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Fernando Soto (Spanish Actor)
Fernando Soto (born in Madrid, 18 October 1968) is a Spanish actor and director. He graduated from the RESAD School of Drama in 1992. As an actor Soto has been in many theatre productions, starting in Teatro de la Abadía, where he participated in plays such as ''Maridos y Mujeres, Sobre Horacios y Curiaceos, Me acordaré de todos vosotros, La melancolía de King Kong'', and ''Medida por Medida.'' His performances were also seen in ''Perfectos desconocidos'', directed by Daniel Guzmán; ''La Avería'', directed by Blanca Portillo; ''Alejandro y Ana'', with Animalario Productions; and the Centro Dramático Nacional (CDN) productions of ''Madre Coraje'' (directed by Ernesto Caballero) and ''La ciudad oscura'' (written by Antonio Rojano). In the Teatro Español he performed in ''Don Juan,'' ''El loco de los balcones'', and Jose Ramón Fernández's ''Yo soy Don Quijote de la Mancha'' as Sancho Panza, sharing the stage with José Sacristán. Soto's work as an actor in film includes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson (born 1971) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his short films. He also wrote Game of Thrones, Elite and currently lives in Pola de Lena. References External links * 1971 births Living people Spanish film directors People from Madrid {{Spain-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vientos De Agua
''Vientos de agua'' (Winds of Water) is a 2006 Argentine- Spanish mini TV series created by Juan José Campanella. The drama traces a Spaniard's emigration to Argentina in the 1930s, and, years later, his son's immigration to modern-day Spain. Through this arc, the series explores "...the differences and similarities between the immigration of early last century Europeans to here and now there". Through this metaphor of immigration, the lives of individuals are compared and found to have more in common than their differences Cultural differences between the target audiences are believed to have resulted in low ratings and the series was cancelled. The series aired initially in Spain in January 2006, on Telecinco. While it was a hit in Argentina, because of lower ratings in Spain, it was moved from the prime-time slot to 1 am, reducing its audience. It was eventually cancelled, possibly also due to downloading of series from the internet. The series achieved good DVD sales but, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aída
''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars Carmen Machi as Aída García, a working single mother with two teenage children who is forced to move in with her mother Eugenia, played by Marisol Ayuso, and brother Luisma, played by Paco León, to make ends meet. The show received favorable criticism and was the most-viewed show in Spain from 2007 until the end of its run. It has also received several awards, including the Ondas Award for Best Spanish Sitcom. The Polish remake of the series began airing in March 2012 on the TVP2 channel. Synopsis The series begins when Aída García, a divorced, ex-alcoholic and uneducated cleaning worker, returns to her lifelong working-class neighborhood, Esperanza Sur, when her recently deceased father leaves her the family home as an inheritance. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital Central
''Hospital Central'' ("Central Hospital"; previously ''Línea Roja'') is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel ''Factoría de Ficción'' reruns them a couple of weeks later. Another cable/satellite channel, AXN, reruns the old episodes. Produced by Videomedia, the series started in April 2000 and finished in December 2012 after its 20th season. It is often said to be a Spanish version of '' ER''. Cast Final cast Departed cast Recurring cast *Lucas ('' Arturo Arribas''), SAMUR doctor. *Fernando ('' Alberto Mateo''), SAMUR doctor. *Edgar (''Amaruk Kayshapanta'', season 15, episode 206 – 209 – 215) *Susana ('' Tamara Arias'', seasons 13–15), Hector's girlfriend. *Alejandro Vilches ('' Kirian Sánchez'', seasons 1–14), Dr. Vilches teenaged son. Years ago, he suffered a grave depression after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Mateo
''Doctor Mateo'' is a Spanish television comedy drama produced by Notro Films for Antena 3. It is an adaptation of the British series ''Doc Martin'', created by Dominic Minghella. Characters *Mateo Sancristobal ( Gonzalo de Castro) Mateo is a doctor who was living in New York City until he started suffering from hemophobia. He is always in a very bad mood. Despite his apparently aggressive personality, he is a very naîve man; in fact, he evidently has Asperger syndrome. Mateo, after leaving the hospital where he was working in NY, arrives at a little village in the province of Asturias in the north of Spain, called San Martín del Sella, where he lived when he was a child. There he meets the village's inhabitants and discovers that there is always something interesting happening. *Adriana Pozuelo (Natalia Verbeke) Adriana is the teacher at the school in San Martin del Sella. She's a very good person with a sharp sense of justice and morality. She falls in love with Mateo but s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso
''Sin tetas no hay paraíso'' (Without Breast There Is No Paradise) is a Colombian telenovela, produced, and aired by Caracol TV. The show is based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Gustavo Bolivar. The story is based on a young girl, Catalina, who lives in Pereira and becomes obsessed with getting breast implants in order to overcome poverty. Catalina decides to become a "prepago" (prepaid), a prostitute who has sex with drug traffickers in exchange for gifts, money, and social status. The complete, uncut series was released on DVD in the United States under the title ''Sin Pechos No Hay Paraíso'' on October 13, 2009, by DistriMax Inc.; the five-disc set includes English subtitles. Telemundo aired this series on February 8, 2010, with English captions on CC3. When it premiered, the word "Tetas" was censored out and replaced with an image of a bra in between the first T and the final S because its English translation "tits" was censored from broadcast t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homicidios
