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Kika (film)
''Kika'' is a 1993 black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Verónica Forqué as the title character. Forqué won the Goya Award for Best Actress, the second female lead on an Almodóvar film to do so. Plot Kika, a naïve make-up artist, recalls how she met her lover Ramón. She had given her phone number to his stepfather, American writer Nicholas Pierce, and he had called her not for sex as she had hoped, but to make up the younger man's corpse. He was, however, merely catatonic and suddenly awoke. Ramón is a fashion photographer with voyeuristic tendencies who was traumatised by his mother's suicide after several attempts. He lets Nicholas, who has returned to Madrid, live above their flat and the two discuss whether to sell the family home outside of town, Casa Youkali, which they jointly own. Ramón proposes to Kika, who accepts but feels conflicted as she has been cheating on him with Nicholas. Nicholas is working on a novel about a lesbian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narratives. Desire, passion, family, and identity are among Almodóvar's most prevalent subjects in his films. Acclaimed as one of the most internationally successful Spanish filmmakers, Almodóvar and his films have gained worldwide interest and developed a cult following. Almodóvar's career came to during La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance that followed after the end of Francoist Spain. His early films characterised the sense of sexual and political freedom of the period. In 1986, he established his own film production company, El Deseo, with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar, who has been responsible for producing all of his films since ''Law of Desire'' (1987). His breakthrough film was ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossy De Palma
Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as ''Law of Desire'', ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''Kika'', ''The Flower of My Secret'', '' Julieta'', and ''Parallel Mothers''. Life and Career Born in Palma de Mallorca, and her father was a mason from Asturias. In the 1980s, during the Movida cultural movement she moved to Madrid. In 1984 she founded the pop music group for which she was a singer and a dancer. In 1986 she met Pedro Almodóvar in a café in Madrid. He was impressed by her performance during one of the group's concerts. He proposed a role in his next film, ''Law of Desire''. Rossy lent some of her personal dresses to Carmen Maura, who was playing the main female character of the film, Tina Quintero. Her first major role was in 1988 in Almodóvar's ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tite Curet Alonso
Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso (February 26, 1926 – August 5, 2003) was a Puerto Rican composer of over 2,000 salsa songs. Early years Curet Alonso (birth name: Catalino Curet Alonso) was born in Guayama, a town located in the southern region of Puerto Rico. Curet Alonso's mother was a seamstress and his father a Spanish language teacher and musician who played in the band of Simón Madera. He was two years old in 1928, when his parents divorced and together with his mother and sister moved to Barrio Obrero, located in the Santurce section of San Juan with his grandmother. His daily life experiences while living in Barrio Obrero greatly influenced his work as a composer. There he was raised by his grandmother and received his primary and secondary education. In 1941, when he was 15 years old, he wrote his first song. Among his childhood friends were Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Rivera, and Daniel Santos. Career as a song composer After he graduated from high school, he enrolled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanca Li
Blanca Li, originally Blanca María Gutiérrez Ortiz (born January 12, 1964) is a Spanish choreographer, film director, dancer, and actress. She has created choreographies for the Paris Opera Ballet, The Berlin Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera, for filmmakers like Pedro Almodóvar and Michel Gondry or for musical artists like Beyoncé, Daft Punk (" Around the World" ), Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Coldplay, among others. Whether performance, opera, musical, museum installation, event, music video or feature film, she initiates and realizes a great number of projects : "I like to give life to all that’s in my brain". Never restricted to one style, she gets her inspiration from a broad spectrum of physical forms of expression (from flamenco to classical ballet and hip-hop). Formation Blanca Li, originally Blanca María Gutiérrez Ortiz, was born in 1964 in Granada, in a nine-member family. She started to take Flamenco dance lessons during her childhood and participated in a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Climent
Joaquín Climent Asensi (born 7 September 1958) is a Spanish actor. He is primarily recognised as an established supporting actor in both film and television works. He has also performed in stage plays. He became popular for his role as Pascual in the police television series ''El comisario''. Biography Joaquín Climent Asensi was born on 7 September 1958 in Requena, province of Valencia. His first stable television role was that of Vicente Campillo in ''Querido maestro'', whose broadcasting run spanned from 1997 to 1998. He was married to actress Adriana Ozores Adriana Ozores Muñoz (; born 21 May 1959) is a Spanish theatre, film and television actress. Biography Adriana Ozores was born in Madrid on 21 May 1959. She is the daughter of actors and Concepción Muñoz. Her father died when she was 9 yea ... with whom he has one child. Filmography ;Film ;Television Accolades References {{DEFAULTSORT:Climent, Joaquin 1958 births Living people 20th-century S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica Bardem
