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Leonardo Sbaraglia
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in '' La Noche de los lápices'' (''Night of the Pencils''), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.Interview in the Spanish TV show ''Caiga Quien Caiga'', broadcast 2 December 2005. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series ''Clave de sol''. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in ''La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon'', ''Closer''). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in '' Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito''. They came together again fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, and the first awards ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid. The ceremony continues to take place annually at Centro de Congresos Príncipe Felipe, around the end of January/beginning of February, and awards are given to films produced during the previous year. The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor José Luis Fernández, although the original sculpture for the first edition of the Goyas was by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. History To reward the best Spanish films of each year, the Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts decided to create the Goya Awards. The Goya Awards are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (Puig Antich)
''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' (or ''Salvador'') is a 2006 film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the 2001 Francesc Escribano book , which depicts the time Salvador Puig Antich spent on death row prior to his execution by garrote (the last person to be executed by this method in Spain) in 1974, in the last rales of the Francoist dictatorship. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Cast *Daniel Brühl as Salvador Puig Antich *Tristán Ulloa as Oriol Arau *Leonardo Sbaraglia as Jesús Irurre *Leonor Watling as Cuca *Ingrid Rubio as Margalida *Celso Bugallo as Salvador's father *Mercedes Sampietro as Salvador's mother *Olalla Escribano as Imma Puig *Carlota Olcina as Carme Puig * Bea Segura as Montse Puig *Andrea Ros as Merçona Puig *Jacob Torres as Santi Soler *Joel Joan as Oriol Solé * Pau Derqui as Jordi Solé *Oriol Vila as Ignasi Solé *Raül Tortosa Raül Tortosa is a Spanish actor and director born in Terrassa (Barcelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina de reparto) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film. Miguel Rellán was the first winner of this category for his performance in '' Dear Nanny''. Actors Juan Diego, Eduard Fernández, Karra Elejalde and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba hold the record for most wins in this category with two victories each while Antonio de la Torre, Juan Diego and Eduard Fernández have received the most nominations for this award with six each. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Actors with more than 1 award in the category *2 wins: Juan Diego, 6 nominations *2 wins: Eduard Fernández, 6 nominations *2 wins: Karra Elejalde, 3 nominations *2 wins: Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, 3 nominations Actors with more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Fierro Award
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El Garante
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Sebastián Borensztein
Sebastián Borensztein (born 22 April 1963) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director, best known for the films '' Chinese Take-Away'' (2011), ''Heroic Losers'' (2019) and the horror television miniseries ''El garante'' (1997). Early life and education Sebastián Borensztein was born on 22 April 1963 in Buenos Aires, the son of comedian Tato Bores and Berta Szpindler. He first studied Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Salvador, but after graduating decided to turn to the performing arts, and studied film directing at the Augusto Fernández school. Career During the 1980s he worked in advertising, but under the guidance of his father, started screenwriting. He wrote, directed and also acted as producer for his father's work, for which he earned several awards. Television Borensztein started out by writing for television. His first series, a horror miniseries entitled ''El garante'' (1997, "The Guarantor") won many awards, including four Martín Fierro A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En La Ciudad Sin Límites
''In the City Without Limits'' ( es, En la ciudad sin límites) is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller drama film directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Geraldine Chaplin. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for Best Supporting Actress. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2002 and was released theatrically in Spain on 1 March that year. Retrieved on 28 July 2011 Synopsis A young man, Victor (Sbaraglia), arrives in Paris where his family have gathered around his seriously ill father Max (Fernán Gómez), a former mogul now deterioratin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Hernández (director)
Antonio Hernández (born 1953 in Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Salamanca) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. In 1994, he created the TV company Zeppelín Televisión. Filmography Film See also *Cinema of Spain References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Antonio 1953 births Living people People from the Province of Salamanca Film directors from Castile and León Spanish male screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the big screen. Aranda was also noted for exploring difficult social issues and variations on the theme of desire while using the codes of melodrama. Love as uncontrollable passion, eroticism and cruelty are constant themes in his filmography. The frank examination of sexuality is one of the trademarks of his work, as seen in his most internationally successful film: ''Amantes (film), Amantes'' (1990) ''(Lovers)''. Early life Vicente Aranda Ezquerra was born in Barcelona on 9 November 1926.Vera, ''Vicente Aranda'', p. 13 He was the youngest son in a large and impoverished family who had emigrated from Aragón to Barcelona tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella ''Carmen'', which became the basis of Bizet's opera ''Carmen''. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, and translated the work of several important Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, and was responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called ''The Lady and the Unicorn'', and arranged for their preservation. He was instr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen (2003 Film)
''Carmen'' is a 2003 Spanish drama film directed by Vicente Aranda. The script was written by Aranda and Joaquim Jordà adapting the classic romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. Director Vicente Aranda based the plot on Mérimée's original 1847 novella about jealousy and passion, not its famous operatic adaptation by Bizet from 1875, changing some details about the love story between Carmen (Paz Vega) and José (Leonardo Sbaraglia). As in the novella, author Mérimée (Jay Benedict) is portrayed as a French writer who finds the "real" Carmen in early 19th century Spain. Plot While traveling through Andalusia, Spain in 1830, Prosper Mérimée, a French writer, meets José, a wanted criminal. José ends up condemned to death by garroting. The day before José is going to be executed, Mérimée, who has befriended the bandit, visits him in prison. From his jail cell, José begins to narrate his tragic story to the sympathetic writer. José Lizarrabengoa, a serious and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
