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Mad men(tv series 2007-2015)

22/10/2020

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Mad men(tv series 2007-2015), the most elegant American TV series
Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. The series ran on the cable network AMC from 2007 to 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its fictional time frame runs from March 1960 to November 1970.

Mad Men begins at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City and later at the newly created firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (later named Sterling Cooper & Partners), located near the Time-Life Building at 1271 Sixth Avenue. According to the pilot episode, the phrase "Mad men" was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves, "Mad" being short for "Madison". (In reality, the only documented use of the phrase from that time may have been in the late-1950s writings of James Kelly, an advertising executive and writer.)

The series' main character is the womanizing advertising executive Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm), who is initially the talented creative director at Sterling Cooper, and later a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The plot tracks the people in his personal and professional lives. As the series progresses, it depicts the changing moods and social mores of the United States throughout the 1960s and 70s.

Mad Men received widespread critical acclaim for its writing, acting, directing, visual style, and historical authenticity; it won many awards, including 16 Emmys and 5 Golden Globes. The show was also the first basic cable series to receive the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning the award each year of its first four seasons (2008–2011). It is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time, and as part of the early 21st century Golden Age of Television.
Mad men(tv series 2007-2015), the most elegant American TV series
Year: 2007-2015
Creator: Matthew Weiner
Writer: Matthew Weiner, Jonathan Igla, Erin Levy, Robin Veith, Carly Wray, Kater Gordon, Brett Johnson, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton
Directors: Phil Abraham, Michael Uppendahl, Jennifer Getzinger, Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Lesli Linka Glatter, Tim Hunter, John Slattery
Music: 
David Carbonara
Costume design: Janie Bryant
Stars: 
Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Robert Morse
Country: USA
Language: English
Mad men(tv series 2007-2015), the most elegant American TV series

Personnages

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Don Draper by Jon Hamm

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Roger Sterling by John Slattery

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Betty Francis by January Jones

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Joan Harris by Christina Hendricks

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Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)

20/10/2020

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Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)
A romantic drama series set in a traditional Kyoto sweet shop with 450 years of history, it depicts the careers, loves and dreams of three distinctive sisters, it's an adaption from the manga "Fukuyadou Honpo" by Yuchi Yayomi.

Fukuyoshi Hina, Arare, and Hana are three sisters whose family run Fukuya, a 450-year-old traditional Japanese confectionery shop in Kyoto. This is the story of their individual romances, love of family and sacrifices for the sake of protecting tradition. But it's also a love story of Kyoto as a city and its traditions.
Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)
京都にある、創業450年の老舗和菓子屋「福家堂本舗」の自由奔放な次女・あられ(早見あかり)は、ある日、母・駒子(浅野ゆう子)から姉の婚約者だった和菓子職人・健司(市原隼人)と結婚して十八代目を継ぐように言い渡される。なんと、跡取りだったはずの長女・雛(佐々木希)が、イケメン御曹司・桧山(山下健二郎(三代目 J Soul Brothers))と結婚するというのだ!納得がいかないあられは反発する。 京都特有の「歴史と伝統」の世界で生きる三姉妹が、恋愛・家族・仕事・夢に、葛藤しながらも成長していく、珠玉のラブストーリー。 【出演:早見あかり, 市原隼人, 佐々木希, 山下健二郎(三代目 J Soul Brothers), 宮野陽名, 前田旺志郎 / 小島藤子, 尾上右近, 中村靖日, 長村航希, 大倉裕真 / 田中泯, 浅野ゆう子】【原作:「福家堂本舗」遊知やよみ(集英社文庫〈コミック版〉)】 【脚本:永田優子】 【音楽:林祐介】 【プロデューサー:関川友理】 【アソシエイトプロデューサー:髙石明彦】 (C)遊知やよみ・集英社
Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)
Director
Kentarô Ohtani

Scriptwriter
Yûko Nagata
Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)

The personnages

Akari Hayami
Arare Fukuyoshi by Akari Hayami



Hina Miyano
Hina Fukuyoshi by Nozomi Sasaki

Hina Miyano
Hana Fukuyoshi by Hina Miyano

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Kenji Miyasako by Hayato Ichihara

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Kaoru Hinoyama by Kenjirô Yamashita

Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)
Fukuyado Honpo:Kyoto Love Story(tv series, 2016)
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Love affair(film, 1939)/Elle et Lui/Un grand amore/Tú y yo with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne

3/7/2020

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Love Affair is a 1939 American romantic film starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. It was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram.The movie was remade in 1957 as An Affair to Remember, and again with the original title in 1994. 
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The personnages:

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Charles Boyer
(28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978)
as Michel Marnet


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Irene Dunne
(December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990)
as Terry McKay



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Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya
(July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949​)
as grandmother Janou

The story: subtlety and nobility

It was a time when love was still expressed subtly and manifested nobly. French painter Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) meets American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Although they are both already engaged, the two begin to flirt and slowly fall in love with each other. At a stop at Madeira, they visit Michel's grandmother Janou (Maria Ouspenskaya), who approves of Terry and wants Michel to settle down.

As the ship is ready to disembark at New York City, the two make an appointment to meet six months later on top of the Empire State Building. Michel chooses six months because that is the amount of time he needs to decide whether he can start making enough money to support a relationship with Terry. When the rendezvous date arrives, they both head to the Empire State Building. However, Terry is struck by a car right as she arrives, and is told that she may not be able to walk, though that will not be known for certain for six months. Not wanting to be a burden to Michel, she does not contact him, preferring to let him think the worst. Meanwhile, Terry finds a job working at an orphanage teaching the children how to sing.

Six months go by, and during Terry's first outing since the accident, the two couples meet by accident at the theater, though Terry manages to conceal her condition. Michel then visits her at her apartment and finally learns the truth. He assures her that they will be together no matter what the diagnosis will be.
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Thomas Leo McCarey 
(October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969)

"I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds, I like a little bit of the fairy tale. As long as I'm there behind the camera lens, I'll let somebody else photograph the ugliness of the world." 

True to his words, he is so selective with his camera that many scenes look like touchingly beautiful, both in Love affair and his own 1957 remake of it: An affair to remember, another elegant movie.
Screenwriters
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Delmer Daves ​
(July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977)

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Donald Ogden Stewart
​(November 30, 1894 - August 2, 1980)

The costumes

Costume designers
Howard Greer (16 April 1896 – April 1974)
  • Howard Greer
  • (16 April 1896 – April 1974)

Irene Dunne dress designed by Howard Greer
Irene Dunne dress designed by Howard Greer
Edward Stevenson ​(May 13, 1906 – December 2, 1968)
  • Edward Stevenson
    ​(May 13, 1906 – December 2, 1968)

 Irene Dunne in Edward Stevenson dress with the scarf, film Love affair 1939
Irene Dunne in Edward Stevenson dress with the scarf

The ambiance

Time:   1930
Place:   New York; On board a ship
Music:  Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816)
Theme song: Plasir d'amour
The theme song Plasir d'amour was originally a poem written by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794) in his novel Célestine.
There are two versions to this song, the "his"version if sung by a man, and the "her" version is sung by a woman.
Plaisir d'Amour 

Paroles (French)

Her version (the version sung by Irene Dunne)
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Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

Tu m'as quittée pour la belle Sylvie
Elle te quitte pour un autre amant

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie
Je t'aimerai, te répétait Sylvie
L'eau coule encore, elle a changé pourtant.

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

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his version:

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
J'ai tout quitt
pour l'ingrate Sylvie.
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
"Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,
Je t'aimerai," me repetait Sylvie.
L'eau coule encor,

elle a chang pourtant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

The English translation for his version:

The Pleasure Of Love
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
I would have left everything
for faithless Sylvia,
But she left me and took another lover.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
"As long as the water flows gently
To the stream that borders the meadow,
I will love you", repeated Sylvia to me.

The water still flows,
but she has changed.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
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Roman Holiday(film, 1953)/Vacanze Romane/Vacances Romaines/Vacaciones en Roma with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, directed by William Wyler

2/7/2020

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Year: 1953
Writer: John Dighton (Screen Play) , Dalton Trumbo (Uncredited)
Director: William Wyler
Music: Georges Auric
Costume design: Edith Head

Stars: Gregory Pack, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
Country: USA
Language: English
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Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won.

The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era. The film was screened in the 14th Venice Film Festival within the official program.

