Etiqueta: 50s
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The Margarita Landi Case: The Blonde with the Veil and the Gun (El caso de Margarita Landi: La rubia del velo y la pistola)
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Fog in Tangier (Niebla en Tánger) (TV Series)
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The Weaving of Days (El tejido de los días)
A sewing workshop, a forbidden love and a big family secret. The year is 1950 and Julia, alone and pregnant, has just arrived in Zaragoza, a city that drags the consequences of the Civil War. Julia, although it is not going to be easy, has an economic peace of mind: the inheritance of Miguel,…
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The Doctor (La doctora)
Together they will fight for their dream. A woman's struggle to practice her profession in the Spain of 1950. In the Spain of the 1950s, a first generation of women began to practice medicine. They were the pioneers in a territory still treasured by men and in which they were intruders. Inspired by the actual…
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Jack, Knight and King (Jota, Caballo y Rey)
A political satire about power, vanity, corruption… and a horse. Set in the Latin American dictatorship landscape of the 50s belonging to tropical tyrants that were corrupt, violent and usually eccentric. With the dictatorial regime of Rojas Pinilla in the Colombia of 1954, this novel is an analysis of power, vanity and corruption with a…
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Verdict in the desert
A legal trip to the deepest Arizona in the 1950s. In the summer of 1959 in Arizona, Michael Shaw, an alcoholic lawyer struggling with his reputation as one of the best attorneys, is assigned to represent María Sánchez Curry in the bloody murder of her husband. On the other hand, Toni García is a…
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River of Angels
A city divided by a river. The population separated by their ethnic origins. One bridge as the rallying point. The Rios are an established local family of Mexican origins who work on the building of the Los Angeles River bridges. Due to the rapid social changes the city is experiencing, Otchoo Ríos, the chief of…
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It’s forbidden in autumn (Prohibido en otoño)
This is a recreation of Pygmalion’s story. It is set in the 50’s but it could be set any time now. The main plot consists in the obsession a mature man develops for his pupil, a young girl from his same town. He is well-intentioned at first but ends up going crazy for her. She,…
