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Mexican feature film. "Clara, a young single doctor, has everything she wants, except love. Invited to a family wedding in Mexico, Clara convinces a charming coworker to pose as her current boyfriend, only to run into her old flame at the festivities. Now, with a little help from her colorful family, Clara must choose between two men, and two futures, in this heartwarming romantic comedy"--Container.
2) Gloria
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"A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs"--www.imdb.com.
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To mark annual International Women’s Day, The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) & Le Mouvement Ontarien des Femmes Immigrantes Francophones (MOFIF) launched the graphic novel "Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience". The graphic novel is part of a public education campaign to prevent sexual violence in Ontario.
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"Julia is perplexed to see the painting that Rosario is doing because it evokes what she is trying to capture in her novel. Invisible threads around the love that the two women, without knowing each other, feel for Andres lead them to try to tell the same story in their art expresions. It is not known whether through the brushes and the pen these two women are capturing reality or are transforming it."--Provided by publisher.
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Rihanna, a young trans and Moroccan woman is tortured to death by her kidnappers on the outskirts of Barcelona. Marina returns from a trip and discovers that her friend and roommate has been brutally murdered. Yusuf is coming to terms with the birth of his daughter when he receives a call: the unaccompanied young woman he has been supporting for the past 10 years has died and there is more: misfortune never comes alone. The inspectors in charge of...
8) Mãn
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Largo recorrido volume 99
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Oriente-Occidente. Saigón-Montreal. Es el trayecto de Mãn, una joven refugiada a la que su madre quiere proteger casándola con el propietario de un restaurante vietnamita también exiliado en Canadá.
Mãn ha aprendido a crecer sin sueños, a vivir sin necesitar apenas nada en apariencia. Pero en la cocina, cuando reinterpreta las sencillas recetas de su infancia, las emociones se desatan: el jugo del tomate recuerda el sufrimiento de un pueblo,...
11) Lazos de tinta
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Un retrato revelador sobre la primera asociación de mujeres literatas en el Madrid del siglo XIX. Manuela ha crecido en la pobreza. Hija de una lavandera y de un indeseable, ha sufrido las penurias de una ciudad donde el abismo entre las clases sociales es insalvable. Sin embargo, gracias a una vecina, Manuela tiene algo que la mayoría no posee: sabe leer. Cuando su madre muere y ella huye de un padre que quiere abusar de su poder y utilizarla,...
17) La soldadera
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A simple country girl named Lazara is caught up in the Mexican Revolution when her new husband, Juan, is forced to join the federal army on the eve of their honeymoon. Refusing to be separated from Juan, she chooses to follow him, traveling with the troops. Adoration and money only bring partial contentment for her. Another part of her longs for a life of sanctity and purity that only a life with God can bring.
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