In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the "Hollywood on the Tiber" era. The film was screened in the 14th Venice Film Festival within the official program.

In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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The personages

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Audrey Hepburn
(4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)
as Princess Ann

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Gregory Peck 
(April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003)
as Joe Bradley


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Edward Albert Heimberger
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(April 22, 1906-May 26, 2005)
as Irvin Radovich
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Tullio Carminati
(September 21, 1894-February 26, 1971)
as General Provno
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Hartley Power
(March 14, 1894-July 29, 1966)
as Mr. Hennessy
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The story: purity and perfection

Ann, a crown princess from an unnamed European nation, is on a state visit to Rome, becomes frustrated with her tightly scheduled life, and secretly leaves her country's embassy. The delayed effect of a sedative makes her fall asleep on a bench, where Joe Bradley, an expatriate reporter for the "American News Service", finds her, without recognizing who she is. Thinking that she is intoxicated, Joe lets her spend the night in his apartment.

The next morning, Joe hurries off late to work and gives his editor, Mr. Hennessy, false details of his attendance at the princess' press conference. When Hennessy informs him that the event had been cancelled, and when Mr. Hennessy shows him a news item about the princess' "sudden illness", Joe realizes the girl sleeping in his apartment is Princess Ann. Seeing an opportunity, Joe calls his photographer friend, Irving Radovich, asking him to secretly take pictures. Joe then tells Hennessy that he'll get an exclusive wide-ranging interview with the princess, and the two men have a deal: Hennessy offers to pay $5000 for the article, but Joe will pay him $500 if he does not get it.

Back home, Joe eagerly offered to be the tour guide of his room guest who calls herself Anya, but she politely declined. Joe doesn't give up by following her and "accidentally" encounter her on the Spanish Steps. This time, Joe convinces her to spend the day with him, and he has a hilarious adventure with her and a great chance to make a fortune with the help of his friend Irvin.

But they fall in love, but it's a love not to be. Ann bids farewell to the man she wants to live with, resuming her royal role, Joe bids farewell to his thoughts on making money with their adventure in Rome, keeping the memory only for himself, alone.
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Director
William Wyler
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(July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981)

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Screen writer (Uncredited)
Dalton Trumbo
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(December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976)

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Screen writer (credited)
​John Dighton
​(1909-1989)

The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo. though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo's credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003. On December 19, 2011, full credit for Trumbo's work was restored. ​

In 2016,  a film was made in his honor, named Dalton Trumbo. He was played by Bryan Cranston.

The costumes:

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​​Costume designer
Edith Head
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(October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981)

Audrey Hepburn with Paramount studio costume designer Edith Head, 1953.
Audrey Hepburn with Paramount studio costume designer Edith Head, 1953.
I knew she would be the perfect mannequin for anything I would make.  I knew it would be a great temptation to design clothes that would overpower her.  I could have used her to show off my talents and detract from hers, but I didn’t.  I considered doing it, believe me.’

-- Edith Head on creating Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe

The music

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​​Music composer
Georges Auric(French)
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15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983)

The ambience

Time: 1950s
Place: Rome, Italy
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Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)

27/6/2020

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Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
Year: 2008
Writer: Lorène Delannoy, Daniel Tonachella, Olga Vincent
Director: Harry Cleven
Music: Stéphane Moucha
Costume design: Sophie Dussaud
Stars: Jacques Weber, Amira Casar,  Jean Benguigui, Héléna Soubeyrand, Hélène Seuzaret, Daniel Lundh 
Country: France
Language: French
Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)

Synopsis:

En 1945, en Corse, un important propriétaire terrien nommé Ottavio Della Rocca décide de marier sa fille cadette, Vanina, au fils de la famille Caponi. Car le vieux Della Rocca entend consolider son pouvoir alors que la Libération redistribue les cartes. Mais Vanina ne veut rien savoir de cette union. Pendant la guerre, elle a fait la connaissance d'un musicien de jazz à Marseille et elle n'imagine pas en épouser un autre - même pour sauver le patrimoine familial. En pleine nuit, elle s'enfuit et quitte l'île. Fou de rage, Ottavio décide de la déshériter. Mais l'idée de céder tous ses biens à ses deux aînées, Antonia et Flavia, ne l'enchante guère. En effet, il les méprise allègrement...
Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)

The story

The tv movie Les héritières is freely inspired by Shakespeare's play King Lear.

