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The Etruscan Smile
''La sonrisa etrusca'' ("The Etruscan Smile") is a bestselling novel written by the Spanish economist and author José Luis Sampedro in 1985. Originally, it was written in Spanish. The story was inspired by the birth of the author's grandson. Plot outline A tough old farmer from southern Italy takes pride in his time served as a partisan during World War II. Due to a serious medical condition, he must move in with his son and daughter-in-law in Milan. While disliking life in the northern city, the relations between the old man and his tender grandson evolve, transforming his life during his final days. Adaptations * ''The Etruscan Smile'' (2018), film directed by Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis *: A film adaptation was released in 2018. It was produced by multiple Academy Award winner Arthur Cohn and directed by Oscar nominated filmmakers Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis. It stars Brian Cox, Thora Birch, JJ Feild, Treat Williams, Rosanna Arquette and Peter Coyote. The film's score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Sampedro
José Luis Sampedro Sáez (Barcelona, 1 February 1917 – Madrid, 8 April 2013) was a Spanish economist and writer who advocated an economy "more humane, more caring, able to help develop the dignity of peoples". Academician of the Real Academia Española since 1990, he was the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain, the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2010) and the Spanish Literature National Prize (2011)."El Nacional de las Letras premia el compromiso de Sampedro. El galardón, dotado con 40.000 euros, reconoce la la trayectoria de un autor y su obra en cualquiera de las lenguas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treat Williams
Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor, writer and aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television in over 120 credits. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 musical film '' Hair'', and later also starred in the films ''Prince of the City'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', '' The Late Shift'' and ''127 Hours''. From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series ''Everwood'' and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has additionally been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards and an Independent Spirit Award. Early life and education Williams was born December 1, 1951 in Rowayton, Connecticut, the son of Marian (née Andrew), an antiques dealer, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. His maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Senator William Henry Barnum of Connecticut, a third cousin of the showman P. T. Barnum. Williams is a distant relative of Robert Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Novels
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bellwood
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Lali Kagan
Michal (; he, מיכל , gr, Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel. In the Bible identifies Saul's elder daughter as Merab and younger daughter as Michal. Michal's story is recorded in the first Book of Samuel, where it is said in and that Michal loved David. The narrative does not indicate whether this is reciprocated. After David's success in battle against the Philistine giant Goliath, Merab was given in marriage to Adriel. Later, after Merab had married Adriel the Meholathite, Saul invited David to marry Michal. David replied, "I am a poor and lightly esteemed man", meaning that he was unable to provide a bride price. Saul then advised him that no bride price was required except for the foreskins of 100 Philistines. David took part in a further battle, killed 200 Philistines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McGowan (director)
Michael McGowan (born April 14, 1966) is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote and directed the feature films ''Saint Ralph'', ''One Week'', ''Still Mine'', and '' Score: A Hockey Musical''. Early life McGowan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in English. Career Returning to Toronto he became a journalist, writing for publications such as ''Quill & Quire,'' ''Toronto Life'' and ''The Globe and Mail''. He then joined the TV industry, helping create the stop-motion children's TV show ''Henry's World'', and then wrote and directed ''Saint Ralph'' in 2004, for which he won the Outstanding Achievement in Direction award from the Directors Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada award for Best Feature Film. His film '' Score: A Hockey Musical'' was chosen to open the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. Filmography *'' My Dog Vincent'' (1998) *''Saint Ralph'' (2004) *''Left Coast'' (2008, TV) *''One Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Slater
Matthew Wilson Slater (born September 9, 1985) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA, where he received first-team All-Pac-10 honors, and was selected by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. A special teams player for most of his career, Slater is considered one of the NFL's greatest gunners. He holds the record for special teams Pro Bowl selections at 10, in addition to two first-team All-Pros. Slater also won three Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl XLIX, Super Bowl LI, and Super Bowl LIII. Early years Slater was born in Long Beach, California to Annie Slater and former NFL tackle and Hall of Famer Jackie Slater. He has a brother named David. Slater lettered in football for two seasons at Servite High School in Anaheim, California, where he was teammates with Ryan Kalil. Slater was an All-West selection by ''Prep Star'' and a three-star selection by Rivals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Metropolitan Orchestra
The culture of London concerns the music, museums, festivals and lifestyle within London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. London has frequently been described as a global cultural capital and is one of the world's leading business centres, renowned for its technological readiness and economic clout, as well as attracting the most foreign investment of any global city. As such, London has often been ranked as the world's capital city. The city is particularly renowned for its theatre quarter, and its West End theatre district has given the name to "West End theatre", the strand of mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in London. London is also home to notable cultural attractions such as the British Museum, the Tate Galleries, the National Gallery, the Notting Hill Carnival and The O2. Through music, comedy and theatre, London has a lively nightlife with approximately 25.6 events per thousand people, 44.1% of those events being theatre based. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ilfman
Haim Frank Ilfman ( he, חיים פרנק אילפמן; born March 18, 1970) is an Israeli award-winning composer. He studied trombone and piano at the ''Jaffa Conservatorium of Music'' in Tel Aviv and as a young teenager was playing lead trombone with the Tel Aviv Dixieland Band. He was eventually asked to leave the conservatorium for truancy. In 1984, during a visit to Berlin, Ilfman was introduced to German composer Klaus Doldinger, at that time was scoring ''The NeverEnding Story''. A visit to the film’s recording sessions had a powerful impact on Ilfman, who henceforth committed himself to composing for films. He has scored more than forty films and numerous television shows, as well as the fanfare for Legendary Entertainment. Career Ifmans most known scores include the award-winning films ''Big Bad Wolves'' and ''Cupcakes'', with scores performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra at Air Studios. He has also scored ''May I Kill U?'', a dark comedy, directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films such as '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), '' Cross Creek'' (1983), '' Jagged Edge'' (1985), '' Bitter Moon'' (1992), ''Kika'' (1993), '' Patch Adams (film), Patch Adams'' (1998), ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), ''A Walk to Remember'' (2002), and '' Femme Fatale'' (2002). Coyote's voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad Retina Display campaign. He narrated the PBS series '' The Pacific Century'' (1992), winning an Emmy, and eleven documentaries directed or produced by Ken Burns: ''The West'' (1996), '' The National Parks: America's Best Idea'' (2009), ''Prohibition'' (2011), '' The Dust Bowl'' (2012), '' The Roosevelts: An Intimate History'' (2014), ''The Vietnam War'' (2017), ''The Mayo Clinic: Faith--Hope--Science'' (2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song (film), The Executioner's Song'' (1982), and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985). Her other film roles include ''After Hours (film), After Hours'' (also 1985), ''The Big Blue'' (1988), ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), and ''Crash (1996 film), Crash'' (1996). She also directed the documentary ''Searching for Debra Winger'' (2002) and starred in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''What About Brian?'' from 2006 to 2007. Early life Arquette was born in New York City on August 10, 1959, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (''née'' Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a film actor, screenwriter, and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
