Etiqueta: Family
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A leopard cannot change its spots (Genio y Figura)
The main character in this comedy is Pepito Bedoya, an outmoded seducer. Despite his age, he continues conquering women with his friend Carratalá, until he finds Paquita Torres with whom he decides to get married going against the opinions of his son, his daughter-in-law, his father-in-law Don Pablo and the priest Dionisio. THEMES: Friendship, Love,…
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Father Cigarette (El padre pitillo)
Don Froilán is a priest in a small village, in which he is known as “Father Cigarette”, as he always has a lit cigarette in his mouth. Given his good-natured disposition, he sees himself one day taking in a deviant girl called Rosita, kicked from her house by his step-father Aniceto after losing her honor…
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Don Quintín, the bitter one (Don Quintín el amargao o el que siembra vientos)
Don Quintin, driven by jealousy, kicked out his daughter Teresa’s mother. Doubting about his paternity, he left the girl for adoption and lives now his life with a bitter taste. After some time, his wife dies ratifying in her last will that Don Quintin is Teresa’s father. When Quintin looks for Teresa he does not…
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My Friend Melquiades (Or Loose lips sink ships) (El amigo Melquiades (O por la boca muere el pez))
Melquíades is willing to help his friend Serafín to conquer young Nieves, who is Higinio’s girlfriend. Benita, Nieves’ sister, suspects Serafín is having an affair with Paca, the fierce, with whom he has five children. In order to confirm her suspicions, she wants Melquíades to tell her the truth, so she tries to seduce him.…
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The right arm (El brazo derecho)
A government official’s advisor becomes his right-hand man and starts to advise him in each and every political event. However, this magnificent relationship becomes affected when the advisor starts to meddle with his boss’ private life, expecting to marry his nephew to the politician’s daughter. THEMES: Friendship, Ambition, Social Climbing, City, High Class, Social Class,…
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No offence, Beatrix (No te ofendas, Beatriz)
Beatrix and Javier are a couple that does not love each other. In the spring of her youth, Beatrix’ parents make her get married to a broke aristocrat. It is a convenience marriage, organized by their respective high-class families (one of them completely broke). Javier and Beatrix, friends since childhood and pressured by their parents, have to…
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Angela Maria (Ángela María)
The young Angela is living in a boarding school and when she turns eighteen years old, she decides to escape to celebrate Christmas with Gonzalo, a distant uncle and single lawyer. This is a story about two completely different characters and their unimaginable destiny. THEMES: Love, Adolescence, Forbidden Love, Generation Gap, Moral Dilemma, Family,…
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Independent candidate (Candidato independiente)
Elections are right around the corner. In a certain village, a deputy cannot be reelected to his position so he recommends his brother-in-law and entrusts the process to the town hall secretary. However, the brother-in-law has already committed to another commune. The secretary is desperate. In an attempt to secure the future political post, he…
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Miss Trevelez (La señorita de Trevélez)
Miss Trévelez tells the story that happens in a provincial capital, where a group of jokers form the Guasa Club, dedicated to play pranks and have fun at the expense of doing harm to others. One of those jokes is to let lady Trevélez, who is a neighbor of mature age, tasteless and not very…
