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José Salcedo (film Editor)
José Salcedo Palomeque ( 1949 – 19 September 2017) was a Spanish film editor with over 120 feature film credits. He had an extended collaboration with the director Pedro Almodóvar, having edited all of Almodóvar's films from 1980 until his death. Salcedo had been nominated many times for Goya Award for Best Editing, and won the award three times: for ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1988), '' Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead'' (1995), and ''All About My Mother'' (1999). He was honored with the 2017 Gold Medal of the ''Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España'', which is the Spanish academy that awards the Goyas. Filmography *'' The Disenchantment'' (1976) *'' Black Litter'' (1977) *'' Navajeros'' (1980) *'' Pepi, Luci, Bom'' (1980). Salcedo's first collaboration with director Pedro Almodóvar. *'' Maravillas'' (1981) *'' The Minister’s Wife'' (1981) *'' Labyrinth of Passion'' (1982) *''Demons in the Garden'' (1982) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminci
The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing film festivals in Spain. It stands out in the area of films d'auteur and independent films. The Seminci conventionally takes place every October, about a month later than the San Sebastián Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in Spain. History The first edition of the festival began on 20 March 1956 under the name of Semana de Cine Religioso de Valladolid with the goal of promoting Catholic moral values in conjunction with the celebration of Holy Week in Valladolid. For the first two years it was not competitive and no prizes were awarded. In 1958 the Don Bosco gold and silver awards and the Special Mention appeared, which the following year were replaced by the Lábaro and the Ciudad de Valladolid Award, respectively. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Desencanto
''El desencanto'' (The Disenchantment) is a 1976 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Jaime Chávarri about the family of famous poet Leopoldo Panero. It tells the story of the Panero family told by themselves twelve years after the death of patriarch Leopoldo Panero, a poet of Francoist Spain. The documentary is based on the testimony of the remaining four members: the poet's widow, Felicidad Blanc, and the couple's three sons: Juan Luis, Leopoldo Maria and Michi.Torres, ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'', p.170 In their intertwined testimonies, they deal with family relations, the weight of their shared past and about themselves. ''El desencanto'' was made towards the end of Francoist Spain and was released during the Spanish transition to democracy becoming a symbol of the decadence of the Francoist family.Alberto Mira ''El desencanto'' is considered a seminal work among Spanish documentaries and has achieved cult status.Torres, ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Espa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing With The Wind
''Rowing with the Wind'' a.k.a. ''Remando al viento'' (Spanish title) is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Gonzalo Suárez. The film won seven Goya Awards. It concerns the English writer Mary Shelley and her circle. Plot In the summer of 1816, English poet Percy Shelley, his soon to be wife Mary Shelley (daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft), and Mary's stepsister and companion Claire Clairmont take a holiday with Lord Byron and his physician John William Polidori at a villa rented by Byron at Lake Leman, Switzerland. Byron challenges each of the friends to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, ''Frankenstein''. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the creature of her imagination is the cause. Meanwhile, Claire has Byron's baby, is estranged from him and barred from seeing her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one hedonistic, the other id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of Desire
''The Law of Desire'' () is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio, it was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo. The story focuses on a complex love triangle between three men. Pablo, a successful gay film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director, and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire. The relationship between Pablo and Antonio is at the core of the film; however, the story of Pablo's sister, Tina, plays a strong role in the plot. Shot in the later part of 1986, ''The Law of Desire'' was Almodóvar's first work centered on homosexual relationships. He considers '' The Law of Desire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matador (film)
''Matador'' is a 1986 Spanish erotic thriller film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel Giménez (Antonio Banderas), who confesses to murders he did not commit. Plot Diego Montes is a former bullfighter, forced into early retirement after being wikt:gore#Verb, gored, who finds sexual gratification by viewing slasher films. Among the students in Diego's bullfighting class is Ángel, a diffident young man who suffers from vertigo. During one episode of vertigo in the practice ring, Ángel has a vision of a woman killing a man during sex with an ornamental silver hairpin, stabbing at the base of the neck as a matador kills a bull. After class, Diego asks Ángel whether he is homosexual, noting that he is not experienced with women. Ángel says he is not and vows to prove himself. Later that day, Ángel follows Diego's girlfriend, Eva, to a neighborhood alley, making a fumbling attempt to rape her. When Angel shows shame, a disdainful Eva slaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (film)
