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Rita Cortese
Adela Rita Cortese (born 5 August 1949) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress and singer. She is considered one of the best actresses of Argentina. Life and career Cortese was born in Buenos Aires on 5 August 1949. She is of Spanish and Italian descent. In 1967, she started studying Philosophy and Letters, but dropped out a year later. She began studying acting at 24 years old in 1973 with professor Néstor Raimondi, and later with Carlos Gandolfo, two of the "four great acting teachers" of the time. She was also a student of theatre director Roberto Villanueva, who directed her in multiple plays. Her first professional role was in the play ''Marathón'' (1980), written by Ricardo Monti and directed by Jaime Kogan. In the 1980s, Cortese was part of the Argentine Open Theatre, an independent theatre movement in resistance of the 1976–83 civil–military dictatorship in Argentina. Personal life Cortese resides in the Monserrat neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. C ...
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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 ...
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Wild Tales (film)
''Wild Tales'' ( es, Relatos Salvajes) is a 2014 Spanish-language black comedy anthology film that was written and directed by the Argentine filmmaker Damián Szifron. The film, which is a co-production between Argentina and Spain, is composed of six standalone shorts with a common theme of catharsis, violence and vengeance. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, and Darío Grandinetti. Because of Szifron's desire to work with Darín and Martínez, these actors were allowed to choose the role they wanted. Four of the film's stories were partly based on Szifron's real-life experiences and were all planned either as thrillers or dramas. ''Wild Tales'' was co-produced by three Argentine studios, and Agustín's and Pedro Almodóvar's Spanish company El Deseo. The brothers joined Kramer & Sigman Films, Telefe Productions and Corner Contenidos after seeing Szifron's previous fi ...
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Blessed Dream
Blessed may refer to: * The state of having received a blessing * Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified Film and television * ''Blessed'' (2004 film), a 2004 motion picture about a supernatural pregnancy * ''Blessed'' (2008 film), a 2008 British drama film about a man looking after a shipwrecked girl on a Scottish island * ''Blessed'' (2009 film), a 2009 Australian drama film about the lives of seven youths on the streets of Melbourne * ''Blessed'' (TV series), a 2005 BBC television sitcom about a record producer and his struggles bringing up children Music Albums * ''Blessed'' (Beenie Man album), 1995 * ''Blessed'' (Flavour N'abania album), 2012 * ''Blessed'' (Hillsong album), 2002 * ''Blessed'' (Fady Maalouf album), 2008 * ''Blessed'' (Joe Maneri album), 1997 * ''Blessed'' (Lucinda Williams album), 2011 Songs * "Blessed" (Avicii song), 2011 * "Blessed" (Daniel Caesar song), 2017 * "Blessed" (Elton John song), 1995 ...
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Esperanza Mía
''Esperanza mía'' (''Hope of Mine'') is a 2015 Argentinean telenovela. With script by Lily Ann Martin, Claudio Lacelli and Marta Betoldi] with production of Pol-ka was issued by Canal 13 between April 6, 2015 and January 14, 2016. For its recording, the producer acquired resolution cameras 4K UHD. It stars Mariano Martínez and Mariana Espósito. It also has the performances of Tomás Fonzi, Ana María Picchio, Carola Reyna, Federico D'Elía, Ángela Torres, Gabriela Toscano, Rita Cortese, Natalie Pérez and Franco Masini. In July 2015, a theatrical adaptation was presented at the Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Story Julia Albarracín (Mariana Espósito)is a 21-year-old girl who lives in Colonia La Merced, a small town in the province of Buenos Aires, along with Blanca, her adoptive mother. The pollution generated by the plant where Blanca works makes her extremely sick, resulting in her eventual death. Before she dies, she gives her daughter the necessary evidence ...
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Esa Mujer (TV Series)
''Esa mujer'' ( en, That Woman) is an Argentine telenovela starring and produced by Andrea del Boca, and directed by her father Nicolás del Boca. It aired between 2013 and 2014 on Argentine public TV network. The music theme in the series was the song "El amor es así", performed by Andrea del Boca and Gigi D'Alessio. ''Esa mujer'' was broadcast on weekdays at 2pm and its first episode attracted 2.5 million viewers on 9 December 2013. The series concluded on 27 May 2014 with 1.5 million viewers. Andrea Del Boca's role as well as the series itself were nominated to Martín Fierro Awards. Cast * Andrea del Boca as Nicolasa Morales *Segundo Cernadas as Ignacio Acevedo * Esteban Meloni as Diego Acevedo * Miriam Lanzoni as Patricia López Zambrano *Roberto Carnaghi as Orlando López Zambrano * Brenda Gandini as Gisela Betsabé *Salo Pasik as Alfredo Morales *Victoria Carreras Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Vi ...
