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Quinqui (film Genre)
Cine quinqui or cine kinki (meaning "delinquency cinema") is a Spanish exploitation film genre that was most popular at the end of the 1970s and in the 1980s. Features The films were centered around underclass delinquents, drugs, and love, and usually starred non-professional actors picked off the street. The most representative directors of the genre are and Eloy de la Iglesia, even if other directors such as Carlos Saura, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and Vicente Aranda also reproduced the ''quinqui'' social imaginaries in some of their films. Quinqui films focused on marginalized working-class adolescents in the outskirts of Spanish cities involved in small-scale robbery and street crime. They showed raw violence, explicit sex, police brutality, and commonly depicted heroin use. The genre draws inspiration from Italian neorealism and the French New Wave. Several of the stars of quinqui cinema would go on to die prematurely, most due to heroin use but some of AIDS. Some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Spain
Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ** Filmmaking, the process of making a film * Movie theater (US), called a cinema elsewhere, a building in which films are shown TV * Home cinema tries to replicate the movie theater at home * Cinema or Movie mode, a picture mode characterized by warmer color temperatures Music Bands * Cinema (band), a band formed in 1982 by ex-Yes members Alan White and Chris Squire * The Cinema, an American indie pop band Albums * ''Cinema'' (Andrea Bocelli album), released 2015 * ''Cinema'' (The Cat Empire album), released 2010 * ''Cinema'' (Elaine Paige album), released 1984 * ''Cinema'' (Nazareth album), or the title song, released 1986 * ''Cinema'', a 2009 album by Brazilian band Cachorro Grande * ''Cinema'', a 1990 album by English music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French New Wave
French New Wave (french: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm. New Wave filmmakers explored new approaches to editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era, often making use of irony or exploring existential themes. The New Wave is often considered one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema. The term was first used by a group of French film critics and cinephiles associated with the magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' in the late 1950s and 1960s. These critics rejected the ''Tradition de qualité'' ("Tradition of Quality") of mainstream French cinema, which emphasized craft over innovation and old works over experimentation. This was apparent in a manifesto-like 1954 essay by François Truffaut, ''Une certaine tenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historias Del Kronen
''Stories from the Kronen'' ( es, Historias del Kronen, links=no) is a 1995 drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on the novel by José Ángel Mañas which stars Juan Diego Botto and Jordi Mollà. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Carlos, Roberto, Pedro and Manolo form a group of friends in their early twenties with a lot of time on their hands during their summer vacation. The point of encounter for the group of friends is a bar called the ''Kronen'', where Manolo, the least affluent among them, works as a bar tender and is the singer of a rock band. Carlos is the leader of the pack. He is handsome, selfish, amoral and hedonistic. He is in into a restless pursuing of pleasure: drinking, using heavy drugs, partying and having sex. Nothing seems to stop him. At ''Kronen'' Carlos rekindles a relationship with Amalia, an ex-girlfriend whose current boyfriend is coincidentally out of town. Amalia joins the group attracted by Carlos' good looks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run For Your Life
Run for Your Life, or variants, may refer to: Literature * ''Run for Your Life'' (Line novel), a 1966 children's novel by Lionel Davidson * ''Run for Your Life'' (Patterson novel), a 2009 novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Film and television * ''Run for Your Life'' (1988 film), an Italian-British film directed by Terence Young * ''Run for Your Life'' (Swedish: ''Spring för livet''), a 1997 Swedish film directed by Richard Hobert * ''Run for Your Life'', a 2008 American documentary directed by Judd Ehrlich * ''Run for Your Life'' (2014 film), starring Amy Smart * ''Run for Your Life'' (TV series), a 1960s US TV series * "Run for Your Life", an episode of ''Highlander: The Series'' * "Run for Your Lives!", episode 15 of Ovide and the Gang * ''The Big Knights: Run For Your Lives!'', animation The Big Knights * ''Salve-se Quem Puder'', a 2020 Brazilian telenovela also known as ''Run for your lives'' Music Albums * ''Run for Your Life'' (The Creepshow album) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostages In The Barrio
''Hostages in the Barrio'' ( es, La estanquera de Vallecas, links=no) is a 1987 Spanish ''quinqui'' film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, consisting of an adaptation of the stage play ''La estanquera de Vallecas'' by José Luis Alonso de Santos. It stars Emma Penella, José Luis Gómez, José Luis Manzano and Maribel Verdú. Plot After two criminals attempt to rob a tobacco retailer in Vallecas, they are trapped inside and eventually develop a sort of friendly relationship with their hostages (the clerk and her niece). Cast Production An adaptation of the stage play ''La estanquera de Vallecas'' by José Luis Alonso de Santos, the screenplay was penned by , Eloy de la Iglesia and Alonso de Santos. An Ega Medios Audiovisuales production, the film was shot in Madrid in 1986. The soundtrack was composed and performed by Patxi Andión. The budget amounted to 83 million ₧. Release The film premiered on 9 April 1987. Accolades , - , align = "center" , 1988 , , 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó and María Fernanda Gañán. On 5 February 1951, the magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jesús Tordesillas for his performance in 1950 film ''Pequeñeces''. In the 1970s the magazine was part of the Nadal Group. New categories were added over time to the award which were renamed Fotogramas de Plata and in 2012 they absorbed the TP de Oro awards. In 2011, the magazine was acquired by Hearst Communications. In 2018, Hearst closed the editorial office in Barcelona in order to centralize editing efforts in Madrid. See also * List of magazines in Spain Magazines in Spain are varied and numerous, but they have small circulation. In terms of frequency, the Spanish magazines are mostly weekly and monthly. Altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (film)
