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La Corte De Faraón (película)
''The Court of the Pharaoh'' ( es, La corte de Faraón, links=no) is a 1985 Spanish film directed by José Luis García Sánchez from a screenplay by Rafael Azcona and García Sánchez inspired by the 1910 zarzuela ''La corte de Faraón'' written by Guillermo Perrín and Miguel Palacios and composed by Vicente Lleó. It stars Ana Belén. Plot Set in 1940s Madrid, the plot follows a group of thespians staging a play of ' and the play thereby being censored by the Francoist authorities on the basis of its moral laxity. Cast Production The film is a Lince Films and TVE production. Shooting locations included Madrid's . Release The film screened at the 33rd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1985, winning a Silver Shell award. It was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 1985. It grossed 239,902,713 ₧ (87,160 admissions). Reception Ángel Fernández-Santos of ''El País'' considered that the film starts off poorly, but it improves after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Belén
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951, Madrid), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer. Life/career Born in 1951, Ana Belén is the oldest of three children. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and her mother worked as doorwoman at an estate.ANA BELÉN Inicios de su carrera anabelen.es; accessed 18 March 2015. Ana Belén studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960. While working on the film ''Morbo'' by Gonzalo Suárez, she met , marrying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies. Governments and private organizations may engage in censorship. Other groups or institutions may propose and petition for censorship.https://www.aclu.org/other/what-censorship "What Is Censorship", ACLU When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of his or her own works or speech, it is referred to as ''self-censorship''. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El País
''El País'' (; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. ''El País'' is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . ''El País'' is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and ''ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. ''El País'' also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History ''El País'' was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Fernández-Santos
Ángel Fernández-Santos (1934–2004) was a Spanish film critic and screenwriter. Born in Los Cerralbos, province of Toledo, in 1934, he was the younger brother of Marxist philosopher . He studied for a brief spell at the in the early 1960s. As a committed anti-Francoist, he was expelled from the Escuela Oficial de Cine because of his left-wing positions. He went on to have a extensive career as a film critic, writing for ''Nuestro cine'' (1964–1971), ''Cinemanía'', ''Diario 16'', and ''El País'', where he worked from 1982 until his death. He also co-penned the screenplays of ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (reputed to be among the best Spanish films ever) and also screenplays of films directed by Escuela Oficial de Cine acquaintance Francisco Regueiro. He died 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-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Peseta
The peseta (, ), * ca, pesseta, was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a ''de facto'' currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender). Etymology The name of the currency originally comes from ''peceta'', a Catalan diminutive form of the (Catalan) word ''peça'' (lit. ''piece'', i.e. a coin), not from the Spanish ''peso'' (lit. ''weight''). The word ''peseta'' has been known as early as 1737 to colloquially refer to the coin worth 2 ''reales provincial'' or of a peso. Coins denominated in "pesetas" were briefly issued in 1808 in Barcelona under French occupation; see Catalan peseta. Symbol Traditionally, there was never a single symbol or special character for the Spanish peseta. Common abbreviations were "Pta" (plural: "Pts), "Pt", and "Ptas". A common way of representing amounts of pesetas in print was using superior letters: "Pta" and "Pts". Common Spanish models of mechanical typewrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Zulia
The University of Zulia ( es, La Universidad del Zulia, also known as LUZ literally meaning "light" in Spanish), is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important universities of Venezuela. The University of Zulia has three campuses: two in Zulia State, in the cities of Maracaibo (being the biggest and most important of the three) and Cabimas; and one in the city of Punto Fijo, located in Falcón State. History The history of the university begins when a decree converting the Federal College of Maracaibo into the University of Zulia was passed on May 29, 1891. The university itself began its operations on September 11 of that same year. Its first Chancellor was Francisco Ochoa. In 1909, the government ordered the closure of the university for political reasons. It would remain closed until October 1, 1946. This event is known as La Reapertura (The Reopening). The first Chancellor after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Marín