Mónica María Encinas Bardem (born May 4, 1964) is a Spanish film actress, daughter of actress Pilar Bardem and sister of actors Carlos and Javier Bardem. Some of her films are ''Kika'' (1993), '' Not Love, Just Frenzy, Más que amor, frenesí'' (1996) and ''Boca a boca'' (1995). She also manages the family restaurants La Bardemcilla and La Bardemcilla de Santa Ana in 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 ..., but it was closed due to economic problems in 2013. References External links * 1964 births Living people Actresses from Madrid 20th-century Spanish actresses Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Monica {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca Caballero
The francisca (or francesca) is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne (768–814). Although generally associated with the Franks, it was also used by other Germanic peoples of the period, including the Anglo-Saxons; several examples have been found in England.Underwood, Richard (1999). ''Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Warfare''. p.35-37. Tempus Publishing. . Etymology The term ''francisca'' first appeared in the book '' Etymologiarum sive originum, libri XVIII'' by Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) as a name used in Hispania to refer to these weapons "because of their use by the Franks". The historian Gregory of Tours (c. 538–594) in his ''History of the Franks'' uses two Latin terms for the Frankish axe: ''securis'' and ''bipennis''. The régime of Vichy France used the image o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charo López
María del Rosario López Piñuelas (born 28 October 1943) better known as Charo López, is a Spanish actress. Filmography *Plan Jack cero tres (1967) *El hueso (1967) *La vida sigue igual (1969) *Ditirambo (1969) * El extraño caso del doctor Fausto (1969) *Pastel de sangre (1971) *Me enveneno de azules (1971) *El bandido Malpelo (1971) *El sol bajo la tierra (1972) * '' The Guerrilla'' (1973) *Don Yllán, el mágico de Toledo (1973) *Leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea, La (1973) *Las estrellas están verdes (1973) * La regenta (1974) directed by Gonzalo Suárez * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1975) *La Raulito en libertad (1975) *Largo retorno (1975) *Las cuatro novias de Augusto Pérez (1976) *Manuela (1976) *El límite del amor (1976) *Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro! (1976) *Luto riguroso (1977) *Parranda (1977) *Los placeres ocultos (1977) *' (1978) *Adiós, querida mamá (1980) *Historias de mujeres (1980) *El gran secreto (1980) *Tres mujeres de hoy (1980) * Anima - Symphonie ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Bandera
Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film ''The Things of Love''. Biography Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga, Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez''. He landed a breakthrough role with his performance in the Jaime Chávarri's film ''The Things of Love'' (1989), which garnered him public recognition. He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression, inspired by the real-life . He performed minor roles in the Pedro Almodóvar's films ''Átame'' and ''Kika''. Bandera starred in the lead role of Boabdil in the television miniseries '' Réquiem por Granada''. He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including '' El súper'', ''Amar en tiempos revueltos'', ''Bandolera'' and ''Acacias 38 ''Acacias 38'' is a Spanish soap opera television series produced by Boomerang TV for Televisión Espa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karra Elejalde
Carlos Elejalde Garay (born 10 October 1960) better known as Karra Elejalde, is a Spanish actor and occasional filmmaker. Biography Carlos Elejalde Garay was born on 10 October 1960 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. He developed his early acting career on independent stage plays. After making his feature film debut with a role in the 1987 film ''A los cuatro vientos'', Elejalde's collaborations with Basque cinema auteurs such as Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Álex de la Iglesia or Julio Medem launched his acting career in the 1990s. He made his feature film directorial debut by shooting the 2000 film ''Año Mariano'' in tandem with Fernando Guillén Cuervo, later making his solo debut with the 2004 film ''Torapia''. In 2014 he replaced Benito Pocino as Mortadelo in ''Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo'' (2014). He played Koldo in ''Ocho apellidos vascos''. He reprised the same role in ''Ocho apellidos catalanes'' (2015). After the success of both films, he affirmed he won't play the next s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Bonilla
Jesús Bonilla (born 1 September 1955) is a Spanish actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1978. Selected filmography References External links * 1955 births Living people Spanish male film actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
