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Patricio Contreras
Patricio Contreras (born December 15, 1947) is a Chilean-Argentine television, film and stage actor. Biography Contreras was born in Santiago, Chile in 1947 and emigrated to neighboring Argentina following the 1973 coup d'état against left-wing President Salvador Allende, of whom Contreras was a vocal supporter.''Clarín'': Contreras, con Sandino (May 9, 1988). He was shortly afterwards cast in a number of minor Argentine cinema roles, notable among them a part in Adolfo Aristarain's 1978 crime thriller, ''La parte del león'' (''The Lion's Share''). He married an up-and-coming Argentine actress, Leonor Manso, in 1981, and in 1983, he was given his first significant film role as the treacherous Sergeant Comini in Aristarain's ''Funny Dirty Little War''. Contreras then gave what became perhaps his best-known performance as the targeted Professor Benítez in the Oscar-winning ''The Official Story'' (1985), for which he was awarded a Silver Condor. This was followed a leading ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemesio Antúnez En El Palais De Glace (cropped)
Nemesio, from the Spanish name for Nemesis, is a Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (July 17, 1966), Suspected founder and leader of multinational drug cartel CJNG *Nemesio Camacho (1869–1929), Colombian businessman and politician *Nemesio Canales (1878–1923), Puerto Rican writer and politician *Nemesio E. Caravana (1901–?), Filipino film director and actor *Nemesio Antúnez (1918–1993), Chilean painter *Nemesio Rivera Meza (1918-2007), Peruvian Roman Catholic bishop *Nemesio Prudente (1927–2008), Filipino educator and activist *Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), Spanish businessman, journalist and politician *Nemesio Jiménez (born 1946), Spanish cyclist *Nemesio Miranda (born 1949), Filipino painter *Nemesio Domínguez Domínguez (born 1950), Mexican politician See also *Vitorino Nemésio Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (19 December 1901, in Praia da Vitória – 20 February 1978, in Lisbon) was a Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Film Festival
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin American filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as ''Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana,'' and in English as International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana. It takes place every year during December in the city of Havana, Cuba. History The inaugural International Festival of New Latin American Cinema was held on December 3, 1979, and more than 600 film directors of Latin America responded to the first call made by the Cuban Institute of the Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC). Its founders included ICAIC president Alfredo Guevara, and the filmmakers Julio García Espinosa and Pastor Vega. As expressed in its founding convocation, the festival aimed to "promote the regular meeting of Latin American filmmakers who with their work enrich the artistic culture of our countries (…); ensure the joint presentation of fiction films, documentaries, car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense. It became increasingly minimalist as his career progressed, involving more aesthetic and linguistic experimentation, with techniques of repetition and self-reference. He is considered one of the last modernist writers, and one of the key figures in what Martin Esslin called the Theatre of the Absurd. A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, Beckett wrote in both French and English. During the Second World War, Beckett was a member of the French Resistance group Gloria SMH (Réseau Gloria). Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation". He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Of Argentina
The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country's geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups. Modern Argentinian culture has been influenced largely by Italian, Spanish, and other European immigration, while there is still a lesser degree of elements of the Amerindians of Argentina, particularly in the fields of music and art. Buenos Aires, its cultural capital, is largely characterized by both the prevalence of people of Southern European descent, and of European styles in architecture.Luongo, Michael. ''Frommer's Argentina''. Wiley Publishing, 2007. Museums, cinemas, and galleries are abundant in all of the large urban centers, as well as traditional establishments such as literary bars, or bars offering live music of a variety of music genres. An Argentine writer reflected on the nature of the culture of Argentina as follows : Language The spoken languages of Argentina number at least 40, although Spanish is dominant. Others include native and other immig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Love And Shadows
