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Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, who began his career under the censorship of Franco's regime, has forged an international reputation for his unique cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. In films such as Carmen and El Dorado, where reality and fantasy are deliberately fused together, Saura reveals the illusions of Franco's mythologized Spain--a chaste, Catholic, and heroic Spain of the Golden Age--that tend to isolate Spaniards from the rest of Europe, from each other, and from their own individuality. In this first English-language...

This guide to Spanish film documents the film industry's interpretation of the isolating effects of the cultural traditionalism of the early twentieth century to the expanding international popularity of such films as Trueba's Belle Epoque, Aranda's Amantes, and Bigas Luna's Jamon, Jamon, and such actors as Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, and Antonio Banderas. This is the first volume in a new Greenwood series that discusses, historically and critically, films, directors, and actors in film industries throughout the world. Each volume will include a detailed historical...

Edited by leading authorities on the subject, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this detailed appraisal of Pedro Almodovar's unique cinematic art examines the themes, style, and aesthetics of his oeuvre and locates it in the context of the profound cultural transformations in Spain since the 1970s.

• Brings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe including recognized and established specialists as well as talented younger scholars
• Features contributions by Spanish film historians, where studies of Almodovar's work have...

Die Weisheit der Blumen
Vom mutigen Löwenzahn über die lebensfrohe Schokoladenblume bis zum geheimnisvollen Nachtkaktus, der nur eine einzige Nacht im Jahr blüht - dieses Buch stellt sechzig der faszinierendsten Blumen aus aller Welt vor und verrät uns, welche Kraft und Weisheit in ihnen steckt. Denn alles, was wir brauchen, um ein glückliches Leben zu führen, können wir von den bunten Pflanzen lernen. Sie erinnern uns daran, das Beste aus einem Sonnentag zu machen, aber auch die grauen Tage nicht zu fürchten. Sie zeigen uns, wie wichtig Gemeinschaft ist und...