Subgénero: Historical
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El cocinero (The Cook) – An original TV series project
The culinary genius who won your heart through the senses. Young Alvar’s surprising ability to memorize (due to his hypermnesia) contrasts with his naïve perception of life. That innocence with which he faces each day shows reality from a different angle that is new and fresh. The events, filtered by his peculiar point of view,…
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Killing Socrates (El asesinato de Sócrates)
He was the wisest man on Earth, but his death would be violent and carried out by the man with the blue gaze. Perseus, a baby with the brightest blue eyes, is born in Sparta and his own father condemns him to death. His mother Deianira tries to end with her abusive husband, but Perseus…
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Women (Mujeres)
The rebellious Mexican women who changed the curse of History. In the 1970s, in front of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, an old woman sells the tourists ancient photos: photographies of women. A young poet realises the seller is Nahui Oli, a Mexican artist, writer, pianist and model who used to shine…
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The Ones in Saint Patrick’s Batallion (Los del San Patricio)
The story of the men whose morality made them move to the opponent side. The real story of John Riley and his colleagues, the irishmen who fought in 1846 within the side of the Americans during the Mexican-American War. They, who had escaped from hunger and the oppression in Ireland, could not remain submissive in…
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The Secret Supper
In a time when opposing the Catholic Church means being a heretic, Da Vinci manoeuvres to express his free-thinking believes the best way he knows how. Italy, 1941. Friar Agustin Leyre is an insightful Dominican inquisitor and a member of a committee founded by the Supreme Pontiff, Alexander VI, focused on closely investigating the…
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The Pythagoras Saga (Saga Pitágoras)
Crimes, mystery, a bleeding battle for succession for a powerful dynasty, and romance in a thrilling action story. Old philosopher Pythagoras, one of the most powerful people of his time, is about to choose his successor from among the great masters of the community, his closest disciples. The eventual successor will inherit such a huge…
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Monsters (Monstruos)
They were tortured before they were even born. This is the story of the Thalidomide scandal, a drug consumed by dozens of pregnant women to alleviate morning sickness and nausea. Because of this, dozens of children were born with deformities that, in some cases, caused their death. It is estimated that there were 3000 victims…
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River of Angels
A city divided by a river. The population separated by their ethnic origins. One bridge as the rallying point. The Rios are an established local family of Mexican origins who work on the building of the Los Angeles River bridges. Due to the rapid social changes the city is experiencing, Otchoo Ríos, the chief of…
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Bad Leaf (Mala Hoja)
An introspective look of 19th century Cuba. In February 1874, two Spanish businessmen, a tobacco grower and a sugar farmer, meet at a restaurant in Havana, where they start a conversation while they smoke a cigar. On that dialogue, both characters tell why they abandoned Spain and how they managed to make…
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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…
