Subgénero: Historical
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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…
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The Dogs (Los perros)
Almost a century after the events, detective Maribel Álvarez reopens the case of the serial killer who murdered five students of the Residencia de Estudiantes (Student Residence) in Madrid in 1920. Álvarez decides to work on the case since her great-grandfather, the inspector in charge of the investigation back then, did not get any answers.…
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The Lady in Blue (La dama azul)
An interesting mix between history, church intrigue and folklore Jennifer Narody works for the US Department of Defense, she has been dreaming for days with a woman in blue. In Spain, the young journalist Carlos Albert takes shelter from a snowstorm in a small village, and he finds a convent from the 17th century. The…
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The Invisible Witness (El testigo invisible)
After years of absolute silence, the only witness of the death of the Romanovs will tell the truth. Leonid Sednev, who worked as a chimney sweep for the imperial family and later on as a kitchen helper, was only 15 the night of July 17th, 1918. Those were the latest hours of the Romanovs, who…
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SAGA All of the Dead ( SAGA Todos los muertos)
The sky of Madrid is stained with blood red … The sky seems to collapse. But this is only the first of a series of extraordinary events. Throughout two intense days of September of 1859, two opposing personages will carry out the investigation of these phenomena. He is a sullen, cynical man, clinging to…
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Spanish Texas
J., a Spanish detective, and a drunk and a complete loser, combination of Pepe Carballo and Torrente, investigates the death in strange circumstances of a woman on the other side of the Atlantic. He discovers that she was Laura Buendía, a scriptwriter who was preparing a documentary about the Spanish occupation of Texas. ¿Whom could…
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Filomeno, despite myself (Filomeno, a mi pesar)
Filomeno Freijomil or Ademar de Alemcastre, two names for a same character in search of his destiny, and that uses his names depending on the place or the situation he is. The character’s duality determines his future, which is struggled between his wishes and his inherited destiny. Filomeno leaves him home to study Laws in…