Guillermo Marín (12 August 1905 – 21 May 1988) was a classic Spanish film and theater actor. He was one of the leading men in Spanish cinema of the 1940s, and in stages in the 1950s. He played several characters in successful films directed by Edgar Neville, but eventually preferred stage before screen. Selected filmography * '' El escándalo'' (1943) - Lázaro * ''Fin de curso'' (1943) - Self (uncredited) * ''Eugenia de Montijo'' (1944) - Jerónimo Bonaparte * '' Lola Montes'' (1944) - Walter * '' The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks'' (1945) - Dr. Sabatino * ''Tarjeta de visita'' (1944) - Germán * '' La vida en un hilo'' (1945) - Ramón * '' Domingo de carnaval'' (1945) - Gonzalo Fonseca * ''Last Stand in the Philippines'' (1945) - Doctor Rogelio Vigil * ''Viento de siglos'' (1945) * '' The Prodigal Woman'' (1946) - Enrique * ''I Will Consult Mister Brown'' (1946) * '' The Faith'' (1947) - Don Álvaro Montesinos * ''Barrio'' (1947) - Don César * ''Don Quijote de la Mancha' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Ciges
Luis Ciges Martínez (10 May 1921 – 11 December 2002) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1958 and 2002. His father was Manuel Ciges. Selected filmography * ''Historias de Madrid'' (1958) - Bombero (uncredited) * ''Entierro de un funcionario en primavera'' (1958) - García * ''Molokai'' (1959) - (uncredited) * ''La quiniela'' (1960) - Trabajador del Patronato de Apuestas (uncredited) * ''Plácido'' (1961) - Pobre en casa de Helguera * ''The Lovely Lola'' (1962) - Abogado (uncredited) * ''Los farsantes'' (1963) - Justo * ''Young Sánchez'' (1964) - El padre de Paco * ''The Thief of Tibidabo'' (1965) - Peperone * ''La chica del autostop'' (1965) * ''Chimes at Midnight'' (1965) - (uncredited) * ''La visita que no tocó el timbre'' (1965) * ''Mañana será otro día'' (1967) - Marinero * ''Dante no es únicamente severo'' (1967) - Lord Pordemás del cuento del cazador * ''Cada vez que...'' (1968) * ''El Baldiri de la costa'' (1968) - Trumpet * ''Nocturn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Gamero
Antonio Gamero Aguirre (2 March 1934 – 26 July 2010) was a Spanish actor. Primarily known by his supporting roles, he featured in over 200 titles. Biography Antonio Gamero Aguirre was born in Madrid on 2 March 1934. He studied law and also joined the . Prior to acting, he worked for Telefónica. A member of the Communist Party of Spain (clandestine during the Francoist dictatorship) since 1957 under the alias 'Alejandro', he was tortured in the DGS headquarters in Puerta del Sol by a police agent who ruptured his eardrums. He had to wear a hearing aid for the rest of his life. Following the beating, he spent two years in prison because of his political activity, after which he was not allowed to direct films and had to deliver screenplays under the pseudonym 'Pilar García', henceforth deciding to become an actor out of necessity. He made his feature film acting debut in 1969 film ''Historia de la vida de Blancanieves''. He since established himself as a supporting actor, fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Luisa Ponte
María Luisa Ponte Mancini (21 June 1918 – 2 May 1996) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1952 and 1995. She appeared in the 1977 film ''Black Litter'', which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''The Great Galeoto'' (1951) * ''Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?'' (1959) * ''El Pisito'' (1959) * '' El Cochecito'' (1960) * '' Rogelia'' (1962) * ''Not on Your Life'' (1963) * '' El extraño viaje'' (1964) * ''With the East Wind'' (1966) * ''Road to Rocío'' (1966) * '' The Troublemaker'' (1969) * ''The Love of Captain Brando'' (1974) * ''The Regent's Wife'' (1975) * ''Black Litter'' (1977) * '' Spoiled Children'' (1980) * ''Kargus'' (1981) * '' La colmena'' (1982) * '' La vaquilla'' (1985) * ''Voyage to Nowhere'' (1986) * ''El hermano bastardo de Dios ''The Bastard Brother of God'' ( es, El hermano bastardo de Dios) is a 1986 drama film directed by Benito Rabal and starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josema Yuste
José Manuel Sánchez Guillén (born 6 June 1996), commonly known as Josema, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Leganés. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left back. Club career Born in Lorquí, Murcia, Josema joined UD Almería's youth setup in 2010, aged 14, after stints at ADM Lorquí and Nueva Vanguardia CF. On 14 July 2015, he wa promoted to the former's reserves in Segunda División B. Josema made his senior debut on 23 August 2015, starting in a 0–0 away draw against FC Jumilla. He scored his first goal on 15 May of the following year, netting his team's third in a 3–3 draw at Mérida AD, as his side was already relegated. On 6 September 2016, Josema made his first team debut, starting in a 2–0 Copa del Rey home loss against Rayo Vallecano. The following 11 January, he was loaned to Real Murcia until June. On 2 July 2017, Josema signed a three-year contract with Córdoba CF, for a fee of €500,000. He made his Segunda D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes
The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library (MCVL; in es, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, BVMC) is a large-scale digital library project, hosted and maintained by the University of Alicante in Alicante, Spain. It comprises the largest open-access repository of digitised Spanish-language historical texts and literature from the Ibero-American world. When officially launched in 1999, the BVMC was the first digital archive of Spanish-language texts on the internet, initially reproducing some 2,000 individual works by 400 of the most significant authors in Spanish, Latin American literary and Hispanic Africa. By 2005–2006 the number of registered and available works had reached over 22,000. The library is named for Miguel de Cervantes, the famous 16th-century Spanish author and one of the most illustrious names in world literary history. From its inception in 1999, this library has chosen to apply structural markup based on XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