''What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' ( es, link=no, ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!) is a 1984 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Starring Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave and Verónica Forqué, the film follows the misadventures of an overworked housewife and her dysfunctional family. Almodóvar has described ''What Have I Done'' as a homage to Italian neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a telekinetic child. Plot Gloria, a downtrodden housewife, lives with her husband Antonio, mother-in-law and two sons in a small, shabby and overcrowded apartment located by the Madrid motorway. Besides taking care of her home and family, Gloria also works as a cleaning lady to make ends meet and takes amphetamines to keep going. Her marriage to Antonio, a taxi driver, is on the rocks. Fift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Pico
The Spanish-slang title means both "the shot" (of heroin) and , "the Civil Guard agent". ( en, Overdose) is a 1983 Spanish film written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It stars José Luis Manzano. The films centers on drug addiction, urban juvenile delinquency, and Basque nationalism in Spain during the 1980s.Torres, ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'', p. 376 ''El Pico'' was the most successful among several movies, notorious in the years of the Spanish transition to democracy, dealing with juvenile delinquency in Spain during the late 1970s and early 1980s, along with '' Perros Callejeros'' I and II, ''Los ultimos Golpes Del Torete'', ''Yo el Vaquilla'', mostly directed by Jose Antonio De La Loma; ''Navajeros'', ''Colegas'', ''El pico 2'', directed by Eloy de La Iglesia and ''Deprisa, Deprisa'' by Carlos Saura and later ''La Estanquera De Vallecas'', and others. These films starred unknown young untrained actors and were known as ''quinqui'' films. Set in the Basque countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colegas
''Colegas'' ( en, Pals) is a 1982 Spanish film written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring José Luis Manzano, Antonio Flores and Rosario Flores. The plot follows the misadventures of two young friends who are forced into street hustling and ever-expanding life of crime when one impregnates the sister of the other and they need to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion. Made with a low budget and no professional actors, ''Colegas'' was reviled by critics but it was a commercial success.Torres, ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 151 It is considered one of the classics of the quinqui film genre. Plot José is an unemployed eighteen-year-old living with his parents and four siblings in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty and with no prospects of finding a job, José spends his time with his best friend Antonio in a video arcade, smoking pot or in a fruitless search of work. When he is not with his pals (colegas in Spanish) Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deprisa, Deprisa
''Deprisa, deprisa'' ( en, Hurry, Hurry!) is a 1981 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. It tells the story of a gang of juvenile delinquents and is considered one of the classics of the quinqui film genre.'''' In the English-speaking world, it has been released under the titles ''Faster, Faster'' and ''Fast, Fast''. Plot Pablo and Meca, two young urban delinquents, live from day to day by a series of robberies, mostly car thefts. During one such robbery, the car’s owner catches the two in the act. They roll up the windows and lock the doors to prevent intrusion. Helplessly trapped inside the troublesome vehicle by a mob that has now closed in around them, the pair forces a clear path through the crowd by brandishing a gun, before making their escape into the street. However, the stolen car only proves to be the first step in a more elaborate scheme. Spotting an attractive waitress named Ángela at a local cafeteria, Pablo is immediately captivated by the receptive (and equal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navajeros
''Navajeros'' () is a 1980 Spanish-Mexican action drama film, written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega and Jaime Garza. The plot follows the misadventures of ''El Jaro'', a teen delinquent. It is based on the real life of José Joaquín Sánchez Frutos, aka "El Jaro". The film was a co-production between Spain and Mexico where it was released as ''Dulces navajas''. The film was a commercial success in Spain and Mexico.Torres, '' ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'', p. 339 It is considered one of the classics of the quinqui Quinqui jargon is associated with '' quincalleros'' (tinkers), a semi-nomadic group who live mainly in the northern half of Spain. They prefer to be called ''mercheros''. They are reduced in number and possibly vanishing as a distinct group. T ... film genre.'''' Plot José Manuel Gomez Perales alias "El Jaro" is a fifteen year old with a long criminal record that includes among other things: 29 escapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Warriors (1977 Film)
''Street Warriors'' (original title ) is a Spanish film from 1977 directed by , known for being the first film of the ("delinquency cinema") genre that was popular in Spain at the end of the 1970s and in the 1980s. The story is inspired by the adventures of the famous delinquent (1961–2003; also known as ). Plot The film is about a gang of teenage car thieves from the suburbs of Barcelona. The delinquents have various run-ins with the law and mistreat women. The main character, ''El Torete'', is 15 years old. Cast The main actors were not professional actors. The cast included: Reception The film was a box office hit. Fernando Trueba writing for ''El País'' said that while the cinematography was terrible that the film had a strong feel of authenticity. ''Cinemanía'' describes the film as having aged very badly, while still being a good reflection of the times. Later films ''Perros callejeros'' is the first in a trilogy: * ''Perros callejeros'' (1977) *''Perros callej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |