Fernan-Gomez, Lopez Vazquez or Garci

It is the only player in the world whose name has spawned a genre. Alfredo Landa appears to be the first to renege on the comedies of landismo in his memoirs, which has husking Marcos Ordonez without biting your tongue. 'Alfredo el Grande. Life of a comedian '(Editorial Aguilar) can be read as the story of a half-century of Spanish cinema. The candid and sometimes stark recounting the glories and miseries of a film that in the absence of directors of genius, has enjoyed great players.

Landa (Pamplona, 1933) has never concealed that spends nasty. After his retirement, only he would dare to reveal the "complex personality" of Fernando Fernan-Gomez, "a special player, that the third whiskey and for no apparent reason became sullen, aggressive and despotic, battering his wife (Emma Cohen) and to put forward. " In their attacks cholera could smash the tape of a journalist. "Now Fernando is dead, and the dead were canonizes fast and become saints of almanac. Fernando was not, of course. "

First person

Written in first person, like a long confession of his protagonist, 'Alfredo el Grande' portrays a family man and worker until exhaustion. An interpreter born outside the language and the ways of 'Method', who after dazzling in the University Theater is almost bound to embody in the film to españolito half, naughty and left in comedies that do not deserve it. Only in 1968 chained five feature films: 'The underdeveloped', 'We are not stone,' 'Farewell married', 'Those who play the piano,' and 'The dynamite is served. " "It continued jumping from film to film as it goes from bed to bed."

His memory is not the elusive encontronazos. Landa know that thanks to a Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez is known as "El Morito 'in the profession. "It has always been an educated man, but more than a turtle shell." When Manuel Summers wrote 'We are not stone' for Navarre, Lopez Vazquez called the director and offered to interpret charging below its cache. Even for free. Landa spent two years without talking to steal his role. Gracita Morales, another icon of our cinema-committed the only mistake in which a comedian should never fall: it is believed. "It was lovely and became a woman capricious, despotic, intractable. Could reach a shooting and say 'you throw in that, I fell ill. " It became very bad for the nerves and stopped calling because they did not comply and because, frankly, do not stand anyone. He finished with a very fucked in the head that became a shadow of itself. "

Without acrimony, the protagonist of 'Crack' shared burlap with the reassurance of someone who is back from everything. His neighbor of San Sebastian Antxón Eceiza spelled out in 'From this body,' one of the first attempts to explore their dramatic side. "Entering the set, you imagine the worst place to put the camera, not failed, there had been planted." Imperio Argentina to hold on to 'Tata mine' still causes nightmares. "A monster in person. A horror. A spoiled little girl, paid for itself. A diva in the worst sense of the word. I say 'Tata mine' and I opened an ulcer. " An intriguing Pilar Miro, the chaotic Luis Garcia Berlanga and a selfish Tony Leblanc also receive collejas.

90,000 pesetas per month

Happy in their lives retired from Madrid, San Sebastian and Marbella, Landa modesty and reserve the discretion to talk about his family. His wife Maite-fifty years together, and their three children, Idoia, Alfredo and Ainhoa. Four years ago, overcame a colon cancer and since then walk an hour every day. He has not given up on the items of mus, of the martinis and chat with friends, who never invited its' black beast ': Jose Luis Dibildos. In 1967, the producer is tempted with a contract that the actor signed without reading. For three years would receive 90,000 pesetas per month ... without seeing a hard earnings of the films. Landa thought of hiring a thug to load the husband of Laura Valenzuela.

'Alfredo el Grande "also solves one of the last mysteries of Spanish cinema: his disagreement with Jose Luis Garci, the filmmaker who knew him hard to see how the detective of' Crack 'and the executive caught up in' The green meadows." The two great friends stopped speaking when Garci, who has spent years since leaving the academy, he refused to hand him the honorary Goya.

That night last February 3, Alfredo Landa put a knot in the stomach to viewers to stammer for ten minutes to collect his second Goya for the night. "Not what I've spent worse in my life, I lost control of my nerves. And no, I had not taken any tranquilizer. I did not worse in my past life. " The president Zapatero reassured him the next day with a telegram and a box of Irish whiskey.

Eurovision again, this time with a jury to avoid Chikilicuatres

The public will select the candidates, and the winner, but between those two steps you will have a jury that prevents Eurovision in 2009 to reach a representative Spanish so peculiar as last year's, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre.

