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María Adánez
María Adánez Almenara (12 March 1976) is a Spanish actress, director, writer and producer. Career Adánez's most popular works include ''Pepa y Pepe'', ''Farmacia de guardia'', ''Aquí no hay quien viva,'' and ''La que se avecina''. She is now filming her first work as writer, director, and producer in ''5ºB Escalera Dcha''. Television Between 1993 and 1994 Adánez played Maria, Kike's girlfriend, in the ''Farmacia de guardia'' series. In 1995 she would be known by the public for the role of Maria in ''Pepa y Pepe''. She also played parts in ''Menudo es mi padre'', ''Ellas son así'', ''¡Ay, Señor, Señor!,'' and ''Paraíso.'' Between September 2003 and February 2006, she starred in the television series ''Aquí no hay quien viva,'' where she gave life to her character Lucía Álvarez, a young woman accustomed to having everything easy and having a job in her father's company. This role gave her great popularity and won her a Unión de Actores award for the best televisio ... [...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] |
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered theatrical realism, but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include ''Brand'', ''Peer Gynt'', '' Emperor and Galilean'', '' A Doll's House'', '' Ghosts'', '' An Enemy of the People'', '' The Wild Duck'', '' Rosmersholm'', '' Hedda Gabler'', '' The Master Builder'', and '' When We Dead Awaken''. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and ''A Doll's House'' was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth in Telemark since the mid-1500s. Both his parents belonged socially or biologically to the Paus family of Rising and Altenburggården—the extende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Of Happiness
''Time of Happiness'' () is a 1997 Spanish film directed and written by . Its cast features Verónica Forqué, Silvia Abascal, María Adánez, Carlos Fuentes, Pepón Nieto, Liberto Rabal, Fele Martínez, and Antonio Resines, among others. Plot The fiction is set in Ibiza in the Summer of 1970, with the backdrop of the hippy counterculture and the topic of free love. It tracks a "dysfunctional" nuclear family (consisting of Julia and Fernando as well as their four children Cucho, Elena, Verónica and Juan) and their romantic and sexual endeavours in the island. Cast Production The film is a Sogecine and Central de Producciones Audiovisuales production. While set in Ibiza, the film was primarily shot in the neighbouring island of Mallorca. Release Distributed by Sogepaq, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 4 July 1997. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' considered that Iborra delivers a "mature but slightly flat nostalgia vehicle" that despite bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Sanz
Jorge Sanz Miranda (born 26 August 1969) is a Spanish actor and one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema since the 1980s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: '' Amantes'' (1991) by director Vicente Aranda and Fernando Trueba’s ''Belle Époque'' (1992). Early life Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on 26 August 1969 in Madrid.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 258 The youngest of five children, he would have followed a military career in the footsteps of his father, but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as the son of Jane Birkin in the film ''La Miel'' (1979) directed by Pedro Masó.Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra From then on, he started a prolific career as an actor mostly in commercial films. His se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Mayo
Alfredo Fernández Martínez (17 May 1911 in Barcelona – 19 May 1985 in Palma de Mallorca) better known as Alfredo Mayo was a Spanish actor. Biography After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of Ernesto Vilches. He fought for Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War in aviation. He starred in propaganda films such as '' Escuadrilla'' (1941), Harka (1941), '' A mí la legión'' (1942) but is perhaps best known for '' Raza'', written by Francisco Franco under the name of ''Jaime de Andrade''. He became a major star in comedies, dramas and historical films such as '' Malvaloca'' (1942), by Luis Marquina; '' Deliciosamente tontos'' (1943), by Juan de Orduña, or '' La leona de Castilla'' (1951). In the 1950s he acted in supporting roles in such films as ''El último cuplé'' (1957), '' Una muchachita de Valladolid'' (1958) and '' 55 Days at Peking'' (1963), directed in Spain by Nicholas Ray. His career had a second golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelino Fons
Angelino Fons Fernández (6 March 1936 – 7 June 2011), was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is known for his debut film '' La busca'' (''The Search'') (1966). His career was closely linked to literature, adapting classic Spanish novels to the big screen. Career Angelino Fons was born on 6 March 1936 in Madrid, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He grew up in Murcia and Orihuela, where he moved with his family in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit school of Santo Domingo in Orihuela, Alicante. He entered the University of Murcia to study Philosophy and Literature. Abandoning his studies at the University of Murcia, Fons returned to Madrid to be trained as a film director and entered the national film school (IIEC), graduating with a specialty in directing in 1960.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 135 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kira Miró
