Etiqueta: Real facts
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Caught by Language (Atrapados por la lengua)
Words that gave murderers away. In just a paragraph or a five-minute talk we leave behind inevitable traces which are studied by forensic linguists, a scientific discipline which has helped track down terrorists such as Unabomber, as well as many murderers with accents or wannabe scammers. Just like the tiniest piece of skin on…
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The Palace of Lourizán (El Pazo de Lourizán)
Fear, threat, silence, and secrets become a lifestyle. This is the story of a family, divided into three parts and set in the same majestic scenary: the Pazo de Lourizán, an impressive Galician manor house. Lúa is a six-year-old girl who lives in Madrid during the transition period. Her mother is Galician, and her…
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License to spy (Licencia para espiar)
Women who dedicated their life to the dangerous art of espionage. When we think about female spies, Mata Hari and World War I usually come to mind. But the truth is that women have had a much more relevant role in political secrets for much longer in practically every culture there is. In this…
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Hilda Krüger
A complex investigative operation of a Nazi spy in México. Hilda Krüger, an attractive and sophisticated German actress, starred in one of the most extravagant episodes of the mid 20th-century. Admired by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's omnipotent and sinister Minister of Propaganda, she first left for the United States with the apparent intention of continuing…
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The Nazis in México (Los nazis en México)
A distant territory becomes Hitler’s obsession to achieve victory. In the 1930s, Mexico becomes an obsession for Adolf Hitler. The war had not yet begun, but Hitler was convinced that establishing an alliance with this country would be fundamental to his victory. The Nazis in Mexico presents the German attempts to take over Mexican…
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Picasso, my grandfather. (Picasso, mi abuelo).
The lights and shadows of a genius. PITCH: Pablo Picasso is one of the best known and most successful figures of the 20th Century. However, the same thing cannot be said about his personal life. Marina Picasso, his granddaughter, reveals in her memories what it was like to grow up in the shadow of…
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The fabulous story of the Pelayos (La fabulosa historia de los Pelayo)
Only one family could mock the casinos all around the world and become millionaires. Spain, 1990s. The Pelayos are about to make history by being the first family ever create chaos in casinos all around the world and earn huge sums of money without cheating or committing any crimes. All they need is loyalty,…
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The wars of General Omar Torrijos (Las guerras del general Omar Torrijos)
General Omar Torrijos' legacy. General Omar Torrijos Herrera, a national-progressive dictator, "convicted, sworn and converted", as he defined himself, led the Panamanian nation for ten years. Since the coup d'état that put him in charge on October 11, 1968, his mandate did not cease to be controversial, as he became one of the most…
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The Third Mask (La tercera máscara)
Could you show the world your most intimate mask? A Japanese legend explains how we all have three masks: the one we show to the world, the one we share with our loved ones, and the most intimate one, which hides our true self and is known only to us — the third mask.…
