Subgénero: Romance
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The Chicken Thief (El ladrón de gallinas)
This story is about a famous female sculptor who gives shelter to a ragged man and starts taking care of him. Later, she discovers that she is starting to fall in love with the man. THEMES: Love, Impossible Love, Art, Social Class GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: In 1954, in Mexico, the story…
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Chiruca Bilogy
A love between two worlds Chiruca works as a maid for the important Valdoviño ducal family formed by the Duchess, her oldest son and her grandchild, the youngest of the Valdoviño's, whose parents died and lives in America. One day, the administrator announces that the family’s wealth is in jeopardy and, facing the imminent ruin,…
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Lady and Mistress (Dueña y señora)
A convoluted love story Fernando is a young man from wealthy family origins who has fallen in love with Toña, the beautiful family’s housekeeper. Their passion leads to the birth of a child. However, Fernando gives in to the family pressure and marries Laura, a girl of his same social status. She convinces Toña to…
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The mule driver’s song (El cantar del arriero)
Blas is the owner of an inn. He is very old and has a daughter, Mariblanca. He would like to see her getting married. Mariblanca has a boyfriend, Anselmo, who works at the inn. They are both very much in love, but Lorenzo, a mule driver that goes frequently to the inn, will do everything…
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Almost a fairy tale (Casi un cuento de hadas)
The action is set in an 18th century royal court, where the kings and their two twin daughters live. One of the twins is Leticia, beautiful but dumb; the other, Laura, ugly but intelligent. When ungraceful and hunchback Prince Riquet arrives, the situation turns around. Riquet wants to conquer Leticia’s heart. Will she find love…
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Story of a Stairway (Historia de una escalera)
Capuetes and Montesco are neighbors! The whole action takes place in an apartment building occupied by humble workers, except Elvira and her father, who belong to a higher class social disposition. Elvira wants to marry Fernando, but he loves Carmina, and their love is mutual. Urbano, another neighbor, is also in love with Carmina. The…
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The weaver of dreams (La tejedora de sueños)
This recreation of Homer’s Odyssey relates the adventures of Penelope, loving wife of Ulysses, whose return from the Trojan War she is waiting for. Buero’s Penelope is not a self-sacrificing woman; now, she is taken the lead since she hates Helen and Ulysses because of the twenty years she has spent weaving and unweaving. Ulysses…
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The first in class (La primera de la clase)
One summer night, Olga shows up unexpectedly at Anna’s house, a former school mate, seeking for help. Olga, whose husband Enric is cheating on her, also has a lover, Jaume, Anna’s former boyfriend. All night long, these two very different women settle their accounts in a labyrinth of cheating and self-deception where the limits of…
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Unfinished symphony (Sinfonía inacabada)
In Vienna, 1814, the young composer Franz Schubert, on the verge of misery, manages to survive thanks to the help of his friends. With emotion, his first concert arrives and he becomes friends with a woman who will inspire him to compose what he was called to be, in his opinion, his definitive work of consecration:…
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Three diamonds and one woman (Tres diamantes y una mujer)
Diamond is not a woman's best friend A family of thieves is planning to rob some famous diamonds from a renowned noble family. The robbery is planned to the last millimeter. The occasion: the night of a huge party organized by the family. However, in the course of the robbery, one of the thief family…
