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Álex Angulo
Alejandro Angulo León (12 April 1953, in Erandio, Biscay – 20 July 2014, in Fuenmayor, La Rioja), better known as Álex Angulo was a Spanish actor who performed in over sixty films during his career spanning more than 30 years. Angulo died on 20 July 2014 at the age of 61 when the vehicle in which he was travelling veered from the road. At that moment he was going to the filming of ''Bendita calamidad''. Then he was replaced by Luis Varela. The Spanish director Mikel Rueda dedicated his film Hidden Away to Angulo posthumously. Selected filmography Film *1981: ''La fuga de Segovia'' *1987: ''El amor de ahora'' - (uncredited) *1988: ''Tu novia está loca'' - Yuste *1990: ''El anónimo... ¡vaya papelón!'' - Evaristo *1991: '' Anything for Bread'' - Genaro *1991: ''The Dumbfounded King'' - Hombre 1 *1993: '' Acción mutante'' - Alex Abadie *1994: ''Los peores años de nuestra vida'' - Hombre en TV *1995: ''Sálvate si puedes'' - Empresario contaminante *1995: ''The Day of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erandio
Erandio is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The name comes from euskera ARANDIO that means plum plantation or field. In 1415, during the War of the Bands, the ''corregidor'', the royally-appointed governor of the Biscayan ''hermandad'', acting on royal orders, siphoned off Biscayan wheat to the Asturias, inciting a rebellion. The Biscayans were defeated at Erandio with the loss of sixty men and the wheat transfers continued. Festivals Several annual festivals are celebrated in Erandio. Most of them are ''fiestas patronales'' (patronage festivals, held in the days around the date dedicated to the patron saints under whose advocation churches and hermits are). The local public holiday of the municipality rotates yearly on August 10, August 28 and the corpus Christi day. * June 11, Saint Barnabas in Fano / Faoeta. * June 13, Saint Anthony of Padua in Martiartu, Goierri. * June 29, Saint Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Flesh (film)
''Live Flesh'' ( es, Carne trémula, links=no) is a 1997 erotic romantic drama thriller film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem and Francesca Neri. The film is loosely based on the 1986 book of the same name by British crime writer Ruth Rendell. Plot Madrid, Christmas 1970. The Spanish State has declared a state of emergency curtailing civil liberties. A young prostitute, Isabel Plaza Caballero, gives birth on a bus to a son she names Víctor. Twenty years later, Víctor Plaza shows up for a date with Elena, a junkie with whom he had sex a week earlier. Elena is waiting for her drug dealer to arrive and orders Víctor to leave, eventually threatening him with a gun. Enraged, Víctor wrestles the gun from her; in the process Elena gets knocked out, and the gun goes off. A neighbour hears the shot and calls the police. Two cops respond to the report. The older cop, Sancho, is an unstable alcoholic who suspects his wife Clara of infidelity. The younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14 De Abril
Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an unreleased album by Charli XCX * "14" (song), 2007, from ''Courage'' by Paula Cole Other uses * ''Fourteen'' (film), a 2019 American film directed by Dan Sallitt * ''Fourteen'' (play), a 1919 play by Alice Gerstenberg * ''Fourteen'' (manga), a 1990 manga series by Kazuo Umezu * ''14'' (novel), a 2013 science fiction novel by Peter Clines * ''The 14'', a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings * Fourteen, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Lot Fourteen, redevelopment site in Adelaide, South Australia, previously occupied by the Royal Adelaide Hospital * "The Fourteen", a nickname for NASA Astronaut Group 3 * Fourteen Words, a phrase used by white supremacists and Nazis See also * 1/4 (other) * Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Serrano
''Los Serrano'' is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. It was produced by for Telecinco. The series was a pioneer in introducing a new family model as well as being mole and adapting to new social currents. The origin of the plot focuses on coexistence and the differences between men and women in the same house. Plot The series tells the life of the Serrano family Diego Serrano (Antonio Resines), a widowed father in charge of his three sons named Marcos (Fran Perea), Guillermo ( Víctor Elías), and Francisco ( Jorge Jurado). Instead, Lucía ( Belén Rueda) is a divorced mother of two daughters named Eva (Verónica Sánchez) and María Teresa ( Natalia Sánchez). Everything changes when Lucía on a trip to the beach with her daughters on the way, suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquí No Hay Quien Viva
''Aquí'' ("Here") is the title of the debut studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas, released on March 24, 1997. It was well received by the public. The two singles released were "De Mis Pasos" and "Cómo Sé". Track listing The album comprises 12 songs, all written by Venegas. Singles *De mis pasos *Cómo sé "Cómo sé" is a song written by the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas and included in her album debut, '' Here.'' The song was written by Julieta Venegas and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla. It was released as her second single in 1997. Song It ... 1997 debut albums Julieta Venegas albums Albums produced by Gustavo Santaolalla {{latin-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang
''Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang'' ( es, Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica) is a 2013 Spanish adventure film directed by Oskar Santos. It is based on the comic book series '' Zipi y Zape'', created by José Escobar Saliente. The film had its premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2013. It was well received at Festival de San Sebastián on 21 September 2013. The film had a theatrical release in Spain on 4 October 2013. The film later screened at 2014 Sundance Film Festival, in newly introduced category ''Sundance Kids'' on 18 January 2014. A sequel, '' Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island'', was released in 2016. Plot Twin brothers Zip and Zap are sent to the summer school Hope, a re-education centre ran by strict Falconetti, who forbids all forms of recreation and entertainment. When Zap gets in trouble for disrupting a class, he is locked in the "Isolation Room" where he is told to think about what he has done. While there, he finds a bag of mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Vazquez
