Etiqueta: Identity fraud
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The Non-Fiction Collection (Colección Sin Ficción)
29 Bullets and a Love Note | The Mice of God | Dismantling the Perfect Crime | Smell of Death in Pioz | The Hole | The Brotherhood of Evil The most shocking stories in the media. Based on true stories, the Non-Fiction Collection (Colección Sin Ficción) is composed of works written…
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Crimson Moon
One of the most disturbing chapters of the American psyche. A woman's fall down the side of a cliff has left her struggling for every breath; a forgotten manuscript is found buried under rotting food in a garbage dump; and fake identities belonging to the Chicano civil rights movement are about to be revealed. Private…
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The readhead (La pelirroja)
Exile is not enough for the most feared murderer. Juan Luis Higuera arrives in Cuba under the façade of one of the many Spanish executives who set in the island during the 90s. Behind those glasses and that bland physical appearance, a ruthless serial killer who has committed numerous crimes in Spain is…
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Women in front of the mirror (Mujeres frente al espejo)
The fear of being free A mistake makes possible a surprising encounter between a novelist and a young actress. Raquel, a successful novelist, has received an advanced payment for her novel. Overwhelmed by a crisis of anxiety, she is unable to write a single line. She decides to call a “gigolo” in order to have…
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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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Children of the night (Los hijos de la noche)
The story revolves around three thieves, poor of solemnity, facing the imminent Christmas with hunger and cold in their positions. In a bar, they discover a mature and accommodated gentleman and decide that the solution to their problems lies in his wallet. But the gentleman is not what he seems: He is a libertine in…
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The wedding was at twelve (La boda era a las doce)
Alicia, the owner of a perfumery, dresses up as a servant to get revenge on Ricardo, a cinema actor, who paid no attention to her after receiving by mistake the picture of the ugly Matilde, who actually works for Alicia. The actor is about to marry a singer and Alicia manages to interpose herself in…
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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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Blondes are better with potatoes (Como mejor están las rubias es con patatas)
Doctor Ulises has been gone for 15 years, disappeared in the African jungle. Now he has come back to civilization. This situation is complicated for his former wife who has remarried Bernardo. With Ulises’ return, the marriage is invalid. Also, the Doctor seems to have gone crazy after living with the native: he is kind…
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Blanca in the outside and Rosa in the inside (Blanca por fuera y Rosa por dentro)
Blanca is a feisty woman who bases her marriage with Ramón on fighting and throwing to each other everything at hand. One day comes to their house Héctor, Rosa’s husband, who was Blanca’s good-natured sister and died in a rail accident, to announce he is leaving for Patagonia. Ramiro, fed up with his wife, offers…