For the second consecutive year, RTVE.es and MySpace join forces with the aim of finding the Spanish representative at Eurovision, in a selection process that this year includes two innovations: the first, that a mixed system, public and the jury will be in charge of electing the candidate Spanish, and the second, opening a parallel selection process to find the fifth member of the jury.

The introduction of the jury explained from TVE as a parallel with the very organization of the festival, which this year will incorporate a jury to "to avoid the vote of the diaspora," meaning that countries are voted by affinity in the next Festival the song, to be held in Moscow on May 16.

The dates of nomination and the contest

From yesterday and until December 17, applicants can submit their candidatures to the MySpace page (www.myspace.com/eurovision2009). The announcement of the list of candidates will be made pubic on Friday, December 19, the day which will begin voting Users will have one month to vote: until Jan. 19.

Shortly after announcing the final list of candidates, a total of 50, formed by the five artists or groups voted for each of the ten categories. All of them will participate in special programs that some Spanish Television delivered during the month of February. They come from the ten finalists who were beat in a special program at the last to be decided, finally, who will get the ticket to travel to Moscow.

The requirements for participation

The candidates to represent the Spanish Television should have Spanish citizenship or prove residency in Spain for at least two years, have an original song and unpublished until October 2008 and own intellectual property rights and industrial and have completed the song 16. As for the issues, have a maximum duration of 3 minutes and the letter (in any language) can not be confrontational, disrespectful or contain ideological messages.

And then, very easy: prospective candidates have to create a profile of your musical group or of themselves on MySpace, uploading songs that present the profile and make sure that is affixed to the top of the songs you have on your player audio from your profile; record your video presentation and upload it to the profile and fill out the form.

To be the fifth member of the jury

May register music professionals who can show not tied to any candidate to represent Spain in the Junior Eurovision 2009.

The process they have to make the jury candidates is similar to that of the candidates onto the stage in Moscow: to create a profile on MySpace, record a video presentation of the candidacy, explaining who believes that should have won the festival last year , And fill out the form.
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Cardinal Rouco: "Sometimes you need to know to forget" The exhumations of mass graves damaged "social harmony", argued Bishop

The cardinal archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco, said yesterday that "it is sometimes necessary to forget," in reference to the controversial development of the so-called Law of Historical Memory, which the bishops have execrable from the beginning. Rouco equated concern about this law in society with the now caused by the economic crisis. He said that in his first speech before the plenary of the Conference of Bishops, chaired for the second time since last March. The cardinal said such topics as "two of the concerns that they feel at this moment in society." Prescribed remedy for its "solidarity and reconciliation." Rouco contends that reconciliation is through neglect. He said on the implementation of the Law of Historical Memory: "There are few who express a justifiable concern about the danger of a deterioration in the serene coexistence and reconciled. The history of Spain has been, unfortunately, marked by tensions over once led to fratricidal clashes. Thank God, the current international situation and national levels is not the same. But it is always necessary to monitor to prevent root attitudes, words, strategies and everything that could fuel a confrontation that could stop being violent. It is necessary to cultivate the spirit of reconciliation, slaughtered and generous, who chaired the social and political life in the years called for the transition to democracy. Sometimes you need to know to forget. Not because of ignorance or cowardice, but under a desire for reconciliation and forgiveness truly responsible and strong. It is what might be called a truly healthy and purification of memory ". Cardinal from Madrid who is sponsoring more enthusiastically the beatification Mass of Catholics killed between 1934 and 1938, years in which the bishops believe that was the greatest religious persecution in history. The Vatican has beatified or canonized and 977 of those victims and announced a month ago that there were 500 people in other portfolio, the total of 10,000 who wants to raise the altars Spanish bishops. Rouco believes, however, that seriously damaged the "social harmony" the desire of others to look into mass graves or in the gutters of Spain remains of their relatives, buried like animals during the Civil War and in the early years of dictatorship Franco, who sponsored the Catholic church and enshrined as a Crusade. Rouco's thesis is that "young people have to release them as soon as possible in the ballast of the past, not charged with old grudges and resentments, but helping to strengthen the will of harmony and friendship." On the economic crisis, the cardinal called "pay attention to the moral responsibilities," referring to the "moral relativism" that has fostered indifference by the service to the common good, the greed of the gain fast and disproportionate and waste and ostentation, privately and publicly.

