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Los Santos Inocentes
''Los santos '' or ''The Holy Innocents'' is a Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus, based on famous Miguel Delibes' novel of the same title. The movie stars Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal, who both won the Best Actor Award at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. The film was the highest-grossing Spanish film in Spain at the time before being surpassed by '' La vaquilla''. In the 1984 edition of the Cannes Film Festival it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Special Mention. Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa shared the Best Actor award at the same festival. It was voted the third best Spanish film by professionals and critics in 1996 Spanish cinema centenary. Plot Paco and Régula live on a rural estate owned by an absent marchioness with their three children. Nieves works as a maid in the big house, Quirce is doing his military service, and Charito is severely handicapped. The parents accept the repeated humiliations of their position as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Camus
Mario Camus García (20 April 1935 – 18 September 2021) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Golden Bear at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival with '' La colmena''. His 1987 film ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and in the main competition at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1993 film '' Shadows in a Conflict'' was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Filmography Film director * 1962 – El Borracho * 1963 – La Suerte * 1963 – Los Farsantes * 1964 – Young Sánchez * 1965 – La visita que no tocó el timbre * 1965 – Muere una mujer * 1966 – With the East Wind * 1966 – Cuando tú no estás * 1967 – Soledad * 1967 – Al ponerse el sol * 1968 – Cuentos y leyendas ( TVE) (series) * 1968 – Volver a vivir * 1968 – Let Them Talk * 1969 – Esa mujer * 1970 – The Wind's Fierce * 1972 – Si las piedras hablaran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario ABC
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. It is the second largest general-interest newspaper in Spain, number one in Madrid, and the oldest newspaper still operating in Madrid. Along with '' El Mundo'' and ''El País'', it is one of Spain’s three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabel (instrument)
The rabel (or arrabel, robel, rovel) is a bowed stringed instrument from Spain, a rustic folk-fiddle descended from the medieval rebec, with both perhaps descended from the Arab rabab. The instrument generally has two or three strings of gut or steel, or sometimes twisted horse-hair. The instrument is first mentioned in the 12th century, and it is still used in parts of Latin America, as well as the Spanish provinces of Cantabria and Asturias. The rebel is often associates with secular instrumental music, and the most common ''rabel'' used in the Middles ages was the soprano. See also * Rebec The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced or ) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Medieval era and the early Renaissance. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings. Origi ... References {{Music of Spain Spanish musical instruments Bowed string instruments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafra
Zafra () is a town situated in the Province of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain), and the capital of the comarca of Zafra - Río Bodión. It has a population of 16,677, according to the 2011 census. Zafra is the hometown of Fray Ruy Lopez, author of one of the first European treatises on chess, and the humanist and arbitrist Pedro de Valencia. History Human traces of great antiquity have been found in the area. In the "El Castellar" mountains are located caves with pictograms. Also, a fort dating to the Bronze Age was found in the nearby chapel of Belén. Roman era Zafra has been associated with the Roman names ''Restituta Iulia Imperial'', ''Contributa Iulia Ugultunia'',Badajoz (search for: 'Zafra') a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alburquerque, Badajoz
Alburquerque () is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is very close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country. The origin of the name of the town is uncertain. It is believed to stem from Latin "the white oak". The titles of ''Lord of Alburquerque'' (''de Meneses'') and later ''Count of Alburquerque'' (''de Castilla'') and ''Duke of Alburquerque'' (''de La Cueva'') were important in Castile in the Middle Ages, see e.g. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque. Its sister city of Albuquerque in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... takes its name from this town (but note the spelling difference: the lack of the 'r' after the first 'u'). History By 1530, the town h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extremadura
Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it is crossed from east to west by the Tagus and Guadiana rivers. The autonomous community is formed by the two largest provinces of Spain: Cáceres and Badajoz. Extremadura is bordered by Portugal to the west and by the autonomous communities of Castile and León (north), Castilla–La Mancha (east) and Andalusia (south). It is an important area for wildlife, particularly with the major reserve at Monfragüe, which was designated a National Park in 2007, and the International Tagus River Natural Park (''Parque Natural Tajo Internacional''). The regional executive body, led by the President of Extremadura, is called Junta de Extremadura. The Day of Extremadura is celebrated on 8 September. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Zarzo
Manuel López Zarza (born 26 April 1932) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * ''Cursed Mountain'' (1954) * '' The Fisher of Songs'' (1954) * '' The Song of the Nightingale'' (1959) * ''The Showgirl'' (1960) * '' The Delinquents'' (1960) * '' The Balcony of the Moon'' (1962) * ''Weeping for a Bandit'' (1964) * ''The 317th Platoon'' (1965) * ''It's Your Move'' (1968) * '' The Pizza Triangle'' (1970) * ''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (1971) * ''My Dear Killer'' (1972) * ''The Two Faces of Fear'' (1972) * '' Ricco the Mean Machine'' (1973) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1974) * ''Naked Therapy'' (1975) * '' Unmarried Mothers'' (1975) * '' Ambitious'' (1976) * ''Nightmare City'' (1980) * '' La colmena'' (1982) * '' Stico'' (1985) * ''El hermano bastardo de Dios ''The Bastard Brother of God'' ( es, El hermano bastardo de Dios) is a 1986 dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Sánchez
Susana may refer to: * Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), a network of organizations active in the field of sustainable sanitation * Susana (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) * ''Susana'' (magazine), an Argentine magazine for women * ''Susana'' (film), a 1951 Mexican film *Susana (singer), a Dutch trance music vocalist *''Susana'', a 1992 song by Ricky Martin, a cover version of '' Suzanne'' by VOF de Kunst See also *Santa Susana (other) Santa Susana may refer to Saint Susanna, martyred in 295. Santa Susana or Santa Susanna may also refer to several places: *Santa Susana, California, a census-designated place in Ventura County *Santa Susana Mountains in southern California. *Santa ... * Susanna (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackdaw
Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus ''Coloeus'' closely related to, but generally smaller than, the crows and ravens (''Corvus''). ''Coloeus'' is sometimes treated as a subgenus of ''Corvus'', including by the IUCN.Madge & Burn (1994) vii. They have a blackish crown, wings and tail, the rest of the plumage being paler.Madge & Burn (1994) 136–138. The word ''Coloeus'' is New Latin, from the Ancient Greek for jackdaws: ' (). Taxonomy While some authors consider ''Coloeus'' a subgenus of ''Corvus'', others have classified ''Coloeus'' as a distinct genus in the family Corvidae. Following '' Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide'', the International Ornithological Congress has also reassigned the two jackdaw species from the genus ''Corvus'' to the genus ''Coloeus''. Species The species are the western jackdaw (''Coloeus monedula''), which breeds in the British Isles and western Europe, Scandinavia, northern Asia and Northern Africa, and its eastern counterpart, the Dauri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vaquilla
''La vaquilla'' (English: ''The Heifer'') is a 1985 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was the first comedy made about the Spanish Civil War and the highest-grossing Spanish film in Spain at the time surpassing ''Los santos inocentes''. Plot During the Spanish Civil War on the Aragón frontline the speakers of the Nationalist troops announce a festival in a nearby village which includes a bull run and religious procession. A group of Republican soldiers infiltrate the Nationalist side to steal the animal for two reasons; to ruin the holiday for the Nationalists and because their food stores are low. Characters * Brigada Castro (Alfredo Landa), a professional Republican soldier. * Mariano (Guillermo Montesinos), a Republican soldier coming from a village across the frontline, where his girlfriend Guadalupe remained. * Limeño ( Santiago Ramos), a Republican soldier who was a bullfighter before the war. Chosen to kill the heifer, he is actually af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Cannes Film Festival
The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Paris, Texas'' by Wim Wenders. The festival opened with ''Fort Saganne'', directed by Alain Corneau and closed with '' The Bounty'', directed by Roger Donaldson. During this festival, a private group, under the patronage of the festival's authorities held a side event presenting film trailers. A French jury, presided by Saul Bass, awarded its Grand Prize to the trailer for ''Flashdance''. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition: * Dirk Bogarde (UK) Jury President *Franco Cristaldi (Italy) *Michel Deville (France) *Stanley Donen (USA) * Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (cinematography) * Arne Hestenes (Norway) (journalist) *Isabelle Huppert (France) * Ennio Morricone (Italy) *Jorge Semprún (Spain) *Vadim Yusov (Soviet Union) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 Camera d'Or: *Mehmet Basutcu (Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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