Etiqueta: Customs
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While you slept, you sang (Mientras dormías, cantabas)
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Cannon Fodder (Carne de cañón)
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Yoga and Coke (Yoga y coca)
A "good" girl to whom a new world opens. Blanca Potente, a young girl growing up with her grandmother in a conservative Mexican town, thinks she knows all about sex education and femininity from what she has been taught in school and in her family. As she grows up, she discovers that she…
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The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba) (Film)
8 years of mourning that explodes with the passion of two lovers. After her second husband’s death, matriarch Bernarda Alba imposes an eight-year rigorous and asphyxiating mourning period on her household and prohibits her five daughters from any form of relationship. When Angustias, the eldest daughter, inherits a large sum of money from her…
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The Amalia Series (Saga Amalia)
A delicious and intimist saga of unforgetable characters. ONE MOTHER Only a few hours left until midnight. Finally, after many attempts, Amalia has managed, at 65 years old, to make her dream come true: to reunite her whole family for dinner on New Year’s Eve. She knows it is going to be an intense night,…
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The bewildered king’s chronicle (Crónica del rey pasmado)
At the beginning of the 17th century, the King of Spain –a young immature boy- wants to see his queen naked, even when the Church and the Government refuse this action since they see in it dark plans for the future of the Empire. The king finds the support he needs in a noble man…
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Chon Recalde’s wedding (La boda de Chon Recalde)
The Recalde’s sisters, daughters of a ship captain who was executed by firearm because of confronting General Franco, are back home in Villareal de la Mar. There, they will try to adapt to the province life of the postwar. In Villareal, it is more important being the granddaughters of two admirals than the daughter of…
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The prodigal woman (La pródiga)
Julia, a beautiful widow of libertine life that squanders her fortune, reconsiders and decides to use her time and money in helping others and the needy. That is the reason why she moves to a house in the countryside, where she starts to get known as "the prodigal woman", due to her generosity with people.…
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Quirós’ house (La casa de Quirós)
Mr. Gil de Quirós, the main character of the story, lives in a small town. He is a gentleman of old customs and proud of his lineage. He is a man with a complicated personality who behaves like a tyrant to everyone who is around him. The conflict appears in the story when Sol, Quirós’…
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The chaste Don José (El casto Don José)
Don José is a pious, chaste and single old man. Owner of a well-known chocolate factory, he lives his old days calmly and following his habits. However, Don José meets a woman and a great passion overcomes him, something that will change the state of everything. THEMES: Love, Money, Eroticism, Couples, Social Relations, Seduction, Sex,…
