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Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro Torre (born 1945) is a Spanish filmmaker known for directing box office hits such as ''The Other Side of the Bed'' (2002) and ''Spanish Affair (2014 film), Spanish Affair'' (2014). Biography Emilio Martínez-Lázaro was born in Madrid in 1945. He studied in a Jesuit school and later began studies in Industrial Engineering and then in Physical Sciences in Madrid. His first association with Film, cinema came when he joined the Escuela de Argüelles, a group of independent filmmakers. He made his first short film, ''Circunstancias del Milagro''/''The Circumstances of the Miracle'', in 1968; re-edited in 1972 and retitled ''El Camino del Cielo''/''The Road to Heaven'', it was shown at several international film festivals. He made his first feature, ''Pastel de Sangre''/''Blood Cake'', in 1971. Martínez-Lázaro entered the television industry in 1974, directing episodes of numerous television series, and since then has continued to work in both venues. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worst Years Of Our Lives
''The Worst Years of Our Lives'' () is a 1994 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Trueba which stars Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, and Jorge Sanz. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards, winning one (for best sound). The film is an attempt to update 1980s '' comedia madrileña'' trend (for urban comedies in Spain during the Transition) to a new social context. Shooting locations in Madrid included Malasaña (calle del Molino de Viento). Cast Accolades , - , rowspan = 4 align = "center" , 1995 , , rowspan = "4" , 9th Goya Awards , , Best Original Screenplay , , David Trueba , , , , rowspan = "4" , , - , Best Actor , , Gabino Diego , , , - , Best Supporting Actor , , Agustín González , , , - , Best Sound The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Director
The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the 1st Goya Awards, first edition of the Goya Awards. Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his film ''El viaje a ninguna parte, Voyage to Nowhere''. Pedro Almodóvar holds the record of most wins and nominations for this category, with three wins out of twelve nominations, winning for ''All About My Mother'' (1999), ''Volver'' (2006) and ''Pain and Glory'' (2019). Fernando León de Aranoa, who won for ''Barrio (film), Barrio'' (1998), ''Mondays in the Sun'' (2002) and ''The Good Boss'' (2021), and J. A. Bayona, who won for ''The Impossible (2012 film), The Impossible'' (2012), ''A Monster Calls (film), A Monster Calls'' (2015), and ''Society of the Snow'' (2023), share the record of most wins. Directors Fernando Trueba, Alejandro Amenábar, Isabel C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Goya Awards
The 1st Goya Awards were presented at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... on 17 March 1987, and was presented by Fernando Rey. '' Voyage to Nowhere'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * José F. Aguayo References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 01 1986 film awards 1980s in Madrid Events in Madrid 1986 in Spanish cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernormal (2021 TV Series)
''Supernormal'' is a children's television programme for CITV. It was developed and produced by World Leaders Entertainment in New York City, USA, and Granada Kids UK. It was animated by Fatkat Animation, a Canadian animation studio. It made its television début on 1 September 2007 on CITV, but the official premiere was on 8 September of the same year. Plot In the ordinary city of Crumptonville can be found a school for superheroes! Sure, the students wear Spandex and study Death Traps and Doomsday Machines, but they still have all the problems normal kids have at normal schools. There are super-achievers and super-slackers, super-nerds and super-jocks… there's even a teacher's pet - but it lives in the basement, and eats cats! SuperNormal follows the adventures of four of the, er, less promising students at the school. There’s Changerella - a peace-loving shape-shifter who thinks the world would be happier with more flowers, love and pink stuff. The Brass Butt (BB to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20minutos
''20 minutos'' is a Spanish free newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by Multiprensa & Mas S.L. History Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez Soler. 20 minutos is published under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licence, which entitles anyone to freely copy, distribute, display, make derivative works and commercial use of the work. Additionally, the newspaper can be downloaded from their site. on 20minutos.es Its majority stockholder is 20 Min Holding, a leader in free daily newspapers in ('' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinemanía
''Cinemanía'' is a monthly film magazine based in Madrid, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur .... It has been in circulation since 1995. History and profile ''Cinemanía'' was first published in October 1995. The magazine is headquartered in Madrid. It was part of Prisa Revistas, a subsidiary of PRISA company. It was published by Promotora General de Revistas, S.A and comes out monthly. In 2018, ''Cinemanía'' was acquired by Grupo Henneo. ''Cinemanía'' covers both Spanish movies and international ones. It also features interviews, reports and reviews. ''Cinemanía'' was redesigned in May 2002 and in October 2005. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cinemania 1995 establishments in Spain Film magazines published in Spain Magazines establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Hipster En La España Vacía