1945, Ottavio(Jacques Weber), The Second World War just ended. A wealthy Corsican landlord with no male heirs, wants to marry his youngest daughter Vanina (Helena Soubeyrand) to the son of Ange Caponi, a rich former farmer, but she refuses, as she is in love with someone else. Caponi wants revenge, but even he does not realize how far it will go. 
Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)

The personnages

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
Ottavio Della Rocca
by 
Jacques Weber

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
Vanina
​Héléna Soubeyrand

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
  • Flavia
  • by Hélène Seuzaret

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
Antonia
  • by Amira Casar 


Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
  • Massimo
  • by Daniel Lundh

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
  • Barthélémy
  • by Thibault Vinçon

Les héritières ( téléfilm, 2008) | Las herederas(mini serie, 2008) | Les héritières(​mini TV film 2008)
  • Ange Caponi
  • by Jean Benguigui

Watch the tv film Les héritières

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Tiempos de Guerra(Serie de TV,2017)/Morocco: Love in Times of War(TV Serie,2017)

23/4/2020

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best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War
Year: 2017
Writer: Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Gema R. Neira
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira,  David Pinillos,  Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
Music: Federico Jusid
Costume design: 
Helena Sanchís
Stars: Amaia Salamanca/Álex García/Anna Moliner/Cristóbal Suárez/ José Sacristán/Silvia Alonso
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

Historia/​Sinopsis

Tiempos de guerra es una serie de televisión española creada por Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés y Gema R. Neira y producida por Bambú Producciones.  La serie fue rodada por la cadena Antena 3, dentro de las instalaciones de Atresmedia en San Sebastián de los Reyes (Comunidad de Madrid).

Julio de 1921. El gobierno español lucha por mantener sus posesiones en el norte de África, en la zona del Rif, donde se enfrenta a grupos autóctonos (rifeños) que se resisten a ser dominados por el Protectorado español de Marruecos. El avance de los sublevados rifeños liderados por Abd el-Krim parece imparable, infligiendo al Ejército Español una dura derrota en la decisiva plaza de Annual.​

Oficiales y tropas huyen despavoridos en confuso tropel a través de los desfiladeros mientras son acribillados desde las alturas por los rifeños. Las bajas entre el ejército español se cuentan por miles. En los hospitales de Melilla, médicos y enfermeras se entregan a un único objetivo: salvar la vida de los soldados heridos en el frente.

Por orden de la Reina Victoria Eugenia, la Cruz Roja Española envió a un grupo de enfermeras comandadas por la Duquesa de la Victoria, con el fin de instalar hospitales de sangre en todas las zonas del conflicto. En el fragor de la batalla, son solo los sentimientos los que siguen dando fuerza y valor a los soldados españoles: la esperanza, el amor... Enfermeras y soldados, hombres y mujeres a ambos lados de la línea del fuego, testigos directos del transcurso de la guerra.
best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War

Story/Synopsis

Morocco: Love in Times of War (original Spanish title: Tiempos de guerra) is a war drama set primarily in 1920s Melilla, a Spanish city located in North Africa. Occurring during the Rif War, the series revolves around a group of nurses from Madrid, Spain who are sent to Morocco by Queen Victoria Eugenia to open a hospital in the war torn region of North Africa. The nurses learn firsthand the cruelty of war, but still find time for romance. 

In 1921, Morocco is being ravaged by the events of the Rif War. The Riffian resistance in the country has killed many soldiers of the Spanish Army. To remedy this, Queen Victoria Eugenie agrees to send a group of nurses from the Spanish Red Cross to Melilla in order to establish a hospital. This group of nurses is led by the Duchess of Victoria, María del Carmen Angoloti y Mesa, and is made up of members of Spain's upper class.

The group arrives in Melilla, and set up a hospital in an old school. It is not long before they are put into action. Despite all the injuries and casualties, these nurses have not lost hope and still find time to seek romance from the soldiers and doctors that they are surrounded by. Eventually it is agreed upon that more lives can be saved out on the front lines before injured soldiers are even brought into the hospital. None of these nurses are combat trained, but some of them will now have to figure out how to stay alive on the front lines.