''Of Love and Shadows'', also known as ''De amor y de sombra'', is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende. Plot Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state. Cast * Antonio Banderas as Francisco * Jennifer Connelly as Irene * Stefania Sandrelli as Beatriz * Diego Wallraff as José * Camilo Gallardo as Gustavo * Patricio Contreras as Mario * Jorge Rivera López Jorge Rivera López (born 19 March 1934) is an Argentine actor of television and film. Career During the 1980s military dictatorship, López, along with L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Allende
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espíritus'', 1982) and ''City of the Beasts'' (''La ciudad de las bestias'', 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Allende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. She has lectured and toured many U.S. colleges to teach literature. Fluent in English, Allende was granted United States citizenship in 1993, having lived in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Kaplan
Betty Kaplan is a Venezuelan-American film and television director born in New York City and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She is Co-Chair of the Directors Guild of America Latino Committee. Kaplan has directed the films '' Doña Bárbara'', '' Almost a Woman'' and '' Of Love and Shadows'', the last one adapted from the novel by Isabel Allende.She has won several awards, among them the Peabody Award and many Audience Awards for her work. Often Kaplan writes, directs and produces her own film projects. Biography Kaplan was born in New York to a Mexican mother and a Venezuelan father. Kaplan was raised in Venezuela and lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Work Kaplan is also known as a prolific television director. Her television directorial work includes “One Hot Summer” starring Vanessa Marcil, Casper Van Dien and Jon Seda, shot for the United States network Lifetime Television and broadcast in 2009; '' Law and Order: Criminal Intent'', directing the episode "Legacy” during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frontier (1991 Film)
''The Frontier'' ( es, La Frontera) is a 1991 Chilean drama film directed by Ricardo Larraín and starring Patricio Contreras and Gloria Laso. Larraín won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Patricio Contreras as Ramiro Orellana * Gloria Laso as Maite * Alonso Venegas as Delegate * Sergio Schmied as Secretary * Aldo Bernales as Diver * Héctor Noguera as Father Patricio * Patricio Bunster as Don Ignacio * Aníbal Reyna as Detective robusto * Sergio Hernández as Detective Delgado * Elsa Poblete as Laura * Sergio Madrid as Gutiérrez * Joaquin Velasco as Hernán * Griselda Núñez as Sra. Hilda * Eugenio Morales as Assistant Driver * Raqual Curilem as Bar Owner See also * List of submission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the ''de facto'' dictator of Chile, and from 1981 to 1990 as ''de jure'' President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980. His rule remains the longest of any Chilean leader in history. Huneeus, Carlos (2007)Las consecuencias del caso Pinochet en la política chilena Centro de. Estudios de la Realidad Contemporánea. Augusto Pinochet rose through the ranks of the Chilean Army to become General Chief of Staff in early 1972 before being appointed its Commander-in-Chief on 23 August 1973 by President Salvador Allende. On 11 September 1973, Pinochet seized power in Chile in a coup d'état, with the support of the US, Winn, Peter. 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandino (film)
''Sandino'' is a 1990 Spanish-Nicaraguan biographical film about Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín and produced by Spanish Televisión Española and Nicaraguan state producer Umamzor. It was released in cinemas as a two hours long film first and it was broadcast in television as a three 55-minutes episodes miniseries later. Plot The film depicts the life of Augusto César Sandino (1895-1934), the leader of the Nicaraguan resistance against the US occupation army between 1927 and 1933, as well as the National Guard that was organized against him after the Marines' defeat. The movie features several real-life characters, including Calvin Coolidge (President of the United States), Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, the country's President Juan Bautista Sacasa, Colonel Logan Feland and Captain Gilbert D. Hatfield of the Navy, as well as Blanca Aráuz Pineda, Sandino's wife and a telegraph operator from the town of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides. Career Miguel Littin directed ''El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. Littin was exiled in México shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted President Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. His 1973 film '' The Promised Land'' was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York film festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In México he directed several films: * ''Letters from Marusia'', based on a miners strike in Chile. ''Letters from Marusia'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. * ''El Recurso del Método'' (''Long Live the President'') based on Alejo Carpentier's novel '' El Recurso del método'' (''Reasons of State''); a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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