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Viridiana 1962
''Viridiana'' () is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel ''Halma'' by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film was the co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. In a 2016 poll of 350 experts organized by Spanish film magazine ''Caimán Cuadernos de Cine'', it was voted the best Spanish film of all time, with 227 votes. Plot A novice nun named Viridiana is about to take her vows when her uncle Jaime invites her to visit him. She has only met him once and does not want to go, but her mother superior reminds Viridiana that Jaime is her only living relative and paid for her studies, so she agrees to make the trip. Jaime is a widower and recluse who lives on a neglected country estate with a few servants. He greets Viridiana, who strongly resembles her aunt, warmly and says he is sorry he does not know her better. Viridiana likes life on the farm, but remains cold toward Jaime, as sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. When Buñuel died at age 83, his obituary in ''The New York Times'' called him "an iconoclast, moralist, and revolutionary who was a leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later". His first picture, ''Un Chien Andalou''—made in the silent era—is still viewed regularly throughout the world and retains its power to shock the viewer, and his last film, ''That Obscure Object of Desire''—made 48 years later—won him Best Director awards from the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics. Writer Octavio Paz called Buñuel's work "the marriage of the film image to the poetic image, creating a new reality...scan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle (Saale), Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727, became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphony, polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development, creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a new style into English church music. He is consistently recognized as one of the greatest composers of his age. Handel started three c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Calvo
José Calvo (March 3, 1916 – May 16, 1980) was a Spanish film actor best known for his roles in western films and historical dramas. He made around 150 appearances mostly in films between 1952 and his death in 1980. He entered film in 1952 and was prolific as an actor throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He made many appearances in crime dramas, often with a historical theme and appeared in a high number of western films. In 1964 he starred as the innkeeper Silvanito in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western production ''A Fistful of Dollars'' as one of Clint Eastwood's few "amigos" in the town of San Miguel. He later appeared in westerns such as '' I Giorni dell'ira'' (1967) opposite Lee Van Cleef, '' Anda muchacho, spara!'' (1971) and ''Dust in the Sun'' (1973) etc. However, after the Spaghetti Western era of the late 1960s, in the 1970s he returned to appearing in primarily Spanish films and in contrast to the roles which dominated much of his career did appear in several Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Alexandre
Manuel Alexandre Abarca OAXS MML (11 November 1917 – 12 October 2010) was a Spanish film and television actor. Career He was a popular supporting actor. He won an Honorary Goya Award in 2003 for his career achievements. Filmography in cinema 1947 * ''Dos cuentos para dos'' 1952 *''Welcome Mr. Marshall!'' (credited as Manuel Alejandre) .... Secretario 1953 *'' Nadie lo sabrá'' 1954 *'' Cómicos'' *'' La venganza'' *'' Felices pascuas'' *'' Manicomio'' 1955 *'' Muerte de un ciclista'' .... *'' El Mensaje'' .... 1956 *'' Viaje de novios'' .... *'' Calle mayor'' .... *'' El Malvado Carabel'' .... Dr. Solás *'' Calabuch'' (credited as Manuel Alejandre) .... Vicente *'' Todos somos necesarios'' .... *'' La Vida es maravillosa'' .... 1957 *'' El Andén'' .... *'' Los jueves, milagro'' .... Mauro * ''The Tenant'' .... *'' El Fotogénico'' .... 1958 * ''Night and Dawn'' .... *'' I Zitelloni'' .... *'' La vida por delante'' .... Manolo *'' La venganza'' .... *'' El Hombre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Property Caretaker
A property caretaker is a person, group, or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations.Dunn, Gary"Property Caretaking Rent Free"Escape Artist Magazine and Website Accessed May 2010. Duties and functions The caretaking profession includes positions as housesitters, ranch sitters, bed & breakfast and innsitters, property managers, estate managers, and hosts at resorts or campgrounds. Caretakers are sometimes used by property owners who are unwilling or unable to hire a professional management company. Many homeowners who rent their properties may hire caretakers instead of property managers in order to save money. Caretakers are not licensed by any state or local authority and are often relatively cheaper than their professional counterparts. In the UK, a number of buildings have a live-in caretaker whose part-time responsibilities might include letting tradesmen in, taking in parcels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion. Etymology and usage The term ''convent'' derives via Old French from Latin ''conventus'', perfect participle of the verb ''convenio'', meaning "to convene, to come together". It was first used in this sense when the eremitical life began to be combined with the cenobitical. The original reference was to the gathering of mendicants who spent much of their time travelling. Technically, a monastery is a secluded community of monastics, whereas a friary or convent is a community of mendicants (which, by contrast, might be located in a city), and a canonry is a community of canons regular. The terms abbey and priory can be applied to both monasteries and canonries; an abbey is headed by an abbot, and a priory is a lesser dependent ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Superior
