Etiqueta: Nostalgia
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In the dark heart of the forest (En el oscuro corazón del bosque)
Three cats (the old male and female cat, and the blue cat) are together in the barrack they have lived in for a while and are witness to the emptying of the house made by the owners. Facing the building’s demolition, the cats talk about their future, their memories and their ambitions. THEMES: Nostalgia, Economic…
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The pretty mother (La madre guapa)
Elena is a mature woman, widow and mother of grown up children, but she is still strikingly beautiful. Her children are against her plans of marrying a man she loved when she was young, to whom she is united by something that has been kept a secret for many years. THEMES: Love, Dysfunctional family, Generation Gap,…
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Life before March (La vida antes de marzo)
Two strangers on a train of the future Life Before March narrates the meeting of two strangers in a train with 2,000 carriages that goes from Lisbon to Bagdad in 2024. Martín and Ángel tell their stories to each other. Martin had an affair with a Maghrebi woman, and Ángel had connections to an extremist group. At…
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Long live the impossible! or the stars’ accountant (¡Viva lo imposible! o el contable de estrellas)
A traditional family that breaks with conventions Don Sabino is a grey old-fashioned civil servant who, in pursuit of freedom, decides to break up with everything and joins, along with his children Palmira and Eusebio, a travelling circus. However, the wandering life is not what the family expected. Thus, they begin considering going back to…
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Self-respect (La propia estimación)
Aurelio, a middle-aged man, falls in love with Ángeles, a married woman. The main character has a high respect for the values of women, so, instead of seducing her, he finds a job for her husband. However, the rumors about Aurelio having vile intentions spread. Now, desperate, Aurelio leaves the city, which brings out melancholy in…
