Dos Corazones Films and Slowhand Cinema Present 'GUADALUPE'; Opens in Theaters Across the Country This Friday, December 8, 2006.Five Centuries Have Passed and Her Image is More Alive Than Ever; A Mexican Film Undertakes the Mystery of the Dark Virgin Dos Corazones Films: WHAT: "GUADALUPE "pays homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe and celebrates the 475th anniversary of the Virgin's apparitions in the Tepeyac. The film is directed by Santiago Parra, produced under the Dos Corazones Films banner and distributed by Slowhand Release. To honor this significant celebration, a group of impassioned Catholics "Guadalupanos" from Mexico City, set out to create the impressive and inspiring movie GUADALUPE. The story is set at the present time, when Jose Maria and his sister Mercedes, two scientists who have devoted their lives to archaeology and history, decide to investigate the Virgin of Guadalupe's legend. Driven by their curiosity and by the situation they are living, Jose Maria and Mercedes' lives drastically change all because of the apparition apparition, spiritualistic manifestation of a person or object in which a form not actually present is seen with such intensity that belief in its reality is created. of the Virgin's image on Juan Diego's robe. The image of a woman's face created such exhilaration that it managed to immediately join the Indian and the European cultures. Who was that woman? Each moviegoer mov·ie·go·er n. One who goes to see movies. mov  ie·go ing adj. will decide upon leaving the theater. The film's cast includes: Angelica Aragon, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Eric del Castillo Eric del Castillo, a leading Mexican actor, was born on 22 July, 1930 in Guanajuato, Mexico. He is the father of popular Mexican soap opera actress Kate del Castillo. He has played in numerous telenovelas (soap operas) for the Mexican television, his most notable performances being in La , Pedro Armendariz, Ivana MiSo, Aleix Albareda, Fabian Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
WHEN: Opens in theaters across the country this Friday, December 8, 2006 WHERE: "GUADALUPE" will be shown in several cities in the United States, such as: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Miami, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, McAllen, Seattle, Austin, Laredo and Corpus Christi, to name a few. Visit http://www.guadalupelapelicula.com for a full list of theaters across the country. SYNOPSIS Five hundred years ago, in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of America's conquest, an enigmatic painting appeared stamped in an Indian's robe. The image, with a woman's face, created such exhilaration that it managed to immediately unite the Indian and the European cultures. Who was that woman? What did the Spaniards and Indians see in this mysterious figure, to mend matters and live peacefully? Five hundred years passed for science to determine that the image "appears to be from another world". Jose Maria and his sister Mercedes, two scientists who have devoted their lives to archaeology and history, decide to analyze the figure, driven by their innate scientific interest. Both have been marked by a traumatic childhood, leading them to a critical point in their lives. What initially seemed to be a mere scientific study evolved into a personal discovery that will drastically change their existence? The power of Guadalupe's image is as powerful today as it was 500 years ago. CAST -- ALEIX ALBAREDA as JOSE MARIA -- IVANA MINO as MERCEDES -- FABIAN ROBLES as DIEGO -- GEMMA GUILEMANY as LUCIA Lucia frustration causes her to murder husband. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor, Westerman, 126–127] See : Madness -- JASKARIN as KARIM -- ANGELICA ARAGON as JUANA -- JOSE CARLOS RUIZ as JUAN DIEGO -- SANDRA ESTIL as VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE -- PEDRO ARMENDARIZ as SIMON Simon, in the Bible. 1 One of the Maccabees. 2 or Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint. 3 See Simon, Saint. 4 Kinsman of Jesus. 5 Leper of Bethany in whose house a woman anointed Jesus' feet. -- PEDRO GAMEZ as JUAN BERNARDINO -- ANTONIO MONROI as ANTONIO VALERIANO -- ERIC DEL CASTILLO as DON LUIS -- RODRIGO FRANCO as SERVANT 1 -- VICTOR ROLDAN as SERVANT 2 -- MARTA MARTORELL as GRANDMOTHER -- ANGELS POCH POCH Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (US National Park Service) POCH Polarized Ochkur as UNCLE TRINI -- JUAN CARLOS GUSTEMS as PRIEST IN BURIAL -- EDGAR Edgar or Eadgar (both: ĕd`gər), 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose Edgar as their king. BLANCO as JOSE MARIA BOY -- ALEXANDRA ILLA ILLA Idaho Lifelong Learning Association ILLA I Love Los Angeles as MERCEDES GIRL --IZAN BUENO as SANTIAGO -- CLAUDIA FONT as LINA LINA Laboratoire d'Informatique de Nantes Atlantique LINA Life Insurance Company of North America LINA Life Insurance Needs Analysis -- CARLOS MARTINEZ as DOCTOR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Director: Santiago Parra Producer: Pedro Marcet Producer - Mexico: Roberto Girault Producer - Spain: Laia Coll Associate Producer: Gabriel Oseguera de Velasco Screenplay: Tessie Gutierrez de Picazo Director of Photography: Carlos Arenal/ Luis Parra Production Designer: Guadalupe Sanchez Sosa/ Txarly Gomez Music: Juan Manuel Langarica Sound - Mexico: Susana GarduSo Argueta Sound - Spain: Guillermo Gonzalez Postproduction Sound: E-Sound Casting: Elvira Richards/ Xavier Piastro Editing: Oscar Navarro/ Ariana Villegas Brown Special Effects: Raphael Aupy Format: 35 mm, Color. Genre: Melodrama Languaje: EspaSol /Nahuatl. Running Time: 98 min. Country: Mexico & Spain. NOTE TO EDITORS: High-resolution images are available at: http://www.hispanicprwire.com/home.php?l=in and http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=in&id=7667&cha=7 |
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