Etiqueta: Empowerment
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My Right-Hand Brother (Mi hermano derecha)
Success does not come to those who have the best hand, but to those who know how to play well with the hand they have been dealt. Beto is a twelve-year-old boy with an incredible talent for playing baseball. He is considered the great national pitching prodigy in his age category. Toño, his…
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Sara Montiel: From One Secret to the Next, My Life Uncovered (Sara Montiel: Secreto a secreto, mi vida al descubierto)
The unseen side of the diva from La Mancha (Spain) who conquered Hollywood. Diva in film and music, the queen of kitsch, a woman of overwhelming personality and heart-stopping beauty, and capacity for self-parody, Sara Montiel was the great icon of 20th century Spain. Ernest Hemingway taught her to smoke cigars, she married…
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Wishbone
Too ugly, too chubby, too Latina?… too brave to be eclipsed. Pilar and Pili are two young women separated by an entire generation. Pili lives in 1970s Laredo, on the Mexican border in South Texas. She has a flammable personality and routinely flouts the cultural expectations of femininity in her machismo-oriented Mexican American community.…
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My Uncle Pachunga (Mi tío Pachunga)
Obsessed with beautifying the world. Eva fondly remembers the summer that changed her life: when she met her favorite person, the incomparable and sparkling Uncle Nino. That was a long time ago, when she was just 10 years old, and she didn’t understand why her parents argued, or why she hadn’t yet figured out what…
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Nothing Less Than Max (Nada menos que Max)
Love is love. And it hurts. Clara is 26 and has the world at her feet. She lives in Madrid and seems to have it all: a wealthy family, great friends, and her boyfriend, Pedro. However, when they decide to break off the relationship, her desire to one day become a mother and continue…
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Serafín, the Writer, and the Witch (Serafín, el escritor y la bruja)
A star will guide them towards each other. Serafín is the new kid at school and because of this, he doesn´t have very many friends. His classmates reject and mock him, which causes him to distance himself even further. As if this wasn´t enough, he is the youngest of six siblings by a long…
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The Pin-0-ki-0 Saga (Saga Pin-8)
Pin-0-ki-0 Wants to Have a Soul | Pin-0-ki-0 Wants to Have Friends | Pin-0-ki-0 Wants Super Strength The adventures of a clumsy android in his everyday struggle to be a normal kid. Pin-0-ki-0 is the first version of an android that works terribly. His gadgets go off at the most inconvenient times, therefore causing numerous disasters. He is,…
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Clara Lyndon’s Silence (El silencio de Clara Lyndon) (Film)
Her talent allowed her to lead the life she wanted. A lover and a secret changed her destiny forever. Clara Lyndon is an elderly woman living in England who has just been released from the hospital. Luckily, her granddaughter Máire has been by her side through it all. During one of her episodes of confusion,…
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The Light Shines for Them (Brilla la luz para ellas)
The history of the female rock musicians in Argentina. The role of women in the rock industry has always been eclipsed by the presence of men. Their incorporation to the music scene went hand in hand with the different feminist movements in the second half of the 20th century. The Light Shines for Them covers…
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Ice and Silver (Hielo y plata)
She will sacrifice everything for what she loves the most: the ice rink. Mariya is a young woman who lives with her mother and older sister, Nastya in Spain. The two sisters are figure skating prodigies. Their mother, who also happens to be their manager, was an ice skater when she was…
