Etiqueta: Overcoming
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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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At the enemy’s mercy (En manos del enemigo)
The story narrates the fortuitous encounter between two men: Checa, a Russian man living in Spain for a long time, and Mustafa, an illegal newcomer. Their interest will be discovered as well as their pasts, their origins and the reasons they came to Spain. THEMES: Immigration, Immigrant Life, Poverty, Drugs, Friendship, Solidarity, Survival, Exclusion …
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Almost a fairy tale (Casi un cuento de hadas)
The action is set in an 18th century royal court, where the kings and their two twin daughters live. One of the twins is Leticia, beautiful but dumb; the other, Laura, ugly but intelligent. When ungraceful and hunchback Prince Riquet arrives, the situation turns around. Riquet wants to conquer Leticia’s heart. Will she find love…
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My Gloria (Gloria mía)
¿Can you escape from the past? When Jose Centella is about to die, he tells the story of his life to a friend. His story begins after abandoning his home town as he travels to the Colombian jungle. There, he joins the guerrillas and the story takes us to its hidden camps. We will witness armed…
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Indian Summer
Daniel, a forty-year-old writer with two written novels, has become a Spanish literature doctorate teacher in Chicago. During his stay there, he tries to write a new novel. Loneliness and a strange relationship push him to attempt swapping reality with the fiction in his novel in which he pours his personality and his wishes that,…
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The Stranded Mermaid (La sirena varada)
The Stranded Mermaid is a work that delves into one of the most coveted aspirations for man: escaping reality. It narrates the madness of a group of people who decide to abandon themselves to live in a world of dreams, where common sense ceases to exist. Here is when the main character of the work…
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It Is Forbidden to Commit Suicide in Spring (Prohibido suicidarse en primavera) (TV Series / Film))
This fantastic work portrays the "Home of the Suicidal" a clinic created by Dr. Ariel, who descends from a family in which men commit suicide when they begin to lose their youth. Two reporters (Chloe and Fernando) arrive to the clinic by mistake, who with their joy and passion for life transform in a radical…
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Immaculate in Grieve (La Inmaculada de los Dolores)
A young girl, after the death of her fiancé, feels the necessity of mourning as if the wedding had actually taken place. For this same reason, everyone calls her "the Immaculate in Grieve". The young girl continues to live in her former fiancé’s parents’ house, and is protected by them. In the end, the young…
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The prince that learned everything from books (El príncipe que todo lo aprendió en los libros)
This story is about the life of a prince that read too many books and, now, facing the real world for the first time in his life, believes that everything is just like in his fairy tales. This causes different internal contradictions in the prince, and his adventures begin. He will have to learn that…
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Pin pricks (Alfilerazos)
Remigio and his young wife have to emigrate from their country due to poverty. In the destination country, after great calamities and the loss of their children, they manage to make a fortune. They return to their village when they are older to invest their money into social and philanthropic works. But the generosity of…
