Etiqueta: Past
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When it is Winter in the North Sea (Cuando es invierno en el mar del norte)
A corpse on the beach. A suspect from a family settled in a former insane asylum. Antonio Trigo's corpse appears on the beach of the small island of Or, in the north of Spain, with no apparent explanation. Mysteriously, the body has a hole in the heart. The police think the culprit is…
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Amelia and the Bees (Amelia y las abejas)
Two love stories, the one that is and the one that was, intertwined in a charming fable. Elena is a fifteen-year-old girl from the capital who goes to spend a few days in the village where her Uncle Abelardo lives, a beekeeper for whom bees are the most important thing in the world. Although…
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Matrioshka Dolls (Muñecas matrioshkas)
Women who fight to be. In Sonora, Mexico, trans people are the target of a pimp willing to invest large fortunes to operate on them with the best doctor in Colombia. The operations are not easy, as the goal is to make them look identical to the most famous actresses of the Mexican…
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Love in Lower Case (Amor en minúscula)
Love in capital letters, hidden in the smallest characters. Samuel is a lonely university professor who is devoted body and soul to German linguistics. He lives a solitary life, which he seems to have decided to be content with. He wakes up on New Year's Day convinced that the year ahead will bring…
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The Anatomist (El anatomista) (Film)
Women carry between their legs the keys to heaven and hell. “What every man once dreamed of: the magic key that opens women's hearts, the secret that governs the mysterious desire of female love…” Mateo Colon, an anatomist during the Renaissance, falls prey to an obsession. He falls in love with Mona Sofia, an…
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The Saint to Heaven (El santo al cielo)
The most complicated case of their careers. Aldo Monteiro is chief inspector of the Homicide and Missing Persons Brigade of the National Police. His life and career take an unexpected turn when lieutenant Julio Mataró, his connection with the Spanish Civil Guard, informs him of the Orion Dauber’s murder. The body has no fingerprints,…
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I Can’t Hear the Children Play (No oigo a los niños jugar)
The silence is deafening. After a tragic, life-altering accident, 17-year-old Alma isn’t sure she can cope with her new, cruel reality. After the loss of her parents, she suffers post-traumatic shock, which leads her to attempt to take her own life. Her attempt is unsuccessful, and she is immediately checked in to a clinic…
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A Mexican in Every Child (Un mexicano en cada hijo te dio)
Beautiful and beloved Mexico is what it is today thanks to figures from its history. There are illustrious figures who have something, or everything, to do with what is "Mexicanness" today, often relegated to the shadows of oblivion. Beyond the official history, a group of Mexicans throughout history have had the chance to influence, for better or worse, the life and culture of the country, but whom disdain has erased from memory. Heroes of flesh and blood, villains or stars that shined only to be suddenly dimmed. Figures such as Isabel Moctezuma: the last Aztec princess; Jesús García Corona, the hero of Nacozari; Gilberto Bosques, "the Mexican Schindler"; Tezozomoc, the terrible chief of Tacuba; Lorenzillo, the terror of the seas of Campeche; Jesús Malverde, the saint of the narcos; Hilda Krüger, the Nazi spy who was also the mistress of a Mexican president;…
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How to Survive… Saga (Saga Cómo sobrevivir a…)
How to Survive Ancient Rome | How to Survive Prehistory | How to Survive the Middle Ages Could you survive in past era? This is the ultimate guide. Life in the past could be very complicated. Danger was always afoot. It was imperative to know what places to avoid in the Middle Ages, or how to make a tool in Prehistory to be able to eat lunch. Ancient Rome may seem like a lot of fun too: temples, armies and gladiators, chariot races, hilarious comedies… but it was also plagued by battles, conspiracies, and fires. The cities were very different from today, and dressing inappropriately or even drinking from the wrong cup could lead to death. Knowing how to survive these episodes of history is key. Luckily, there is this fun and educational survival manual, which will solve all your doubts and help you live in the Middle Ages, Ancient Rome, Prehistory… without dying in the process! RELEVANT DATA: Each installment of the saga How to Survive… focuses on a different historical period that, with a lot of humor, allows the reader to have fun while learning about history. This children's saga, reminiscent of the successful Érase una vez… or Horrible Histories series, contains all the necessary ingredients to become a great success and to be adapted into an animated series for a contemporary children's audience. The first and second installments will be published in spring 2022 and the third in autumn of the same year. It's author, nicknamed “The Nosy Historian”, is passionate about history. He has more than 77K followers on social networks, where he shares curiosities and little-known facts about universal history. In the saga How to Survive… he unravels history with a mixture of accuracy and entertainment that makes the reader feel like the protagonist. AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Movie. LANGUAGES AVAILABLE: Spanish, Catalan. Sample in English available. THEMES: History, Middle Age, Ancient Rome, Prehistoric, Gladiators, Hunting, Struggle, Danger, Discovery, Overcoming. GENRE: Adventure, Comedy, Children’s.
