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Of Love And Other Demons (film)
''Of Love and Other Demons'' ( es, Del amor y otros demonios, link=no) is a 2009 internationally co-produced drama film directed by . The film was selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez. Cast * Pablo Derqui as Cayetano Delaura * Eliza Triana as Sierva María * Jordi Dauder as Obispo * Joaquín Climent as Marqués * Margarita Rosa de Francisco as Marquesa * Damián Alcázar as Abrenuncio * Alina Lozano as Abadesa * Martha Lucía Leal as Sor Agueda * Carlota Llano as Martina * Linette Hernández as Caridad See also * List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Costa Rica submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2005. The award is hande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Love And Other Demons
''Of Love and Other Demons'' ( es, Del amor y otros demonios, link=no) is a novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez published in 1994. In the prologue, García Márquez claims the novel is the fictional representation of a legend the author was told by his grandmother when he was a boy: of a 12-year-old marquise with long flowing hair who had died of rabies, and was believed to be a 'miracle-worker'. In this frame-story, it was only after an excavation of tombs that García Márquez is witness to the grave of a similar young girl with long red hair still attached to the skull, that he was inspired to write ''Of Love and Other Demons''. In 2008, the opera ''Love and Other Demons'', by Hungarian composer Péter Eötvös was premiered at the Glyndebourne Festival Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Lozano
Alina Lozano Acosta (born 6 January 1969) is a Colombian actress and writer recognized for her many roles on national television, such as Nidia Pacheco in ''Pedro el escamoso'', Esther Pimiento in ''El último matrimonio feliz'', Chief Penagos in ', Judith Mora in ''El tesoro'', and Elvira Mora in '' Pa' quererte''. Early life and education Alina Lozano was born in Bogotá, Colombia on 6 January 1969. She studied at the National School of Dramatic Art and at the Permanent Theater Research Workshop directed by Santiago García. She also took university classes in hotel management and law, but withdrew from the programs, as she felt "out of place". She married Cuban actor Mijail Mulkay in 2005. They divorced in 2008. In 2022, she began a relationship with actor Jim Velásquez, and a year later they announced their engagement. Acting career Lozano credits Álvaro Rodríguez as her most influential acting teacher. She joined his troupe, El Callejón del Gato, for six years. After pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Spanish-language Films
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Costa Rican Drama Films
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Colombian Drama Films
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2009 Drama Films
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2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', '' Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', ''Revolutionary Road'', '' The Wrestler'', '' Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being ''New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's '' Twilight'' saga, the best th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Costa Rican Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Costa Rica submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2005. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. Submissions The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 83rd Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions was 1 October 2010. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2009, and 30 September 2010. In total, 66 countries submitted films for consideration, including first-time submissions from Greenland and Ethiopia. A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced on 19 January 2011. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damián Alcázar
Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. He was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City. Career Damián Alcázar studied acting first at the National Institute of Fine Arts and at the Theatrical Experimentation Center, then continued at the Faculty of Theater of the Veracruz University, where in later years he would work as a teacher. He served as an actor for eight years in two theatre companies, alongside the most prestigious directors in Mexico. Notably under the direction of George Labaudan, he appeared on Jean Genet's play, The Balcony. He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He was awarded the Ariel for Best Actor in 1999 and in 2004, for the films ''Under California: The Time Limit'', by Carlos Bolado, and ''Crónicas'', by Sebastián Cordero. He also won the prize for Best Actor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name ''Roderick'' (Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last ... and Gonzalo. García Márquez st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Rosa De Francisco
Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as Margarita Rosa and La Mencha (born August 8, 1965) is a Colombian telenovela movie actress, singer, and TV presenter. Biography 1980s Margarita Rosa de Francisco was born in Cali, Valle Del Cauca, Colombia on August 8, 1965. She is the daughter of Gerardo de Francisco - a musician and actor - and fashion designer Mercedes Baquero. She is also the sister of TV personality Martin de Francisco. As a child, Margarita took ballet classes in the Antonio Maria Valencia Conservatory in Cali, which she had to quickly retire from due to problems in the vertebral column. She made her film debut in 1981 starring in the movie ''Tacones''. She then moved to New York City to study English and in 1984 was selected as model of the year. Representing the “ Valle del Cauca”, she was crowned vicereine in the 1984 National Beauty Contest in Colombia, later representing Colombia in the 1985 Miss World pageant where she was not as successful. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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