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Mexican Films Of 1959 ...
A list of the films produced in Mexico in 1959 (see 1959 in film): 1959 See also *1959 in Mexico External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mexican Films Of 1959 1959 Films Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963) was a Mexican film actor who made films in both Mexico and the United States. With Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars of the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Armendáriz was born in Mexico City, to Pedro Armendáriz García Conde ( Mexican) and Adela Hastings (American). He was also the cousin of actress Gloria Marín. Armendáriz and his younger brother Francisco lived with their uncle Henry Hastings Senior in Laredo, Texas, after their mother died. He later studied in California, attending the California Polytechnic State University from September 1928 to May 1932. At Cal Poly, he studied mechanics and in May 1931 graduated from the academic course of the school. He remained an additional year as a freshman in the Junior College division, but in 1932 returned to Mexico after the end of the school year. While at Cal Poly, Armendáriz was active in student act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Bautista
Aurora Bautista Zúmel (15 October 1925 – 27 August 2012) was a Spanish film actress. Bautista was born in Valladolid, and died in Madrid, aged 86. Selected filmography *1948 ''Madness for Love'', by Juan de Orduña *1950 '' Pequeñeces'', by Juan de Orduña *1950 '' Agustina of Aragon'', by Juan de Orduña *1953 ''Condenados'', by Manuel Mur Oti *1956 '' The Cat'' *1959 '' El marido'', by Nanni Loy and Gianni Puccini *1959 ''Sonatas'', by Juan Antonio Bardem *1963 '' La Tía Tula'', by Miguel Picazo * 1968: ''Uno a uno, sin piedad'', by Rafael R. Marchent *1969 ''Pepa Doncel'', by Luis Lucia *1969 ''Gangster's Law'', by Siro Marcellini *1973 ''A Candle for the Devil'', by Eugenio Martín *1985 '' Extramuros'', by Miguel Picazo *1987 '' Divinas palabras'', by José Luis García Sánchez *1988 ''Amanece, que no es poco'', by José Luis Cuerda *1999 ''Adiós con el corazón Adiós (Spanish: 'goodbye') or Adios may refer to: Music Albums * ''Adios'' (Böhse Onkelz album) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Rey
Fernando Casado Arambillet (La Coruña (Spain), 20 September 1917 – Madrid (Spain), 9 March 1994), best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (''Viridiana'', 1961; ''Tristana'', 1970; '' Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'', 1972; ''That Obscure Object of Desire'', 1977) and as the drug lord Alain Charnier in '' The French Connection'' (1971) and '' French Connection II'' (1975), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century. The debonair Rey was described by ''French Connection'' producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest fame after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told the ''Los Angeles Times''. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobés in the bullr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Antonio Bardém
Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screen writer, born in Madrid. He was a member of the Communist Party. Bardem was best known for ''Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and '' El puente'' (1977) which won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film ''Seven Days in January'' won the Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1993 he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1953 he and Luis García Berlanga founded a film magazine, '' Objetivo'', which existed until 1956. Bardem is the father of director Miguel Bardem and uncle of actor Javier Bardem. Bardem died in Madrid in 2002, at age 80. Filmography Director *'' Esa pareja feliz'' (1951, co-directed with Luis García Berlanga) *'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonatas (film)
''Sonatas'' is a 1959 Mexican-Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring María Félix, Francisco Rabal and Aurora Bautista.Baugh p.81 It premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It is based on novels written by the Spanish author Ramón del Valle-Inclán. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Francisco Canet and Gunther Gerszo. Some location shooting took place in Galicia as well as various locations around Mexico. The film was shot in Eastmancolor. Cast * María Félix as La Niña Chole * Francisco Rabal as Marqués Javier de Bradomín * Aurora Bautista as Concha * Fernando Rey as Capitán Casares * Carlos Rivas as Juan Guzmán * Ignacio López Tarso as Jefe de guerrilleros * Carlos Casaravilla as Conde de Brandeso * David Reynoso as Teniente Elizondo * Nela Conjiu as Joven loca * Manuel Alexandre as Teniente Andrade * Ada Carrasco as Nana * José Torvay as Segundo sargento * Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Candelaria * Rafa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudencia Griffel
Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and comedian. Biography Early life Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Career Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film ''Internado para señoritas'' ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles. In 1961 she made a jump to the television industry starring in her first of many telenovela roles in ''Niebla'' with Amparo Rivelles and Ernesto Alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara García
Sara García Hidalgo (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandmother in numerous Mexican films. In later years, she played parts in Mexican telenovelas. García is remembered by her nickname, ''La Abuelita de México'' ("Mexico's Grandmother"). Life and career 1895–1917: Childhood Sara García Hidalgo was born on 8 September 1895 at Orizaba Veracruz. Her parents were Andalusian, Isidoro García Ruiz, an architect, and his wife Felipa Hidalgo de Ruiz in 1895. They moved from Havana, Cuba. to Veracruz. Her father was hired for various jobs there. Sarita was the only survivor of their eleven children. In 1900, a storm caused the Santa Catarina river (which separated the family house from Sara's school) to overflow and knock down the bridge that crossed it. The children could not return to the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio De La Serna
Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography De la Serna studied architecture, a profession he abandoned in 1938 to join the film industry as producer of the film ''Refugiados en Madrid'' ("Refugees in Madrid") by Alejandro Galindo (who was his friend and brother-in-law), a film in which de la Serna also wrote the story. De la Serna would continue working as a producer during the 1940s, not resuming his activity writing stories until 1950 with the film ''La edad peligrosa'' ("The Dangerous Age") by José Díaz Morales. He headed the production company Films Mundiales and participated in the founding of Estudios Churubusco in 1944, along with Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Jesús Grovas, Juan Bustillo Oro, Miguel Zacarías and Fernando de Fuentes. In 1951 he wrote his first script, '' Stolen Paradise'', directed by Julio Bracho. In 1953, Luis Buñuel directed '' Illusion Travels by Streetcar'', b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Señoritas Vivanco
''Las señoritas Vivanco'' ("The Vivanco Ladies") is a 1959 Mexican film. It stars Sara García. Cast * Pedro Armendáriz - Gen. Inocencio Torrentera * Ana Luisa Peluffo - Maruja Valverde * Manolo Fábregas - Inspector Jorge Saldaña * Sara García - Hortensia Vivanco y de la Vega * Prudencia Grifell - Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega * Marina Camacho - Lola * José Luis Jiménez - don Esteban * María Teresa Rivas - Adelaida Covarrubias * Miguel Manzano - Eleuterio Covarrubias * Aurora Alvarado - Cristina * Rafael del Río - Jaimito * Emma Arvizu - Raquel * Claudio Brook Claudio Brook (born Claude Sydney Brook Marnat, 28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995) was a Mexican actor. Life Born in Mexico City, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100 film and television appearances in his 38 years as an actor. ... - William * Eugenia Galindo - Maria * Carmen Salas - Trini External links * 1959 films Mexican crime comedy-drama films 1950s Spanish-language films 1950s Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's ''Goya en Burdeos.'' One of Spain's most loved actors, Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Life and career In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazarín
''Nazarín'' (, ) is a 1959 Mexican satirical drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written between Buñuel and Julio Alejandro, adapted from the eponymous novel of Benito Pérez Galdós. The film received the international prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not selected as a nominee. Although not one of Buñuel's most renowned films, ''Nazarin'' still holds a high reputation. Filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky named it one of his ten favorite films. In April 2019, a restoration was selected to be shown in the "Cannes Classics" section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Padre Nazario, a Catholic priest living in a poor hostel, is quiet, temperate and distributes his money, even indifferent to being burgled. He demonstrates understanding and compassion to those such as Beatriz, who has psychotic episodes and suicidal thoughts after being cast aside by her lover, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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