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Graduados
''Graduados'' ( en, link=no, The Graduates) is a 2012 Argentine telenovela that was broadcast by Telefe from March 12 to December 19. The plot concerns a group of people who graduated from high school in 1989 and reunite twenty years later. The main character, Andrés Goddzer (Daniel Hendler), discovers that María Laura Falsini (Nancy Dupláa) was pregnant in 1989 and married Pablo Catáneo (Luciano Cáceres), who thought that he was the child's father. The resulting parental dispute, the love triangle of the main characters and 1980s nostalgia are frequent plot elements, and story arcs related to school bullying and LGBT rights are also featured. The frequent flashbacks of the characters to their high-school days use the same actors, playing teenagers. The series, written by Sebastián Ortega, was produced by Endemol and Underground producciones. Although Andy Kusnetzoff was offered the lead-character role, Hendler was cast when Kusnetzoff turned it down (the latter joined th ...
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Botineras
''Botineras'' (''WAGs: Love for the Game'') was an Argentine telenovela produced by Underground Contenidos and Telefe Contenidos in association with Endemol. It began airing on November 24, 2009, Tuesday through Friday at 11 p.m. ( UTC-3), on Telefe. While '' CQC'' was on television the series did not air during the summer, it was broadcast Monday through Thursday at that time. As of March 1, 2010, it began broadcasting at 10:30 pm ( UTC-3), Monday through Thursday. With the return of '' CQC'' on Mondays, it happened again from Tuesday to Friday. From the month of July until its completion, it was broadcast from Tuesday to Thursday. It starred Nicolás Cabré and Romina Gaetani, with the antagonistic participation of Damián de Santo, Isabel Macedo and Gonzalo Valenzuela. With the special participation of Florencia Peña and the star performances of the first actors, Roberto Carnaghi and Graciela Pal. Premise Initially, the telenovela was intended to be a comedy about football ...
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Mujeres Asesinas (Argentine TV Series)
''Mujeres Asesinas'' (English: ''Killer Women'') is an Argentine drama and suspense thriller TV series, based on trilogy of books of the same name by Marisa Grinstein, produced by Pol-ka Producciones and broadcast from 19 July 2005 to 25 March 2008 on the Argentine TV channel Canal 13. Canal 13 rebroadcast those rated as "Best Episodes" at 23:00 from 4 January 2010. Plot ''Mujeres Asesinas'' depicts the homicides committed by women in Argentina discussed in the trilogy of books of the same name by Marisa Grinstein. It has been the recipient of many awards, including the Golden Martin Fierro Award, the highest award granted by the Association of Journalists of Television and Radio Argentina, or APTRA. Episodes Cast The following is a list of actresses who have made the role of killer in the series: * Eugenia Tobal * Juana Viale * Dolores Fonzi * Julieta Díaz * Cristina Banegas * Cecilia Roth * Betiana Blum * Mercedes Morán * Araceli González * Ana María Picchio * ...
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Lalola
''Lalola'' was an Argentine television comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists. The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards for 2007, and also the Gold Prize. A pilot for an American version, entitled "Eva Adams", was filmed for the Fox network starring Rhea Seehorn and James Van Der Beek in 2009. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how ''Yo soy Betty la fea'' was adapted for American audiences as ''Ugly Betty'', but wasn't picked up for a regular series. Synopsis Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla (played by Juan Gil Navarro) is the director of the media company "High Five", editor of the famous magazine ''Don'', and has many women around him. Romina (played by Marcela Kloosterboer), who is in love with Lalo, decides to punish his lack of commitment to her. She hires a witch to cast a spell on him, which turns him into a very beautiful woman, as Romina wanted ...
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Montecristo (Argentine TV Series)
''Montecristo: Un Amor, Una Venganza'' (''Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge'') is an Argentine telenovela which premiered April 25, 2006 on Telefe. Loosely based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, '' The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Montecristo'' is Telefe's most popular novela and was called "the hottest telenovela in Argentina" by ''Variety'' in 2007. Like Dumas' novel, the novela is a tale of revenge, with this version featuring "drug trafficking, kidnapping and military dictatorships." It was directed by Miguel Colom, and stars Pablo Echarri and Paola Krum.''Montecristo'' - Intra Communications
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More than 40 international markets bought the Telefe-produced series in 2006, and later Telefe sold it to

Sin Código
''Sin código'' ( es, Without rules) was an Argentine telenovela that aired from 2004 to 2006 on the El Trece television network. It was produced by Pol-Ka, and the main actors were Adrián Suar, Nancy Dupláa, and Nicolás Cabré. It was nominated in several categories for the Martín Fierro Awards in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and won three times in 2005. Plot Gabriel Nielsen (Suar) and Oso (Antonio Grimau) have a private security company known as Nielsen Security. Axel (Cabré), the son of Oso, wants to join it but he is rejected. When Oso is murdered, Gabriel and Axel join forces to capture the criminal. In the second season, most employees resign, and policewoman Antonia López (Dupláa) joins the agency. Awards ''Sin código'' received two nominations for the 2004 Martín Fierro Awards, as best miniseries and best actor in a miniseries (Cabré). It did not win the award in either category. At the 2005 ceremony for the same awards, the program received several nominations. Rita Co ...
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