
Alejandro Casona
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A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whistles when he commits a crime, is reunited with his blind mother.
Never Open That Door

The story of Julia, a beautiful woman of licentious life who one day reconsiders and decides to use her fortune for the good of her neighbor and of the needy.
The Prodigal Woman

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.
The Three Perfect Married

A girl who grew up in a boarding school where she suffered from a lack of love is set as its director once she graduates as a lawyer.
Nuestra Natacha

While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
If I Should Die Before I Wake

Jafar Al-Masry's empire is about to collapse, the devil asks him to kill in exchange for saving him from bankruptcy. Jaafar agrees and kills the hunter Hammam. But guilt drives Jaafar to search for the village of Hammam, and he starts to get to know his relatives and wife Halima.
The Disappearance of Jaafar Al-Masri

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.
The Third Word

A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona.
Seven Screams Across the Sea

In exchange for the life of a Norwegian fisherman, a bankrupt industrialist gives his soul to the devil.
La barca sin pescador

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Las tres perfectas casadas

Seven passengers aboard a ship that is about to hit an enemy warship will confess their most terrible secrets.
Siete gritos en el mar

For over twenty years, an elderly man convinces his wife that their long-lost criminal grandson has changed his ways to become a successful professional and loving husband. When he learns of his grandson’s death, he decides to keep yet another secret and arranges for a false couple to pose as their exiled grandson and his wife. As the couple enters, uncertainties arise. Will they be able to convince her?
Trees Die Standing

A woman finds the opportunity to change her life when she meets and falls for a man who lives in a cabin far from the city.
Romance en tres noches

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El que recibe las bofetadas

The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality.
Casa de muñecas

After a storm, the captain of a ship lets it float aimlessly until he reaches an island paradise.
María Celeste

Margarita, the nun of a cloistered convent in charge of handling the lathe, this is a rotating mechanism provided with a small window through which she delivered and received things from the outside without direct visual contact, she is seduced by a Don Juan and induced to escape with him .
Milagro de amor

It is three years since Martín's wife, Angélica, mysteriously disappeared in the waters of the river. Despite the bad weather and ignoring the advice of Angélica's mother, Martín leaves the house. At that moment a strange pilgrim arrives in search of shelter. She can only stop for a few minutes because she has to go to the bridge to meet Adela, a girl with an appointment with Death.
The Lady of the Dawn

A new teacher arrives at a girls' boarding school; his arrival disrupts the discipline of the beautiful students.