''What Have I Done to Deserve This?'' () is a 1984 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Starring Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave and Verónica Forqué, the film follows the misadventures of an overworked housewife and her dysfunctional family. Almodóvar has described ''What Have I Done'' as a homage to Italian neorealism, although this tribute also involves jokes about paedophilia, prostitution, and a Telekinesis, telekinetic child. Plot Gloria, a downtrodden housewife, lives with her husband Antonio, mother-in-law and two sons in a small, shabby and overcrowded apartment located by the Madrid motorway. Besides taking care of her home and family, Gloria also works as a cleaning lady to make ends meet and takes amphetamines to keep going. Her marriage to Antonio, a taxi driver, is on the rocks. 15 years earlier, in Germany, Antonio work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Habits
''Dark Habits'' (Spanish: ''Entre Tinieblas'') is a 1983 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Julieta Serrano, Marisa Paredes and Chus Lampreave. The plot follows a cabaret singer who finds refuge in a convent of eccentric nuns, while the film is an exploration of the anachronistic situation of institutionalized religion in contemporary Spanish society. Plot Yolanda, a cabaret singer, brings heroin to her lover who drops dead of an overdose. To escape from the police, the singer looks for refuge in a local convent. The Mother Superior, a fan of Yolanda, rapturously greets her. The mission of the order, called the Humiliated Redeemers (Redentoras humilladas), is to offer shelter and redemption to fallen women. The convent once was a bustling haven for prostitutes, drug addicts and murderers, but it is now in disrepair. The order is facing serious financial hardships as their prime financial supporter, the vain and greedy Marchioness (La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colegas
''Colegas'' () is a 1982 Spanish quinqui film written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia. It stars José Luis Manzano, Antonio Flores and Rosario Flores. Set in the Concepción neighborhood of Madrid, the plot follows the misadventures of two young friends who are forced into street hustling and ever-expanding life of crime when one impregnates the sister of the other and they need to get the money to pay for her to have an abortion. Made with a low budget and no professional actors, ''Colegas'' was reviled by critics but it was a commercial success.Torres, ''Diccionario del cine Español'', p. 151 It is considered one of the classics of the quinqui film genre. Plot José is an unemployed eighteen-year-old living with his parents and four siblings in a cramped apartment in the slums of Madrid. Marginalized by poverty and with no prospects of finding a job, José spends his time with his best friend Antonio in a video arcade, smoking pot or in a fruitless search of work. When he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons In The Garden
''Demons in the Garden'' () is a 1982 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, starring Ángela Molina, Ana Belén and Imanol Arias. The film is about a dysfunctional family living in rural Spain during the first years of Franco's dictatorship. It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. Plot In a small Spanish village, Gloria, the imperious head of a troubled family, is devoted to her two sons. The brothers, Óscar and Juan, have frequent violent disputes. Óscar, the oldest, and his steel-willed mother run the family's grocery store called ''el Jardín'' (The Garden), which does a brisk business in the black market. When Óscar marries Juan's lover, Ana, Juan, the beloved handsome second son decides to better his fortunes in Madrid joining the Nationalist Army. Ana, who loves him, is heartbroken. Juan also leaves behind his impoverished cousin, Ángela, pregnant with his child. She moves to the countryside a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinth Of Passion
''Labyrinth of Passion'' () is a 1982 Spanish screwball comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth and Imanol Arias. Antonio Banderas has a small role, marking his film debut. ''Labyrinth of Passion'', Almodóvar's second film, was independently produced with a shoestring budget which allowed for better production values than his previous film '' Pepi, Luci, Bom'', and to employ a more complex narrative. The plot follows a nymphomaniac pop star who falls in love with a gay Middle Eastern prince. Their unlikely destiny is to find one another, overcome their sexual preferences and live happily ever after on a tropical island. Although poorly received by Spanish film critics, ''Labyrinth of Passion'' was a modest success and quickly achieved cult film status. The film is an outrageous look at love and sex, set in Madrid in the early 1980s, during the so-called Movida madrileña, a period of sexual adventurousness after the end of Franco's auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Mujer Del Ministro
''La mujer del ministro'' (''The Minister’s Wife'') is a 1981 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring Manuel Torres, Simón Andreu and Amparo Muñoz. The complex plot mixes terrorism, politics, corruption and sex in the convoluted politic environment during the so-called Spanish Transition. The film is notable for its lesbian subplot. It was classified S as pornographic for a nude scene in a sauna.Bentley, '' A Companion to Spanish Cinema'', p. 235 Plot Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maravillas (film)
''Maravillas'' is a 1981 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón which stars Cristina Marcos as the title character alongside Fernando Fernán Gómez. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Set in Madrid, the plot follows Maravillas, a 15-year-old girl gifted with a ring by her Sephardic Jewish godfather Salomón on the day of her first communion. Cast Production The film was shot in Madrid. Release The film screened at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival in February 1981. Distributed by Los Films del Búho. the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 February 1981. See also * List of Spanish films of 1981 A list of films produced in Spain in 1981 (see 1981 in film The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-gr ... References External links * 1981 films Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
