Etiqueta: Death
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Trees Die Standing Tall (Los árboles mueren de pie)
"Do not see me fall. Dead inside, but standing tall. Like a tree." A married old couple spends their days regretting that their beloved grandson left. Mr. Balboa, in order to help with his wife’s sadness, fakes letters and pretends they are written by their grandson. One day, a real letter saying he is coming…
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The decent woman (La decente)
Nuria and Roberto met in aircraft accident. Saved by the rescue forces, each one departs to their own destiny, but over time they meet again. In a visit to Roberto, Nuria explains that she loves him, but since she is very decent and married, this love is impossible, unless her husband dies – which is…
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The teapot (La tetera)
The calm life of Juan and Julieta, a bourgeois marriage from the countryside, falls apart when the dead body of Alicia’s (Julieta’s sister) boyfriend appears. Juan becomes the prime suspect and Julieta is thought to be his next victim in order to get Alicia’s favors; but a series of characters that will make the plot…
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Jack, The Ripper (Jack, el destripador)
A police officer seems to be unable to catch the culprit from his murder investigation despite having been able to do so several times. His police work will become hindered by the pressure exerted by his chiefs. THEMES: Murder, Investigation GENRE: Drama, Crime RELEVANT FACTS: One of the author’s most popular short novels…
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Carlota
Charlie Barrington is in the street, next to his house, talking with Sgt. Harris, while waiting for the detective Douglas Hilton. They listen Carlota, Charlie's wife, playing the piano in the house. When the detective arrives, they knock on the door, but Carlota's delay in opening worries them, and they force the door open. When they enter, they…
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The Astral world (El plano astral)
Some scientists get together periodically to find a way to communicate with the dead. One of them has invented a device, which is called telekinetic, that allows them to receive signals from the other side. The son of one of the scientists, a powerful medium, offers to help them in this experiment. THEMES: Investigation, Death,…
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The horrifying secret of Maximo Marville (El espantoso secreto de Máximo Marville)
A deceived husband, who shelters an assassin on his estate, encloses his wife and his mistress with the assassin’s help. The prison he has thought for them are cages of small dimensions. THEMES: Revenge, Conspiracy, Adultery, Infidelity, Deceit, Marriage GENRE: Drama, Suspense, Mystery RELEVANT FACTS: Very interesting short novel that this great author wrote…
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The Inhabitants of the Uninhabited House (Los habitantes de la casa deshabitada) (TV Movie)
It's harder to face humans than ghosts. On a rainy and cold night Mr. Raimundo and his chauffeur Gregorio have a car breakdown in the middle of a desolate wasteland. The only refuge is a nearby manor house -plagued by strange and ghostly creatures- where inexplicable mysteries take place. A band of counterfeiters and two sisters…
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A coming and going husband (Un marido de ida y vuelta)
Pepe and Leticia are married. Pepe realizes that his death is near and makes Paco Yepes, a friend of the family, to promise that he will not marry Leticia if she is a widow, since Pepe knows that Leticia finds Paco charming. The presentiment ends up becoming reality once Pepe is dead: Paco and Leticia…
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Blanca in the outside and Rosa in the inside (Blanca por fuera y Rosa por dentro)
Blanca is a feisty woman who bases her marriage with Ramón on fighting and throwing to each other everything at hand. One day comes to their house Héctor, Rosa’s husband, who was Blanca’s good-natured sister and died in a rail accident, to announce he is leaving for Patagonia. Ramiro, fed up with his wife, offers…
