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María Barranco
María de los Remedios Barranco García (born 11 June 1961) better known as María Barranco is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Biography María de los Remedios Barranco García was born on 11 June 1961 in Málaga. She studied medicine, but quit to study drama in her city, where she participated in various theatre groups. Later, she moved to Madrid, to debut on stage in a production of ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' (''Don Mendo's revenge''). Barranco made her film debut in 1986's ''El elegido'' (''The Chosen''). She was married to filmmaker Imanol Uribe from 1982 to 2004. They have a daughter, Andrea. Filmography Television *''Sopa boba'' *''Ellas son así'' Goya Award Barranco won the Goya Award for playing a transsexual prostitute in the 1990 film ''The Ages of Lulu''. Other awards included the Miami Hispanic Film Festival Award for Best Actress (for ''Bwana''), the Premios ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress (for ''Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Málaga
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most populous in Spain. It lies on the Costa del Sol (''Coast of the Sun'') of the Mediterranean, about east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about north of Africa. Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in Europe and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. According to most scholars, it was founded about 770BC by the Phoenicians as ''Malaka'' ( xpu, 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤀, ). From the 6th centuryBC the city was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage, and from 218BC, it was ruled by the Roman Republic and then empire as ''Malaca'' (Latin). After the fall of the empire and the end of Visigothic rule, it was under Islamic rule as ''Mālaqah'' ( ar, مالقة) for 800 years, but in 1487, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Men Are The Same
''All Men Are the Same'' ( es, Todos los hombres sois iguales, links=no) is a 1994 Spanish comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira. Cast See also * List of Spanish films of 1994 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1994. Films Box office The five highest-grossing Spanish films in 1994, by in-year domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: See also * 9th Goya Aw ... References External links * 1994 comedy films 1994 films Spanish comedy films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s Spanish films {{1990s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Jordi Award
The Sant Jordi Awards ( ca, Premis Sant Jordi, links=no; es, Premios Sant Jordi, links=no) are film prizes awarded annually by the Catalan branch of the Spanish public radio network Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Ràdio 4 Ràdio 4 is a Spanish free-to-air radio station owned and operated by Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the radio division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's Catalan language radio station, .... The awards were established in 1957. Awards are made in the following categories: Best Debut Feature Film, Best Spanish Film, Best Actress in a Spanish Film, Best Actor in a Spanish Film, Best Foreign Film, Best Actress in a Foreign Film, Best Actor in a Foreign Film, Special Jury Prize, Film Industry Prize, RNE Critics' Prize. Best Spanish Film References External links * Official website * Spanish film awards Catalan culture {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Latin Entertainment Critics
The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics (Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York, in Spanish) is a nonprofit cultural organization founded on December 12, 1967. The organization has bestowed the Latin ACE Awards (Premios ACE) annually since May 25, 1969. Since 1983, the organization has had a separate program of awards for achievements in music. Notable artists honored by ACE include Juan Gabriel, Iris Chacón, Charytín, Plácido Domingo, Lupita Ferrer, Laura de la Uz, dancer-actress Yolanda Montez ("Tongolele"), Olga Guillot, Julio Iglesias, José José, Rocío Jurado, Marga López, Angélica María, Puerto Rican trumpeter Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Lucero, Silvia Pinal, Cuban percussionist Carlo "Patato" Valdez, and television journalists and talk-show hosts Don Francisco, Cristina Saralegui and Natalia Cruz. Films honored by the Latin ACE Awards include ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' (1991), and Little Spain In addition to its awards program, ACE sponso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Carnaval De Sodoma
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in ''Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" (Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol's Journey
''Carol's Journey'' ( es, El viaje de Carol, links=no) is a 2002 Spanish-Portuguese drama film directed by Imanol Uribe which stars Clara Lago and Juan José Ballesta alongside Álvaro de Luna, María Barranco, Carmelo Gómez and Rosa María Sardá. The plot concerns a Spanish-American girl's visit to her family's hometown during the Spanish Civil War. Plot 12 year-old Carol and her mother Aurora visit their family's hometown in Spain, during the Civil War in 1938. It is Carol's first time in the country, as she grew up in New York in the United States. Her American father, Robert, is fighting in the frontlines as a pilot with the International Brigade. Aurora keeps in touch with her husband by writing letters, which are carried to the frontlines by a Portuguese smuggler. Aurora's family is conservative and middle-class; her and Carol's liberal American manners bring culture shock to the community, especially to the Catholic clergy. In a visit to her former teacher and best fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Takes A Chance
''Anita Takes a Chance'' (Spanish: ''Anita no pierde el tren'', Catalan: ''Anita no perd el tren'') is a 2001 film directed by Ventura Pons. Plot Anita loses her lifetime job as a cinema attendant when the new owner wants to tear down the old theatre to build a new multiplex theatre. She continues going to the cinema place where she befriends a married excavator operator, Antonio, and she falls in love. See also * List of Spanish films of 2001 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in 2001 in Spain. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2001, by domestic box offi ... References External links * 2001 films 2000s Catalan-language films Films directed by Ventura Pons Films set in a movie theatre Films set in Barcelona Spanish drama films 2000s Spanish-language films 2000s Spanish films {{2000s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Of Your Dreams
''The Girl of Your Dreams'' ( es, La niña de tus ojos) is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba that stars Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Johannes Silberschneider and Hanna Schygulla. Set during the Spanish Civil War, it centers on a fictional Andalusian actress making a film in Nazi Germany who becomes the object of Joseph Goebbels' attentions. Plot In 1938, while Spain is in the grip of civil war, a film team from territory held by Franco's rebels are invited to the co-production in Berlin of a musical set in 19th-century Andalusia, to be shot in separate Spanish and German versions. At first happy to be working away from their war-torn country, the group find life under Nazism increasingly unpleasant and dangerous. Macarena, their attractive star, soon catches the eye of Goebbels, the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, who is determined to bed her. Though she finds him repulsive, and prefers the company of Blas, the married direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwana (film)
''Bwana'' is a 1996 Spanish drama film directed by Imanol Uribe. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The plot tracks an African immigrant and a Spanish family treating the former as if he were an alien. Cast * Andrés Pajares as Antonio * María Barranco as Dori * Emilio Buale as Ombasi * Alejandro Martínez as Iván * Andrea Granero as Jessy * Miguel del Arco as Román * Paul Berrondo as Michael See also * List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Spain has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the conception of the award. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion p ... References External links * 1996 films 1996 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca A Boca
''Mouth to Mouth'' ( es, Boca a boca, links=no) is a 1995 Spanish sex comedy film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira. The cast, led by Javier Bardem, also features Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Josep Maria Flotats. Plot The aspiring actor Víctor Ventura has a night job at a phone sex agency. He gets to know a woman who wants more than just talking. The seductive Amanda drags him into an assassination plot and his dream of an acting career moves further into the distance. Cast Production ''Mouth to Mouth'' was directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, who also wrote the screenplay together with Joaquín Oristrell, Naomi Wise and Juan Luis Iborra. The production companies were Sogetel, and Star Line TV Productions. Shot in Madrid from 19 December 1994 to 8 February 1995, shooting locations included the . Release The film was presented at the 28th Sitges Film Festival in October 1995, screened as part of the 'Premiére' selection dedicated to non-fantasy films. Distributed by Sony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
