Género: Non fiction
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Piece by Piece (Pieza a pieza)
The story of a boy who built himself. “Diversity is in the very nature of being human. We are all different and we need to treat each other with respect. If a society is based on that, we can move mountains. Otherwise, we only move backwards. We need to move up the mountain, rather…
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Favaloro: The Great Operator (Favaloro: El gran operador)
The Argentine doctor who transformed and democratized surgery worldwide. René Favaloro is the most transcendental Argentinean doctor of the 20th century for his contribution to humanity and the lives that have been saved as a result of the surgical procedure he systematized in 1967; a procedure that would transform world medicine forever with his bypass technique. This is a journey through his life, from his origins, his training, his influences and his experiences that shows the process that delineated his way of thinking and understanding the country where he lived. It is a journey through the ups and downs that marked the life of the heart surgeon committed to guaranteeing access to highly complex medical procedures even for those who could not afford it. Since his arrival to his country of origin (Italy) to the tragic afternoon of his suicide. Along the way, he deals with his childhood; the fanaticism he inherited from his uncle for gymnastics; his time at the Rafael Hernández National School, where he received a humanistic education from teachers such as the essayist Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, the Dominican writer Pedro Henríquez Ureña or the art critic Jorge Romero Brest; or at the University of La Plata in Argentina. There was also his ideological distance from Peronism; his time as a rural doctor in the Argentiean town of Jacinto Arauz; his settlement in the United States, where he perfected his skills as a surgeon specializing in coronary diseases at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic and established the definitive procedure for the coronary bypass, which since 1968 has saved millions of lives around the world. And, of course, his return to Argentina, where he created the foundation that bears his name and from which he tried to provide high quality medicine for all. Like no other figure in the medical field in Argentina, the surgeon René Gerónimo Favaloro managed to exceed his academic prestige to become a public figure of the highest profile and an ethical reference for millions of people. RELEVANT DATA: Pablo Morosi, a researcher and author of Favaloro. The Great Operator, spent two years conducting an in-depth research and more than 140 interviews that immersed him in the world of one of the most important doctors in the history of Argentina. What the critics have said: “A complete, detailed…
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Sara Montiel: From One Secret to the Next, My Life Uncovered (Sara Montiel: Secreto a secreto, mi vida al descubierto)
The unseen side of the diva from La Mancha (Spain) who conquered Hollywood. Diva in film and music, the queen of kitsch, a woman of overwhelming personality and heart-stopping beauty, and capacity for self-parody, Sara Montiel was the great icon of 20th century Spain. Ernest Hemingway taught her to smoke cigars, she married…
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Prisons, Whores and Guns (De prisiones, putas y pistolas)
Divide and conquer: The great strategy to put an end to ETA. In the early morning of December 2nd, 1991, Cadena SER broadcasted an exclusive: for the first time in history, ETA prisoners criticized the leadership of the band for their latest terrorist actions and expressed their opposition to the attacks that had children…
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Death on a Playing Card (La muerte en un naipe)
Nine victims, a deck of cards, and a criminal who is just playing for fun. On January 24th, 2003, Alfredo Galán Sotillo leaves his house with the intention of going for a walk in Madrid and killing someone. Anyone. The first victim is a man who is feeding his young son. He asks him to…
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Dismantling the Perfect Crime (Desmontando el crimen perfecto)
Angi: The identity thief. María Ángeles Molina Fernández, nicknamed “Angi” and former boss, millionaire, and alleged friend of Ana Paez, spent a lot of time planning the perfect crime. In an apartment in Barcelona, the cleaning lady finds Ana Páez's lifeless body on the sofa, naked, with her hands tied and a plastic bag…
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The Mice of God (Los ratones de Dios)
Where there is cheese, there will always be mice. In July 2011, the clergy of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in the north of Spain reported a notable absence: The Codex Calixtinus, the 12th century's illuminated manuscript (valued at eight million euros) considered to be the world's first travel guide and a reference…
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The Hole. The Story of a Killer (El agujero. Historia de un asesino)
Fake Shaolin monk by day, murderer by night. He called himself Huan, but his real name was Juan Carlos Aguilar Gómez. He used martial arts as a tool to control emotions. Self-proclaimed as the first Western Shaolin monk, three-time world kung-fu champion and eight-time world champion of Spain, he traveled to China and returned…
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A Sensitive Subject (Un asunto sensible)
Three Cuban stories of crime and betrayal. The emotionally thrilling true crime story and its trial that struck the Cuban society and negatively shifted their opinion about the Castro regime. After having recently survived the failed invasion of officer Fulgencio Batista´s Presidential Palace, four children from the Revolutionary Directory were gunned down by the Havana…
