Etiqueta: Impossible love
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Quirós’ house (La casa de Quirós)
Mr. Gil de Quirós, the main character of the story, lives in a small town. He is a gentleman of old customs and proud of his lineage. He is a man with a complicated personality who behaves like a tyrant to everyone who is around him. The conflict appears in the story when Sol, Quirós’…
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The insignificant one (El hombrecillo)
This is the story of three brothers. While the two older ones are spending the family’s fortune in the city, the younger one, hunched and uncouth, half-brother of the other two, stays in the family house working at countryside labors. One day, one of the older brothers comes back home and notices a young woman…
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Mister Truthful (Don verdades)
The life of the main character, an old man with an impeccable reputation and known for being a good person, is altered when he falls in love with a young girl and is afraid to make a fool of himself. At the same time, given the circumstances, he sees himself having to marry a midwife…
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It’s better in October (Mejor en octubre)
Carlos is an irresistible Don Juan, who has already reached maturity. He has just done his greatest feat: Taking a woman – Ana, his friend Alberto’s daughter – away from the altar where, in front of five hundred guests, she was about to marry. Soon enough, Alberto, his wife Elisa and Beatriz, Carlos’ wife, will…
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Life on a thread (La vida en un hilo)
Mercedes has just become a widow after Ramón’s death, with who she had been very unhappy. One day on a train, she encounters a fortune-teller. She reminds her that once she could have chosen another man and shows her how her life would have been if she had chosen that man. Is she still in time…
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It’s forbidden in autumn (Prohibido en otoño)
This is a recreation of Pygmalion’s story. It is set in the 50’s but it could be set any time now. The main plot consists in the obsession a mature man develops for his pupil, a young girl from his same town. He is well-intentioned at first but ends up going crazy for her. She,…
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Lady and Mistress (Dueña y señora)
A convoluted love story Fernando is a young man from wealthy family origins who has fallen in love with Toña, the beautiful family’s housekeeper. Their passion leads to the birth of a child. However, Fernando gives in to the family pressure and marries Laura, a girl of his same social status. She convinces Toña to…
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The mule driver’s song (El cantar del arriero)
Blas is the owner of an inn. He is very old and has a daughter, Mariblanca. He would like to see her getting married. Mariblanca has a boyfriend, Anselmo, who works at the inn. They are both very much in love, but Lorenzo, a mule driver that goes frequently to the inn, will do everything…
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Letter from an unknown woman (Carta de una desconocida)
Letter from an Unknown Woman follows the life of a woman without name, who is tormented by the existence of a famous pianist, with whom she was in love since her childhood and from whom she never has received any letter. THEMES: Impossible Love, Frustration, Obsession, First Love, Heartbreak GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: The story…
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Beautiful Dorotea (La bella Dorotea)
Daughter of the village chief, Dorotea’s largest goal in life is getting married. However, all her attempts to get married get shut down by the neighbors’ gossip saying that the young boys only seduce her because of her money. In her latest attempt, her fiancé left her alone in the altar. Being desperate, Dorotea decides…
