Etiqueta: Crime
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The horrendous crime in Peñaranda del Campo (El horroroso crimen de Peñaranda del Campo)
A young girl disappears. Canelo, a young boy, declares he killed her and carved her up. When the trial arrives, the play takes the form of a farce: surrounded by surreal events, the executioner resigns. Unexpectedly, the victim appears in Portugal. THEMES: Society, Murder, Investigation, Prison, Misunderstandings GENRE: Drama, Suspense, Crime, Psychological, Horror RELEVANT FACTS:…
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Out of mind (Fuera de quicio)
Set in an asylum, this play tells the love adventures and misfortunes of the interns called Rosa, Antoñita, Antonio and Juan while the director turns into a murderer and a spy, and the Mother Superior deals drugs. THEMES: Mental Illness, Drugs, Murder, Espionage, Adultery, Love GENRE: Comedy, Crime, Suspense, Mystery RELEVANT FACTS: An…
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Savages (Salvajes)
Berta, a mature and good working woman, has to take care of her three nephews, Mario, Raul and Bea, after their mother’s death. Berta´s nephews are problematic young people, being a part of the skinhead movement and involved in criminal activities. With Eduardo, a police inspector who is about to retire, coming into Berta´s life,…
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The arrival of the Gods (Llegada de los dioses)
Julio is a young failed painter who lost his sight, so he returns to his father´s house with his girlfriend, Veronica. Felipe, Julio´s father, is a famous and rich artist who lives with a friend couple, Artemio and Matilde, Nuria’s parents. After his arrival, Julio begins to feel that there are many secrets in the…
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The words on the sand (Las palabras en la arena)
The work is based on a passage from the New Testament in which Jesus surprises a woman in a situation of adultery. Asaph and his friends, his wife, Naomi, and Phenicia, the maid of the woman, are witnesses to the episode of the adulterous woman. After the departure of Jesus of Nazareth, people read the…
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The traps of fate (Las trampas del azar)
The author shows throughout three generations (Lisardo and Adoración; Gabriel and Matilde; Gabi and Patricia), the fateful consequences that luck can bring to the life of people, and the errors it can bring to human behavior, like when young Gabriel accepts to manage a weapon dealing business. All these errors will be repeated in the…
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Lazarus in the labyrinth (Lázaro en el laberinto)
Lazarus is the prosperous owner of the book shop “The Labyrinth”. He lives with his sister, Fina, and his nephews, Coral and Mariano, to whom he is the father figure. Lazarus lives tormented by an event of his past: 22 years back, his girlfriend Sylvia was aggressed by a violent group that disfigured her face with…
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Judges in the night (Jueces en la noche)
Juan Luis Palacios was a minister during the Franco Regime but has known how to adapt in the democratic era, turning into a respectable member of the Parliament, married to Julia. However, the phantom of the past atrocities is always around and his marriage is in crisis. In this context, Juan Luis discovers that Ginés Pardo,…
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The princess of the desert (La princesa del desierto)
Nabih, a homeless man, tells a story to Hassan, a little boy. The story of the man is about Omar and Abdul, two young men who have to find the princess Fatima to prevent Ahmed´s ascension to the throne of Arwan. These two friends manage to contact with Laila, Fatima´s daughter. After this, the princess is…