Kira García-Beltrán Miró (born 13 March 1980) is a Spanish actress and television presenter. Life and career Kira García-Beltrán Miró was born on 13 March 1980 in Santa Brígida, island of Gran Canaria. The second of three siblings, she is the daughter of businessman José García Beltrán aka Pepe MacDonald and producer Marta Miró. She first appeared in the small screen in teen show ''Desesperado Club Social''. She later hosted '. She made her feature film debut as an actress in ''Menos es más'' (2000). She has since featured in films such as '' Ferpect Crime'' (2004), '' Desde que amanece apetece'' (2006), ' (2006), ' (2006), ' (2008), '' Rivals'' (2008), '' Broken Embraces'' (2009), '' To Hell with the Ugly'' (2010), '' Don't Call It Love… Call It XXX'' (2011) and '' Truman'' (2015). Filmography Film Television * '' Los Serrano'' - Lola * ''Gominolas ''Gominolas'' () is a Spanish comedy television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on Cuatro from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Maria Flotats
Josep Maria Flotats i Picas (; born 12 January 1939) is a Catalan actor and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona, where he started as an actor in Associació Dramàtica de Barcelona, and made his theatre debut in 1957 with ''Les maletes del senyor Bernet''. He received a student grant to study drama in Strasbourg in 1959, and he joined the ''Théâtre National Populaire'' in 1967, ''Théâtre de la Ville'' in 1968, and French National Theatre Comédie Française in 1981. In 1983, he went back to Catalonia with the play ''Dom Joan'' by Molière, and created the "Companyia Flotats" in 1984. From 1995 to his polemic dismissal in 1997, he was the principal of TNC (Catalan National Theatre) He went to Madrid in 1998 and created the theatre company "Taller 75 S.L.". They debuted with ''Art'', by Yasmina Reza. Theatre plays Named by the language of the performance * 2015: ''Ser-ho o no. Per acabar amb la qüestió jueva'', by Jean-Claude Grumberg. Director and actor with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French playwright and diplomat during the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three #Figaro plays, Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). Born a Parisian watchmaker's son, Beaumarchais rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation. An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1949), ''The Crucible'' (1953), and '' A View from the Bridge'' (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including '' The Misfits'' (1961). The drama ''Death of a Salesman'' is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and married Marilyn Monroe. In 1980, he received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates. He received the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2001, the Prince of Asturias Award in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome (play)
''Salome'' (French: ''Salomé'', ) is a one-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original version of the play was first published in French in 1893; an English translation was published a year later. The play depicts the attempted seduction of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) by Salome, stepdaughter of Herod Antipas; her dance of the seven veils; the execution of Jokanaan at Salome's instigation; and her death on Herod's orders. The first production was in Paris in 1896. Because the play depicted biblical characters it was banned in Britain and was not performed publicly there until 1931. The play became popular in Germany, and Wilde's text was taken by the composer Richard Strauss as the basis of his 1905 opera ''Salome (opera), Salome'', the international success of which has overshadowed Wilde's original play. Film and other adaptations have been made of the play. Background and first production When Wilde began writing ''Salome'' in late 1891 he was known as an author and critic, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeping Prince (play)
''The Sleeping Prince: An Occasional Fairy Tale'' is a 1953 play by Terence Rattigan, conceived to coincide with the coronation of Elizabeth II in the same year. Set in London in 1911, it tells the story of Mary Morgan, a young actress, who meets and ultimately captivates Prince Charles of Carpathia, considered to be inspired by Carol II of Romania. Plot In 1911, England, George V will be crowned king in a few days. In the meanwhile, many important guests and dignitaries arrive in Buckingham Palace for the coronation. Among them are: King Nicholas VIII of Balkan country of Carpathia, his father the Prince Regent, Charles, and his grandmother, the widowed Queen Dowager (the royals have probably been inspired by King Michael I of Romania, Carol II of Romania and Queen Marie of Romania.) The British government pamper the Royals during their stay in order to maintain Carpathian in the Triple Entente as the tensions between ruling families all over Europe is rising. So, they take P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
