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Teresa Font
Teresa Font Guiteras (born 30 March 1956) is a Spanish film editor from Catalonia. She is a recurring collaborator in films directed by Imanol Uribe and Vicente Aranda. Biography Teresa Font Guiteras was born on 30 March 1956 in Gallifa, in the province of Barcelona. She become acquainted with cinema as a teenager. She briefly worked as secretary in Sabadell. She moved to London at age 17, getting to know films from popular directors. Upon her return to Catalonia, she decided to become a film editor. She worked from 1977 to 1988 as editor at TVE, first in Barcelona and from 1984 onward in Madrid. In 1988, she asked for leave from TVE. She was married to Vicente Aranda, which whom she had two daughters. She was honoured with the 'Ricardo Franco' career award at the 2016 Málaga Film Festival. Works Accolades She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Editing: for ''Días contados'' and for ''Pain and Glory ''Pain and Glory'' ( es, Dolor y gloria) is a 2019 Spanish dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallifa
Gallifa is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain.Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). It contains the Castle of Gallifa and was the location of the studio of ceramic artist Josep Llorens i Artigas and his son. Claim to fame The Castle of Gallifa overlooks the village from a height of 600 metres.Castles in Spain Spain.net, retrieved May 2014 In 1953 Joan Miró and Josep Llorens i Artigas worked at Artigas's studio in Gallifa. There they created "firestones" whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow I'll Be Free
Tomorrow may refer to: * Tomorrow (time), the day after today * The future, that which occurs after the present Periodicals * ''To-Morrow'' (Chicago magazine), a magazine from 1903 to 1909 * ''Tomorrow'' (New Zealand magazine), a left-wing magazine from 1934 to 1940 * ''Tomorrow'' (New York magazine), a parapsychology magazine from 1941 to the 1960s * ''Tomorrow Speculative Fiction'', a magazine * ''Studies in Comparative Religion'', originally ''Tomorrow'', an academic journal Television * ''The Tomorrow Show'', an American late night talk show also known as ''Tomorrow with Tom Snyder'' * ''Tomorrow'' (Taiwanese TV series), a 2002 drama series * ''Tomorrow'' (South Korean TV series), a 2022 drama series ;Episodes * "Tomorrow" (''Angel''), a 2002 season 3 episode of ''Angel'' * "Tomorrow" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2002 episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * "Tomorrow" (''The West Wing''), a 2006 episode of ''The West Wing'' and the series finale * "To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Love (2001 Film)
''Mad Love'' ( es, Juana la Loca, links=no; ) 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 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 death would allow her to be reunited with her husband. Their story goes back almost 60 years. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plenilune
''Plenilune'' ( es, Plenilunio, links=no) or ''Full Moon'' is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Imanol Uribe and written by Elvira Lindo, consisting of an adaptation of the novel ''Plenilunio'' by Antonio Muñoz Molina. It stars Miguel Ángel Solá, Adriana Ozores and Juan Diego Botto alongside Fernando Fernán Gómez, Charo López, Chete Lera and María Galiana. Plot Arriving to a sleepy provincial city of northern Spain from the Basque Country, a police inspector with a psychologically damaged wife tracks down (with help from the local coroner) a psychotic misogynist killer of female children, who happens to hate his job as a fishmonger and his family altogether as well. The inspector kindles with Susana Grey, the teacher of a murdered girl, establishing a romantic affair. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Elvira Lindo, adapting the novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina. The film is a Sogecine production. It was shot in Palencia, Castile and León. Produced by Andrés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dying Of Laughter
''Dying of Laughter'' ( es, Muertos de risa, links=no) is a 1999 Spanish black comedy film co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia which stars Santiago Segura, El Gran Wyoming and Álex Angulo. Plot The plot tracks the mishaps of a comedic duo formed by Nino and Bruno who actually hate each other. Cast Production Produced by Lola Films and featuring the participation of Telecinco, the film had a budget of 350 million Spanish peseta (). Release The film, which premiered on 12 March 1999 in Spain, grossed €6,299,097.15 at the box office. Awards and nominations , - , align = "center" , 2000 , , 14th Goya Awards , , Best Supporting Actor , , Álex Angulo , , , , See also * List of Spanish films of 1999 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1999. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 1999, by domestic box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (1999 Film)
''Jealousy'' ( es, Celos, links=no) is a 1999 Spanish erotic thriller film directed by Vicente Aranda from a screenplay by Aranda and Álvaro del Amo. It stars Daniel Giménez Cacho and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón alongside María Botto and Luis Tosar.Majarín, ''Una Vida de Cine'', p. 447 Plot Carmen and Antonio are a young couple in love, planning their upcoming wedding. Carmen works in an orange processing factory and Antonio is a long-distance truck driver for the same firm. While driving his truck on a stormy day, Antonio comes across an old picture of a group of people, among whom is Carmen looking friendly with a good-looking young man, who has his arm around her shoulder. When Antonio asks his girlfriend who was the man in the picture, Carmen quickly dismisses Antonio's doubts. The man in the shot was nobody important, she reassures him. In any case, the photograph was taken long before she met Antonio. Unhappy with that answer and feeling that his fiance is hiding something fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Eye (1998 Film)
