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Rosana Pastor
Rosana Pastor Muñoz (born 7 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and actress. Biography Rosana Pastor was born in Alboraya, province of Valencia, on 7 August 1960. Pastor studied at the School of Dramatic Art of Valencia (ESAD). She had classes under Antonio Díaz Zamora, Antonio Tordera and Francisco Romá (director of the film ''Tres en raya''). She acted in Ken Loach's 1995 film ''Land and Freedom (film), Land and Freedom'', alongside Ian Hart and Icíar Bollaín. Apart from her extensive career as a film and television actress, she has also worked on stage. She featured in plays such as ''Pessoa en Persona''; ''Les Troyens''; ''Uncle Vanya''; ''La pell en Flames''; and as "Joan of Arc" at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Palau de les Arts, with the Orchestra and choir of the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. She directed and narrated the show "Enoch Arden", that integrates the music of Richard Strauss, narration and singing. She was nominated for Goya Award for Best S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alboraya
Alboraya () or Alboraia () is a town and municipality of the Valencia (province), province of Valencia, Spain. It is situated very close to the city of Valencia. Originally a farming community, Alboraya has grown in recent decades following the development of the metropolitan area of Valencia. Better transport connections, including two stations on the Valencia rapid transit, metro system (Alboraya-Palmaret and Alboraya-Peris Aragó). The population increased from 11,267 in 1986, to an estimated 24,741 in 2020. Of these, 58.84% declared themselves to be Valencian language, Valencian speakers. In 1994, 45.8% worked in the service sector, 33% in industry, 16.7% in agriculture, and 3.60% in construction. In the May 2011 elections, the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) lost their absolute majority, as they fell from 11 to 8 council seats. The remaining seats were won by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) (5), Unión Popular de Alboraya (3), Coalició Compromís (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor De La Generalitat Valenciana
The Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana (CGV), founded as Cor de Valencia in 1987, is the main local-government funded choir in Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r .... "El Cor de la Generalitat (CGV) celebra el vigésimo quinto aniversario de su debut sinfónico en el Palau de la Música de Valencia con la participación de sus voces femeninas en la interpretación de La nuit, de Camille Saint-Saëns" Selected discogra ...
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Mad Love (2001 Film)
''Mad Love'' (; ) is a 2001 period drama film written and directed by Vicente Aranda starring Pilar López de Ayala and Daniele Liotti. The plot follows the tragic fate of Queen Joanna of Castile, madly in love with an unfaithful husband, Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria. It is one of the several adaptations of Manuel Tamayo y Baus' 1855 historic drama '' The Madness of Love''. The film received three Goya awards, in the categories of Best Actress, Best Wardrobe, and Best Makeup and Hair.Majarín, ''Una Vida de Cine'', p. 481 It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Tordesillas, 1554. Seventy-four years old, Queen Joanna of Castile, called Juana la Loca (Joanna the Madwoman), is still mourning the loss of her husband who died a half century before. Joanna remembers with emotion the man she loved passionately, but who brought her ruin. She does not fear death, she says, because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo (2000 Film)
''Leo'' is a 2000 Spanish drama film, written, directed and produced by José Luis Borau and starring Icíar Bollaín and Javier Batanero. It was nominated for six Goya Awards in 2001, and won the award for Best Director. Cast Release ''Leo'' entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 1 September 2000. Reception Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' gave a mixed review to ''Leo'', assessing that "the strangely untidy script" is kept from sinking by "superb perfs", "a thought-provoking central idea and gold-plated professionalism". Accolades , - , rowspan = "6" align = "center" , 2001 , , rowspan = "6" , 15th Goya Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Film , , , , rowspan = "6" , , - , Best Director , , José Luis Borau , , , - , Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Commissioner (film)
''The Commissioner'' is a 1998 internationally co-produced drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by George Sluizer and written by Christina Kallas based on the novel of same name by Stanley Johnson. It was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast References External links * * 1998 films 1998 drama films Belgian drama films French drama films German drama films Films directed by George Sluizer English-language Belgian films English-language French films English-language German films Films about the European Union 1990s English-language films 1990s French films 1990s German films English-language drama films {{1990s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Edades De Lulú
