Etiqueta: Survival
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Caracol Beach (Film)
Walking towards tragedy, to the beat of Caribbean trova. Beto Milanés is a Cuban exiled soldier living in Florida, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after surviving an ambush in Angola 18 years before. The memory of this massacre drives him to madness and obsession, triggering a dangerous crisis. Meanwhile, a series of events…
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Janis Joplin’s lover (El amante de Janis Joplin)
The Mexican Forrest Gump. David Valenzuela is known as the “town idiot”, and at 20 years old he has missed out on the normal experiences for his age, from having a girlfriend to getting involved in criminal activities. One night, a girl named Carlota invites him out to dance. Although he is surprised, David agrees,…
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Moss (Musgo) (Film)
Man’s best friend will be the last to lose hope. Moss is a dog who, not understanding why wars happen, has witnessed how his home and the family he lived with disappears in a second when a bomb drops and destroys everything. Among the rubble, he searches unsuccessfully for his two kids, Janinka and…
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Alone At The Top
The further you go, the closer you’ll be to oblivion. A man awakens from a restful sleep when, suddenly, he is assaulted by a disturbing and confusing thought: he doesn’t remember how he got there, and he doesn’t know where or who he is. He finds himself in an unfamiliar house full of strange…
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Surviving (Sobreviviendo)
Could you become someone you are not only to obtain something you have always wanted? Val Valdés, can. Val Valde’s life changes radically the day Matias Wagner, a German mogul who she married at age 15 after becoming pregnant, dies. She had one day become the most famous woman in the country after winning…
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Roses from Stalin (Las rosas de Stalin)
My name is Svetlana Alliluyeva. I was born on February 28, 1926. My father died in 1953. His name was Joseph Stalin. Stalin’s favorite, his only daughter had a rough awakening at 16 years old. She discovered her mother had died of suicide, not natural causes, and her father was a ruthless dictator. Her first…
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Varvara
A whale’s logbook. This adventure of a whale-lady on her long journey across the Pacific Ocean is inspired by a true story. In 2015 scientists measured the journey of a female of the majestic grey whale species. They called her Varvara. She swam a distance of 22,500 kilometres, the longest migration route undertaken by any…
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Letters from The Desert (Cartas desde el desierto)
Twelve troubled teenagers, twenty-two months of military service, and hundreds of secrets that threaten to come to light. In the not-too-distant future, military service will once again be compulsory for all sixteen year olds. Thisimplies many things, but there is one in particular that everyone fears: being assigned to The Desert. It…
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Rey
Based on the true story of a boy who runs away from home and is adopted by a pack of stray dogs. Based on a true story, Rey is about a boy who was raised by stray dogs. Rey has many problems at home. He must face the hostile environment in which he…