"We respect the sentence, as we have done with similar," says Minister of Education, Sport and Social Policy

Mercedes Cabrera, on the failure of the Magistrate's Court in Valladolid which requires a public to remove crucifixes of the classroom. "The Constitution continues Cabrera says that Spain is a secular State and, therefore, the school must also be. And parents and school boards have the right to request the removal of religious symbols. " But the Constitution recognizes the special situation of Catholicism in Spain ... - Yes, and it is a reality that we have respected and that is respected in education. But the state, public, is denominational and must be neutral in matters that fall within the scope of the private. - Is not this ruling will create a new conflict in school? -No. In fact, there is nothing forbidden, and also in most schools already meet this principle. - If other parents seek the opposite of that has been the subject of the sentence? -There will always be to uphold the Constitution. - What if the center decides to keep religious symbols? What we say is that if sentences parents ask what should be withdrawn and democracy in the Constitution and court rulings require us all. - What is the standard of performance of the schools? In the past few years have removed religious symbols at a time that has been the knowledge of besides respecting the religious beliefs and to all the heterogeneity that has been gaining ground in schools and elsewhere in the country. "Citizenship is taught without any problems, except where decisions have been taken unexplained" -How will the school has lived in this process? -There has been a very widespread and there has been quite normal, as is both constitutional principles and to the fact that we have in this country with a population increasingly heterogeneously with very different beliefs. -The verdict carries the risk of blurring other problems, including the failure and dropout. Let's talk about the Sector Conference on Education where he has addressed this issue. What we have discussed and agreed with the autonomous communities is the beginning of a plan with a series of measures to reduce school dropout rates. - What is it? -You have a set of proposals whose novelty is that this is about students, families, government, teachers and social agents. The reasons for this implication is that neglect can be explained in terms of education has, but has another aspect arising from the economic and social context in which it occurs. - How will mean to students? -Students will have more training opportunities through the diversification of the teachings and SMS mechanisms to recover for the education system to young people without qualifications, - And the parents? -It will drive parents and schools will promote measures to facilitate their attendance at school meetings with teachers of their children. - How will commit to the social? -We call on employers and unions to promote a culture of education-labor prime possession of at least the title of Secondary Education (ESO) in young people's access to employment. - Is not this a toast to the sun? -The toast to the sun are great. However, this is what we are proposing measures which, moreover, are already used in other countries. Some are feasible in the short term, others need a discussion and agreements longer. In short, this is an initial plan, a package that is not closed. We will have to incorporate other after the assessment to submit the plan by the Bureau on dropout has been formed. "The Constitution says that Spain is a secular State and, therefore, the school must also be ' - Are easy to implement measures? -Honestly, in practice is difficult. But we must try to achieve, over time, and the roads needed to convince employers that it is good that young people they hire have a minimum cualifación pro and they give the possibility to continue their education. If you do not put them in a role as targets'll ever battle. We need to go in that direction. - Is it moving in this direction the reform of vocational training? -Right. Many young people may return to the educational system, which left at a time of bonanza labor to fill jobs without qualification. We have data that with the economic crisis they lose those jobs and others find it difficult to achieve. Many want to return to school to succeed and this is a good time. We can have an economic situation that is bad for some things and others less so. And this is one of them. -You are marked 2012 as the deadline for halving the rate of early school leavers who are in Spain is estimated at 31%? One brand-goals high. It is true that it is not easy but not impossible. I think of the data years ago, and we have been moving in a decade that rates do not change much. - With what resources count for this plan? -The resources for the implementation of the LOE in 2009, 121 million euros, we will allocate priority to those programs to respond to the commitment to reduce abandonment. - Will they be enough? -It is possible that you have to look for new resources and we do, but we can not stop thinking what are we going to do for lack of means. With which we must go by launching initiatives and calculate what is needed to launch it with a commitment to evaluation. - Are all agree? -There is agreement on all administrations as noted in the meeting with the communities. We must learn from each other and make an example of the measures already implemented in some autonomy. -This course has continued the implementation of the Organic Law of Education (LOE), what does it balance? -Both the past and this course, the news is good. Although it is too early to assess its impact, we saw that, since the entry into force, the law has given us the framework to meet the challenges of education. - Was it impossible to reach a broad agreement for approval? In our long-democracy we have examples of how difficult it is to reach agreements in education. But it's more complicated to achieve between parties that in practice. I think, however, that disagreement is a short walk because we are all convinced of the importance of education for our children's future. - Is there in practice the right to choose a school? -Do not give in its entirety but if a large part. It is not easy for all parents to send their children to school in the first election option because they do not meet all legal requirements. There is choice and diversity but we can improve. As for the election, the greatest misfortune that could happen would be to fall in front of the constitutional principle that parents have the right to choose the schools would do so. - What must be said of Citizenship Education? -It is providing seamless, except in communities where the authorities have taken decisions inexplicable.

