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José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (2 September 1805 – 19 January 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only through his own writings but also through his organizational efforts. He was one of Latin America's most ...
The South Matadero, Buenos Aires (water colour by Emeric Essex Vidal, 1820).The story was set there about 20 years later. The Slaughter Yard (Spanish El matadero, title often imprecisely translated as The Slaughterhouse, is a short story by the Argentine poet and essayist Esteban Echeverría (1805–1851).
The Captive is a 2014 Canadian thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan with a script he co-wrote with David Fraser. The film stars Ryan Reynolds , Bruce Greenwood , Scott Speedman , Rosario Dawson , Mireille Enos , Kevin Durand , and Alexia Fast .
“The Captive” centers on the origin story of a young Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the novel “Don Quixote,” as he was taken captive at the age of 28 by the Moors in Algiers. The film ...
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 25% based on 12 reviews. [1] On Metacritic , it has a score of 27 out of 100 based on reviews from 5 critics. [ 2 ] Common criticism for the film centered upon its violence and story, [ 3 ] which Slant Magazine felt "trivializes victim trauma by treating its main character's best-laid plans ...
Esteban believes his wife died on the high seas as a result of third parties and leaves for La Bendita to take revenge, which brings out a double personality, the violent evil character Dark Esteban. In the capital he bumps into Enrico again, now married to Lola (Adriana Esteves), who ironically also falls in love with the amnesiac.
Captive Girl is the fourth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures.It was directed by William Berke and starred Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. [1] [2] It was also Weissmuller's second teaming with his fellow former Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medal swimming champion Buster Crabbe after Swamp Fire (1946). [3]
The Captive is a Spanish-Italian co-production by MOD Producciones, Himenóptero, Misent Producciones and Propaganda Italia and it had the participation of Netflix, RTVE, and RAI Cinema and backing from ICAA, Generalitat Valenciana, and Eurimages. [2] [3] It boasted a reported budget of around €14 million. [5]