Etiqueta: Family
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The awaited sign (La señal que se espera)
In a rural house, Enrique and his wife, Susana, spend the summer. On this occasion, accompanied by two interesting guests: Luis, an old boyfriend of Susana, who is a famous composer, and Julian, friend of Enrique, recently abandoned by his wife. In addition, to the group are joined two elderly servants, Bernardo and Roseta, who…
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When The Cold Reaches The Heart (Cuando el frío llegue al corazón)
This story of adolescent awakening and the discovery of sex. Recalled from adult memories, takes us to the summer in a city up north. Ludi’s father is in prison because of political issues and women troubles, therefore there is no parental control: summer is his. Ludi will initiate himself in adulthood. A beautiful woman guides him…
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Maror: the rules of gender (Maror: las reglas del género)
The romantic novel becomes a crime novel It's winter and in an isolated summer sea house some family members get together to spend a few days: Isabel, famous best-selling fiction author, her husband, Pablo; their daughter, Esperanza, and Pilar, Isabel’s sister. The breaking news is that the protagonist wants to abandon her career as a…
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Three diamonds and one woman (Tres diamantes y una mujer)
Diamond is not a woman's best friend A family of thieves is planning to rob some famous diamonds from a renowned noble family. The robbery is planned to the last millimeter. The occasion: the night of a huge party organized by the family. However, in the course of the robbery, one of the thief family…
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Arnau
Adelais escapes into the forest after being rejected by Count Arnau. There she finds an old woman who gives her refuge in her house. Staying there, Adelais looks into the fire and has a series of visions and premonitions. The disappearance of the son of a shepherd, that Adelais had foreseen, starts the people´s revenge…
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Sea horses (Caballos de Mar)
The memories of more than thirty years come through Ignasi Delamo’s mind, Colonel of the Republican Army’s Medical Department, before drawing his last breath after being wounded. They are different fragments of his life around the “Sea Horses” house since he met in 1907 the aristocrat Violaine, who he loved in a platonic way as well as her daughter…
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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…
