Octavia

After a forty year absence everything has changed for the young impatient man who felt forced to escape from the family clan and its orthodoxies. He has also suffered the disillusionment with his utopias through other conflicts. Nothing is as it was although there is still nothing that makes it possible to see how things [...]

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El jardín de los poetas

A report on the day-long preparation of the televised spectacle/gala in tribute to Andalusian poetry and the “Generación del 27”, which will be shown in the abandoned monastery of Cazalla de la Sierra. The director of the programme comments on the events of the day, from the talks with the producer and the patron, to [...]

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Carmen y la libertad

Contracted by the Andalusian Opera, the controversial director Stephan Lupasko arrives in Seville to organise a special production of one of Bizet’s works, to be an “emblematic representation of the city”. Lupasko, however, in middle of this challenging project, has to be admitted to a Swiss nursing home, because of his terminal state. From there, [...]

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Desde lo más hondo

 I- Silverio. The discovery of a tin lamina onto which one of Edison´s helpers recorded the never before heard voice of the mythical Silverio Franconetti (1829-1889), the very prestigious flamenco singer, causes commotion between specialists and amateur fans. The auctioned lamina has ended up in the hands of Eikichi, Japanese business tycoon and owner of [...]

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Ojos verdes

La historia de la copla, género musical que ha sido objeto de valoraciones culturales contrapuestas, se revisa a través de la figura de Rafael de Maura, marqués de Almodóvar, que, perdidamente enamorado de una cantante, reunió a lo largo de su vida documentos y fetiches con los que soñaba crear un museo. Pero hay dos [...]

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Casas Viejas: El grito del sur

The repression of a rebellion, in the small neighbourhood of Casas Viejas in 1933, implemented by forces serving the Republic, is ´reconstructed´ from testimonies, documents and films that have supposedly been recovered. Whilst several historians offer data of the events and their causes: unemployment, hunger, large estate ownership, frustration of the hopes given by the [...]

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