Subgénero: Biography
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Sara Montiel
The diva from Spanish La Mancha who conquered Hollywood and the Americas. Sara Montiel was one of the great divas of cinema and music, […]
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Carmen of Mairena (Carmen de Mairena)
An original 6-episode Podcast-Audioseries published by Storytel The story of Spain’s most famous lips. This is the story of a woman who wanted to be […]
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Elvira’s Secrets (Los secretos de Elvira)
The spy who changed the course of D-Day. Elvira Chaudoir, an upper-class Peruvian who settled in Paris at the outbreak of World War II, is […]
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155, Simon Radowitzky
A fierce struggle for ideals. Simón Radowitzky, a young Ukrainian anarchist, fled in 1908 from Russian repression to take refuge in Argentina. Soon after settling […]
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Carmen Sevilla
The most endearing and popular star in Spain. Carmen Sevilla, "the bride of Spain", is one of the great Spanish film, television and music legends […]
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Marisol
The child prodigy of Spanish cinema. Marisol (Pepa Flores) has been one of the most iconic actresses in Spanish cinema. At the tender age of […]
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Rocío Dúrcal: Follow Me (Rocío Durcal: Acompañame) (TV Series)
A diva with a voice of her own. Rocío Dúrcal was destined to be a star. Her first television appearance made her the icon that […]
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A Mexican in Every Child (Un mexicano en cada hijo te dio)
Beautiful and beloved Mexico is what it is today thanks to figures from its history. There are illustrious figures who have something, or everything, to do with what is "Mexicanness" today, often relegated to the shadows of oblivion. Beyond the official history, a group of Mexicans throughout history have had the chance to influence, for better or worse, the life and culture of the country, but whom disdain has erased from memory. Heroes of flesh and blood, villains or stars that shined only to be suddenly dimmed. Figures such as Isabel Moctezuma: the last Aztec princess; Jesús García Corona, the hero of Nacozari; Gilberto Bosques, "the Mexican Schindler"; Tezozomoc, the terrible […]
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The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo (El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo)
A story full of colors and flavors. Frida is Mexico itself. After "dying" for the first time in a terrible car accident, Frida Kahlo reaches an agreement with her godmother, Death. In exchange for Frida preparing an offering in the form of a banquet for her every year on the Day of the Dead, Death allows her to live. Frida wrote down the recipes for each banquet dedicated to Saint Death in a black notebook she called “The Book of Holy Herbs”. The day this notebook was to be shown to the public for the first time in an exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts, it disappeared. Haghenbeck imagines that this notebook was a gift from the other great Mexican female icon, Tina Modotti (Frida Kahlo's lover), after the accident. The author narrates in first person the life of Kahlo, a free, authentic and controversial woman who broke stereotypes with her beauty and celebrated her Mexican identity in all areas. It delves into her decisions, thoughts and secrets, with a constant presence of death through two characters, The Messenger, represented by the revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, and her Godmother, Death, who warns Kahlo that she will die the day her rooster Cui-cui-ri stops crowing. In an intimate and […]
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The Story of Dinamic (La Historia de Dinamic)(TV Seri
The young pioneers who became millionaires in the video game industry. Spain, 1980´s. The extremely talented Ruiz brothers, Víctor, Nacho and Pablo, were 17 […]