Juan Goytisolo wins National Letters

A career, a life surrendered to the floor, to literature, it is recognized that the National Literature Prize (awarded by the Ministry of Culture and endowed with 40,000 euros), who yesterday was awarded to Barcelona writer Juan Goytisolo. Accustomed to the warmth of the climate of Marrakech where he lived for many years, the inclement cold yesterday to thrash cute in Madrid, the author of "Signs of Identity" appeared to leave icy, icy, almost as much as the valuation of the prestigious award given to made before a large group of journalists who had mounted guard (with the guys in the press pink) at the door (well, at the hall, thanks to the kindness of the employees) the centrally located hotel they were staying. "It is a story, nor good nor bad, just a story. At my age, any prize-ago illusion drew resounding Goytisolo. I have given period. Like I would feel if he had been the Cervantes prize. I am not rude, nor want to be rude, but I did not cause any excitement receive a prize. I just got back from Mexico, and what they really wanted me to sleep at this time was a couple of hours and give me a good swim. " After some initial steps but forthright with titles like "Games of hands' (1954) and" To live here '(1960), in 1966, Goytisolo began publishing one of the most demanding works of contemporary Spanish literature, the trilogy Alvaro Mendiola including three of the most disruptive and influential narrative of the post-Spanish Civil War: "Signs of Identity" (1966), "Claiming the Count Don Julian (1970) and" John Landless "(1975 ). In them, Juan Goytisolo (also the brother of novelist and poet Luis Goytisolo Jose Agustin Goytisolo, who died years ago) reconstructs a fresco of our contemporary history, innovative and unorthodox in the way in the back, through a prose of great human and literary. Life and work of the second of Goytisolo not always been received with enthusiasm in his own country, which has stayed away (physically and geographically) for more than half his life. "When a work is alive, always arouses resistance-assured yesterday. I always I have taken the attacks as confirmation that he was on the right track. The truth is that if you give me an award, the first reaction is to doubt myself now, if I declare persona non grata, I'm not misguided about what I am doing. " "I have learned so much from the diversity and cultural mix of Miguel de Cervantes', underlines the creator of" Makbara " The work of Juan Goytisolo has not only run through the fields of the novel, has also been a prolific author of books of travel, of thin nose and clean sight as "Fields of Nijar" (1954), "Snapshots from a trip to Cuba "(1962) and" Book of Sarajevo "(1993). Equally, has already been registered as an important piece essays with titles like "Problems of the novel" (1959), "van tail" (1967) and "The saga of Marx" (2005), among others. An extensive and varied work of an author who says that live quite outside the literary life, its promotions cenacles and its, 'because I believe that culture is one thing and cultural life quite another. In addition, I have never considered a national asset, I am horrified any nationalism. " Away, then, the circuits and their literary stabbing, Goytisolo lives, as he himself says, "surrounded by people who do not speak Spanish ', which does not prevent the creator of" Makbara "(1980) observed with considerable concern" the rightist of European societies and persecution of immigrants ", since it shows absolutely sure that" culture is a mixture of external influences that have been receiving over the years. And I, personally, of the cultural mix I've learned as much as Cervantes. " Nor does the exercise of amnesia Juan Goytisolo (who lost her mother during a bombardment on Barcelona's aviation Franco) and brought before the much carried historical memory "law on this may lead to lost, but we can not forget that while the victims of the anarchy of the early days of the Civil War are in the glory, the rest of persecution and missing must continue rotting in mass graves. " Then, between ironic and solemnly said that "I am not a chicken laying birth books all day, every novel of mine is a literary completely different. I think that's the mission of a writer, returned to society a cultural legacy than the one that received ". Finally, Juan Goytisolo said that "more than ever, in these difficult times and crises, the culture is a handle to the people. There are many causes worthy of being defended, could be listing all night. " It is assumed that nobody is a bitter sweet, even literary, but Goytisolo, rather than leaving him bitter cold. Ice cream. Luckily, Marrakech cure everything.

