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Juan Minujín
Juan Gervasio Minujín (born May 20, 1975) is an Argentine actor and film director. He is the nephew of plastic artist Marta Minujín. Career He trained as an actor with Cristina Banegas, Julio Chávez, Alberto Ure, Pompeyo Audivert and Guillermo Angelelli. In 1996 he began to work in theater. Between 1997 and 1998 he moved to London, where he completed his training as an actor. From 2000 he does it as a guest actor with the group El Descueve, with which he participates in tours in Latin America and Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel .... Filmography Movies Television Theater * ''Venus en piel'' - Dir. Javier Daulte * ''El principio de Arquímedes'' * ''Living-Todos Felices'' - Dir. Oscar Martínez * ''Jardín-Todos Felices'' - Dir. Oscar Martín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ficarra
Glenn Ficarra (born May 27, 1969) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborated with John Requa. Life and career Ficarra met John Requa at Pratt Institute, where both were studying film. After college they went to work in animation for the TV channel Nickelodeon (TV channel), Nickelodeon. As writers they wrote the comedy films ''Cats & Dogs'' (directed by Lawrence Guterman), ''Bad Santa'' (directed by Terry Zwigoff), and ''Bad News Bears'' (directed by Richard Linklater). In 2009 they made their directorial debut with their self-penned ''I Love You Phillip Morris'', based on the life of con man Steven Jay Russell. For their writing on this film, Ficarra and Requa received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Their subsequent release was the comedy ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore, again directed with Requa, released in July 2011. With Requa and Charlie Gogola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciega A Citas
''Ciega a citas'' is a Spanish television series produced by Mediaset España Comunicación and Big Bang Media, and aired by Cuatro TV channel. The series is starring Teresa Hurtado de Ory and Álex Gadea. It was released on March 10, 2014, and is inspired by the 2009 Argentine telenovela of the same name. Cast * Teresa Hurtado de Ory - Lucía González Soler *Elena Irureta - Maruchi Soler * Arancha Martí - Irene Zabaleta Soler *Joaquín Climent - Zabaleta * Miguel Diosdado - Rodrigo Carrión * Belinda Washington - Pilar Aranda Serrano * Luis Fernando Alvés - Ángel González * Octavi Pujades - Carlos Rangel * Álex Gadea - Sergio Feo *Marta Nieto - Natalia Valdecantos * Ramón Pujol - Miguel Ayala *Rubén Sanz - Raúl Estévez * Rebeca Salas - Críspula "Kris" Soto * Nico Romero - Simón Lozano *Jorge Roelas - Adolfo Morcillo * Adriana Torrebejano as Beatriz * Pablo Puyol as Alberto Awards 2010 International Emmy Awards The International Emmy Awards, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epitafios
''Epitafios'' ( en, Epitaphs) is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: ''El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written''. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires. The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentinian TV/ film company Pol-Ka Producciones. It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco. Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local ''vos'' in favor of the more common ''tú''. The series debuted in Australia on SBS in May 2007 under the title ''If The Dead Could Speak''. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on pay TV channel Fox Channel under the title ''Epitafios - Tod ist die Antwort'' (''Epitafios - Death Is The Answer''). Plot Bruno C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujeres Asesinas (Argentine TV Series)
''Mujeres Asesinas'' (English: ''Killer Women'') is an Argentine drama and suspense thriller TV series, based on trilogy of books of the same name by Marisa Grinstein, produced by Pol-ka Producciones and broadcast from 19 July 2005 to 25 March 2008 on the Argentine TV channel Canal 13. Canal 13 rebroadcast those rated as "Best Episodes" at 23:00 from 4 January 2010. Plot ''Mujeres Asesinas'' depicts the homicides committed by women in Argentina discussed in the trilogy of books of the same name by Marisa Grinstein. It has been the recipient of many awards, including the Golden Martin Fierro Award, the highest award granted by the Association of Journalists of Television and Radio Argentina, or APTRA. Episodes Cast The following is a list of actresses who have made the role of killer in the series: * Eugenia Tobal * Juana Viale * Dolores Fonzi * Julieta Díaz * Cristina Banegas * Cecilia Roth * Betiana Blum * Mercedes Morán * Araceli González * Ana María Picchio * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telefe
Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national television networks. Its studios are located on Martínez, Buenos Aires, adjacent to the corporate headquarters; its transmitter is located at the Alas Building. In areas of Argentina where a Telefe station isn't receivable over-the-air, it is available on satellite and select cable systems. Telefe also has regional stations across the country and an international network (Telefe Internacional) which is available in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. History First years (1957–73) The history of Telefe stretches back to 1957, when a group of alumni and lawyers from the Colegio El Salvador led by Fr. Héctor Grandetti, founded the company ''Difusión Contemporánea S.A.'' (Contemporary Broadcasting S.A.). This company, known as ''DiCon'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal 13 (Argentina)
Channel 13 (known by its current brand name El Trece, stylized as eltrece) is an Argentine free-to-air television network and the flagship station of the network of the same name, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. It is owned by Grupo Clarín through Artear. As mentioned by its name, it broadcasts on VHF channel 13 in Buenos Aires, where the main station is located. History Foundation Channel 13 was founded in 1960, and started broadcasting on 1 October 1960, at 8:30 p.m. The channel was tendered to the company Rio de la Plata S.A. TV, founded by Cuban businessman Goar Mestre and the US network CBS. In the mid-1960s, Editorial Atlántida and Mestre's wife bought the shares of the channel. Since then, Channel 13 began to compete strongly with the other two open private channels of the city of Buenos Aires, Channel 9 and Channel 11, which had gone through a similar process. In those years there were great successes in the Argentine television indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film '' City of God'', released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for ''The Constant Gardener'', which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel ''Blindness'', and the 2011 film '' 360''. In 2019 Meirelles directed and produced in Brazil the HBO original series ''Joint Venture'' and also directed ''The Two Popes'' for Netflix. Early life Meirelles was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist who travelled regularly to Asia and North America (among othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Popes
''The Two Popes'' is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Anthony McCarten, adapted from McCarten's play ''The Pope'' which premiered at Royal & Derngate Theatre in 2019. Predominantly set in the Vatican City in the aftermath of the Vatican leaks scandal, the film follows Pope Benedict XVI, played by Anthony Hopkins, as he attempts to convince Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, played by Jonathan Pryce, to reconsider his decision to resign as an archbishop as he confides his own intentions to abdicate the papacy. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2019. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 27, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2019, and started digital streaming on December 20, 2019, by Netflix. The performances of Pryce and Hopkins, as well as McCarten's screenplay, received high praise from critics, and all three men received nominations for their work at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith wrote in 2015 that she is "arguably the most critically acclaimed auteur in Spanish-language art cinema outside Latin America" and that her " transnational auteurism and demanding features have earned her a hard-won reputation in the world art cinema festival circuit". Similarly, film scholar Haden Guest has called her "one of the most prodigiously talented filmmakers in contemporary world cinema", and film scholar David Oubiña has called her body of work a "rare perfection". In April 2018, ''Vogue'' called her "one of the greatest directors in the world right now". Her 2001 debut feature film '' La Ciénaga'' (''The Swamp''), about an indulgent bourgeois extended family spending the summertime in a decrepit vacation home in provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