''The Great Vazquez'' ( es, El gran Vázquez, links=no) is a 2010 Spanish biographical comedy-drama film directed and written by Óscar Aibar which stars Santiago Segura as the title character alongside Álex Angulo, Mercè Llorens and Enrique Villén. Plot Set in 1960s Barcelona, the plot follows the vicissitudes of Vázquez, a cartoonist and wastrel whose rogue way of living is threatened by the arrival of a foe, Peláez, an accountant hellbent on setting things right in the publishing house. Cast Production The film is a Distinto Films, Tornasol Films and Castafiore Films production, with the participation of TVE, TVC and Canal+ España. Shooting locations included Barcelona and the Ciudad de la Luz studio in Alicante. Release ''The Great Vazquez'' was presented at the 58th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2010, screened as part of the festival's main competition. It was theatrically released in Spain on 24 September 2010. Reception In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Drain (film)
''Brain Drain'' ( es, link=no, Fuga de cerebros) is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Fernando González Molina and starring Mario Casas and Amaia Salamanca. The film is an A3 Films production. The production started on 14 July 2008 in Madrid and Gijón, and its premier was on 24 April 2009. Due to great success at the Spanish box office, the film spawned off a sequel, ''Brain Drain 2'' (2011). Plot The film begins with an 18 year old Emilio (''Mario Casas'') who tells his amorous misadventures with Natalia (''Amaia Salamanca'') due to all his physical problems ( orthodoncy, orthosis, etc.) When he is 18 he finally gets rid of all his dental appareils and has the chance to confess to Natalia his love. But when she gets a student grant to attend Oxford University (England), all his friends try to help him by going to Oxford too with fake grants. However, once there, the group must confront several problems, such as their poor English and their disabilities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imago Mortis
''Imago Mortis'' is a 2009 Italian-Spanish film directed by Stefano Bessoni. The supernatural thriller stars Geraldine Chaplin and is the first major screen appearance of her daughter, Oona. Richard Stanley, one of the film's scriptwriters described the film as a "Sort of a neo-''giallo'' taking off from Dario Argento's '' Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' by way of Umberto Lenzi's ''Spasmo'' and '' DaVinci Code''." Speaking about his hopes for the film, Bessoni said; “My film aspires to del revive fantasy cinema, as is happening in Spain”. It was released in Italy on 16 January 2009. Plot Bruno (Amarilla), a student at the rundown FW Murnau Film School comes across the thanatoscope, an ancient instrument of death. The instrument, created by scientist Girolamo Fumagalli immortalises on a plate the last image seen by the victim’s retina. The school's teachers, led by Countess Orsini (Geraldine Chaplin) are involved in a secretive plot concerning the instrument. Cast *Geraldine Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Backwoods
''The Backwoods'', alternately known in Spanish as ''Bosque de Sombras'', is a 2006 Spanish-British thriller film directed and co-written by the Spanish director Koldo Serra. Set in 1978 in the Basque Country, Northern Spain, ''The Backwoods'' tells the story of two married couples staying in an isolated house in the woods. Once belonging to his Basque grandmother, Englishman Paul (Gary Oldman) has purchased the house as a holiday retreat for himself and his Spanish wife Isabel (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) . They are joined by fellow Englishman Norman (Paddy Considine) and his wife Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen), who are hoping the holiday will help save their marriage. While out hunting, Norman and Paul discover a deformed girl locked away in an abandoned building; deciding to rescue her, they take her back to their holiday home. The following day, a group of armed local men come to the house searching for the girl, whom they claim is their niece. Critics noted similarities between ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan's Labyrinth
''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican production) production, the film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. The story takes place in Spain during the summer of 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War, during the early Francoist period. The narrative intertwines this real world with a mythical world centered on an overgrown, abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature, with whom the main character, Ofelia, interacts. Ofelia's stepfather, the Falangist Captain Vidal, hunts the Spanish Maquis who fight against the Francoist regime in the region, while Ofelia's pregnant mother Carmen grows increasingly ill. Ofelia meets several strange and magical creatures who become central to her story, leading her through the trials of the old la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mother Likes Women
''My Mother Likes Women'' ( es, A mi Madre le gustan las mujeres) is a 2002 Spanish comedy film directed by Inés París and Daniela Fejerman. The film stars Leonor Watling, Rosa Maria Sardà, María Pujalte, Silvia Abascal, and Eliska Sirova. ''My Mother Likes Women'' premiered in Spain on 11 January 2002. The theme song of the same title was written by Andy Chango. Plot Elvira, an attractive but insecure twenty-something, joins her sisters Jimena and Sol to celebrate the birthday of their mother, Sofía. A divorced concert pianist, Sofía announces that she's fallen in love but is interrupted by the doorbell as she describes her new partner. While the three gleefully speculate about their mother's new boyfriend, their joy suddenly gives way to shock when she returns with Eliska, and the sisters realize that their mother is a lesbian. The young women handle the shock in different ways. Elvira confides in her psychiatrist, while Sol composes a song about her mother and her lesb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |