Etiqueta: Journey
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Roses from Stalin (Las rosas de Stalin)
My name is Svetlana Alliluyeva. I was born on February 28, 1926. My father died in 1953. His name was Joseph Stalin. Stalin’s favorite, his only daughter had a rough awakening at 16 years old. She discovered her mother had died of suicide, not natural causes, and her father was a ruthless dictator. Her first…
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The Intruder (La intrusa)
An intimate portrait of Dalí’s muse. Gala Dalí was a woman who wished to be secretive. Although the men with whom she shared her life were to become so famous they would eventually become universal figures, she decided to remain in the background, to the extent that her image became that of a cold,…
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Varvara
A whale’s logbook. This adventure of a whale-lady on her long journey across the Pacific Ocean is inspired by a true story. In 2015 scientists measured the journey of a female of the majestic grey whale species. They called her Varvara. She swam a distance of 22,500 kilometres, the longest migration route undertaken by any…
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Fresh Mint with Lemon (Peppermint Frappé)
During a sultry month on the Mediterranean coast, tension mounts in a triangle of love, power and desire between a Russian art critic, an American artist, and a provocative activist. Russian art critic Vadim meets the beautiful and mysterious renowned artist, Patricia Pavloff, in Saint Petersburg. She becomes his obsession. The young critic travels to the…
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Village Schoolteacher Saga (Saga Maestra de pueblo)
L for Beginner | Civil Status: Opponent | Clean Slate No matter how much experience you have, a teacher never stops learning. In Village Schoolteacher, L for Beginner (Maestra de pueblo con L de novata), Maria's life changes completely when she gets the opportunity to fill a substitute teaching position in a…
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Saga How (Not) to Fall in Love (Cómo (no) enamorarse)
How (not) to fall in love | Three is (not) a crowd Love doesn't understand traditions Nora is an outgoing, dramatic, unpredictable, self-centered, yet also very fun young woman. Adrian is a funny, sexy, rational and witty young man. They have known each other since they were little, both having gone to the same school growing…
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Kafka and the Traveling Doll (Kafka y la muñeca viajera)
A little girl loses her doll and Kafka convinces her that it’s on vacation. A year before his death, Franz Kafka lived a very unusual experience. Strolling through Steglitz Park in Berlin, he found a little girl crying inconsolably: she had lost her doll. To reassure the little girl, the author of The…
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Roads to Freedom (Caminos de libertad)
Un verano en el Pirineo, un amor no correspondido y un misterio sin resolver. Alexia, a 17-year-old girl, is about to go camping with the Scouts. Her favorite counselor, David, who she has a crush on, has asked her to help him at the camp, since the other counselor canceled at the…
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I Stopped Uttering Your Name: The Forbidden Life of Carmen Díez de Rivera (Dejé de pronunciar tu nombre: La vida prohibida de Carmen Díez de Rivera)
The muse of the Spanish transition to democracy. The beautiful Carmen Díez de Rivera was a cultured and intelligent woman like few others. Nicknamed "the muse of the Spanish Transition to democracy" by Francisco Umbral, she was the illegitimate daughter of the politician Serrano Suñer and the aristocrat Sonsoles de Icaza, a…
