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Norma Aleandro
Norma Aleandro (born 2 May 1936) is an Argentine actress. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentine actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in her home country. Aleandro starred in the 1985 film ''The Official Story'', a role that earned her the Cannes Award for best actress. She has performed in other successful films like ''The Truce'' (1974), ''Cousins'' (1989), ''Autumn Sun'' (1996), '' The Lighthouse'' (1998), ''Son of the Bride'' (2001) and '' Cama Adentro'' (2005). For her performance as Florencia Sánchez Morales in the 1987 film '' Gaby: A True Story'', she received a Golden Globe nomination and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Aleandro wrote the 1970 film '' The Inheritors'' and performed in various plays such as '' August: Osage County''. Aleandro also appeared in the Argentine adaptation of ''BeTipul'', the critically successful ''En terapia''. Life and career Aleandro was born in Buenos Aire ... [...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] |
En Terapia
''En terapia'' (''In Therapy'') is an Argentine dramatic TV miniseries and a remake of ''BeTipul'' and ''In Treatment''. It was broadcast between 2012 and 2014 on Argentine Public Television. Diego Peretti stars in all seasons as the protagonist, the psychiatrist Guillermo Montes. The tagline for the series was "El está escuchando" (''He is listening''). The main actors in the first season Julieta Cardinali, Germán Palacios, Ailín Salas, Dolores Fonzi, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Norma Aleandro. The second season, in 2013, added Carla Peterson, Gonzalo Slipak, Roberto Carnaghi and Luisana Lopilato. Aleandro's final appearance in the series was in the last episode of season 2. The third and final season of the show was released in 2014 and again featured Peretti alongside Cecilia Roth, Julieta Díaz, Santiago Magariños and Darío Grandinetti. Plot ''In therapy'' is a series that focuses on the psychoanalysis sessions of Mr. Guillermo Montes (Diego Peretti) throughout his week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The City Of Your Final Destination
''The City of Your Final Destination'' is a 2009 American romantic drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Metwally, Hiroyuki Sanada and Norma Aleandro. It was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and based on the eponymous novel by Peter Cameron. The film is the first Merchant Ivory film production without the participation of producer Ismail Merchant and composer Richard Robbins. Also, it is to date the last film directed by Ivory. Synopsis Graduate student Omar Razaghi (Omar Metwally) wishes to write a biography on obscure writer Jules Gund, who died years before. Omar must travel to Uruguay to persuade the Gund family to authorize the biography. Cast * Omar Metwally as Omar Razaghi * Anthony Hopkins as Adam Gund ** Nicholas Blandullo as Young Adam * Alexandra Maria Lara as Deirdre Rothemund (Deirdre MacArthur in the novel) * Charlotte Gainsbourg as Arden Langdon * Laura Linney as Caroline Gund * Norma Aleandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleopatra (2003 Film)
''Cleopatra'' is a 2003 Argentine film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro, Natalia Oreiro, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Héctor Alterio. The plot of the movie closely follows that of ''Thelma & Louise''. Plot Cleopatra (Aleandro) is an aged school teacher who struggles to maintain her unemployed husband (Alterio), who suffers from depression and leads a resigned life. She meets with soap opera star Sandra (Oreiro), whom she befriends after a failed audition. Sandra is also frustrated with her life, mainly because her producer won't let her have her way, and because she is constantly pursued by the press. Together they embark, on a whim, upon a road trip that teams them with rural worker Carlos (Sbaraglia), who picks them up on the way. Cast * Norma Aleandro as Cleopatra * Natalia Oreiro as Sandra * Leonardo Sbaraglia as Carlos * Héctor Alterio as Roberto * Alberto de Mendoza as Víctor * Boy Olmi A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seven Madmen
''The Seven Madmen'' ( es, Los siete locos, also known as ''The Revolution of the Seven Madmen'') is a 1973 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón, Norma Aleandro and Héctor Alterio. It was based on the novels ''Los siete locos'' (''The Seven Madmen'') and ''Los lanzallamas'' (''The Flamethowers''), by Roberto Arlt. The film was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award. Cast *Alfredo Alcón as Erdosain *Norma Aleandro as Hipólita *Héctor Alterio as Gregorio Barsut * Thelma Biral as Elsa *Sergio Renán as El Rufián Melancólico *José Slavin as Alberto *Osvaldo Terranova as Ángel Erqueta *Leonor Manso Leonor Manso (born 16 April 1948) is an Argentinian actress. She appeared in more than 70 films since 1969. Manso directed her first production, ''Waiting for Godot'', in 1996. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Alterio
Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en primavera'' ("How to commit suicide in spring"). After finishing drama school, he created the ''Nuevo Teatro'' ("New Theatre") company in 1950, where he worked until 1968 and helped change the Argentine theatrical scene of the 1960s. He also worked in the Argentine cinema. His debut on the silver screen took place in Alfredo Mathé's ''Todo sol es amargo'' (''Every sun is bitter'') in 1965. He then participated in many of the most important Argentine movies of the 1970s, including ''La Patagonia rebelde'' (''The Rebel Patagonia''), which was awarded a Silver Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. His voice was used in ''Ya es tiempo de violencia'' (1969), an anonymous film about the ''Cordobazo'' riots which took place the same ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolades throughout his career, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a British Academy Television Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Man's War
''One Man's War'' is a 1991 television drama film set in Paraguay in 1976, under the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner. It is based on the true story of Joel Filártiga (played by Anthony Hopkins), who sought justice for his son's death at the hands of Stroessner's secret police. The film stops before Filártiga launches the landmark international law case of Filártiga v. Peña-Irala (1980).John Leonard, ''New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...'', 22 April 1991One Half of One Man's War/ref> References External links * 1991 films 1991 drama films HBO Films films Films about Latin American military dictatorships American films based on actual events Films directed by Sérgio Toledo Films set in Paraguay 1990s English-language films { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sol De Otoño
''Autumn Sun'' ( es, Sol de otoño) is a 1996 Argentine drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro and Federico Luppi. It was written by Mignogna and Santiago Carlos Oves. Lita Stantic was the executive producer. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 20th position. Plot Clara Goldstein (Norma Aleandro) is a Jewish woman who places a personal ad in the Buenos Aires newspaper requesting the company of an older Jewish man. Her sole respondent, Raul Ferraro (Federico Luppi) turns out to be a Gentile from Uruguay. Clara at first spurns him, but soon she realizes she needs him: Her brother is coming to visit her from Boston, and she has been lying to him about being in a romantic relationship. Raul goes along with the ruse. Not long after, the couple begin to fall in love. Cast * Norma Aleandro as Clara Goldstein * Federico Luppi as Raul Ferraro * Jorge Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proceso De Reorganización Nacional
The National Reorganization Process (Spanish: ''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'', often simply ''el Proceso'', "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, in which it was supported by the United States until 1982. In Argentina it is often known simply as última junta militar ("last military junta"), última dictadura militar ("last military dictatorship") or última dictadura cívico-militar ("last civil–military dictatorship"), because there have been several in the country's history and no others since it ended. The Argentine Armed Forces seized political power during the March 1976 coup against the presidency of neutralist (non-Communist or non-Democratic) Isabel Perón, the successor and widow of former President Juan Perón, at a time of growing economic and political instability. Congress and democracy were suspended, political parties were banned, civil rights were limited, and free market and deregulation policies wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Vaner
María Vaner (23 March 1935 – 21 July 2008) was an Argentine actress. She appeared in nearly 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 2008. The daughter of Pedro Aleandro, her sister was actress Norma Aleandro. She had two sons with Argentinian singer, songwriter, actor and director Leonardo Favio. Selected filmography * ''The Kidnapper'' (1958) * ''The Old Young People'' (1962) * ''Me First'' (1964) * ''Chronicle of a Boy Alone'' (1965) * ''El Caradura y la millonaria'' (1971) * ''The Bad Life'' (1973) * ''La Raulito'' (1975) * ''Kargus'' (1981) * ''Adiós, Roberto Adiós, Roberto ("Goodbye, Roberto") is a 1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws fro ...'' (1985) References External links * 1935 births 2008 deaths Argentine film actresses Actresses from Madrid Spanish emigrants to Argentina 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