''The Ages of Lulu'' () is a 1990 Spanish erotic drama film written and directed by Bigas Luna and starring Francesca Neri, Óscar Ladoire, María Barranco and Javier Bardem in his film debut. It is based on the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes. The film is about the title character's life and sexual awakening in Madrid, which leads to her involvement in increasingly dangerous sexual experimentation. Plot The fifteen-year-old Lulú is seduced by Pablo, her brother Marcelo's best friend, who then leaves to work in the United States. Lulú is sustained for years by the belief that Pablo will come back into her life. When he returns he proposes to her and they are married. Pablo and Lulú have a passionate relationship, developing a taste for sexual games. On one nocturnal expedition they join up with a transgender prostitute called Ely who becomes their friend. The couple have a daughter, Ines. Pablo convinces Lulú to participate blindfolded in a threesome; when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Valencia () is one of the 52 constituencies () represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects 16 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Valencia. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent. Electoral system The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies,. with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales. Voting is on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalició Compromís
Coalició Compromís (, ), also known as Compromís,Ávila López, E. (2016) ''Modern Spain'', p. 85 is a Valencianist electoral coalition in the Valencian Community, Spain. The parties involved include Més-Compromís, the left-wing Valencian People's Initiative, and the ecologist group Greens Equo of the Valencian Country and independent members. Together, they defend Valencianist, progressive and ecological politics. Compromís was founded in January 2010 to participate in the 2011 elections to the Valencian parliament, and the 2011 local elections. Since the 2015 election year, Compromís has significantly increased its representation in many institutions. As of 2022, the party has 724 councillors all over the Valencian Autonomous Community, 17 parliamentary representatives in the Valencian parliament (''Corts Valencianes''), one representative in the Congress of Deputies of Spain and one in the Spanish Senate. In the past, it also had one representative in the Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Spanish General Election
A General elections in Spain, general election was held in Spain on Sunday, 20 December 2015, to elect the members of the 11th . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate of Spain, Senate. At exactly four years and one month since the previous election, this remains the longest timespan between two general elections since the Spanish transition to democracy, and the only time in Spain that a general election has been held on the latest possible date allowed under law. After a legislature plagued by the effects of an ongoing 2008–16 Spanish financial crisis, economic crisis, corruption scandals affecting the ruling party and social distrust with traditional parties, the election resulted in the most fragmented Spanish parliament up to that time. While the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) of incumbent Prime Minister of Spain, prime minister Mariano Rajoy emerged as the largest party overall, it obtained it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rtve
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española (''Spanish Radio and Television'', RTVE), is the Spanish national public Broadcasting, television and radio broadcaster. It is a state-owned enterprise formed in 2007 to succeed the ''Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española'' (RTVE Public Entity). It provides multi-station television (Televisión Española) and radio services (Radio Nacional de España), as well as online and streaming services (RTVE Play). Since the entry into force of the RTVE Financing Act of 2009, RTVE is primarily funded by a combination of subsidies from the General State Budget and a fee levied on the private agents' gross revenue (3.0% for private free-to-air channels, a 1.5% for private subscription channels and a 0.9% for telecom companies). RTVE is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The corporation's central headquarters, Prado del Rey (studios), Prado del Rey, are located in Pozuelo de Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Conjura De El Escorial
''La conjura de El Escorial'' (The Escorial Conspiracy) is a 2008 Spanish historical drama film directed by Antonio del Real and starring Jason Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Jordi Mollà, Pilar Bastardés and Jürgen Prochnow. It is set in the reign of Philip II of Spain. Plot On the night of Easter Monday March 31, 1578, assassins murdered the treasury secretary Juan de Escobedo in cold blood in the royal palace of El Escorial. A series of investigations ensue that are aimed at people close to the Court of Philip II. Cast * Jason Isaacs as Antonio Pérez, royal secretary * Julia Ormond as Princess of Éboli *Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Espinosa * Blanca Jara as Damiana, the servant girl, the love of Captain Espinosa * Jordi Mollà as Mateo Vázquez, the investigating Jesuit father * Joaquim de Almeida as Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Don Juan * Juanjo Puigcorbé as King Philip II of Spain * William Miller as Captain Rodrigo de Villena * Fabio Testi as Duke o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Coello
Juana Coello (c. 1548 in Madrid – ?) was the wife of Antonio Pérez, Secretary of State of Philip II of Spain, famous for having helped her husband escape from prison. Coello received a good education and married in 1567. Her husband was revealed to be a womanizer; some authors claim that he had sex with the Princess of Eboli, the king's favorite, who put him in jail. Juana visited her husband in prison and gave him her clothes, thus facilitating his escape. She remained behind, locked in the dungeon her husband had occupied. In 1585 he went to Portugal to see the king. When Juana moved from Aldea Gallega to Lisbon, she was seized and imprisoned again in the public jail of Madrid, together with her seven children. All were later transferred to a fortress, where she remained until April 1599, when Philip II was dead. Her children remained behind bars. Little is known of the rest of her life. Some authors state that she went to Paris to join her husband and died in poverty at 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
