Etiqueta: Death
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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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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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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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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…
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Blondes are better with potatoes (Como mejor están las rubias es con patatas)
Doctor Ulises has been gone for 15 years, disappeared in the African jungle. Now he has come back to civilization. This situation is complicated for his former wife who has remarried Bernardo. With Ulises’ return, the marriage is invalid. Also, the Doctor seems to have gone crazy after living with the native: he is kind…
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Eloísa is under an almond tree (Eloísa está debajo de un almendro)
This story has as its basis 11 main characters. The main theme is articulated by Fernando’s story, the protagonist, who comes back home after his father's death. In a letter his father left, he asks him to solve a crime: the murder of a woman that took place years ago. This takes Fernando to a…
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Pepa Doncel
The story relates Felisa Rodriguez de Medina’s life, known artistically as Pepa Doncel. After getting married with Mr. Cifuentes, she gains certain prestige among the small local bourgeoisie. After her husband’s death, she insists on marrying her daughter Genoveva, in order to be accepted again by the local bourgeoisie. But the suitor, a well-positioned man…
