Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

Nascimento : 1843-05-10, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Morte : 1920-01-04

História

Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Perfil

Benito Pérez Galdós

Filmes

Blood of May
Novel
Revolution in Spain, around the events of 2 May 1808, when the people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.
El primer siglo del Prado
Writer
Documentary on the first hundred years of the history of the Prado Museum. Based on the exhibition "The 19th century in the Prado" (October 2007-April 2008). Study the first year of the Prado Museum, its evolution, the concept of the mentioned exhibition, the Museum Collection, the masterpieces and the restoration work.
The Grandfather
Novel
After his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true, and which one is bastard.
Doña Perfecta
Novel
Tormento
Novel
A rich emigrant returns to Madrid where he meets the beautiful Amparo . The girl, however, lives a secret affair with a priest
Marianela
Novel
Marianela is a poor girl with a disfigured face who works as Pablo's guide, a blind young man from a wealthy family. Pablo falls in love with Marianela because of her spirit and vitality and imagines her as the most beautiful woman in the world. When Pablo has the chance to recover his sight, Marianela becomes very sad because she is sure that the young man will reject her when he can see her
Tristana, Uma Paixão Mórbida
Novel
A jovem órfã Tristana é entregue aos cuidados do experiente Don Lope. O relacionamento da jovem com tutor vai se modificando até que os dois se tornam amantes. Tristana se torna amarga e cruel até que a chegada do jovem Horácio vem abalar o relacionamento dela com Don Lope.
Viridiana
Novel
Pouco antes de ser ordenada freira, Viridiana faz uma visita ao seu solitário tio, que está à beira da morte. O homem, pervertido e obcecado pela sua beleza, tenta seduzi-la de todas as formas, antes de morrer repentinamente. Com a sua morte, acaba desistindo de ser freira, passando a morar na casa deixada pelo tio. Decide transformá-la em um albergue, movida pelo seu sentimento cristão de piedade e solidariedade, mas os mendigos que lá abriga, acabam lhe mostrando as verdadeiras facetas dos seres humanos. Outra obra magistral de Buñuel. Um filme maravilhoso com um roteiro cheio de irreverências, naturalismo, surrealismo, humor negro e tragédia. Uma história inesquecível, fantástica e imprescindível.
Nazarin
Novel
Baseando-se na novela de Benito Perez Galdós, Luis Buñuel, o cineasta mais importante da língua hispânica de sua época, atualiza o argumento, dando-lhe grande força dramática (uma vez que os problemas manchengos da trama são adaptados ao universo mexicano). O humilde padre Nazarín, interpretado por Francisco Rabal, vive e compartilha sua pobreza com os necessitados que moram perto da pousada de Chanfa. Após proteger uma prostituta que provocou um incêndio, é obrigado a fugir da cidade. Em sua peregrinação, as ações de Nazarín provocam uma série de problemas que se contrapõem fortemente a visão da caridade cristã.
La mujer ajena
Story
Marianela
Writer
A young man regains his eyesight after a life of blindness and rejects his best friend Marianela for her ugliness.
El abuelo
Novel
Doña Perfecta
Novel
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
La loca de la casa
Novel
Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
Marianela
Novel
Marianela is an orphan young girl living in a small village where she guides the blind young son of a rich country man. She is secretly in love with him, knowing that he loves her only because he can't see her ugly face. But one day a famous doctor appears and promises to operate him so he can see. His father is happy to know this way he will be able to marry his rich cousin. Nela gets desperate knowing his luck will turn into her disgrace when he finally sees her face.
The Mad One of our House
Book
The Grandfather
Novel
Beauty in Chains
Novel
Rosarita, a young relative of the powerful Doña Perfecta in the small Spanish village of Orbajosa, has been betrothed since infancy to her cousin, Pepe Rey Don Jose, although the two have never met. When Pepe comes to visit Rosarita, she immediately falls in love with him, but his offhand remark about the lack of enterprise in the small town alienates Doña Perfecta, and the old woman becomes determined to prevent the marriage.