Subgénero: Biography
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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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Thief of Roses ( Ladrona de Rosas)
Clarice Lispector: a hidden identity, an unbearable genius. Clarice Lispector has always been perceived as a shy and introverted woman. Her beauty was indisputable: she was gorgeous, elegant and had refined manners. However, Lispector hid a lot about herself: for instance, her real name, since it was not Clarice, nor her birthdate was the one…
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Arsenio Rodriguez Trilogy (La Trilogía de Arsenio Rodriguez)
LA TRILOGÍA DE ARSENIO RODRÍGUEZ Jairo Grijalba Ruiz Esta trilogía (Arsenio Rodríguez: el profeta de la música, Arsenio Rodríguez: el ciego maravilloso, y Arsenio Rodríguez III) narra la vida del cantautor cubano Arsenio Rodríguez, tanto a nivel profesional como personal. Arsenio Rodríguez, cautivado por el poder de la música, consigue que su ceguera no…
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The clairvoyant (El mentalista de Hitler)
Based on a true story, in the pre-Nazi Germany, a seer predicted the fate of a country, but not his own Erick Hanussen lives in the most liberal Berlin in the 30’s working as a fortune-teller, being one of the most noted personalities in of the society. We witness all of this thanks to the…
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Queen Juana (Reina Juana)
The plot starts with the confession of Juana I of Castilla with the father Francisco de Borja the night before she dies. From there, the monarch goes out to the most important moments of her life, while in her speech takes the viewer to travel over the History of Spain. In this great flashback the…
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On the rock (En la roca)
This story places us at the midpoint of the Spanish Civil War and narrates the lives of Guy Burguess and Kim Philby, two spies with a single mission: assassinating Francisco Franco. The first one is a BBC announcer and the second one is a correspondent for the newspaper The Times, during the Spanish Civil War.…
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Caviar Today, Sardines Tomorrow (Hoy caviar, mañana sardinas) (TV Series)
The backstage of diplomatic glamour. The Posadas family moves to Spain when the father is appointed as ambassador. Luis Posadas gives his credentials to a very old Franco, while Bimba, the mother, tries to adapt to the culinary tastes of the Spaniards with a very limited budget, preparing dishes like the fake lobster…
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The detonation (La detonación)
Mariano José de Larra, one of the writers of Spanish Romanticism, commits suicide after being abandoned by his lover, Dolores Armijo. The action takes place in the moment before the shooting that ends the life of the journalist and recreates the most relevant moments of his life: the intrigues and power struggles in which he…
