Etiqueta: Family
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The buzzing of the bees (El zumbido de las abejas)
The story happens from March 1868 to February 1875. Tomás comes back to take over the family business of votive offerings and candle making after studying in Madrid. He comes back with his friend Mateu, a sculptor and intellectual whom he makes partner. Both Tomás and Mateu share a republican ideology. Mateu wants to revamp…
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The House with Seven Balconies (La casa de los siete balcones)
An ode to hope, love, innocence and illusion. The house with seven balconies is a mansion in a small countryside town where the inhabitants go to mass every Sunday. Ramón lives in it. He is a widower, a gambler and a womanizer who spent away the fortune his wife left him. He lives with Genoveva (his…
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The Lady of Dawn (La Dama del Alba)
Set in a rural area, it tells the story of a family in grieve due to the death of Angelica, one of the daughters. The mother has not been able to get over the disappearance of the young girl, and this affects the family’s daily life, the rest of the children, and the grandfather. One…
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The third word (La tercera palabra)
Pablo is a teenager who has always lived in the mountains away from civilization. After his father’s death, he moves in with his aunts and cousins. They hire Margarita in order to teach him how to read, write and everything he should already know at the age of 24. His family intentions are not totally…
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Trees Die Standing Tall (Los árboles mueren de pie)
"Do not see me fall. Dead inside, but standing tall. Like a tree." A married old couple spends their days regretting that their beloved grandson left. Mr. Balboa, in order to help with his wife’s sadness, fakes letters and pretends they are written by their grandson. One day, a real letter saying he is coming…
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It Is Forbidden to Commit Suicide in Spring (Prohibido suicidarse en primavera) (TV Series / Film))
This fantastic work portrays the "Home of the Suicidal" a clinic created by Dr. Ariel, who descends from a family in which men commit suicide when they begin to lose their youth. Two reporters (Chloe and Fernando) arrive to the clinic by mistake, who with their joy and passion for life transform in a radical…
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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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Crown of Love and Death (Corona de amor y muerte)
The story is centered on the life of Doña Inés de Castro and her loving relationship with Infant Pedro, the heir to the throne of Portugal. The Infant is committed to a union of political nature with Constanza Manuel de Villena. The problem arises when the Infant admits that he is in love with Doña…
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Maribel and the strange family (Maribel y la extraña familia)
Maribel is a prostitute who meets Marcelino, a young naive man who is looking for a girl to marry so he can overcome a tragic event of his past. He lives with his aunt, Paula, and his mother, Matilde, two charming and clever ladies. Marcelino, fully in love with Maribel, accommodates her in his house…
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The teapot (La tetera)
The calm life of Juan and Julieta, a bourgeois marriage from the countryside, falls apart when the dead body of Alicia’s (Julieta’s sister) boyfriend appears. Juan becomes the prime suspect and Julieta is thought to be his next victim in order to get Alicia’s favors; but a series of characters that will make the plot…