Personajes/Personages

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Julia Ballester by Amaia Salamanca
Julia Ballester
by Amaia Salamanca

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Fidel Calderón by Álex García
Fidel Calderón
by Álex García 

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Magdalena Medina by Anna Moliner
Magdalena Medina
by Anna Moliner

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Pilar Muñiz de Solaruce by Verónica Sánchez
Pilar Muñiz de Solaruce
by Verónica Sánchez

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Luis Garcés by Cristóbal Suárez
Luis Garcés
by Cristóbal Suárez

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Carmen Angoloti by Alicia Borrachero
Carmen Angoloti
by Alicia Borrachero 

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Susana Márquez by Silvia Alonso
Susana Márquez
by Silvia Alonso

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War V. Ruíz-Márquez by  José Sacristán
V. Ruíz-Márquez
by  José Sacristán

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Alejandro Prada by Marc Clotet
Alejandro Prada
by Marc Clotet 

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War Larbi Al Hamza by Daniel Lundh
Larbi Al Hamza
by Daniel Lundh

Vestuario/Costume Design

best Spanish tv serie Tiempos de Guerra/Morocco: Love in Times of War
Helena Sanchís

Watch the serie online

Option 1: Atresmedia streaming
Option 2: Netflix
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Seis Hermanas(Serie de TV, 2015-2017)/Six Sisters(tv serie, 2015-2017)

22/4/2020

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best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters
Year: 2015-2017
Writer: Ramón Campos/Gema R. Neira/Verónica Fernández/Adolfo Valor
Alberto Grondona
Director: Antonio Hernández/Miguel Conde/David Ulloa/Jaime Botella/Inma Torrente/Verónica Anciones
Music: Sergio Moure
​Costume design: María Jiménez del Monte/Elena de Lorenzo
Stars: Celia Freijeiro/María Castro/Mariona Tena/Marta Larralde/Candela Serrat/Carla Díaz/Álex Adróver/Álex Gadea/Fernando Andina/Cristóbal Suárez
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

Historia

Seis hermanas fue una serie de televisión española producida por Televisión Española en colaboración con Bambú Producciones.

La serie está ambientada en el Madrid de 1913-1917 y cuenta la historia de las seis hermanas Silva:
  • Adela (Celia Freijeiro), la hermana mayor, pilar fundamental de las hermanas Silva, es una de las mujeres más elegantes y admiradas de la alta sociedad del momento; toma la mayoría de las decisiones, es correcta, generosa, cariñosa y bondadosa; viuda muy joven, cree que el amor no volverá a tocar a su puerta;
  • Blanca (Mariona Tena), es guapa, clasista, amable, elegante y educada, prometida con el rico banquero Rodolfo Loygorri (Fernando Andina), pero enamorada de su cuñado, el médico Cristóbal Loygorri(Álex Gadea);
  • Diana (Marta Larralde), de fuerte carácter, sustituye a su padre al frente de la fábrica de la familia Silva, es la hermana emprendedora, cree que se infravalora a la mujer y, aunque no cuenta con encontrar el amor de su vida, su destino tiene distintos planes para ella;
  • Francisca (María Castro), canta en secreto en el Cafe Ambigú pero su sueño es cantar para un público más selecto;
  • Celia (Candela Serrat), le encantan las letras, estudió magisterio y su sueño es seguir estudiando, escribir y conocer mundo. Más adelante descubre que siente un sentimiento de amor hacia su amiga obrera Petra;
  • Elisa (Carla Díaz), es la hermana pequeña, consentida, irascible e inmadura , sueña con encontrar un hombre de buena posición con el que pueda formar una familia. 
Las seis hermanas pasan de ser mujeres de clase alta sin ningún tipo de preocupación a dirigir la fábrica textil y los negocios de su padre, don Fernando Silva, después de la repentina muerte de éste, en una sociedad en la que las mujeres no tienen ni derecho a voto.
best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters

Story

Seis Hermanas (English: Six Sisters) is a Spanish soap opera with 489 episodes produced by Bambú Producciones for Televisión Española.

