Etiqueta: Scam
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Today is a holiday (Hoy es fiesta)
Ignoring the fierce opposition of the housekeeper, the neighbors use the opportunity to go to the rooftop terrace on a bank holiday. Invading the rooftop terrace is perceived as the first sign of a possible change. Their expectations grow even higher with Mrs. Nieves’ prediction. She is a fortune-teller that lives in the building and…
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Irene, or the treasure (Irene, o el tesoro)
Irene is a young widow that recently had a miscarriage. She feels obliged to go to live with her parents-in-law, Dimas and Justina: he is a miserly man and she is addicted to radio’s serials. They have a daughter, Aurelia, a disregarded adolescent. They live with Daniel, who is a guest, Méndez, who is Dima’s assistant;…
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Lost city (La ciudad perdida)
Joaquim, an exile from the Civil War, wins a literary contest from his home town with a novel titled The Lost City. The town decides to bring him back as a citizen. Rafael, who also participated in the contest in which he ended up as a finalist, is a literature professor as well as a…
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Having to leave you (La partida)
The play dramatizes two epic moments in the history of the city of Alicante: one during the 19th century (after the victory of Ferdinand VII’s absolutism in 1823); and the other, during the last moths of the Spanish Civil War. Lluís, a republican intellectual, is the author of a romantic drama that shows how his…
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Doctor Moraleda’s Murder (El asesinato del doctor Moraleda)
This play is set in the colonial era. In 1890, the Portuguese militarily advance on Angola and Mozambique with the excuse of the death of Dr. Moraleda, a scientist who was studying aboriginal people in the area. The Portuguese State officially appoints a fact-finding commission, although, at the same time, puts in charge Colonel da…
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The third word (La tercera palabra)
Pablo is a teenager who has always lived in the mountains away from civilization. After his father’s death, he moves in with his aunts and cousins. They hire Margarita in order to teach him how to read, write and everything he should already know at the age of 24. His family intentions are not totally…
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Three perfectly married women (Las tres perfectas casadas)
Three happy marriages, whose members, friends of youth, married the same day, celebrated their eighteenth anniversary all together as is their custom, but the absence of the master of ceremonies, a friend common to all of them, clouds the evening and provokes tension. This hardened bachelor has died in an accident and has left the…
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Trees Die Standing Tall (Los árboles mueren de pie)
"Do not see me fall. Dead inside, but standing tall. Like a tree." A married old couple spends their days regretting that their beloved grandson left. Mr. Balboa, in order to help with his wife’s sadness, fakes letters and pretends they are written by their grandson. One day, a real letter saying he is coming…
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Neither poor nor rich, but quite the opposite (Ni pobre ni rico, sino todo lo contrario)
Abelardo is a millionaire who is ready to lose all his money in order to gain the attention of his beloved Margarita. The young woman of medium-high class wants Abelardo to lose his money, because only then will be able to be together, according to her. When the protagonist loses his money, he is rejected…
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Madame Renard´s chalet (El chalet de Madame Renard)
Monique Renard is a rich woman who lives in a chalet in Nice, doing shady businesses. Her life changes when two men that turn out to be just as crooked as her arrive to her house, but fall in love with her. Then, a love story starts between these three characters in which they constantly try…
