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José María Cruz Novillo
José María Cruz Novillo ( Cuenca, 1936) is a Spanish sculptor, engraver, painter and designer. Cruz Novillo began painting in his native town in 1950 and in 1958 moved to Madrid.. He designed many logos. Among them, that of the newspaper El Mundo, the version of the fist and rose used by the PSOE, radiochain COPE, Spanish post service, Endesa, Banco Pastor, Repsol, Fundación ONCE, Diario 16, Antena 3 Radio, the first logo of Antena 3 TV, El Economista, Renfe railways, Spanish police Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, Tesoro Público. He designed a series of peseta bills. He also co-authored the coat of arms and the flag of the Comunidad de Madrid, with Santiago Amón Hortelano. His studio won the contest for the new institutional identity of the Government of Spain He also designed film posters for Barrio, Los lunes al Sol, El Sur, El Espíritu de la Colmena, Pascual Duarte, El Año de las Luces, Mamá Cumple 100 Años, Hay que matar a B., La escopeta nacional, Familia and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuenca, Spain
Cuenca () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It is the capital of the province of Cuenca. Etymology Its name may derive from the Latin ''conca'' meaning "river basin", referring to the gorge of the rivers Júcar and Huécar. It may also be derived from the now-ruined Arab castle, Kunka. Other alternative original names have been suggested, including "Anitorgis", "Sucro" or "Concava". The city of Cuenca is also known as the "Eagle's Nest" because of its precarious position on the edge of a gorge. History When the Iberian peninsula was part of the Roman Empire, there were several important settlements in the province, such as Segobriga, Ercavica and Gran Valeria. However, the place where Cuenca is located today was uninhabited at that time. When the Muslims captured the area in 714, they soon realized the value of this strategic location and they built a fortress (called ''Kunka'') between two gorges dug between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesoro Público
The Directorate-General for the Treasury (DGT) is a component of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Business responsible for managing the Spanish Public Treasury as well as carry out the government policy on financing and indebtedness. Also, it is in charge of the minting of currency through the Royal Mint as well as other competencies on fighting money laundering and financing of terrorism. The Directorate-General dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and originally it belonged to the Ministry of Finance but since the 20th century, every time that the Economy Ministry has existed this body has been integrated into it. Also, since 2014 the DGT is integrated in the new General Secretariat for the Treasury that supervises and directs the DGT actions. History The Spanish Treasury is as old as the Spanish Monarchy, however, in centuries past the treasury was divided between the different kingdoms of the Monarchy and each kingdom had its own General Treasurer. Upon the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elías Querejeta
Elías Querejeta Gárate (27 October 1934 – 9 June 2013), also known as Elías Querejeta () and known in the Spanish film industry as "The Producer", was a Spanish screenwriter and film producer. He is the father of Gracia Querejeta. Biography Querejeta was born in Hernani, Spain, and played soccer for Real Sociedad. By the age of 18 he was making his debut in the Spanish first division with San Sebastián's team, Real Sociedad (his position was midfielder; his brother José María also played, as a goalkeeper). But his career in sports ended in 1959, when he moved to Madrid to set up his own film production company. He produced some of the best-known Spanish films of the 1960s and 1970s and most notably worked with Carlos Saura (13 films), Víctor Erice (2 films), Montxo Armendáriz (4 times) and Fernando León de Aranoa (3 films). He produced Mr. Saura's '' La Prima Angélica'' (1973) and ''Cría Cuervos'' (1975), which won special jury prizes at the 1973 and 1975 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Escopeta Nacional
''La escopeta nacional'' (in English, ''The National Shotgun'') is a 1978 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The first installment in a critically and commercially successful trilogy, the picture is an indictment of the legacy of Francisco Franco and the business classes upon whom he depended for support. The picture was followed in the trilogy by Patrimonio nacional and Nacional III Nacional III is a Spanish comedy film from 1982 directed by Luis García Berlanga and written by him together with Rafael Azcona, the third part of the trilogy about the Leguineche family after La escopeta nacional (1978) and Patrimonio nacional ..., both of which were released in 1981. External links * 1978 comedy-drama films 1978 films Spanish comedy-drama films Films directed by Luis García Berlanga 1970s Spanish-language films Catalan-language films 1978 comedy films 1978 drama films 1978 multilingual films Spanish multilingual films 1970s Spanish films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Enlightment
''Year of Enlightment'' ( es, El año de las luces, and also released as ''The Year of the Awakening'') is a 1986 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba, starring Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film is a coming of age story of a sixteen-year-old boy finding love and sex in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. The film was awarded the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the spring of 1940 in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil war, two sons of a fallen soldier, Manolo, a sixteen-year-old boy, and his eight-year-old little brother Jesús are suffering from symptoms of tuberculosis. Their much older brother, Pepe, takes them to a rural sanatorium in Sierra de Gata near the border with Portugal. They stay there to recover their health under the watch of Irene, the director. Manolo is the only adolescent, all the others are children. Starting his sexual awakening, he is smitten with Vicenta, the attractive woman in charge of the care of the chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascual Duarte
