|
Roque Valero
Roque Valero Pérez (born January 31, 1974) is a Venezuelan singer, actor and politician. Biography Roque was born to parents Roque Valero and Rosario Pérez. He began singing at the age of 7 when he joined the cast of a school play titled ''El día del médico''. In 1983, his family moved to Barquisimeto where he took courses in acting and joined the National youth Orchestra of Lara. His acting coach recommended that he pursue acting further, and he then moved to Caracas to strengthen his acting skills. He studied in several acting workshops under Ricardo Lombardi and Adda Noceti of Grupo Actoral 80 and with Santiago Sánchez. his first acting job was in theater in a play titled ''La mano'' written by Oscar Mendoza Herrera. Career in film and television In 2002, Valero got the opportunity to star in his first feature film titled ''La pluma del arcángel'' written by Luis Manzo. The film won awards and nominations at film festivals in Bogotá, Cartagena and Miami. Later, he retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show ''Your Show of Shows'' (1950–1954) alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart. With Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series ''Get Smart'' (1965–1970). In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of their respective years of release. His best-known films include '' The Producers'' (1967), ''The Twelve Chairs'' (1970), '' Blazing Saddles'' (1974), ''Young Frankenstein'' (1974), '' Silent Movie'' (1976), ''High Anxiety'' (1977), ''History of the World, Part I'' (1981), '' Spaceballs'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allende En Su Laberinto
''Allende en su laberinto'' () is a 2014 Chilean film directed by Miguel Littín. The film is a fictional account of the events in the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago de Chile and the last hours of life of President Salvador Allende during the 1973 Chilean coup d'état The 1973 Chilean coup d'état Enciclopedia Virtual > Historia > Historia de Chile > Del gobierno militar a la democracia" on LaTercera.cl. Retrieved 22 September 2006. In October 1972, Chile suffered the first of many strikes. Among the par .... The film has been screened in Chile and in Venezuela. The film also won the historical miniseries category of the Television National Fund in Chile, gaining approval to be aired as a television series. References External links * Allende en su laberintoin Film Affinity Chilean drama films 2014 films 2010s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel Littín Films about the Chilean military dictatorship Films set in 1973 {{Chile-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Archangel's Feather
''The Archangel's Feather'' ( es, La pluma del arcángel) is a 2002 Venezuelan drama film directed by Luis Manzo. It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast * Iván Tamayo as Gabriel Vilano * Roque Valero as Lazarillo * Elaiza Gil as Fina * Alejo Felipe as Coronel See also * List of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Venezuela has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1978. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outsid ... References External links * 2002 films 2002 drama films 2000s Spanish-language films Venezuelan drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El árbol De Gabriel
''El árbol de Gabriel'' (English title: ''Gabriel's Family Tree'') is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Alberto Barrera Tyszka and produced by Venevisión. Jorge Reyes and Daniela Bascopé star as the main protagonists, while Cristobal Lander, Roxana Diaz, and Myriam Abreu star as the antagonists. On September 7, 2011, Venevisión started broadcasting ''El árbol de Gabriel'' weekdays at 9:00 pm, replacing ''La viuda joven''. The last episode was broadcast on May 15, 2012, with ''Mi ex me tiene ganas'' replacing it the following day. Plot Gabriel León is a mega-popular television personality and host of the highest rated variety show in the country ''El maratón de la alegria''. Plus, he is married to one of the most beautiful women in the country, Angie Sorelli. But all his fame and fortune cannot aid him when he is diagnosed with a serious illness requiring a transplant and he has to look for a direct relative who will be the right donor. Although he has no immediate fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se Solicita Príncipe Azul
Se solicita príncipe azul (''Prince Charming Wanted'') is a 2005 Venezuelan telenovela produced by Venevisión. The telenovela is an original story by Venezuelan playwright Indira Páez. Gaby Espino, Rafael Novoa, Daniela Alvarado, and Adrián Delgado starred as the main protagonists. Plot Maria Carlota and Maria Corina are two beautiful, strong-willed cousins who are the granddaughters of Pastor Palmieri, owner of a successful cattle ranch in the countryside. The two cousins have very different personalities, but both of them are tired of being deceived by men. Maria Carlota lives with her grandfather taking care of the ranch and the cattle where she enjoys the fields and rural, small-town life while Maria Corina is a popular socialite in the city where she cannot dream of living anywhere else. Maria Carlota has grown up under the influence of her three brothers, children to her father's first wife. The Rivas brothers are known all over town for their love affairs and infi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lejana Como El Viento
''Lejana como el viento'' (''Distant like the wind'') is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by Laura Visconti Productions and broadcast on Venevisión in 2001. The telenovela was written by Laura Visconti and stars Zair Montes and Ricardo Bianchi as the main protagonists while Henry Soto, Elluz Peraza and Arnaldo André star as the main antagonists. Plot Eugenia is eagerly planning her impending wedding to Edmundo, and her friends Fernando, Ramiro and Efrain are surprised at the news and her happy for her as they help in the wedding preparations. However, Eugenia's happiness will be cut short when she discovers a young woman locked up in the basement of Edmundo's home. Eugenia quickly alerts Ramiro who is a police officer about the existence of the secret woman. But Edmundo discovers about it and covers his track before the lady is discovered, and he murders Eugenia. Fernando, Ramiro and Efrain swear to get revenge for the death of their friend. After careful investigation, they ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Todo Corazón
''A todo corazón'' is a Venezuelan drama telenovela created by Laura Visconti and written by César Sierra and Ana Teresa Sosa for Venevisión. The series follows the life and problems facing young high school students. This telenovela marked the debut of Gaby Espino, Adrián Delgado, Lourdes Martínez and Juan Alfonso Baptista. In 2015 Televen made the remake of the telenovela, titled ''A puro corazón'', which had nothing more to do with Adrián Delgado as Cristóbal Ortega. Plot The series tells the adventures and misadventures in the life of some adolescents of secondary. Everything happens in a private school, the street, their respective homes, the soda fountain and other meeting points. Although the plot usually focuses on its protagonists, Adrián ( Adrián Delgado) and Patricia (Lourdes Martínez). Where Patricia lives eternally in love with Adrián, but he unexpectedly falls in love with Natalia ( Gabriela Espino), a rich girl who arrives at the school in the last ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilusiones
''Ilusiones'' (literally: '' Illusions '') is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Luis Colmenares and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1995. This telenovela lasted 135 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International. Crisol Carabal and Vicente Tepedino starred as the protagonists. Synopsis Marisol Palacios and Octavio Cáceres see each other for the first time at the port, where Marisol awaits the arrival of her best friend, Macarena Guinand. Marisol is an architect and the daughter of Victor Palacios, a respected congressman who heads an environmental protection commission. Octavio is a poor sailor who was raised in that village and does odd jobs at the port and in the city. At the first meeting, they are unaware of what the future holds, since both face societal, cultural and intellectual adversities, opposition from their families, and that they may fall into the hands of those who wish to destroy them. One of these people is Jimena Ferrini, an ambitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
