{"id":30776,"date":"2026-02-27T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/projects\/noche-de-verbena\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:27:46","slug":"noche-de-verbena","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/noche-de-verbena\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonfire Night (Noche de verbena)"},"template":"","art_tag":[1308,1082,814,1352,704,1184,874,1194,712],"genero":[45],"licencia":[],"localizacion":[],"produccion":[],"subgenero":[1399,1416],"tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-30776","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","art_tag-coming-of-age-en","art_tag-first-love","art_tag-heartbreak","art_tag-lgbtq-en","art_tag-love","art_tag-love-triangle","art_tag-spain","art_tag-summer","art_tag-unrequited-love","genero-comedy","subgenero-new-adult-en","subgenero-young-adult-en","tipo-proyecto"],"acf":{"generos_tax":[45],"subgeneros_tax":[1399,1416],"tipo_tax":[5],"tags_tax":[704,712,1308,814,874,1352,1082,1184,1194],"produccion_tax":false,"licencia_tax":false,"localizacion_tax":false,"articulo__titulo_extendido":"","articulo__extracto":"","articulo__contenido":"<b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Five friends return to their hometown for the opening night of the annual festivities and find themselves swept into a whirlwind romantic comedy of misunderstandings that, amid kisses, drunken confessions, and rain-soaked revelations, forces them to confront what they truly feel\u2026 and to put their friendship to the test.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Five friends return to their hometown for the first night of the summer festival. It\u2019s the day of the <i>chupinazo<\/i>: brass bands flood the streets, local clubs open their doors, plastic cups pass from hand to hand, and everyone greets each other as if no time has passed. It\u2019s the one night of the year when anything feels possible.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">For Bambi, this night has to be special. She has spent eight summers in love with the same boy, Erik\u2014her first high school kiss. This time, he\u2019s single. She arrives prepared: two braids, a rose quartz crystal in her belt bag, and an absurd faith in signs from the universe.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Maca, newly separated from Luis\u2014her lifelong boyfriend\u2014tries to numb the heartbreak with alcohol and sarcasm. Rigo, magnetic and outspoken, has spent years hiding her feelings for In\u00e9s, who that very afternoon confessed to the group that she has been seeing a girl. Lola, the quiet one, acts as the invisible glue: she barely drinks, rarely flirts, but keeps an eye on everyone\u2014chasing drunk friends, distributing strategic hugs, and holding the group together.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">They begin the night together, in costume, dancing behind the marching band and shouting over the music as they move from one club to another. But soon, the night fractures into a thousand small stories.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Bambi runs into Erik at his family\u2019s club tent. He looks handsome, kind, and slightly distant. They talk about university, summers abroad, and not being ready for serious relationships. Bambi interprets every smile as a promise. When Dar\u00edo appears\u2014her high school nemesis, the boy who gave her the nickname \u201cBambi\u201d after her mother died, the neighbor who always teases her\u2014she comes up with a desperate plan to make Erik jealous: pretend she likes Dar\u00edo. She kisses him on the cheek in front of half the town.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Dar\u00edo plays along. The performance begins. They are seen together, dancing, teasing each other\u2014but between drinks, they start talking honestly: about the past, about high school, about wounds that never healed. Dar\u00edo protects her when she needs it most, and Bambi realizes she feels calmer with him than with her supposed dream love. What started as a strategy slowly becomes real complicity.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Meanwhile, Maca drinks recklessly, disappearing and reappearing, buying bumper car tokens and threatening to climb onto any fairground ride. Lola chases after her through the fair, holding her hair when needed and negotiating with strangers so she won\u2019t be left alone. Rigo and In\u00e9s keep finding each other in the crowd, slipping away together, speaking in half-sentences, brushing hands. In\u00e9s confesses she likes someone she thinks is unattainable. Rigo pretends it means nothing while her world quietly crumbles.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Convinced her plan is working, Bambi leaves with Erik. But the fantasy doesn\u2019t last. At his house, she discovers the truth: Erik is still emotionally attached to Luis\u2014Maca\u2019s ex and one of his closest friends. Bambi overhears him on the phone saying he\u2019s looking for \u201csomething easy\u201d and realizes she is only a distraction. She leaves through the window, heartbroken, and runs into Dar\u00edo. Beneath the festival lights, they dance, revisit their shared past, and kiss\u2014this time for real.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">Then the rain falls over the town like an emotional reset. The friends reunite, drenched. Rigo and In\u00e9s finally confess their feelings beside the church and kiss awkwardly between laughter and tears. Lola takes Maca home, caring for her through tears and confessions, and begins to understand she is not alone in her different way of loving. Bambi confronts Erik, closes the chapter of an eight-year obsession, and runs to find Dar\u00edo. He admits he always protected her, even as a teenager when he could only hide it behind teasing. She tells him she likes him. He feels the same.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">The next morning, with a collective hangover and hot chocolate with churros, Bambi decides that if she\u2019s going to confess her feelings, she\u2019ll do it properly\u2014complete with a marching band. Dar\u00edo comes downstairs half-asleep; she brings him breakfast; they embrace; and the five friends walk together toward the town square.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">The festivities continue, but now with fewer illusions and more honesty\u2014new kisses, old wounds slightly healed, and a friendship that has survived another legendary night.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Noche de verbena<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\"> is a multi-protagonist romantic comedy set over a single festival night: a generational portrait of love, friendship, and twenty-something emotional chaos, filled with humor, music, rain, brass bands, and small-town energy. A story about growing up without leaving behind those who grow alongside you.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\">RELEVANT INFORMATION:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Raquel Arbeteta is a young Spanish author specializing in new adult and young adult romance, with strong sales and positive reviews. She won the <b>Certamen Crea Joven de Narrativa de Guadalajara <\/b>and <b>the XX Certamen de Relato Corto de Deusto Campus Cultura<\/b>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Noche de verbena<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\"> is a vibrant ensemble romantic comedy set during a village festival, skillfully blending love, friendship, and gossip in a highly recognizable setting. 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