''Pascual Duarte'' is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez (actor), José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor. It is based on the novel ''The Family of Pascual Duarte'' by author Camilo José Cela. Cast * José Luis Gómez (actor), José Luis Gómez as Pascual Duarte * Diana Perez de Guzman * Paca Ojea as Pascual's mother * Héctor Alterio as Esteban Duarte Diniz * Eduardo Calvo as Don Jesús * Joaquín Hinojosa as Paco López, "El Estirao" * Maribel Ferrero * Eduardo Bea * Francisco Casares * Eugenio Navarro * Carlos Oller * José Luis Baringo * Carmen León (as Carmen de León) * Pedrín Fernández * Salvador Muñoz Calvo as Pascual Duarte, as a boy References External links * 1976 films Spanish drama films 1970s Spanish-language films 1976 drama films Films directed by Ricardo Franco Camilo José Cela 1970s Spanish films Spanish-lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spirit Of The Beehive
''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (Spanish: ''El espíritu de la colmena'') is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Víctor Erice. The film was Erice's debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema. The film focuses on a young girl named Ana and her fascination with the 1931 American horror film ''Frankenstein'' and also explores her family life and schooling. Many have noted the symbolism present throughout the film, as an artistic choice, and a way Erice avoided the censors. Despite censors in Spain, which was under the Franco regime at the time of its making and release, the film still manages to symbolically portray Spanish life under Franco's rule. And while censors were alarmed by some of the film's suggestive content about the authoritarian regime, they allowed it to be released in Spain, based on its success abroad, and the assumption that most of the public would have no real interest in seeing "a slow-paced, thinly-plotted and 'arty' picture." The film has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Sur (film)
''El Sur'' ("The South") is a 1983 drama film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Victor Erice, produced by Elias Querejeta, starring Icíar Bollaín as the adult main character. Written by Jose Luis Lopez Linares, it is based on Adelaida García Morales' short novel of the same name. As in the novella, the screenplay takes place solely in the north of Spain, however the novella picks up where the screenplay leaves off, taking Estrella on a journey to the south of Spain. Producer Elías Querejeta decided not to allow the filming of the latter 90 minutes which would have been filmed in the south. Querejeta attributed this to lack of funds, although neither Erice nor the film's cinematographer, José Luis Alcaine, believed that was the reason. Erice felt the film was incomplete and described it as an "unfinished drama" even though it was well received by critics. Plot This film tells the story of a young girl named Estrella (''Sonsoles Aranguren''), living in the north of Spain with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondays In The Sun
''Mondays in the Sun'' ( es, Los lunes al sol, links=no) is a 2002 drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, starring Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar and José Ángel Egido. The film depicts the degrading effects of unemployment on a group of men left jobless by the closure of the shipyards in Vigo, Galicia. Plot After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers – Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Serguei and Reina – keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and the unofficial leader of the group who dreams of one day going to Australia. A court case hangs over him that concerns a shipyard street lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure, which he claims to not want to pay, not because of the financial cost but of what it stands for. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed while he is not. The gap between them is widening and he is fearful that she will leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrio (film)
''Barrio'' is a 1998 Spanish film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. It won several awards including Best Director at the 13th Goya Awards, and was also nominated for Best Picture. Plot Javi, Manu, and Rai are friends from school. They are teenagers, and they talk about girls a lot but seldom talk to them. They live in a poor neighborhood of Madrid with large social housing blocks. There is little to do, and in August even less. The centre of the city is far away, so the three friends spend most of their time in the neighborhood. On television, they see people that have flocked to the beaches for the summer, and they wish they were among them. Walking by travel offices they see tempting offers, but their lives demonstrate how hard it is to leave the neighborhood and to improve their situation. In the end, their lives take an unexpected turn. Cast * as Rai * Timy Benito as Javi * as Manu * as Susi, Javi's sister * as Carmen, Javi's mother * Enrique Villén as Ricardo, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Spain
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Community Of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest municipality is the City of Madrid, which is also the capital of the country. The Community of Madrid is bounded to the south and east by Castilla–La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León. It was formally created in 1983, based on the limits of the province of Madrid, which was until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile. The Community of Madrid is the third most populous in Spain with 6,661,949 (2019) inhabitants mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area of Madrid. It is also the most densely populated autonomous community. In absolute terms, Madrid's economy has been, since 2018, slightly bigger in size than that of Catalonia. Madrid has the highest GDP per capita in the country. It cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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