Subgénero: Melodrama
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The Lower Noblewoman (La infanzona)
This story relates the life of Doña Isabel, who raised a son on her own. The young man suspects that his father was killed by his uncles. What he does not know is that he is the fruit of an incestuous relationship between Isabel and one of her bothers. The story reaches its climax when…
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When Eve´s children are not Adam´s (Cuando los hijos de Eva no son los hijos de Adán)
The action takes place in Carlos Werner´s house, a glorious Jewish composer that lives in Switzerland. The composer is surrounded by Esther, the mother of his two daughters Felicitas and Amanda; Beatriz, (the composer’s daughter from another woman), an Italian catholic who put an end to her life committing suicide; and Jacob, a young and…
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Coming from a good family (De muy buena familia)
One of the children from a family that appears to be high class but really is not, following his impulses that come from an unstoppable desire for luxury and easy money, ends up committing a murder. In this debauchery he loses all moral reference and nothing will stop him. THEMES: Family, Murder, Corruption, Money, Social…
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Divorce of the Souls (Divorcio de almas)
The story narrates, on both personal and psychological levels, the life of a couple who wants to divorce. The separation of the couple only resolves the juridical conflicts originated by a previous conflict: the cohabitation of two human beings. THEMES: Family, Heartbreak, Frustration, Separation, Couples, Social Relations, Society, Therapy GENRE: Dramedy, Melodrama RELEVANT…
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Abdication (Abdicación)
In an old family mansion, the life of a family is observed by the elder grandmother, who remains pinned to her memories and worries about her descendants, especially about her unscrupulous son-in-law. Because of the greed and obsessive materialism of the family, the old woman makes a drastic decision. THEMES: Family, Generation Gap, Old Age,…
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Pin pricks (Alfilerazos)
Remigio and his young wife have to emigrate from their country due to poverty. In the destination country, after great calamities and the loss of their children, they manage to make a fortune. They return to their village when they are older to invest their money into social and philanthropic works. But the generosity of…
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Triumphant Soul (Alma triunfante)
Every year, the happily married couple of Luis and Isabel celebrates Isabel and their daughter’s saint´s day, but this year fate prepares a drastic and tragic change in their lives: in a fatal accident, the child dies. The pain of losing her daughter drives Isabel mad, to the point that she moves into a mental…
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Field of ermine (Campo de armiño)
Doña Irene, Marquise of Montalbán, fosters Gerardo, supposedly the son of her brother and a commoner woman. However, she discovers through some letters that everything is a lie and expels him. Gerardo, disconsolate and fearful of returning with his mother, returns to the Marquise. Finally, despite everything she opens her doors in proof of compassion…