The storm brought snow to the mountains and temperatures below freezing at night

The jacket and the blanket no longer suffice. It's time to remove coats and duvet hotter. The storm came last night to the region with force and will stay all week, with temperatures down sharply and filling the mountains with snow. Thermometers and fell Monday night to zero in the capital and in the coming days will be colder. Early this morning will be attained three degrees below zero and will continue to fall to five below zero on Friday night, according to Meteogroup. By day, the maximum temperature will be 9 degrees today and tomorrow and on Thursday will drop to 8. This morning temperatures drop to five degrees below zero In the mountains, snow will be the protagonist. The flakes arrived yesterday to the people higher in the coming days and the benchmark could lose up to 500 meters, according to the State Meteorological Agency. Is not scheduled to snow in the capital because there will be no clouds. To avoid problems, was activated the emergency level 0 (notice to the municipalities for which are pending). The wind (30 km / h) has already led to the first emergency situations. In Villalba, a burst tumbó a stand with bottles of propane and released a driving gas, causing a leak that could be controlled. The warning by temporarily extends throughout Spain, especially in the north. Yesterday, a man was killed by a landslide in Asturias and the Basque Country several rivers were overflowed.

Alarte: "The PP attacked the prosecutors'

"This is not what it was before." Was heard in the corridors of the hotel they were yesterday held the first congress of the provincial PSPV in Alicante. A single candidate, Ana Barcelo, who achieved wide support (80.6% of the delegates) and an executive of 37 members (only 5 of the sector ceiling Puig) with a support of 75% of the votes. The Socialists Alicante accustomed to conclaves of heart attack yesterday moved between uneasiness and a certain amount of hope for having buried the anger permanently attached to them before. The brand-new secretary of the provincial PSPV, Ana Barceló, mayor of Sax, said that "unity, work and enthusiasm are the three engines of Alicante socialism" that since yesterday "travels in the same wagon." The secretary general of PSPV Cup 71% of the National Committee Indeed a consensus was reached executive integration, but with a massive presence in the sector's general secretary, Jorge Alarte. Followers of North Puig or Francesc Romeu, who have been in the minority, are already preparing their assault for control of local assemblies to be held in the coming weeks. "If the integration is for them to leave us in the minority who are prepared," warned a man of Puig. In fact, in Alarte National Committee, the highest body between congresses, with 188 members has achieved a market share of 71.3%. 28.7% is distributed among what Puig and Romeu. Last night at the conclusion of the conclave socialist, the secretary general of PSPV, urged the president of the council, Francisco Camps, to "cease to meddle with the prosecutors" who should prosecute the crimes "irrespective of political power." Alarte labeled as "vergozante and extremedamente severe attack of the PP" to prosecutors who investigate cases such as that of Mercalicante, in which he is accused former mayor of Alicante, Luis Diaz Alperi. In an internal matter, the secretary general of PSPV said that the new provincial structure is an "opportunity" for change in hopes that the mayors and councilors' experts be useful to the people "for attaining the necessary platform to regain confidence electorate. Alarte spoke of economy and complained of "bad he has done to society Camps Valencia missed the years of economic boom." The secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Leire Pajín also wanted to highlight the "new political time" which premiered yesterday Alicante to the Socialists' drive to recover from the illusion. " Pajín admitted that in recent months "we have adjusted" to the organization that from now "has a unique voice." In this aspect also influenced the speech of the morning: the need for a provincial structure of reference, with a strong presence of mayors, with the power to unify the messages and on the other hand, the convenience of regaining contact with society and the street. "We must leave the barracks and get to work," said Ana Barceló who urged his colleagues to meet all associations and business entities in the province to establish lines of communication. " "He spent the time to look at ourselves and we must be with the people," he reiterated Barceló who delve into the division of PP at regretted that Camps and Jose Joaquin Ripoll come "only to win their particular boxing match." In a speech to municipal comprehensive content, Barceló also said that the Valencian urbanism "is not the problem, but the manner in which the PP has interpreted it, ignoring the public interest." Alejandro Soler warned that the change in the PSPV "is not negotiable and is unstoppable" and urged the delegates to change their address and start "connecting with the emotions listening to citizens."