Etiqueta: Rural
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The insignificant one (El hombrecillo)
This is the story of three brothers. While the two older ones are spending the family’s fortune in the city, the younger one, hunched and uncouth, half-brother of the other two, stays in the family house working at countryside labors. One day, one of the older brothers comes back home and notices a young woman…
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Father Cigarette (El padre pitillo)
Don Froilán is a priest in a small village, in which he is known as “Father Cigarette”, as he always has a lit cigarette in his mouth. Given his good-natured disposition, he sees himself one day taking in a deviant girl called Rosita, kicked from her house by his step-father Aniceto after losing her honor…
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The sin of being pretty (El pecado de ser guapa)
Isabel de Reinoso, elegant woman, educated, rich and sensitive, reaches the provincial town of Villaleona, dazzling men and generating envy among women. Because of this, hostility towards her will be increased more and more, capable of causing Isabel finally have to leave the village. THEMES: Beauty, Jealousy, Competition, Frustration, Intolerance, Power Struggle, Hate, Social…
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Miss Trevelez (La señorita de Trevélez)
Miss Trévelez tells the story that happens in a provincial capital, where a group of jokers form the Guasa Club, dedicated to play pranks and have fun at the expense of doing harm to others. One of those jokes is to let lady Trevélez, who is a neighbor of mature age, tasteless and not very…
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Independent candidate (Candidato independiente)
Elections are right around the corner. In a certain village, a deputy cannot be reelected to his position so he recommends his brother-in-law and entrusts the process to the town hall secretary. However, the brother-in-law has already committed to another commune. The secretary is desperate. In an attempt to secure the future political post, he…
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It’s forbidden in autumn (Prohibido en otoño)
This is a recreation of Pygmalion’s story. It is set in the 50’s but it could be set any time now. The main plot consists in the obsession a mature man develops for his pupil, a young girl from his same town. He is well-intentioned at first but ends up going crazy for her. She,…
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The mule driver’s song (El cantar del arriero)
Blas is the owner of an inn. He is very old and has a daughter, Mariblanca. He would like to see her getting married. Mariblanca has a boyfriend, Anselmo, who works at the inn. They are both very much in love, but Lorenzo, a mule driver that goes frequently to the inn, will do everything…
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The awaited sign (La señal que se espera)
In a rural house, Enrique and his wife, Susana, spend the summer. On this occasion, accompanied by two interesting guests: Luis, an old boyfriend of Susana, who is a famous composer, and Julian, friend of Enrique, recently abandoned by his wife. In addition, to the group are joined two elderly servants, Bernardo and Roseta, who…
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Sancho Panza in the island (Sancho Panza en la ínsula de Barataria)
Sancho Panza in the island is the theatrical adaptation Alejandro Casona made of chapter 51 of the second part of Don Quixote, written by Cervantes. In it, Sancho Panza, in a certain way, constitutes a revenge against the Dukes who make fun of Don Quixote. They thought that Sancho would govern the insula Barataria in a…
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The House with Seven Balconies (La casa de los siete balcones)
An ode to hope, love, innocence and illusion. The house with seven balconies is a mansion in a small countryside town where the inhabitants go to mass every Sunday. Ramón lives in it. He is a widower, a gambler and a womanizer who spent away the fortune his wife left him. He lives with Genoveva (his…
