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Juan José Ballesta
Juan José Ballesta Muñoz, also known as Juanjo Ballesta (born 12 November 1987) is a Spanish actor. Biography Born on 12 November 1987 in Parla, Ballesta grew up in Toledo, Spain, Toledo. He debuted in a performance in television in 1997, starring in the series '':es:Querido maestro, Querido maestro''. He later joined the cast of the TV series Compañeros (TV series), ''Compañeros'', playing the role of Emilio Rubio Viñé for 10 episodes. He rose to fame and won a Goya Award for Best New Actor for ''El Bola'' (2000), his debut performance in a feature film. He has performed in more than sixteen projects, since 1997. Selected filmography ;Film ;Television Awards * 15th Goya Awards, Goya award for Goya Award for Best New Actor, Best New Actor (2000) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ballesta, Juan Jose 1987 births Living people Spanish male film actors Male actors from the Community of Madrid 21st-century Spanish male actors Spanish male child actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parla
Parla () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located in the southern part of the region, approximately 20 km from the capital, Madrid. History Origins Earliest evidence of human occupation includes stone tools made of Paleolithic chert, of the kind utilized by Stone Age people. Starting in approximately 200 Common Era, CE, nomadic people from the coast began to settle the area, bringing their knowledge of metalworking (copper), ranching, agriculture, and weaving. These early settlers lived primarily along the Humanejos stream. During the 4th and 5th centuries, the ranks of the local populations swelled to include newly arrived Celtic tribes from central Europe. The Celts brought with them various advanced technologies that included ironworking and fired ceramics. The local population was sustained mostly by ranching and agriculture. Independent local development was interrupted by the arrival of the Carthage, Carthagineans and Ancient Rome, Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thieves (2007 Film)
''Thieves'' () is a 2007 Spanish film directed by Jaime Marques Olarreaga starring Juan José Ballesta and María Valverde. Plot The plot tracks the love story between two pickpockets teaming up together: Álex (raised after age 7 in a foster home) and Sara (a well-off student). Cast Production The screenplay of ''Thieves'' ( directorial feature debut) was penned by Marques Olarreaga alongside Juan Ibáñez, based on an original story by Marques Olarreaga and Enrique López Lavigne. Other crew duties were entrusted to (cinematography), (editing), Federico Jusid (music) and (art direction). The film was a Estudios Picasso, Pentagrama Films and Maestranza Films production. Shooting locations included Madrid and Bilbao. Reception Reviewing for ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Ray Bennett considered that the film has the "look and feel of a Hollywood vehicle designed to launch its young leads, and that might work, though the film doesn't". Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servir Y Proteger
''Servir y proteger'' () is a Spanish police drama soap opera produced by Plano a Plano for Televisión Española. The series premiered on La1 on 24 April 2017. It tells the daily routine of a CNP police station on Madrid. The first season was broadcast from 24 April 2017 to 15 February 2018 and the soap opera was renewed in late 2017 for a second season which started on February 16. It was renewed for a third season in May 2018. A fourth season was approved in June 2019. It was renewed for a fifth season in August 2020. A sixth season was approved in June 2021. A seventh season was approved in May 2022. In September 2022, TVE announced that this season would be its last, and the series finale took place on 16 January 2023. Plot The series is about the day to day of a police station in a neighbourhood south of Madrid. The cases investigated by police officers are less serious offenses, although they have a great impact on the lives of those affected: small conflicts of a socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Razón (Madrid)
''La Razón'' (; ) is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain. It has the sixth-highest circulation among general-interest Spanish dailies, and the fourth-highest among those based in Madrid. The newspaper has satellite news bureaux, and local editions, in Barcelona, Murcia, Seville, Valencia and Valladolid. History and stance ''La Razón'' was founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón. The paper is owned by Grupo Planeta and based in Madrid. The newspaper's editorial stances are primarily neoliberal economically and conservative socially. The paper has also a rightist stance. Circulation ''La Razón'' had a circulation of 140,000 copies in 2003. The 2008 circulation of the paper was 153,024 copies. It was 124,284 copies in 2009, 118,466 copies in 2010 and 103,789 copies in 2011. Between July 2010 and June 2011 the paper had a circulation of 109,166 copies.Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain'Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, Retrieved 28 January 2012. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispania, La Leyenda
