Martina
Martina is a female name, a female form of Martin. It may refer to:
Martina (given name)
Martina is a female name, a female form of Martin. It may refer to:
People with the given name Martina
Fictional characters
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Martina (empress)
Martina (died after 641) was the second Empress consort of Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire. She was a daughter of Maria, Heraclius' sister, and a certain Martinus. Maria and Heraclius were children of Heraclius the Elder and his wife Epiphania according to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor.
Empress
Eudokia, first wife of Heraclius, died on 13 August 612. According to the Chronographikon syntomon of Ecumenical Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople, the cause of death was epilepsy.
According to Theophanes, Martina married her maternal uncle not long after, placing the marriage in 613 at the latest. However Nikephoros places the marriage during the wars with the Eurasian Avars which took place in the 620s.
The marriage was considered to fall within the prohibited degree of kinship, according to the rules of Chalcedonian Christianity concerning incest. This particular case of marriage between an uncle and a niece had been declared legal since the time of the Codex Theodosianus. Thus the marriage was approved by the people of Constantinople and the Church.
Fotonovela
A fotonovela also known as novela or novelita, is a small pamphlet akin to comic-book format, with photographs instead of illustrations, combined with small dialogue bubbles. They typically depict a simple story enveloped in a dramatic plot that contains a moral.
History
The documented history of the fotonovela is varied, although it is known that the Hispanic/Latino fotonovela dates back to the early 1940s in correlation with the rise in popularity of film. Initially produced in Italy and Spain, Latin-American countries began manufacturing fotonovelas that featured original stories that were not based on cinema productions. However, during the 1940s, the fotonovela was used as a tactile, visual representation of a film. Unlike the motion picture they represented, fotonovelas did not require special apparatuses to access its content, therefore, they usually enjoyed a longer life than a movie by being loaned, traded and resold throughout a community. By the 1960s, approximately 23 movies were featured in fotonovela format but nearly three times as many fotonovelas with original content were circulating throughout Mexico, Central and South America. Toward the later 1980s, Mexico was publishing approximately 70 million fotonovelas per month. In recent decades fotonovela production has declined although several fotonovelas are reprinted and new fotonovelas are still in development.
Fotonovela (film)
Fotonovela is a 2008 comedy Spanish language movie directed by Robert Kubilos that was released in the autumn of 2008 (September 16). Its budget is estimated to $150,000. The movie was released on DVD at the same time. It lasts 90 minutes and it is produced under Maya Entertainment.
It stars Rafael Amaya, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Veronica Diaz.
Plot
Angel Guzman is a Mexican immigrant in the U.S. But, rather than seek work as a laborer, he dreams of fulfilling his artistic passions. When the aspiring young Angel wins a radio contest and becomes an intern to one of L.A.'s premiere photographers, he is convinced that this chance of a lifetime will jump start his career. But, on set, things prove to be more complicated! It turns out that he is not very welcomed by some of his colleagues and possibly too welcomed by some of the ladies. Angel struggles to please a tyrannical boss while dodging the flirtations and temptations of twelve super models. Comedy and romance ensue as Angel finds his place in the world of photography and in the heart of a special woman. At the end, he gets Melanie.
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