''A Hipster in Rural Spain'' () is a 2024 comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, with a screenplay by Daniel Castro based on the satirical book by Daniel Gascón. It stars Lalo Tenorio, Berta Vázquez, Macarena García, and Paco León. Plot Naïve political activist Quique is sent from the city to a small village in the province of Teruel by his party leader to develop some workshops and sustainable crops as a part of a ruse so the leader could secretly spend time with Quique's girlfriend Lina. Quique initially finds little to no acceptance to his modern political agenda among the reluctant rural folks, with only tavern keeper Lourdes offering him some help. Cast Production The film is a LaZona production, with Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson taking over production duties. Shooting primarily took place in Fuentespalda, province of Teruel. Release The film was presented at the 27th Málaga Film Festival on 2 March 2024. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 27 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylove Lost
''Mylove Lost'' () is a 2018 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro from a screenplay by Clara Martínez-Lázaro and Miguel Esteban. It stars Michelle Jenner and Dani Rovira. Plot Upon falling romantically for each other, Mario and Olivia adopt a cat named Miamor (Mylove), only responsive when addressed in the Valencian language. As love fades, the cat seemingly disappears too. It turns out that the cat has been secretly taken care of by Mario, prompting a vicious response by Olivia when she finds about it. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Clara Martínez-Lázaro alongside Miguel Esteban. The film is a Sony Pictures International Productions, Discontinuo La Película AIE, Impala, Caos Films, and Lightbox Animation Studios production, and it had the participation of RTVE. Filming began on 9 October 2017. Shooting locations included the Madrid region. Release The film was presented at the Paterna's Kinépolis multiplex as a part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Affair 2
''Spanish Affair 2'' (; ) is a 2015 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. It is the sequel to the 2014 box-office hit '' Spanish Affair'', with the four main actors reprising their characters. Plot Some time after the events of ''Ocho apellidos vascos'', Rafa and Koldo's daughter Amaia have parted ways. Now Amaia is dating a Catalan man named Pau. This is too much for Koldo, who ventures outside the borders of the Basque Country for the first time in his life to search for Rafa in Seville and to convince him to try and win back Amaia's heart. Cast Release Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film premiered in Spain on 20 November 2015. The weekend of its premiere, the film gathered an audience of 1,117,678 which resulted in box office grossing of 7.9 million euros. Worldwide, the movie has accrued $40.6 million. Sequel A film with the working title ("Almost Family") was published in 2023 as ("Eight Moroccan surnames"). Its cast does not include actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Montaña Rusa
''La montaña rusa'' (''The Roller Coaster'') is a 2012 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro from a screenplay by Daniela Fejerman and Martínez-Lázaro which stars Verónica Sánchez, Ernesto Alterio, and Alberto San Juan alongside Ara Malikian. Plot The plot tracks a love triangle of three longtime friends meeting up again: a clown (Lorenzo), a television host (Luis), and a frigid violinist (Ada). Cast Production The film is an Enrique Cerezo Producciones Cinematográficas production. Release Distributed by Alta Classics, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 March 2012. Reception of ''El País'' determined that "unfortunately, the film ends up being the anachronism that its own poster suggests". Irene Crespo of ''Cinemanía'' rated the film 1½ ouf of 5 stars, wondering "why do they call this ilmcomedy". See also * List of Spanish films of 2012 A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Roses
''13 Roses'' () is a 2007 Spanish-Italian historical drama directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro. The film features performances by Pilar López de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez, and Marta Etura. Based on true events, it portrays the harrowing story of thirteen young women, known as "las Trece rosas", who were executed by a Francoist firing squad shortly after conclusion of the Spanish Civil War. highlighting their unwavering commitment to their ideals. Plot The film takes place in Madrid in 1939 during the final days of the Spanish Civil War. Virtudes and Carmen, two young idealistic Republican militants, encourage their neighbors to keep faith in the cause of the Second Republic. However, the entry of Franco’s Nationalist troops into the city is imminent. Fearing bloody repression, many Republicans flee the country, while others are either unable or unwilling to do so. Julia, a tram conductor, and her friend Adelina, a Red Cross worker, are also active sympathizers of the Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