''Homicidios'' (English: ''Homicides'') is a Spanish police procedural TV series which aired in Telecinco in 2011. Plot It tells the story of the members of a unit of the Homicide Unit of the National Police, headed by the Chief Inspector Eva Hernandez, with the help of Thomas Soller, a psychologist specializing in Behavioral Pathologies, solve complicated cases. After a series of crimes, pointing to a serial murderer, and Eva Soller join forces for research. They are symbols of two different views, but complementary, to solve the same case: she embodies traditional research, based on the analysis of physical evidence and the testimony of witnesses and defendants, while intuitive research embodies Soller from the deep human knowledge. Eva and Soller work on a multidisciplinary research team composed of a cunning criminal inspector tanning in the Anti-Narcotics, Alonso Izquierdo, a disciplined inspector that moves like a fish in water in the Homicide Unit, Pablo Montero, a rookie d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel (TV Series)
''Isabel'' is a Spanish historical fiction television series, directed by Jordi Frades and produced by Diagonal TV for Televisión Española. The series is based upon the reign of Queen Isabella I of Castile. It was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2012 to 2014. Production The project for the Isabel's biopic was first tasked by Televisión Española (TVE) to Isla Producciones, but TVE did not find the screenplay satisfactory. The series was then commissioned to Diagonal TV, with a writing team formed by Javier Olivares, Jordi Calafí and Anaïs Schaaff. Filming began in Summer 2011 and took place in several Spanish cities: Cáceres, Madrid and Segovia. The first season premiered on 10 September 2012, after an eight-month delay. The series was initially expected to debut on 30 January 2012, but a budget cut for TVE postponed the premiere. In November 2012, the show was renewed for a second season. After disagreements with Diagonal TV early in the production of sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Heist
''Money Heist'' ( es, La casa de papel, link=no, , ) is a Spanish heist crime drama television series created by Álex Pina. The series traces two long-prepared heists led by the Professor (Álvaro Morte), one on the Royal Mint of Spain, and one on the Bank of Spain, told from the perspective of one of the robbers, Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó). The narrative is told in a real-time-like fashion and relies on flashbacks, time-jumps, hidden character motivations, and an unreliable narrator for complexity. The series was initially intended as a limited series to be told in two parts. It had its original run of 15 episodes on Spanish network Antena 3 from 2 May 2017 through 23 November 2017. Netflix acquired global streaming rights in late 2017. It re-cut the series into 22 shorter episodes and released them worldwide, beginning with the first part on 20 December 2017, followed by the second part on 6 April 2018. In April 2018, Netflix renewed the series with a significantly increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Circus
''The Last Circus'' ( es, Balada triste de trompeta, links=no; ) is a 2010 Spanish-French dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia, which stars Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre and Carolina Bang. It premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. Plot In 1937, Republican Militia force a circus troupe to fight on their side in the Spanish Civil War. The Funny Clown (Santiago Segura) slaughters dozens of Nationalist troops, armed only with a machete, before being shot and disarmed. While his fellow troupe members are executed, the Funny Clown is sentenced to work as a slave laborer, at the monument of the Valle de los Caídos. His son, Javier (Sasha Di Bendetto) tries to free him by setting off dynamite where he was working. But Colonel Salcedo (Sancho Gracia) tramples the Funny Clown to death with his horse. Javier knocks him down, gouging out his eye in the process. Salcedo vows to remember Javier for this insult. In 1973, Javier (Carlos Areces) joins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álex De La Iglesia
Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza (born 4 December 1965) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist. De la Iglesia's films combine grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his works are considered Dark comedy, dark comedies, but are also often considered to have Horror film, horror and/or Drama film, drama elements. All his films, with the notable exceptions of ''The Last Circus'' (2010) and ''As Luck Would Have It (2011 film), As Luck Would Have It'' (2011), were written together with Jorge Guerricaechevarría. Biography Alejandro de la Iglesia Mendoza was born on 4 December 1965 in Bilbao, son to a professor of Sociology (father) and a realist painter (mother) and the youngest of five siblings. He received his primary and secondary education in Jesuitic centres, later earning a licentiate degree in Philosophy from the University of Deusto, likewise a Jesuitic centre. A comic book artist since young, he had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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