judge Cristobal Zamarripa Zamarripa is the owner of the Valle Nacional, the a plantation where snuff exploits workers, supported by the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends political prisoners as slaves. Others are engaged with the promise of high wages, but end up owing all to the company store. All are tortured, raped or killed when they protest. Another rancher (whose brother was killed by Zamarripa), will be punished, but flees and becomes revolutionary. The Zamarripa minions betray each other and they flee of the revolutionaries, led by fugitive landowner. The prisoners, upon release, massacred all the Zamarripa family. Cast * Mario Almada ... ''Don Cristobal Zamarripa'' * Ana Luisa Peluffo ... ''Concepción Zamarripa'' * Silvia Mariscal ... ''Margarita Zamarripa'' * Alma Muriel .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Cardona Jr
René (''Born again (Christianity), born again'' or ''reborn'' in French language, French) is a common given name, first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name *René ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Almada (actor)
Mario Almada Otero (January 7, 1922 – October 4, 2016) was a Mexican actor with a career lasting over seven decades. He appeared in over 300 films. He was most known for his roles in urban westerns, narco peliculas and action pictures. He was the brother of actor Fernando Almada. Biography Almada was born in Huatabampo, Sonora. Apart from acting he was also a director, writer and film producer. He began his artistic career in Mexico during the 1930s. He has appeared in over 200 films, with his first being ''Madre Querida'' in 1935. In this film he acted alongside his brother Fernando as children as an extra. He would not appear in another film again until a few decades later. Almada moved from his home city of Huatabampo to Ciudad Obregón and to Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he lived for many years until he settled down in Mexico City. Almada was born to a family connected to the film industry, and was exposed to film shootings from an early age and, when he moved to Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Luisa Peluffo
Ana Luisa Peluffo (born 9 October 1929) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows since 1949. She starred in the 1977 film '' Paper Flowers'', which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Tarzan and the Mermaids'' (1948) * '' La adúltera'' (1956) * ''Las esclavas de Cártago'' (1956) * ''La Diana Cazadora'' (1957) * ''Ama a tu prójimo'' (1958) * ''Las señoritas Vivanco'' (1959) * ''Sed de amor'' (1959) * '' To Each His Life'' (1960) * '' The Phantom of the Operetta'' (1960) * ''Las momias de Guanajuato'' (TV) (1962) * ''Farewell to Marriage'' (1968) * ''Vagabundo en la Lluvia'' (1968) * ''El crepúsculo de un Dios'' (1969) * ''Ángeles y Querubines'' (1972) * ''La satánica'' (1973) directed by Alfredo Crevenna * ''Pobre Clara'' (TV) (1975) * ''El valle de los miserables'' (1975) * ''La venida del Rey Olmos'' (1975) * ''La casta divina'' (1977) * '' Paper Flowers'' (1977) * ''Juana I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Muriel
Alma Muriel del Sordo (20 October 1951 – 5 January 2014), known artistically as Alma Muriel, was a Mexican actress who appeared in plays, films, and telenovelas, best known for her role as Irene del Conde / Lucrecia Treviño in Televisa's telenovela ''El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar'' (1988). Muriel died from a heart attack on 5 January 2014, aged 62, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo. Filmography Telenovelas Films Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honor the best Mexican television productions, including telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony rotates between Mexico City and Acapulco. The c ... References External links * 1951 births 2014 deaths Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Actresses from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Mariscal
Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She appeared in the 2008 Mexican film ''Nora's Will ''Nora's Will'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora, also released as ''Five Days Without Nora'') is a 2008 Mexican drama film written and directed by Mariana Chenillo. It was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Nora commits su ...''. Filmography Awards and nominations TVyNovelas Awards Kids Choice Awards México References External links * 1946 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Actresses from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses People from Mexico City {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valle Nacional, Oaxaca
San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. The town lies on the north bank of the Valle Nacional River The Valle Nacional River is a river of Oaxaca state in Mexico. The river originates in the Sierra Juárez. The ecology of the region, originally one of pine forests, is threatened by logging, agriculture and grazing. The Valle Nacional flows past ..., a tributary of the Papaloapan River. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,189. References {{coord, 17, 46, N, 96, 18, W, display=title, region:MX_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Municipalities of Oaxaca Sierra Madre de Oaxaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 December 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 December 1880 and from 1 December 1884 to 25 May 1911. The entire period from 1876 to 1911 is often referred to as Porfiriato and has been characterized as a ''de facto'' dictatorship. A veteran of the War of the Reform (1858–1860) and the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867), Díaz rose to the rank of general, leading republican troops against the French-backed rule of Maximilian I. He subsequently revolted against presidents Benito Juárez and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada on the principle of no re-election. Díaz succeeded in seizing power, ousting Lerdo in a coup in 1876, with the help of his political supporters, and was elected in 1877. In 1880, he stepped down and his political ally Manuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo Stiglitz López, better known simply as Hugo Stiglitz, (born August 28, 1940, in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor. Stiglitz is perhaps most well known for his film roles in the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico in such horror films as '' Tintorera'' and '' Night of a 1000 Cats''. He also filmed several movies in Hollywood (''Under the Volcano'') and Italy (''Nightmare City''). Quentin Tarantino paid a tribute to him by naming a character "Hugo Stiglitz" (played by actor Til Schweiger) in the film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Selected filmography * ''Las fieras'' (1969) as Tony * '' Macho Callahan'' (1970) as Man #1 * '' Las figuras de arena'' (1970) * ''Robinson Crusoe'' (1969) as Robinson Crusoe * '' Nido de fieras'' (1971) * '' Los desalmados'' (1971) * '' Bang bang... al hoyo'' (1971) * '' Night of a 1000 Cats'' (1972) as Hugo * '' Vanessa'' (1972) as Alex * ' (1972) as Morgan * '' Pilotos de combate'' (1973) * '' El juez de la soga'' (1973) as Kirk Morgan * '' Robinson y Vierne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Russek
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, ''Sombras habaneras'' (''Havana Shadows''). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Carlos Ruiz
José Carlos Ruiz (born 17 November 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor. He starred in telenovelas such as ''María Isabel'', ''Soñadoras'', ''Mariana de la noche'', ''Sortilegio'', ''Soy Tu Dueña'', ''Un Refugio para el Amor'', ''Amor Bravío'' and ''Corazon Indomable''. Biography José Ruiz comes from humble origins and was once a hired hand for the company Luz y Fuerza. He worked as an assistant coffee mill worker, a butcher, and also an interior decorator, until he began his acting studies at Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts. Selected filmography * '' Warehoused'' (2015) * '' One for the Road'' (2014) * ''Suave patria'' (2011): Jerónimo Natage * ''Más allá del muro'' (2011): * ''El estudiante'' (2009): Don Pedro. * ''Cabeza de Buda'' (2009): Invitado 2 * '' Arráncame la vida'' (2008): Soriano * '' Guadalupe (film)'' (2006): San Juan Diego * ''Curandero (film)'' (2005): Don Carlos * ''Los muertos que nos dieron la vida'' (2003) * ''mariana de la noche'' (2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Films
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events *March 26: The film version of The Who's ''Tommy'' premieres in London. *May: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''Star Wars'', George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. *June 20: ''Jaws'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of all-time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