''Hispania, la leyenda'' () is a Spanish adventure drama television series starring Roberto Enríquez, Lluís Homar, Ana de Armas, Juan José Ballesta, Jesús Olmedo, Manuela Vellés and Nathalie Poza, among others. Set in the 2nd century BC in the Iberian Peninsula, it consists of a retelling of the myth around Lusitanian leader Viriathus and his resistance against Roman conquest efforts. Produced by Bambú Producciones, it aired on Antena 3 from 2010 to 2012. Premise The plot consists of the retelling of the Viriatus' resistance against the Romans during the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the 2nd century BC. The struggle of Viriatus ( Roberto Enríquez), a humble and courageous shepherd, pits him against the Roman praetor Servius Sulpicius Galba ( Lluís Homar). Cast Production and release The series was created by Ramón Campos and produced by Bambú Producciones. Filming started in the northern hemisphere Summer of 2010 in La Vera, Extremadura. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Dauder
Jordi Dauder i Guardiola (5 March 1938 – 16 September 2011) was a Spanish actor. Dauder was a veteran actor with a prolific career that includes over a hundred films, plays and television series. He developed to the immense majority of his work in France, where he appeared as actor in productions different from theatre, simultaneously that was taking part in the different political organizations. Early life and career Dauder was born in Barcelona, Spain. After graduating in Arts at the University of Barcelona and History at the University of Paris, where he had to emigrate for political reasons. They began taking their first steps into the theater as well as participating in various social movements that would provide the French revolution of May 1968. Dauder is one of the side of Spanish cinema forever and participated in ''La flaqueza del Bolchevique'' (2003), of Martin Cuenca; ''Amor idiota'' (2004), of Ventura Pons; and ''La caja'' (2007). In ''Azaña'' (2007), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historias Para No Dormir
''Historias para no dormir'' () is a Spanish horror anthology television series written and directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, produced by Televisión Española and broadcast on its flagship Primera Cadena network from 1966 to 1982. History This series marked Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's rise to fame. He had already been working with TVE since 1963, directing several previous series like and , but the success of this series made him a household name in Spain, as it covered a genre almost entirely unexplored in Spanish cinema and television at the time. The first season was started with the chapter titled (''The birthday'') on February 4, 1966. It was the only chapter shot on 16mm film; the rest of the series was produced on videotape. It was an adaptation of a tale by Fredric Brown. The rest of the series saw original stories written by Serrador, like (''The Alarm''), or adapted screenplays from tales by Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe and others, in chapters like ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa FM (Spain)
Europa FM is a Spanish musical radio station part of the Atresmedia media group. It is based in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ..., and it broadcasts throughout Spain on various frequencies. It was launched in 1996 and currently targets the audience between 18-35 (previously 18-55). Most of its programming is ''radiofórmula'' (that's to say, the music-heavy programme with limited interruption) of pop and pop-rock hits from 2000 to the present, to which are added various other programs, which as of 2022 include ''Cuerpos especiales'', ''Ricky García en Europa FM'', ''Tómatelo menos en serio'' and ''Me Pones''. In 2015, Europa FM became the third most listened to music station in Spain, behind LOS40 and Cadena Dial. It is currently the fourth most listened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold (2017 Film)
''Gold'' () is a 2017 Spanish historical drama film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes. The film is based on a short story by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and depicts a 16th-century Spanish expedition during the colonization of the Americas aiming at locating El Dorado. It is loosely inspired on expeditions by conquistadors Hernán Cortés, Lope de Aguirre and Núñez de Balboa. Plot A group of Spanish conquistadores for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor travels through the American jungle, following a route that will lead them to the legendary city of gold of Tezutlan as recorded by a previous expedition. The forty men and women are nominally led by the aging nobleman Don Gonzalo de Baztán and his young wife Ana, but actually commanded by the brutal, gold-hungry veteran conquistador Ensign Juan de Gorriamendi. Tensions start to arise in the group due to the jungle's perils and their own grudges with each other, including the unpopularity of Don Gonzalo due to his summary executions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
