Etiqueta: Fight against the System
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Goodbye Boys (Adiós muchachos)
Adiós muchachos are the memoirs of the author himself during the Sandinist Revolution: a social movement that in 1979 put an end to the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua. Sergio Ramírez took part in the rebellion and fought against one of the most cruel and corrupted dictatorships in Latin America. Furthermore, the author also explains…
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Idyll
Idyll is the most exclusive city in America. Only the chosen ones, who really are someone in society, can buy a home in a place that wants to recover the old essences of simple and rural life, but with all the comforts of modern life. Beth arrives with her parents to this community, is…
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The bewildered king’s chronicle (Crónica del rey pasmado)
At the beginning of the 17th century, the King of Spain –a young immature boy- wants to see his queen naked, even when the Church and the Government refuse this action since they see in it dark plans for the future of the Empire. The king finds the support he needs in a noble man…
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And suddenly there was yesterday (Y de repente fue ayer)
Genesis of the Telenovela Prohibited passions, secrets and crosslinked loves. The story narrates the lives of two friends: Ovalo, a charismatic and handsome young man, and the silent and awkward Efrain. Their destinies meet thanks to a hurricane. From then on, they will share lives during Batista’s Cuba, the Revolutionary Cuba and soon after the Revolution. As…
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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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Gala party (Función de Gala)
In the Valençuela Republic, Felix, a cabaret waiter, wants to seduce a singer, Victoria. The two of them get involved in the process of a coup d’état. After many adventures, we reach the happy ending: Felix gets both victory and Victoria; Victoria also makes the money she wanted; the coup fails and the revolution succeeds. …
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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…
