Etiqueta: Therapy
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Perfection implies such a painful cost. Eric is a young guy who happens to have everything: two perfect parents, a mansion in the most exclusive neighbourhood of LA, and an excellent education. On the contrary, Chava seems to have lost everything but his will to live. He is hospitalised for several months due to…
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Pakita: Stimulating, bitter and necessary (Sólo para Paquita)
Pakita is the play´s main character. She is abandoned by her husband. The woman suffers this separation since she is madly in love with the man. Finally, Pakita gathers the necessary strength and courage to join a group of lonely people, who were left by their significant others, and who share their stories in order…
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The luminous gift (El luminoso regalo)
Víctor Dilan is a successful writer who does as he pleases in a Spain that is mundane and tasteless. A sex devotee, he holds a curious talent – a luminous gift –, which is an irresistible magnetism that immediately attracts women to his bed. His life soon takes a turn after meeting Ester, the Witch,…
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Out of mind (Fuera de quicio)
Set in an asylum, this play tells the love adventures and misfortunes of the interns called Rosa, Antoñita, Antonio and Juan while the director turns into a murderer and a spy, and the Mother Superior deals drugs. THEMES: Mental Illness, Drugs, Murder, Espionage, Adultery, Love GENRE: Comedy, Crime, Suspense, Mystery RELEVANT FACTS: An…
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Snakes and ladders (Del laberinto al 30)
Don José is a psychiatrist. One day, an outlandish man barges in and the doctor mistakes him with a patient. The individual happens to be his secretary’s boyfriend who comes in trying to sell the doctor a machine gun. The conflict between both characters gives place to a misunderstandings series that get resolved throughout the play. …
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The double story of Doctor Valmy (La doble historia del doctor Valmy)
The double story of Doctor Valmy exposes the case of Daniel Barnes, a torturer who, by castrating a detainee, self-punishes, despite himself, falling into sexual impotence. In this state, he comes to the consultation of Doctor Valmy, a psychologist. For her part, Daniel's wife, Mary, who until now lived in ignorance of her husband's activities and…
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It Is Forbidden to Commit Suicide in Spring (Prohibido suicidarse en primavera) (TV Series / Film))
This fantastic work portrays the "Home of the Suicidal" a clinic created by Dr. Ariel, who descends from a family in which men commit suicide when they begin to lose their youth. Two reporters (Chloe and Fernando) arrive to the clinic by mistake, who with their joy and passion for life transform in a radical…
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The case of the man dressed in violet (El caso del señor vestido de Violeta)
Roberto Zarzalejo in an eccentric bullfighter, quirky even for the most ordinary actions. Roberto suffers from a pathological syndrome, “the old lady complex”. With the arrival of Doctor Rimosky, he will try to remedy this awkward situation. THEMES: Show Business, Mental Illness, Therapy, Everyday Life, Work, Old age GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: An entertaining…
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Divorce of the Souls (Divorcio de almas)
The story narrates, on both personal and psychological levels, the life of a couple who wants to divorce. The separation of the couple only resolves the juridical conflicts originated by a previous conflict: the cohabitation of two human beings. THEMES: Family, Heartbreak, Frustration, Separation, Couples, Social Relations, Society, Therapy GENRE: Dramedy, Melodrama RELEVANT…
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Triumphant Soul (Alma triunfante)
Every year, the happily married couple of Luis and Isabel celebrates Isabel and their daughter’s saint´s day, but this year fate prepares a drastic and tragic change in their lives: in a fatal accident, the child dies. The pain of losing her daughter drives Isabel mad, to the point that she moves into a mental…
