Guillermo Héctor Francella is an Argentine actor and comedian. Besides a long history of working as a television leading man, he also has a varied theatrical and film career. Francella is widely regarded by experts and critics of performance as one of the most influential and popular actors of his country.
María Luisa Bemberg was an Argentine film writer, director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin America, particularly during her most active period, from 1970 to 1990.
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.
Mecha Ortiz was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in films between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in Safo, historia de una pasión (1943), and won it again in 1946 for her performance in El canto del cisne (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. Safo, historia de una pasión was the first erotic Argentine film, though there was no nudity. She also played in the first film in which a woman struck a man and the first film with a lesbian romance. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts.
La ciénaga is a 2001 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film written and directed by Lucrecia Martel in her feature directorial debut. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjemián and Daniel Valenzuela.
Tiempo de revancha is a 1981 Argentine political thriller film written and directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Julio De Grazia, Haydée Padilla and Ulises Dumont. It was produced by Héctor Olivera and Luis O. Repetto. The music was composed by Emilio Kauderer. The film premiered in Argentina on July 30, 1981, and won 10 awards, including the Silver Condor for Best Film and Best Film in the Montréal World Film Festival.
Blessed by Fire is a 2005 Argentine war drama film co-written and directed by Tristán Bauer. The film features Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba and Juan Leyrado. The story centers on the Falklands War and it is based on the book of the same title written by Edgardo Esteban, a veteran of the conflict.
Yo también tengo fiaca is a 1978 Argentine sex comedy film directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry. The film, produced by Hector Bailez, is based on Ricardo Talesnik's successful 1967 play of the same name and stars Susana Giménez and Juan Carlos Calabró as a middle-aged middle class couple committing infidelity.
Jorge Polaco was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His 1987 film En el nombre del hijo won Best Film at the 1988 Festroia International Film Festival in Setúbal, Portugal.
Luisa Vehil was an Uruguayan theater and movie actress who had a notable career in Argentina. She was an iconic figure in the Argentine theatre scene.
Papá por un día is a 2009 Argentine sports romantic comedy film starring Nicolás Cabré, Luisana Lopilato and Gimena Accardi. It was premiered on 6 August 2009, and was also screened at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on 14 November 2009, not as the part of the competition.
Carita de ángel is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa. It aired from June 19, 2000, to March 16, 2001. It is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de juguete. The series stars Lisette Morelos, Miguel de León, Libertad Lamarque, Daniela Aedo and Nora Salinas. Libertad Lamarque died during the filming of this telenovela and was replaced by Silvia Pinal. In the United States, Univision aired Caríta de ángel from March 5, 2001, to November 15, 2001.
Events from the year 1941 in Argentina
Thesis on a Homicide is a 2013 Argentine-Spanish thriller and mystery film directed by Hernán Goldfrid and written by Patricio Vega which stars Ricardo Darín, Alberto Ammann, Arturo Puig and Calu Rivero. It is based on the novel of the same name by Diego Paszkowski.
A Uruguayan Argentine is an Argentine citizen of Uruguayan descent or a Uruguay-born person who resides in Argentina. As of 2012, there were over 116,000 Uruguayans living in Argentine territory.
Mónica Villa is an Argentine actress of stage, screen, and TV, as well as a researcher and educator. She earned a Best Actress award for her role as "Susana" in cult classic "Esperando la Carroza at the 1985 Festival de Cine Iberoamericano, in Huelva, Spain. She won an ACE Golden award for best leading actress in the 2002 comedy "Ojos traidores", a 2004 Premios Trinidad Guevara for best Actress of a Repertoire Company, a Premios Carlos de Oro for her 2011 performance as best lead actress in the theater production "Jardín De Otoño", and in 2015 a Premios Estrella de Mar for Best Female Performance in a Repertoire Company for "La Nona". In addition, she has been nominated for a Best Actress in a TV Special for the 2003 Premios Martín Fierro, making her acting work recognized in all three major media.
Sres. Papis is an Argentine telenovela produced and broadcast by the Telefe network. It premiered on January 6, 2014 and ended on November 27 of the same year. It aired Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays, at 11:30 p.m. The series was written by Cecilia Guerty and Pablo Junovich, and directed by Gustavo Luppi, Omar Aiello and Pablo Vásquez. It starred Luciano Castro, Joaquín Furriel, Luciano Cáceres and Peto Menahem.
Cecilia Cenci was an Argentinian film, stage and television actress. She was born in La Plata.
Eduardo Armani was an Argentine violinist and conductor.