The series is set in the Madrid of 1913 and tells the story of the six sisters Silva of upper-class who try to save the factory of their father after his abrupt death:
  • Adela (Celia Freijeiro), the older sister, takes most of the decisions, generous, loving and kind;
  • Blanca (Mariona Tena) (She is classy and extremely kind, although after a serious illness changes drastically) she is engaged to Rodolfo Loygorri (Fernando Andina), but she is in love with her brother-in-law;
  • Diana, is the enterprising sister who believes that women are undervalued, and although she does not intend to find love, her destiny has different plans for her;
  • Francisca (Maria Castro), sings secretly in the Cafe Ambigú, but her dream is to become a lyric singer and sing Opera;
  • Celia (Candela Serrat), whose dream is to study and to write, later discovers that she has romantic feelings for her worker friend Petra (Carlota Olcina);  
  • Elisa (Carla Diaz), who is the little sister, is spoiled, irascible and bossy, and dreams of finding a man with whom she can form a family.
best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters

Personajes/Personages

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Adela Silva by Celia Freijeiro
Adela Silva
by Celia Freijeiro

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Blanca Silva by Mariona Tena
Blanca Silva, Baronesa de Loygorri, Dama de la Reina Victoria Eugenia de España
by Mariona Tena

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Diana Silva by Marta Larralde
Diana Silva, Diana Silva Torrealba de Montaner, Marquesa de Fuensanta
by Marta Larralde

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Francisca Silva by María Castro
Francisca Silva, Condesa de Barnos
by María Castro

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Celia Silva by Candela Serrat
Celia Silva
by Candela Serrat

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Elisa Silva by Carla Díaz
Elisa Silva
by Carla Díaz

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Salvador Montaner, Marqués de Fuensanta by Álex Adróver
Salvador Montaner, Marqués de Fuensanta
by Álex Adróver

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Cristóbal Manuel Loygorri del Amo​ by Álex Gadea
Cristóbal Manuel Loygorri del Amo​, Barón Consorte de Loygorri​
by Álex Gadea

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Rodolfo Loygorri del Amo, Ex-Barón Consorte de Loygorri​ by Fernando Andina
Rodolfo Loygorri del Amo, Ex-Barón Consorte de Loygorri​
by Fernando Andina

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Luis Civantos​ by Cristóbal Suárez
Luis Civantos​
by Cristóbal Suárez

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Enrique Gutiérrez​ by Pep Anton Muñoz
Enrique Gutiérrez​
by Pep Anton Muñoz

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters
Ricardo Silva Santos 
by Juan Ribó​

best Spanish tv serie Seis Hermanas(2015-2017)/Six Sisters Sofía Álvarez de Terán​ by Julia Molins
Sofía Álvarez de Terán​
by Julia Molins

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Valmont(film, 1989) starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening

20/4/2020

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Valmont(film, 1989) starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening
Valmont is a 1989 French-American romantic drama film directed by Miloš Forman and starring Colin Firth, Annette Bening, and Meg Tilly. Based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, and adapted for the screen by Jean-Claude Carrière. 

A scheming widow the Marquise de Merteuil learns her secret lover Gercourt has discarded her and is about to marry her cousin's daughter - a virginal 15 year old Cécile. As revenge, the jilted Merteuil employs her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce Cécile before her marriage to Gercourt so that the latter would be the laughstock of all Paris.

Meanwhile, after Merteuil learns Valmont is in the process of seducing a recently married honorable woman Tourvel, she and the womanizer take a bet.

Valmont received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design (Theodor Pištěk).
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Plot

In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil (Annette Bening), a beautiful wealthy widow, learns from her cousin Madame de Volanges (Siân Phillips) that Volanges' 15-year-old daughter Cécile (Fairuza Balk) has been betrothed to a middle-age man named Gercourt (Jeffrey Jones), Merteuil's own secret lover. The arranged marriage required that Cécile be raised in a convent to ensure her chastity. Angered over the hypocrisy of Gercourt's insistence on a virgin bride while keeping a lover of his own, his concealment of his upcoming marriage, and his slight of her character, Merteuil plans revenge. 

Merteuil approaches her former lover, the notorious womanizer Vicomte de Valmont (Colin Firth), and proposes that he take Cécile's virginity before her wedding night to humiliate Gercourt. Valmont is not interested in seducing a child, whom he claims would be no challenge, but is pursuing Madame de Tourvel (Meg Tilly), a married woman well known for her virtue staying at the estate of Madame de Rosemonde, Valmont's elderly aunt. 

