Etiqueta: Overcoming
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The Captain’s Daughters (TV Series)
Three sisters, two worlds, one city. New York, 1936. The family restaurant “El Capitán” opens in the 14th Street, one of the colonial Spanish settlements of the city. The unexpected death of its owner forces Victoria, Mona and Luz Arenas, his untamable daughters, to take charge of the business. The Captain's Daughters unfolds the story of…
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The Master of Puppets (La maestra de títeres)
If there has ever been a woman destined to shine, that is Beatriz Calanda. Everybody knows Beatriz Calanda. Her family, her marriages and her misfortunes have been present in the tabloids for decades. However, she hides several secrets that people could not even imagine. Where does she come from? How did she get to where…
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Eo
No need to be among humankind to feel accompanied. Pedro is a 10-year-old kid who lives with his mother in a poor neighbourhood of the city. His mother works long hours everyday at a bar. When Pedro is home alone, he spends the time playing video games or watching the TV. One day, when he was walking on the outskirts of the city, Pedro meets Eo, an elephant…
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Hashtag
Perfection implies such a painful cost. Eric is a young guy who happens to have everything: two perfect parents, a mansion in the most exclusive neighbourhood of LA, and an excellent education. On the contrary, Chava seems to have lost everything but his will to live. He is hospitalised for several months due to…
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Bad Leaf (Mala Hoja)
An introspective look of 19th century Cuba. In February 1874, two Spanish businessmen, a tobacco grower and a sugar farmer, meet at a restaurant in Havana, where they start a conversation while they smoke a cigar. On that dialogue, both characters tell why they abandoned Spain and how they managed to make…
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Thief of Roses ( Ladrona de Rosas)
Clarice Lispector: a hidden identity, an unbearable genius. Clarice Lispector has always been perceived as a shy and introverted woman. Her beauty was indisputable: she was gorgeous, elegant and had refined manners. However, Lispector hid a lot about herself: for instance, her real name, since it was not Clarice, nor her birthdate was the one…
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Arsenio Rodriguez Trilogy (La Trilogía de Arsenio Rodriguez)
LA TRILOGÍA DE ARSENIO RODRÍGUEZ Jairo Grijalba Ruiz Esta trilogía (Arsenio Rodríguez: el profeta de la música, Arsenio Rodríguez: el ciego maravilloso, y Arsenio Rodríguez III) narra la vida del cantautor cubano Arsenio Rodríguez, tanto a nivel profesional como personal. Arsenio Rodríguez, cautivado por el poder de la música, consigue que su ceguera no…
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Inferno – Original Project
Samuel is the half-blooded son of a demon and a human, and, unknowingly, has just become the key to the struggle between Good and Evil. As a child, his father left him in front of the house of Caesar, the man that has created him. Oblivious to his condition, Samuel is a young medical student…
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Final Exorcism (Exorcismo final)
Final Exorcism is the first volume of erotic stories by Yovana Martinez. The life of a woman is narrated from her adolescence to her middle age through her sexual experiences. The story begins the day she loses her virginity in a Cuban internee. Short tales chronologically in first person alongside a very direct, colloquial and…
