Subgénero: Romance
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No offence, Beatrix (No te ofendas, Beatriz)
Beatrix and Javier are a couple that does not love each other. In the spring of her youth, Beatrix’ parents make her get married to a broke aristocrat. It is a convenience marriage, organized by their respective high-class families (one of them completely broke). Javier and Beatrix, friends since childhood and pressured by their parents, have to…
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And now what? (¿Y ahora qué?)
The main character is a solvent middle-aged man who loves women, nice cars and parties. One day, he meets a fascinating woman that will change his life, a judge married to a syndicalist. THEMES: Couples, Infidelity, Love, Marriage, Seduction GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: This comedy was a huge success when it premiered. Between…
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Fright (Las orejas del lobo)
Irene had a lover but he abandoned her to become a priest. She married another man who did not take care of her to become a politician and try to become a minister taking advantage of a rebuilding. Moreover, her mother suffered infidelities from the father and probably caused the car accident in which both died.…
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Dinner for two (Cena para dos)
Berta is a free woman who invites two friends of hers to a romantic dinner. Both friends have their own insecurities: Emi has just discovered that her husband has been cheating on her, while Pedro is afraid of not keeping up with women’s desires because of his advanced age. The discovery of their ability to…
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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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The dance (El baile)
Pedro and Julián are two inseparable friends who fight for the love of the beautiful and joyful Adela, who ends up getting married to Pedro, something that will not affect the relationship of the three friends. Twenty-five years later, Adela decides to split up with Pedro and live those experiences she left aside after getting…
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The strange wedding night (La extraña noche de bodas)
Rafael and Isabel, recently married, get a visit from a group of friends. One of them, Ramiro, possesses a special charm for women. The ghost of jealousy takes over Rafael. THEMES: Matrimonio, Celos, Triángulo Amoroso, Amistad, Seducción GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: The author won the National Literature Prize in 1952 and the National…
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Life on a thread (La vida en un hilo)
Mercedes has just become a widow after Ramón’s death, with who she had been very unhappy. One day on a train, she encounters a fortune-teller. She reminds her that once she could have chosen another man and shows her how her life would have been if she had chosen that man. Is she still in time…
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Margarita and men (Margarita y los hombres)
Margarita is a young miserable typist because she thinks she is ugly. Not only that, she is run over by a car, leaving her disfigured. She subjects herself to a plastic surgery that turns her into the most beautiful and adored woman. However, her unhappiness does not go away since her relationships with the opposite sex…
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It’s forbidden in autumn (Prohibido en otoño)
This is a recreation of Pygmalion’s story. It is set in the 50’s but it could be set any time now. The main plot consists in the obsession a mature man develops for his pupil, a young girl from his same town. He is well-intentioned at first but ends up going crazy for her. She,…
