Etiqueta: Poverty
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The Hunt (La caza) – Original Project for TV Series
When life gives you the opportunity to take revenge on the men who raped you, even if he is the father of your son. Diana is daughter of first-generation Latin American immigrants in the United States. She grows up in a conservative working-class family, but she is a brilliant student and gets a scholarship…
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Black King (Rey Negro)
The indigent king. Rey negro (Black King) is based on a true story that took place in 1995: the exile of King Kigali V of Rwanda to avoid his assassination, and his following bitter adventures in Western society. Kigali, dethroned and thrown into poverty, does not stop behaving with the dignity that corresponds to a…
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A Fighting Chance
A true to life story of the hardships faced by young people from poverty-stricken neighborhoods. 17-year-old Mexican-American Miguel Angel trains every day after school at the Packing Shed. He dreams of becoming a worldwide-known boxing champion so he can get his family out of poverty. However, the city is threatening to take the Packing Shed…
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Matryoshka Dolls at Puerto Banús (Las Matrioskas de Puerto Banús)
The story of five actresses that got kidnapped by a Slav mafia in a mansion in Marbella, on the Andalusian coast. The protagonists are in a desperate situation and in a hostile environment from which they will have to flee. THEMES: Kidnapping, Mafia, Friendship, Escape, Show Business GENRE: Drama, Suspense, Thriller, Psychological RELEVANT…
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Mom (Mamá)
A woman from the poor Spanish countryside sends her 15-year-old daughter to Argentina during the Peronist years. She wants to save her from her misery and promises her that the whole family will follow her. Something goes wrong though, and no one comes: the girl is left trapped in a hostile country, where she grows up,…
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He’s my man (Es mi hombre)
Don Antonio is a man in debt, living in misery. He has no other choice but to do any kind of job just to survive along with his daughter Leonor. One day, thanks to his friend Mariano, he gets a job as a security guard in a casino frequented by criminals. Antonio ends up scaring…
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The prize of Nicanor (El premio de Nicanor)
A few days before Christmas holidays, in a humble home, the day of the Christmas lottery, Isidoro and his wife get into a serious conflict with their neighbors because of the lottery. THEMES: Power struggle, Ambition, Friendship, Social Climbing, Jealousy, Social Class, High Class, Lower Class, Competition, Conspiracy, Inequality, Destiny, Money, Family, Manipulation, Marriage,…
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Better times (Tiempos mejores)
Pedro lives in an old house, about to demolish, with his mother (who, for her age, is called grandma), his sister, Lili, just back from America, and a cook. The four of them take turns to hold the house’s main beam. As they cannot pay the bills, collectors gather around the house. The butcher and…
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Junkies and Yankees (Yonquis y yanquis)
Angel, a young ex-drug addict and ex-prisoner, comes back home after serving his time. The life in a poor neighborhood is not the most appropriate environment for his reintegration. Angel found himself in a violent encounter between the neighborhood´s junkies and the USA military caused by one of the “Yankees” when he abused Angel´s sister, who works as a…
