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Los Náufragos
''The Shipwrecked'' () is a 1994 Chilean drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Aron is an exiled Chilean whose father has died during his years of absence, and whose brother is one of the thousands of 'disappeared'. Aron, back in his country, feels like a castaway lost in a place he doesn't recognize, trying to understand what happened to his family and to the country he once knew. Cast * Luis Alarcón as Sebastian Mola * Bastián Bodenhöfer as Ur * Tennyson Ferrada as Rene * Benjamin Littin * Marcelo Romo as Aron * Valentina Vargas Valentina Vargas (born December 31, 1964) is a Chilean actress. She began, and spent most of, her career working in France. Biography Vargas began her career in the dramatic arts by joining the workshop of Tania Balaschova in Paris and later at ... as Isol References External links * * 1994 films 1994 drama films Chilean drama films 1990s Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born in Palmilla, Colchagua Valley. CHILE. Career Miguel Littin directed ''Jackal of Nahueltoro, El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969), becoming a major figure of the New Latin American Cinema. Littin was exiledd in Mexico shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted President Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. His 1973 film ''The Promised Land (1973 film), The Promised Land'' was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In Mexico, he directed several films: * ''Letters from Marusia'', based on a miners strike in Chile. ''Letters from Marusia'' was nominated for the Oscars Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Winner of 9 Ariel awards, including Best Director, Best Script, and Best Film from the Mexican Film Academy. The Italian actor Gian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastián Bodenhöfer
Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander (Santiago, July 1, 1961) is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of president Ricardo Lagos. Bodenhöfer established himself as a renowned actor in the ''telenovela'' ''Ángel Malo'' in 1986. During the 1990s, due to his physical attractiveness, his solid presence and his talent, he became the highest paid male lead in Televisión Nacional de Chile. Personal life He is the son of the German-Chilean Jew composer Leni Alexander. He also studied in the Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ... where he developed as a saxophone and clarinet player. His brother, Andreas, is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Spanish-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Drama Films
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1994 Drama Films
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Charter, Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day. Events January * January 1 ** The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. ** Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. * January 8 – ''Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Films
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was '' The Lion King'', becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by ''Forrest Gump'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of Hollywood's best years for cinema during the post-Golden Age era, setting the standard for the movies of the modern age. Also in 1994, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th anniversary. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 15 - Viacom acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications Inc. for $9.75 billion, following a five-month battle with QVC. *March 4 - Actor John Candy dies of a heart attack at the age of 43 while on location in Durango, Mexico for the film '' Wagons East''. *March 21 - Steven Spielberg wins his first Academy Award for Best Director for '' Schindler's List'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Vargas
Valentina Vargas (born December 31, 1964) is a Chilean actress. She began, and spent most of, her career working in France. Biography Vargas began her career in the dramatic arts by joining the workshop of Tania Balaschova in Paris and later at the Yves Pignot School in Los Angeles. Her cinematographic career started with the filming of three works in contemporary French cinema, specifically Pierre Jolivet's ''Strictly Personal'' (1985), director Luc Besson's '' Big Blue'' (1988) and Jean-Jacques Annaud's ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986). As the 1980s and 1990s continued, Vargas continued to work in film. She appeared in Samuel Fuller in '' Street of No Return'' (1989), Miguel Littín in '' Los náufragos'' (1994) and Alfredo Arieta in ''Fuegos''. Vargas is trilingual, speaking Spanish, French and English. This has enabled her to star in films as varied as the cinematic horror film '' Hellraiser: Bloodline'' where she played the demon Angelique, to the comedy ''Chili con carn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Romo
Marcelo Romo (23 April 1941 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1969. Selected filmography References External links * 1941 births 2018 deaths Chilean male film actors Chilean actor-politicians Male actors from Santiago, Chile {{Chile-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Cannes Film Festival
The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film '' Pulp Fiction''. The festival opened with '' The Hudsucker Proxy'' by Joel Coen, and closed with '' Serial Mom'' by John Waters. Juries Main competition * Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President * Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer * Catherine Deneuve, French actress * Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer * Kazuo Ishiguro, British writer * Alexander Kaidanovsky, Russian actor and filmmaker * Marie-Françoise Leclère, French journalist * Lalo Schifrin, Argentine-American musician * Shin Sang-ok, South Korean filmmaker and producer * Alain Terzian, French-Armenian producer ''Camera d'Or'' * Marthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ely Menz
Ely or ELY may refer to: Places England * Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England ** Ely Rural District, a former district surrounding Ely, Cambridgeshire on the west and north ** Ely Urban District, a former district containing Ely and some surrounding areas ** Isle of Ely, a historic region and former county around the city of Ely ** Diocese of Ely, a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury * Ely Place, a road in London Ireland * Éile, a medieval kingdom commonly anglicised Ely * Ely Place, Dublin, a street Wales * Ely, Cardiff, a suburb of west Cardiff, Wales ** Ely (Cardiff electoral ward) * River Ely, a river in Wales that flows through Cardiff United States * Ely, Iowa, a city * Ely, Minnesota, a city * Ely, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Ely, Nevada, a city and county seat * Ely, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Ely, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ely Township, Michigan * Ely, a village belongin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusual styles and non-traditional stories seeking international recognition. At the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, ''Killer (1998 film), Killer'' by Darezhan Omirbaev was named the first ever winner. While The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, ''The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo'' by Diego Céspedes is the most recent winner. Winners In 1998, the was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of Euro, €30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