Merteuil however, is determined to carry on her revenge. After a futile attempt to have Cécile's teenage music teacher, Danceny (Henry Thomas) who is in love with Cécile to take her virginity, Merteuil takes Cécile on holiday to Madame de Rosemonde's country estate, where Valmont had gone to pursue Tourvel. And there, without her intending to, while fulfilling her plan of revenge, she is also becoming the planning hand of Valmont's tragic destiny.

The plot of Valmont differs significantly from Laclos's novel. In the novel, Cécile miscarries Valmont's child, and at the end retires to a convent; in Valmont she is pregnant at her wedding. In the novel, letters between Valmont and Merteuil are exposed, and Merteuil is publicly ridiculed and humiliated; in Valmont, the letters are not mentioned, and Merteuil has no downfall except in the eyes of Cécile and her mother. She also does not suffer from the physical disfigurement described by Laclos in the denouement. Madame de Tourvel's future is less tragic: instead of dying of a broken heart, she returns to her forgiving and understanding older husband.

Personnage

Vicomte de Valmont by Colin Firth: A frivolous womanizer who sometimes has sense of honor.
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Marquise de Merteuil by Annette Bening: a cold hearted manipulator who is determined to get what she wants, even at the price of sacrificing an innocent girl who completely trusts and loves her.
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Madame de Tourvel by Meg Tilly: a young woman who is both fortunate and unfortunate: unfortunate to fall deeply in love with Valmont who will never reciprocate her love, fortunate to have her understanding husband to go back to.
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Cécile by Fairuza Balk, a 15 year old girl who likes adventure, but too young to know what real love means, and too docile to know what she really wants.
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Danceny by Henry Thomas: The most beautiful character in the movie, and the only honorable person who is loyal to Cécile until her marriage.
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The costume

The costume is designed by Czech artist Theodor Pištěk (born 25 October 1932 in Prague) who is known for creating photo-realistic drawings and paintings, movie costumes and decorations. He won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Amadeus, and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category for the film Valmont.

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague as a pupil of Vratislav Nejezchleba. In the 1970s, after he left the career of a car racer, he focused more on painting and art installation.

He participated in around 105 films, and his works were exhibited at dozens of exhibitions around the world. 
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L'esprit de famille (série télévisée, 1982)

16/4/2020

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L'esprit de famille (série télévisée) 1982
L'Esprit de famille est une série télévisée réalisée d'après les romans de Janine Boissard en 1982.
Pauline dans l'esprit de famille série
Pauline, la troisième fille, raconte un peu plus de deux ans de la vie de sa famille
Synopsis
C'est l'adaptation des quatre premiers livres de la série "L'esprit de famille", qui en compte six, de Janine Boissard.

- L'Esprit de famille (1979)
- L'Esprit de famille - L'Avenir de Bernadette (1980)
- L'Esprit de famille - Claire et le bonheur (1981)
- L'Esprit de famille - Moi Pauline (1981)
 
C'est l'histoire d'une famille : le père, Charles, qui est médecin généraliste à Mareuil, près de Pontoise, de sa femme et de leur quatre filles : Claire, Bernadette, Pauline et Cécile. Pauline, la troisième fille, raconte un peu plus de deux ans de la vie de sa famille, les premières amours, la vie, la mort, l'amitié, le travail, la famille.
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Deux ans après la fin de la série télévisée, Janine BOISSARD écrira deux nouveaux tomes pour clôturer l'histoire avec Cécile comme narratrice

- L'Esprit de famille - Cécile la poison (1984)
- L'Esprit de famille - Cécile et son amour (1984).
l'esprit de famille livre par Janine Boissard
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Pauline par Véronique Delbourg
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Maurice BIRAUD : Charles Moreau, le père
Monique LEJEUNE : Mme Moreau, la mère
Claire DUPRE : Claire, "la princesse"
Anne TEYSSEDRE : Bernadette, "la Cavalière"
Véronique DELBOURG : Pauline
Khemi Ferrey : Cécile, "la poison" (créditée Carene au générique)
Paul BARGE : Pierre
Luc ETIENNE : Stéphane
Roland-Bernard(Vrai nom: Bernard Roland), realisateur
Roland-Bernard(Vrai nom: Bernard Roland), realisateur
Fiche technique
Réalisateur : Roland-Bernard
Adaptation et dialogues : Janine Boissard
Photographie : Henri Decomps
Musique : Roger Candy et Jean Bouchéty Chanson du générique interprétée par Vava
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Lo que escondían sus ojos(TV Series,2016)/What her eyes hide

