Etiqueta: Dysfunctional family
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Oh dear (The Mother of dramas) (Madre (el drama padre))
Four twin sisters are going to get married to four twin brothers. Despite rumors arising about them being all siblings, they end up getting married. Little by little new characters appear and we start discovering that no one is the child of whom it seems to be, there is no certainty about any of it. …
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The lady of the house (Señora ama)
Dominica and Feliciano are a young married couple who lives in the countryside where his family owns almost all the land. Their everyday life is in the midst of all rumors throughout the town, as Feliciano has already had several illegitimate children. Feliciano is continuously unfaithful, even with very close people. Different plots with love…
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The Lower Noblewoman (La infanzona)
This story relates the life of Doña Isabel, who raised a son on her own. The young man suspects that his father was killed by his uncles. What he does not know is that he is the fruit of an incestuous relationship between Isabel and one of her bothers. The story reaches its climax when…
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When Eve´s children are not Adam´s (Cuando los hijos de Eva no son los hijos de Adán)
The action takes place in Carlos Werner´s house, a glorious Jewish composer that lives in Switzerland. The composer is surrounded by Esther, the mother of his two daughters Felicitas and Amanda; Beatriz, (the composer’s daughter from another woman), an Italian catholic who put an end to her life committing suicide; and Jacob, a young and…
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Abdication (Abdicación)
In an old family mansion, the life of a family is observed by the elder grandmother, who remains pinned to her memories and worries about her descendants, especially about her unscrupulous son-in-law. Because of the greed and obsessive materialism of the family, the old woman makes a drastic decision. THEMES: Family, Generation Gap, Old Age,…
