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Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
''Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing'' () is a 1989 Spanish surrealist comedy film written and directed by José Luis Cuerda. It has attained cult film status. The film is a critique of Spain under General Franco's dictatorship (1939-1976), as well as critique of contemporary Spain where everything changed in order for nothing to change. Plot The plot tracks the absurd situations unravelling upon the arrival of an engineer and his father in a village in the mountains of the province of Albacete and the behaviour of the locals. Cast Production Shooting locations in the province of Albacete included Aýna, Liétor, and Molinicos. Release The film received a pre-screening in Albacete on 13 January 1989. It was released theatrically in Spain on 17 January 1989. Accolades , - , rowspan = "3" , , rowspan = "3" , 4th Goya Awards , Best Original Screenplay , , José Luis Cuerda , , , rowspan = "3" , , - , Best Sound , Carlos Faruolo, Enrique Molinero , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Cuerda
José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 19474 February 2020) was a Spanish filmmaker. He is nationally recognised and considered to be amongst the greatest and most influential Spanish directors of all time, having made such critically successful and culturally significant films as ''The Enchanted Forest (1987 film), The Enchanted Forest'' (1987), ''Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing'' (1989) and ''Butterfly's Tongue'' (1999). His films won four Goya Awards over the course of his career: Goya Award for Best Film, Best Film and Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay for ''The Enchanted Forest'', and Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Butterfly's Tongue'' and ''The Blind Sunflowers (film), The Blind Sunflowers'' (2008). Filmography Film Acting roles Producer only * ''Thesis (film), Thesis'' (1996) (Executive Producer, Producer) *''Open Your Eyes (1997 film), Open Your Eyes'' (1997) (Producer) *''The Others (2001 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violeta Cela
Violeta Bravo Cela (born December 7, 1960) is a Spanish actress, model, columnist and voice actress. She is the cousin of Paloma Cela and second niece of Nobel Prize winning writer Camilo José Cela. Born in Madrid, Spain, Cela began her acting career at the age of 15 in the theatre production ''Violines y trompetas'' and made her cinema debut with a leading role in the 1978 film ''Silvia ama a Raquel''. In 1982 she played the main character ''Juanita'' in the Spanish television series ''Juanita, la Larga''. She has since appeared in a total of 69 films and 28 plays (including the classical genre, high comedy and musical). She is also known for her many performances in dubbing films as well as her role as an opinion columnist for Spanish national newspaper ABC. In 2005 she starred in the opera ''La memoria de las aguas'' by Uve Müllrich of German rock band Dissidenten. Selected filmography *'' The Heifer'' (1985) *''Year of Enlightment ''Year of Enlightment'' (, and also rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cris Huerta
Crisanto Huerta Brieva (26 January 1935 – 28 November 2004), better known as Cris Huerta, was a Portuguese actor. He was sometimes credited as Chris Huerta. Life and career Born in Lisbon, Huerta grew up in Madrid and he studied economics before giving up studies in favor of an acting career. He was one of the busiest character actors of the 1960s and 1970s and worked his way up from uncredited bit parts to leading roles even if usually in low budget films.Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema''. Gremese 2006, pp. 99-100. . The portly, bearded and bald actor appeared in more than 100 films, mainly spaghetti western films, splitting his time between leading roles as the sympathetic sidekick of the hero and character roles such as Mexican bandits, bartenders and sleazy businessmen. Declined the spaghetti western genre, after 1977 he significantly slowed his activities. Selected filmography * '' Ursus'' (1961) - Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedra Lorente
Fedra may refer to: * , ship which hit the rocks in Gibraltar in 2008 * Italian for Phaedra Phaedra may refer to: Mythology * Phaedra (mythology), Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus Arts and entertainment * Phaedra (Cabanel), ''Phaedra'' (Cabanel), an 1880 painting by Alexandre Cabanel *House of Phaedra ... * ''Fedra'' (Mayr), 1820 opera by Simon Mayr * ''Fedra'' (Pizzetti), 1915 opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti, based on a 1909 play of the same name by Gabriele D'Annunzio * Fedra Sans and Fedra Serif, font families marketed by Typotheque * ''Fedra'' (film), a 1956 Spanish drama film See also * Fedara, village in India * FEDRA {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Ángeles Ariza
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films *Maria (1947 film), ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film *Maria (1975 film), ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film *Maria (2003 film), ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film *Maria (2019 film), ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film *Maria (2021 film), ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost *''Being Maria'', 2024 French film released as ''Maria'' in France *Maria (2024 film), ''Maria'' (2024 film), American film *Maria (Sinhala fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amada Tercero
