Etiqueta: Empowerment
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Dinner for two (Cena para dos)
Berta is a free woman who invites two friends of hers to a romantic dinner. Both friends have their own insecurities: Emi has just discovered that her husband has been cheating on her, while Pedro is afraid of not keeping up with women’s desires because of his advanced age. The discovery of their ability to…
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The comedy of Carla and Luisa (La comedia de Carla y Luisa)
Carla and Luisa are two professional independent women who theoretically have the same opportunities as men. However, the male characters try their best to limit their opportunities. This makes the protagonists unable to find happiness and balance in their lives. It will be the friendship between the two of them that allows them to survive…
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Almost a fairy tale (Casi un cuento de hadas)
The action is set in an 18th century royal court, where the kings and their two twin daughters live. One of the twins is Leticia, beautiful but dumb; the other, Laura, ugly but intelligent. When ungraceful and hunchback Prince Riquet arrives, the situation turns around. Riquet wants to conquer Leticia’s heart. Will she find love…
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The weaver of dreams (La tejedora de sueños)
This recreation of Homer’s Odyssey relates the adventures of Penelope, loving wife of Ulysses, whose return from the Trojan War she is waiting for. Buero’s Penelope is not a self-sacrificing woman; now, she is taken the lead since she hates Helen and Ulysses because of the twenty years she has spent weaving and unweaving. Ulysses…
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The Miller Woman of Arcos (La molinera de Arcos)
This dramedia is about the abuse of power, about the Church as an institution, the government, the military and the emancipation of women. During a wedding, a minstrel tells a legend and the characters from the wedding start turning into the characters of the legend. The tale told by the minstrel is about how a…
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Our Natacha (Nuestra Natacha)
Amongst a series of students, most of them serious, hardworking and committed (except Lalo, whose only ambition is to never pass exams and enjoy university life), Natalia Valdés, Natacha, the first woman to become a Doctor in Pedagogy in Spain. She hides her story to her companions, for she is an orphan and abandoned, and…
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Long live the impossible! or the stars’ accountant (¡Viva lo imposible! o el contable de estrellas)
A traditional family that breaks with conventions Don Sabino is a grey old-fashioned civil servant who, in pursuit of freedom, decides to break up with everything and joins, along with his children Palmira and Eusebio, a travelling circus. However, the wandering life is not what the family expected. Thus, they begin considering going back to…
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Neither poor nor rich, but quite the opposite (Ni pobre ni rico, sino todo lo contrario)
Abelardo is a millionaire who is ready to lose all his money in order to gain the attention of his beloved Margarita. The young woman of medium-high class wants Abelardo to lose his money, because only then will be able to be together, according to her. When the protagonist loses his money, he is rejected…
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Ninette (Ninette: modas de Paris, un señor de Murcia y en casa de los López)
Ninette Sánchez, daughter of Spanish migrants in France, is an intelligent, sexy and funny Parisian girl that works in Lafayette. With her spontaneity and beauty, Andres, a provincial character, has completely fallen for her. Andres and Ninette get married; they live in Paris and settle in the capital city of a province. This makes Ninette…
