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Plácido (film)
''Plácido'' is a 1961 Spanish black comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. It was nominated to the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In the film, affluent women in a provincial town organize a Christmas campaign of feeding the poor. They are actually both disgusted by the poor, and treating them as their personal possessions. Meanwhile, the impoverished owner of a motorcycle car tries to find enough money to pay for his vehicle. Plot In a small provincial town, a group of "pious" women is fond of ostentatiously practicing charity. They organize a Christmas campaign under the motto "Feed a poor man at your table." In order to support the initiative, the sponsorship of a pot brand is sought, and a group of second-rate artists is invited. The artists have come expressly from the capital and are received enthusiastically at the train station. The humanitarian day is completed with a colorful parade, a publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis García Berlanga
Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the Francoist Spain, Francoist dictatorship. These include ''Welcome Mr. Marshall!'' (1953), which won the International Prize (Comedy Film) at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, ''Plácido (film), Plácido'' (1961), nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 34th Academy Awards, 1962, and ''The Executioner (1963 film), The Executioner'' (1963), winner of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI Prize at the 24th Venice International Film Festival He kept a long-time collaboration with screenwriter Rafael Azcona, with whom he co-wrote the scripts for seven of his films between 1961 and 1987. Early years Berlanga was born on June 12, 1921, into an affluent family in the city of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Rojo
José Antonio Rojo (1923-1995) was a Spanish film editor.Cowie & Elley p.496 He worked on more than two hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Mare Nostrum (1948 film), Mare Nostrum'' (1948) * ''Just Any Woman'' (1949) * ''Saturday Night (1950 film), Saturday Night'' (1950) * ''The Black Crown (film), The Black Crown'' (1951) * ''Our Lady of Fatima (film), Our Lady of Fatima'' (1951) * ''From Madrid to Heaven'' (1952) * ''Gloria Mairena'' (1952) * ''The Song of Sister Maria'' (1952) * ''Airport (1953 film), Airport'' (1953) *''I Was a Parish Priest''. (1953) * ''He Died Fifteen Years Ago'' (1954) * ''An Andalusian Gentleman'' (1954) * ''Judas' Kiss (1954 film), Judas' Kiss'' (1954) * ''The Cock Crow'' (1955) * ''The Other Life of Captain Contreras'' (1955) * ''The Big Lie (1956 film), The Big Lie'' (1956) * ''Miracle of the White Suit'' (1956) * ''We Thieves Are Honourable (1956 film), We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1956) * ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Granados
Laura may refer to: People and fictional characters * Laura (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the name * Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia, a town * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany United States * Laura, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Laura, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Laura, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Laura, Ohio, a village Elsewhere * Laura, Saskatchewan, Canada, a hamlet * Laura, Marshall Islands, a town * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Laura River (Romania) * 467 Laura, an asteroid Arts and entertainment Art * ''Laura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xan Das Bolas
Tomás Ares Pena, known as Xan das Bolas (30 October 1908 – 13 September 1977) was a Spanish comic actor active during the franquism with films including '' Botón de ancla'' (1961). Filmography Films TV series References External links * {{Authority control 1908 births 1977 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors Male actors from Galicia (Spain) 20th-century Spanish male actors Actors from A Coruña ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan G
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish language, Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character :wiktionary:卷, 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Puche
Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Acts of the Apostles'', chapter 13, who opposed the missionary Paul on Cyprus * Jesus Barabbas (Matthew 27:16–17 margin), pardoned criminal * Jesus Justus (Colossians 4:11), Christian in Rome mentioned by Paul Other people with the name * Jesus (name), as given name and surname, derived from the Latin name ''Iesus'' and the Greek ('). * Jesús Alou (1942–2023), Dominican baseball player * Jesús Alique (born 1962), Spanish politician * Jesus ben Ananias (died ), Jewish nationalist mentioned by Josephus * Jesus Ben Sira (), religious writer, author of the Book of Sirach * Jesus Borja (born 1948), Northern Mariana Islander politician and lawyer * Jesus Christ Allin or GG Allin (1956–1993), American punk rock musician * Jesús Gonzál ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Francés
María Candelaria Francés García (2 February 1887– 9 December 1987), better known as María Francés, was a Spanish stage, film and television actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ....D'Lugo p.98 Filmography References Bibliography * D'Lugo, Marvin. ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain''. Greenwood Publishing, 1997. External links * 1887 births 1987 deaths Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bustos
Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario is an Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom with his younger twin brother, Luigi. Their adventures generally involve rescuing Princess Peach from the villain Bowser while using power-ups that give them different abilities. Mario is distinguished by his large nose and mustache, overalls, red cap, and high-pitched, exaggerated Italian accent. Mario debuted as the player character of ''Donkey Kong (1981 video game), Donkey Kong'', a 1981 platform game. Miyamoto created Mario because Nintendo was unable to license Popeye as the protagonist. The graphical limitations of arcade cabinet, arcade hardware influenced Mario's design, such as his nose, mustache, and overalls, and he was named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photo Op
A photo op (sometimes written as photo opp), short for photograph opportunity (or photo opportunity), is an arranged opportunity to take a photograph of a politician, a celebrity, or an event."Photo Op" The term was coined by the administration of US President . William Safire credited its coinage to Bruce Whelihan, an aide to Nixon Press Secretary [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disgust
Disgust (, from Latin , ) is an emotional response of rejection or revulsion to something potentially contagious or something considered offensive, distasteful or unpleasant. In ''The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals'', Charles Darwin wrote that disgust is a sensation that refers to something revolting. Disgust is experienced primarily in relation to the sense of taste (either perceived or imagined), and secondarily to anything which causes a similar feeling by sense of Olfaction, smell, Somatosensory system, touch, or Visual perception, vision. Musically sensitive people may even be disgusted by the cacophony of inharmonious sounds. Research has continually proven a relationship between disgust and anxiety disorders such as arachnophobia, blood-injection-injury type phobias, and contamination fear related obsessive–compulsive disorder (also known as OCD). Disgust is one of the basic emotions of Robert Plutchik's theory of emotions, and has been studied extensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around the world. A liturgical year, liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the Advent Sunday, First Sunday of Advent and it is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts Twelve Days of Christmas, twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night (holiday), Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in List of holidays by country, many countries, is observed religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as celebrated culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the annual Christmas and holiday season, holiday season. The traditional Christmas narrative recounted in the New Testament, known as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Cannes Film Festival
The 15th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 23 May 1962. Japanese writer and diplomat Tetsurō Furukaki served as jury president for the main competition. The Palme d'Or went to the '' O Pagador de Promessas'' (''Keeper of Promises'') by Anselmo Duarte. During the Cannes Film Festival of 1961, Robert Favre le Bret, artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, with the agreement of the French Union of Film Critics, had decided to establish the International Critics' Week during the next Festival. In 1962, this parallel section of the Festival took place for the first time. Its goal was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, not succumbing to commercial tendencies. The festival opened with '' The Lovers of Teruel'' by Raymond Rouleau. Juries Main Competition * Tetsurō Furukaki, Japanese writer and diplomat - Jury President *Henry Deutschmeister, French - Jury Vice President * Sophie Desmarets, French actress * Jean Dutourd, Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