An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey. Description In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. She must be at least 40 years old and have been a nun for 10 years. The age requirement in the Catholic Church has evolved over time, ranging from 30 to 60. The requirement of 10 years as a nun is only eight in Catholicism. In the rare case of there not being a nun with the qualifications, the requirements may be lowered to 30 years of age and five of those in an "upright manner", as determined by the superior. A woman who is of illegitimate birth, is not a virgin, has undergone non-salutory public penance, is a widow, or is blind or deaf, is typically disqualified for the position, saving by permission of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita Yarza
Rosita Yarza (5 November 1922 – 13 October 1996) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in around thirty films including ''The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself'' (1942) in which she played the female lead.Bentley p.94 Selected filmography * ''The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself'' (1942) * '' Malvaloca'' (1942) * '' Mariona Rebull'' (1947) * ''Two Degrees of Ecuador'' (1953) * ''Alfonso XII and María Cristina ''Alfonso XII and María Cristina'' or ''Where Are You Going, Sad Man?'' ( es, ¿Dónde vas triste de ti?) is a 1960 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Guillermo Cases and starring Vicente Parra and Marga López as ...'' (1960) * '' Behind the Mask of Zorro'' (1966) References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1922 births 1996 deaths Spanish film actresses People from Madrid 20th-century Spanish actresses {{Spain-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Rabal
María Teresa Rabal Balaguer (born 1952) is a Spanish actress, singer and television presenter.Powrie, Davies & Babington p.65 The daughter of actors Francisco Rabal and Asunción Balaguer, she first appeared as child actor before going on to star in several 1970s films as an adult. Selected filmography * ''Viridiana'' (1961) * ''Goya, a Story of Solitude'' (1971) * ''Spaniards in Paris'' (1971) * '' Bianco, rosso e...'' (1972) * '' Matrimonio al desnudo'' (1974) * ''The Good Days Lost'' (1975) * ''The Killer is Not Alone'' (1975) * '' Ambitious'' (1976) * ''Despite Everything ''Despite Everything'' ( es, A pesar de todo) is a popular 2019 Spanish comedy film directed by Gabriela Tagliavini and starring Blanca Suárez, Macarena García, Amaia Salamanca, and Belén Cuesta . The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festi ...'' (2019) References Bibliography * Phil Powrie, Ann Davies & Bruce Babington. ''The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Lozano
Margarita de las Flores Lozano Jiménez (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2022) was a Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films. She worked for Luis Buñuel in ''Viridiana'', Sergio Leone in ''A Fistful of Dollars'', Pier Paolo Pasolini in ''Pigsty'', the Taviani brothers in ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', ''Kaos'' and '' Good Morning Babylon''; Nanni Moretti in '' La messa è finita''; and in Claude Berri's diptych '' Jean de Florette'' and '' Manon des Sources''. She worked with the theater director Miguel Narros in ''Fedra'', by Miguel de Unamuno (1957); '' Three Sisters'', by Anton Chekhov (1960); ''Fröken Julie'', by August Strindberg (1961); ''La camisa'', by Lauro Olmo (1962); ''El caballero de Olmedo'', by Lope de Vega and '' La dama duende'', by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. She returned in 1988 with Miguel Narros in the plays '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', by Eugene O'Neill, and ''La vita che ti diedi'', by Luigi Pirandello. In 2007 she made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ménage à Trois
A () is a domestic arrangement and committed relationship with three people in polyamorous romantic or sexual relations with each other, and often dwelling together; typically a traditional marriage between a man and woman along with another individual. The phrase is a loan from French meaning "household of three". Contemporary arrangements are sometimes identified as a throuple, thruple, or triad. Terminology This relationship type has elements of bisexuality involved, but usually at least one of the participants is heterosexual. Because this term is sometimes interchangeably used for a threesome, which solely refers to a sexual experience involving three people, it can sometimes be misrepresented as some type of perversion or casual encounter. However, the ''ménage à trois'' is a specific type of committed relationship, in which vows are often made. It doesn't apply to all polyamorous relationships with three individuals, since polyamory can have many different forms. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corset
A corset is a support garment commonly worn to hold and train the torso into a desired shape, traditionally a smaller waist or larger bottom, for aesthetic or medical purposes (either for the duration of wearing it or with a more lasting effect), or support the breasts. Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though this item was for many years an integral part of women's wardrobes. Since the late 20th century, the fashion industry has borrowed the term "corset" to refer to tops which, to varying degrees, mimic the look of traditional corsets without acting as them. While these modern corsets and corset tops often feature lacing or boning, and generally imitate a historical style of corsets, they have very little, if any, effect on the shape of the wearer's body. Genuine corsets are usually made by a corsetmaker and are frequently fitted to the individual wearer. Etymology The word ''corset'' is a diminutive of the Old French word ''cors'' (meaning "body", and itsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
