The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Banderas wins Cannes 'best actor' as Almodovar alter ego Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas has portrayed Zorro and Pablo Picasso but he is above all the go-to actor of Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, who launched his hugely successful film career in Spain in the early 1980s. https://www.thelocal.es/20190526/banderas-wins-cannes-best-actor-as-almodovar-alter-ego Sun, 26 May 2019 12:15:57 +0200 banderas-wins-cannes-best-actor-as-almodovar-alter-ego Penelope Cruz puts 'torture' of early work behind her Spanish Oscar winner Penelope Cruz said Wednesday that putting a firewall between acting and her private life -- even when working with husband Javier Bardem -- had put a stop to the "torture" of her early years in the industry. https://www.thelocal.es/20180509/penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her Wed, 09 May 2018 17:26:54 +0200 penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her At last! Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote film will premiere at Cannes (20 years after project was started) Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will close the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, hitting the big screen nearly two decades after the director first started the project. https://www.thelocal.es/20180419/at-last-terry-gilliams-don-quixote-film-cannes Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:59:43 +0200 at-last-terry-gilliams-don-quixote-film-cannes Spanish director wins Cannes prize for car park love story An unlikely contender triumphed at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.es/20160523/spanish-car-park-film-wins-top-cannes-prize Mon, 23 May 2016 12:54:44 +0200 spanish-car-park-film-wins-top-cannes-prize Almodóvar proves Cannes favourite with latest film The Spanish film director's latest film is competing for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20160519/almodvar-proves-cannes-favourite-with-latest-film Thu, 19 May 2016 13:53:35 +0200 almodvar-proves-cannes-favourite-with-latest-film 'Picasso was never like a real grandfather to us' As a child, Pablo Picasso's granddaughter Marina often found herself shut out of his sumptuous Cannes villa "La Californie". Four decades after his death, the gates of the house she inherited, along with thousands of his art works, are always promptly opened to visitors. https://www.thelocal.es/20130626/picasso-was-never-like-a-real-grandfather-to-us Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:31:26 +0200 picasso-was-never-like-a-real-grandfather-to-us