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Inés Efron
Inés Efron (born May 9, 1984 in Mexico City) is an Argentine actress. Career Before ''XXY'', Inés Efron starred in ''Glue (film), Glue'', a drama about three teenagers set in a small town in a remote town in Argentina. In her ''XXY (film), XXY'' role, Efron's character is a 15-year-old intersexuality, intersex person trying to make a decision about their identity. Efron pointed out that "I liked the Alex character a lot and thought: I can do that. I felt a real connection." For her performance, Efron won the award for Best Actress at the Cartagena Film Festival as well as three other awards. Efron is cited by Internet portal Ciudad.com.ar as "one of the most interesting arising actresses of Buenos Aires." In 2008, she starred in ''The Headless Woman (2008 film), The Headless Woman'' by Lucrecia Martel; and in 2009 she starred in another one of Lucía Puenzo‘s films, called ''The Fish Child''. She also worked in theater with Lola Arias in the works ''Poses para dormir'', ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Mujer Sin Cabeza
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Argentine Film Actresses
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Jewish Argentine Actresses
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Births
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 space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Condor Awards
The Argentine Film Critics Association () is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor de Plata'') honoring achievements in Argentine cinema. The awards are considered Argentina's equivalent of the Academy Awards. The association was organized on July 10, 1942, and the annual awards have been given since 1943, with breaks in between.IMDb film data base, awards section. The Argentine Film Critics Association is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics, also known as . Silver Condor The Silver Condor (''Cóndor de Plata'') is aw ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarín Awards
The Clarín Entertainment Awards () or simply the Clarín Awards (') is an award program that have taken place in Argentina since 1998. at the Sponsored by the Argentine newspaper '' Clarín'', the event honors Argentine achievements in entertainment, sports, literature, and advertising. Awards for best Argentine film * '' Pizza, birra, faso'' (1998) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Piroyansky
Martín Piroyansky (born 3 March 1986) is an Argentine actor and film director. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1998. Selected filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Argentine male film actors Argentine film directors Argentine people of Russian-Jewish descent {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volley (film)
''Volley'' () is a 2014 Argentine comedy film written and directed by Martín Piroyansky. The cast is composed of Piroyansky, Violeta Urtizberea, Inés Efron, Chino Darín, Vera Spinetta and Justina Bustos. Influxmagazine.com Plot Nicolás (), Pilar (), Catalina (Vera Spinetta), Manuela ( |
Medianeras
''Sidewalls'' () is a 2011 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Gustavo Taretto. The film is an international co-production of Argentina, Germany and Spain. Plot In the urban sprawl of Buenos Aires, Martín and Mariana are strangers, living in neighboring apartment buildings. Martín is a web designer and takes up photography as a way to cope with his fear of the city. Mariana, an aspiring architect, is forced to move back into her old apartment after a breakup. Living solitary lives in one-room "shoebox" apartments, they both contemplate the changing cityscape, and struggle with anxiety and loneliness, feeling disconnected from other people in the digital age. "A Short Autumn" Witnessing a series of accidents on the street—a prostitute's dog jumps from a balcony, causing a passerby to be struck by a taxi and another to have a heart attack—Martín and Mariana separately stop to help. Martín is diagnosed with a harmless case of discarthrosis and has adopted h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Burman
Daniel Burman (born 29 August 1973, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer. According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for ''Mabuse'', a cinema magazine, Daniel Burman is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema", which began ''circa'' 1998. In fact, film critic Anthony Kaufman, writing for '' indieWIRE'', said Burman's '' A Chrysanthemum Burst in Cincoesquinas'' (1998) has been cited as the beginning of the " New Argentine Cinema" wave. Biography Burman is of Polish-Jewish descent, and he was born and raised in Buenos Aires. He holds both Argentine and Polish citizenship, like his films' character, Ariel. He studied law before changing to audiovisual media production. In 1995, he launched his own production company together with Diego Dubcovsky, BD Cine (Burman and Dubcovsky Cine). Burman is also a founding member of the Academy of Argentine Cinema. His loose trilogy of films, '' Esperando al Mesías'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Nido Vacío
''Empty Nest'' () is a 2008 Argentine drama film written and directed by Daniel Burman and starring Oscar Martínez and Cecilia Roth. Plot The story is centered on a family of five, a father, mother, their two sons, and daughter, revolving around the father. The reality within the diegesis is that of the father, Leonardo. The film plays with chronology and reality. Leonardo is a well-known writer and playwright, whose his wife left university studies to take care of the family. The film begins with a scene of a dinner in which Leonardo seems uncomfortable because, as is learned later in the film, he is witnessing a possible affair between his wife and an old college friend of hers. The film documents the troubles of the marriage as Leonardo has a brief affair with his dentist shortly after his youngest daughter leaves to Israel with her new husband Ianib. Leonardo's version of reality is, at many times, questionable during the film. He talks to a doctor that researches memory an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