15/4/2020

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Year: 2016
Writer:Helena Medina(screen play) | Nieves Herrero(Novel)
Director: Salvador Calvo
Music: Vicente Ortiz Gimeno
Costume design: Natacha Fernández Gallardo
Stars: Rubén Cortada, Blanca Suárez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Javier Rey
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

Historia

Lo que escondían sus ojos fue una mini serie de televisión basada en la novela homónima de Nieves Herrero, que recrea una historia de amor entre el ministro franquista Ramón Serrano Suñer y Sonsoles de Icaza, la Marquesa consorte de Llanzol, que se convirtió en un escándalo en los círculos sociales más exclusivos de la sociedad del momento y que no llegó a trascender a la opinión pública. Producida por Mediaset España para la cadena española Telecinco, que fue estrenada el 22 de noviembre de 2016 y está protagonizada por Blanca Suárez, Rubén Cortada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Charlotte Vega y David Solans.
La serie lo que escondian sus ojos, la historia de Ramón Serrano Suñer y Sonsoles de Icaza
Sonsoles de Icaza, marquesa consorte de Llanzol, una mujer avanzada a su tiempo que lo tenía todo -belleza, riqueza y posición social- y Ramón Serrano Suñer, cuñado de Francisco Franco, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y uno de los hombres fuertes del Régimen franquista, se enamoraron y vivieron un romance clandestino en la España de la posguerra, una época en la que la Guerra Civil había devastado el país y en la que nazis y aliados buscaban el apoyo de la nación en los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Episodio 1: «Dos mundos opuestos»
Episodio 2: «A corazón abierto»
Episodio 3: «Un secreto a voces»
Episodio 4: «El mundo en nuestra contra»
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Story

Lo que escondían sus ojos is a mini TV Series based on the Spanish writer Nieves Herrero's novel of same title, it tells the love story of Ramón Serrano Suñer, the brother-in-law of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and Sonsoles de Icaza, la Marquesa consorte de Llanzol, which became a scandal in the most exclusive circle of high society. The serie is produced by Mediaset España and features Spanish actors like Blanca Suárez, Rubén Cortada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Charlotte Vega.
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Sonsoles de Icaza, marquesa Llanzol, a woman before her time who had everything: beauty, wealth and social position, and Ramón Serrano Suñer, Minister of Foreign Affairs, brother-in-law of Francisco Franco, dictator of Spanish State, fell in love and lived a clandestine romance that lasted almost two decades until their illegitimate daughter found out her identity, making their love affair public and devastating for everyone around them. 

Episode 1: «Dos mundos opuestos»: Two opposite worlds
Episode 2: «A corazón abierto»: An open heart
Episode3: «Un secreto a voces»: A secret with voices
Episode 4: «El mundo en nuestra contra»: The world against us
Lo que escondían sus ojos, Javier Rey as Cristobal Balenciaga, Blanca Suárez as Sonsoles de Icaza
Lo que escondían sus ojos, Javier Rey as Cristobal Balenciaga, Blanca Suárez as Sonsoles de Icaza

Personajes/Personages

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Blanca Suárez
María Sonsoles de Icaza y de León, Marquesa consorte de Llanzol
by ​Blanca Suárez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Rubén Cortada
Ramón Serrano Suñer
by ​Rubén Cortada

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Javier Rey
Cristóbal Balenciaga
​by Javier Rey

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Emilio Gutiérrez
Francisco de Paula Díez de Rivera y Casares, V Marqués de Llanzol
by Emilio Gutiérrez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
by Javier Gutiérrez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Charlotte Vega
Carmen Díez de Rivera y de Icaza
by Charlotte Vega

Costume design

Natacha Fernández Gallardo, costume designer of Spanish tv series Lo que escondían sus ojos
Natacha Fernández Gallardo

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  • Los secretos del vestuario de ‘Lo que escondían sus ojos’

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Lo que escondían sus ojos by Nieves Herrero
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