The Temple of Amada, is one of the oldest Egyptian Temples in Nubia. It was constructed during the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550–1295 BC) by Pharaoh Thutmose III. It is one of the oldest Egyptian buildings still present along Lake Nasser. In total, three generations contributed to building the temple (Thutmose III, Amenhotep II, and Thutmose IV). Minor modifications continued into the 19th Dynasty (1295–1186 BC). The temple was dedicated to Amun-Ra and Horakhty-Ra. During the Amarna period, Akhenaten had the name Amun destroyed throughout the temple but this was later restored by Seti I of Egypt's 19th Dynasty.Oakes, p.205 Various 19th Dynasty pharaohs, especially Seti I and Ramesses II, also "carried out minor restorations and added to the temple's decoration." The stelas of the Viceroys of Kush Setau, Heqanakht and Messuy and that of Chancellor Bay describe their building activities under Ramesses II, Merneptah and Siptah respectively. In the medieval period the temple was converted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Rodríguez (actress)
Carmen Rodríguez (born June 19, 1948) is a Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator, political social activist, and a founding member of ''Aquelarre Magazine''. Along with her husband and daughters, she fled to Canada after the Chilean Coup of 1973 and where she now resides as a political refugee. Rodríguez is known for her unique approach to writing, publishing most of her work in both Spanish and English. The translations of Rodríguez's work are done by her alone, a trend not commonly followed among other multilingual authors. Rodríguez translates her work until " he feelsthat both tips of ertongue and ertwo sets of ears were satisfied with the final product.'" Rodríguez's major works are ''and a body to remember with'', a collection of short stories, and ''Guerra Prolongada/Protracted War'', a collection of poems in both English and Spanish Rodríguez's first publication was a short story submitted for an annual literary competition in Chile in 1972, for which she rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen De Lirio
Carmen de Lirio (31 October 1926 – 4 August 2014) was a Spanish film actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 Selected filmography * ''The Evil Forest'' (1951) * '' It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (1953) * ''Peace Never Comes'' (1960) * '' The Two Rivals'' (1960) * ''Goliath Against the Giants'' (1961) * ''The Wild Ones of San Gil Bridge'' (1966) * '' Marquis de Sade: Justine'' (1969) * ''The House of the Doves'' (1972) * ''Clara is the Price ''Clara is the Price'' () is a 1975 Spanish film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Amparo Muñoz, Máximo Valverde and Juan Luis Galiardo. It was shot in Cadaques, Empuriabrava (Girona), Delta del Ebro (Tarragona) and Barcelona. Plot In a ci ...'' (1975) * '' The Cheerful Colsada Girls'' (1984) References Bibliography * Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. External links * 1926 births 2014 deaths Spanish film actresses Actresses from Zaragoza {{Spain-film-actor-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of La Laguna
The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: ''Universidad de La Laguna'') is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university has six campuses: Central, Anchieta, Guajara, Campus del Sur, Ofra and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In 2015, the University of La Laguna entered the ranking of the top 500 universities in the world by Shanghai Ranking, being one of the two Canarian public universities to do so. In addition, the Leiden ranking, prepared by the Center for Studies of Science and Technology of the Leiden University (Netherlands), has ranked the University of La Laguna as the first Spanish university in scientific collaboration. Meanwhile, in 2016, the University of La Laguna was recognized as the second best university in Spain in Humanities, according to a survey by the Everis Foundation. In the year 2018, the CWUR ranking places the University of La Lagun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated viewings, dialogue-quoting, and audience participation. Inclusive definitions allow for major studio productions, especially box-office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure, transgressive films shunned by the mainstream. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art. The term ''cult film'' itself was first used in the 1970s to describe the culture that surrounded underground films and midnight movies, though ''cult'' was in common use in film analysis for decades prior to that. Cult films trace their origin back to controversial and suppressed films kept alive by dedicated fans. In some cases, reclaimed or rediscovered films have acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absurd Comedy
Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical. Portrayals of surreal humour tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, incongruity, non-sequiturs, irrational or absurd situations, and expressions of nonsense. Surreal humour grew out of surrealism, a cultural movement developed in the 20th century by French and Belgian artists, who depicted unnerving and illogical scenes while developing techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. The movement itself was foreshadowed by English writers in the 19th century, most notably Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. The humour in surreal comedy arises from a subversion of audience expectations, emphasizing the ridiculousness and unlikeliness of a situation, so that amusement is founded on an unpredictability that is separate from a logical analysis of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when the University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
