Etiqueta: Violence
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The Reef (Arrecife) (Serie TV)
Danger is the best aphrodisiac. Climate change empties hotels and money laundering regenerates them as phantom emporiums. At the time of extreme tourism, travelers need other kind of emotions. Former rockstar Mario Müller comes up with a visionary possibility of tourism in the Caribbean: the pleasures of fear. He builds The Pyramid Resort in the…
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Father Anthony Fowler Saga
A conclave, a new Pope, Vatican dark secrets. The novel that moved up everything. Rome, 2nd April 2005. Pope John Paul II just passed away and thousands of people gather in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to him. At the same time, the preparations for the conclave are already set to elect the new…
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Bloodline
Does a boy need a father in order to become a good man? Abraham is a 17-year old teenager who is going through a difficult moment in his life. Recently, he has been involved in three fights and has been suspended twice. His grandmother, who is a lesbian, lives with her partner and is…
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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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Oedipus the Bullfighter (Edipo Torero)
In 2030, Spain is in a political atmosphere in which the animal rights activism has been incorporated into the penal code. As a consequence, Jacinto, also known as “Oedipus the Bullfighter”, has been placed in an asylum because of being a “bull killer” and his participation in a mob linked to the planning of clandestine…
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My name is Casablanca
The Colombians Salvador Caicedo and Ricardo Benemejí take control over Mazatlán, Mexico and Cartagena, Colombia in order to control drug trafficking all over the territory. To be the ones in charge, they clean the territory by killing drug lords and creating intern conflicts, like in the Sinaloa’s Cartel with Don Armando Ibarra Borbón and Genaro…
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Todos los buenos soldados – All the Good Soldiers
During the 1957 New Year’s Eve, a group of Spanish artists are sent to Sidi Ifni (Morocco)to entertain those soldiers that were there allocated. Miguel Gila and Carmen Sevilla were among the artists. During their stay, a series of arguments led to the mysterious murder of Sargent Armendáriz. Therefore, Lieutenant Luis Esnaola arrives from Spain…
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Goodbye Boys (Adiós muchachos)
Adiós muchachos are the memoirs of the author himself during the Sandinist Revolution: a social movement that in 1979 put an end to the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua. Sergio Ramírez took part in the rebellion and fought against one of the most cruel and corrupted dictatorships in Latin America. Furthermore, the author also explains…
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Daylight Sucks
Katie Barberi and Craig Hurley Daylight Sucks is the story of the Alnwick, a loving and beautiful family which does not fit within the stereotype: they are vampires. Even though they normally satisfy their hunger with human flesh, they are unique among vampires, since they only murder those who have committed any sort of crime.…
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Captain César Sánchez’s Saga
Where crimes meet psychological complexity Years after Bianca Rossana Micussi’s disappearance (World of Shadows, 2011), captain César Sánchez is re-hired in La Ciudad in order to work on the death of Cuco Mondongo; a pauper whose corpse was found in strange circumstances. Colonel Hernández Padrón feels that Sánchez fits in the required…
