Subgénero: Road movie
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Tirant´s Triumph (El triunfo de Tirante)
Recreation of the Valencian medieval novel Tirant lo Blanc that presents a main character doubting when the time comes to accept his own death. Many moments of his past will be dramatized (parties and happenings in the English court, his triumphant return to Constantinople or the sensual moments with Carmesina) to remind him the sine…
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The Miller Woman of Arcos (La molinera de Arcos)
This dramedia is about the abuse of power, about the Church as an institution, the government, the military and the emancipation of women. During a wedding, a minstrel tells a legend and the characters from the wedding start turning into the characters of the legend. The tale told by the minstrel is about how a…
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Our Natacha (Nuestra Natacha)
Amongst a series of students, most of them serious, hardworking and committed (except Lalo, whose only ambition is to never pass exams and enjoy university life), Natalia Valdés, Natacha, the first woman to become a Doctor in Pedagogy in Spain. She hides her story to her companions, for she is an orphan and abandoned, and…
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It Is Forbidden to Commit Suicide in Spring (Prohibido suicidarse en primavera) (TV Series / Film))
This fantastic work portrays the "Home of the Suicidal" a clinic created by Dr. Ariel, who descends from a family in which men commit suicide when they begin to lose their youth. Two reporters (Chloe and Fernando) arrive to the clinic by mistake, who with their joy and passion for life transform in a radical…
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The weaker sex has gone to the gym (El sexo débil ha hecho gimnasia)
This story, with sense of humor, recounts the integration of women into civil society, first, in the first half of the 19th century, then, in the second half of the 20th century. The love affairs and problems of an aunt and her nieces, belonging to the middle-class in 1846, happen again a hundred years later…
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Letters from women (Cartas de mujeres)
The story is about a real encounter with “portraits”, women from different social stratus with a common denominator: the explosive fight for a chimera, love. THEMES: Passion, Love, Friendship, Society, Social Class GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: With this story, Benavente makes an homage to women, portraying the different social and sentimental situations in…
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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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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…
