Subgénero: Melodrama
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Don Quintín, the bitter one (Don Quintín el amargao o el que siembra vientos)
Don Quintin, driven by jealousy, kicked out his daughter Teresa’s mother. Doubting about his paternity, he left the girl for adoption and lives now his life with a bitter taste. After some time, his wife dies ratifying in her last will that Don Quintin is Teresa’s father. When Quintin looks for Teresa he does not…
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Mister Truthful (Don verdades)
The life of the main character, an old man with an impeccable reputation and known for being a good person, is altered when he falls in love with a young girl and is afraid to make a fool of himself. At the same time, given the circumstances, he sees himself having to marry a midwife…
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Miss Trevelez (La señorita de Trevélez)
Miss Trévelez tells the story that happens in a provincial capital, where a group of jokers form the Guasa Club, dedicated to play pranks and have fun at the expense of doing harm to others. One of those jokes is to let lady Trevélez, who is a neighbor of mature age, tasteless and not very…
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The Caciques (Los caciques)
The major of Villalgancio will be up for anything to keep his position In the small town of Villalgancio, the corrupt politician Acilso Arrambla is a mayor and local cacique at the same time. He is notified that an inspector will arrive to analyze his administration and accounts. Following his natural tendency, he plans on buying…
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Turmoil (Desconcierto)
Alejandro is an orchestra conductor who lives exclusively for music and women. He lives with Lucía, who quit her career as an opera singer to become his lover and secretary. They have a tempestuous relationship. Alejandro is going to conduct the New Year’s concert in Vienna, as he meets a young journalist that makes him…
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The man from Central Park (El Hombre de Central Park)
Don Draper's prequel This is the story of a middle-aged businessman that has to go fortnightly to New York to attend his business. However, he prefers going to a hotel in the city to be with his lover. The main character is a Don Draper (“Madmen”): he lives a double life with little excess, but…
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The man in the Taj-Mahal (El Hombre de Taj Mahal)
A man over fifty looks back on his life seeking clues to explain his present. He talks about his father, a merchant who cheated on his wife with a neighbour, his eagerness to leave his hometown, his first trip that led him to the Taj-Mahal in India, his rise in the social ladder while he…
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How are you, dear? (¿Qué tal, cariño?)
The story begins from a scientific theory that says that at the moment of death, the neurons open all the memory archives trying to find an answer to the life’s journey. This is what happens to Gloria, who is in a coma and in her last moments, after being in a grave accident. In the…
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Tuxedo: Part 1 & 2 (Esmoquin: Parte 1 y 2)
Arturo is a mature, gallant man capable of winning the heart of up to four women at the same time. Married to Laura, he has no inconvenient on seducing Marta, his friend Victor’s wife, making young Gabriela fall in love and also pay the rent for another lover. However, age makes him reflect on this…
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Better times (Tiempos mejores)
Pedro lives in an old house, about to demolish, with his mother (who, for her age, is called grandma), his sister, Lili, just back from America, and a cook. The four of them take turns to hold the house’s main beam. As they cannot pay the bills, collectors gather around the house. The butcher and…
