Subgénero: Melodrama
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The arrival of the barbarians (La llegada de los bárbaros)
A security guard finds a man sitting on a bench on the street. The guard must prevent anyone from sitting there, but the man who is sat there is a Latin professor who has lost his job, wife and house, and considers that bench where he is resting the only thing he has in his…
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The last somersault (La última pirueta)
A peculiar little circus is bankrupt and in the process of seizure when a new recruit shows up: Flofli, the clown, coming from France where he is a very renowned character. All the circus’ hopes fall on his shoulders. But the adventures and difficulties to keep going will not be few, with a romantic love…
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Going Down to Morocco (Bajarse al moro)
Chusa, Jaimito and Alberto share a flat in the city center. Chusa lodges Elena, whom she met in the street. With her arrival, things start to change in the flat: both Jaimito and Alberto start to fall for Elena; the problem is that Alberto is Chusa's lover! Lovesickness, decision making and assuming responsibilities will put into…
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Snakes and ladders (Del laberinto al 30)
Don José is a psychiatrist. One day, an outlandish man barges in and the doctor mistakes him with a patient. The individual happens to be his secretary’s boyfriend who comes in trying to sell the doctor a machine gun. The conflict between both characters gives place to a misunderstandings series that get resolved throughout the play. …
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Ten Euros for a drink (Diez euros la copa)
The play presents four builders from different generations facing the economic crisis. During their lunch break, the four of them talk about love, desire, friendship, fidelity or loneliness, everything with a humorous tone for four lunches and an epilogue. THEMES: Economic crisis, Generational Gap, Love, Lower Class, Friendship, Fidelity GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: …
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Tell them with Valium (Dígaselo con Valium)
A young marriage, who represent social success, has its monotony broken when two peculiar and crazy women who broke out from jail appear in front of them. Victims of domestic violence, they have decided to become the persecutors. THEMES: Social Climbing, Marriage, Prison, Revenge, Domestic Abuse, Mental Illness GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: The author…
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At the enemy’s mercy (En manos del enemigo)
The story narrates the fortuitous encounter between two men: Checa, a Russian man living in Spain for a long time, and Mustafa, an illegal newcomer. Their interest will be discovered as well as their pasts, their origins and the reasons they came to Spain. THEMES: Immigration, Immigrant Life, Poverty, Drugs, Friendship, Solidarity, Survival, Exclusion …
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Children of the night (Los hijos de la noche)
The story revolves around three thieves, poor of solemnity, facing the imminent Christmas with hunger and cold in their positions. In a bar, they discover a mature and accommodated gentleman and decide that the solution to their problems lies in his wallet. But the gentleman is not what he seems: He is a libertine in…
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Pinches (Los pellizcos)
Don Mario has been captivated by Raimunda, the woman who served him at his house for years. When time passes, they meet again, but now Don Mario is poor and Raimunda is a rich heir. The woman, for old time's sake, helps Don Mario, who now works as a maintenance man in a hotel, but…