''The Naked Eye'' ( es, La Mirada del Otro) is a 1998 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a novel by Fernando G. Delgado. It stars Laura Morante, Miguel Ángel García and José Coronado. The film is an erotic psychodrama, an exploration of female sexual desire. It premiered at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. Aranda objects to labeling of his film as an "erotic film", instead he defines it as "psycho-erotic": " he heroine,Begoña's ambition is transparency. (...) She wants to enjoy life in its widest expression, and looks for clarity through sex." Plot Begoña is a thirty something consultant who has rebelled against her upper-middle-class background and has overdone it with sex ever since her youth. On recommendation of her psychoanalyst, she keeps a video diary of her encounters using a palm-sized video gadget called "The Owl". On Christmas Eve, reluctantly, Begoña goes to have dinner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdita Durango
''Perdita Durango'', released as ''Dance with the Devil'' in the United States, is a 1997 action-crime- horror film directed by Álex de la Iglesia, based on Barry Gifford's 1992 novel ''59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango''. It stars Rosie Perez as the title character and Javier Bardem. It is a Spain–United States–Mexico coproduction. Plot Perdita Durango ( Rosie Perez) has gone to Mexico to scatter the ashes of her dead sister. There, she is picked up by bank-robbing drug dealer Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bardem). Dolorosa had robbed the bank to pay off his debt to loan shark "Catalina" (Demián Bichir). He also engages in scams in which he pretends to be a Santeria priest and hacks up corpses while snorting cocaine. Romeo's latest scam is working for gangster Mr. Santos (Don Stroud) transporting refrigerated human fetuses to Las Vegas where they will be used to make cosmetic moisturizer. Perdita devises a plan that they should capture a gringo and eat him as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwana
This is a list of English language words that come from the Niger-Congo languages. It excludes placenames except where they have become common words. Bantu origin * banjo – probably Bantu ''mbanza'' *basenji – breed of dog from the Congo * boma – probably from Swahili * bwana – from Swahili, meaning an important person or safari leader * chimpanzee – loaned in the 18th century from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ''ci-mpenzi''. *dengue – possibly from Swahili ''dinga'' * goober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu ''nguba'') *gumbo – from Bantu (Kimbundu ''ngombo'' meaning "okra") * impala – from Zulu ''im-pala'' *impi – from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regiment *indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English) * isango – Zulu meaning gateway *jumbo – from Swahili (''jambo'' or ''jumbe'' or from Kongo ''nzamba'' "elephant") *kalimba *Kwanzaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertarias
''Libertarias'' (English: ''Libertarians'') is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda. In 1936, Maria (Ariadna Gil), a young nun is recruited by Pilar (Ana Belén), a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Guided by the older woman, Maria is exposed to the realities of war and revolution, and comes to question her former, sheltered life. Plot summary The movie is set in 1936 in Barcelona in the midst of the Spanish Revolution and Spanish Civil War. Militia women Pilar (Ana Belén) and Floren (Victoria Abril) are joined by former prostitute Charo (Loles León) and former nun Maria (Ariadna Gil), who had hidden in a brothel to escape revolutionary violence against clergy. The film opens with scenes of working class militants demolishing and burning religious icons, as they shout "down with Capitalism!" and "long live the libertarian revolution!" While fully immersed in the over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Día De La Bestia
''The Day of the Beast'' ( es, El día de la bestia, links=no) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian black comedy film with horror elements co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura. The plot concerns the unorthodox attempts of a Basque priest (Angulo) to avert the birth of the Antichrist in Madrid during Christmas Eve, teaming up with a metalhead (Segura) and an occult fraudster (De Razza). The film, marketed as "a satanic comedy", was well received by critics and audiences in Spain, and sparked interest in the director's filmography and style of directing. It earned numerous accolades, including the Goya Award for Best Director for Álex de la Iglesia. Plot summary Ángel, a Basque priest and professor of theology, confesses to another priest that he intends to commit as much evil as he can. The other priest is shocked until Ángel whispers his reasoning. When the other priest agrees to help him, a large cross falls a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Días Contados
''Días contados'' (English title: ''Running Out of Time''; literally: ''Numbered Days'') is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed and written by Imanol Uribe. It features Carmelo Gómez, Ruth Gabriel, Candela Peña, and Javier Bardem, among others. It is based on the novel of the same name by Juan Madrid. Plot Antonio, a brazen, individualistic ETA terrorist, travels with two fellow cell members, Carlos and Lourdes to Madrid, where they intend to carry out a terrorist attack on a police station. Just like Lourdes, with whom he shares a complex romantic liaison, Antonio is caught in a downward spiral of disenchantment and despondency with respect to the organization and the life he has led so far. He moves into the area under the guise of an unassuming photographer for the press, and finds himself falling for his neighbor, Charo, a naive prostitute with an impending drug problem who is unaware of Antonio's activities. She reciprocates, and Antonio uses her whimsical desire t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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