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1. The Promotion
Angela, is an extremely frustrated woman who
never seems to achieve her well deserved promotion
and after a long relationship, her boyfriend
dumps her.
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That same day that she splits up with Rob,
her boss phones her just as she's getting
ready to go to the office...
2. The Three Letters
José finds three letters that had dropped
behind a shelf in an old post office over
forty years ago.
He decides to deliver them personally and
that same day, causing several events to unfold...
3. The Village Idiot
In a small and quaint looking village situated
in some part of the world, there is a Casanova.
This man is causes more than one headache
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for the husbands...
Can
the Village Idiot, who always seems to
find
out about whatever's happening in the village,
discover the identity of this Casanova?
4. Kate and Peter
A Couple falls in love and they move to Casablanca.
Not long afterwards, Kate has a much founded suspicion
that the husband is being more than friendly with somebody else...
She decides to hop on the next plane, back to Barcelona
and the next day...
5. The Flower Pot
A story narrated by a child who describes
his busy street with all its shops, it's cinema...
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and a murder that takes place just outside his
window...
6. The Petite Taxi
An English University teacher living in Casablanca,
is left without the use of his means of transport:
The Petite Taxi, a vehicle that gets him around the city.
One day, the little four wheelers are on strike and he is
left to catch a bus that never seems to arrive...
7.
The Roman Statue
A very fit and attractive lady who writes for a beauty magazine,
giving wonderful ideas to her readers on how to look beautiful
for their husbands. She also spends a lot of her free time in the
gym, eats healthy food and wears fashionable clothes.
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She has more than one male gawking at her,but she doesn't
seem to interest her handsome husband...
8.
Weeds Never Die
The richest, the oldest and the cruellest man in
the town finally dies...
Some time after his burial, a weed sprouts up
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beside the old man's tombstone...
9. Old Harold Who Could Once See 
Harold is a Sports Freak in his late thirties and
wants to keep looking good.
One day, he has an accident on his mountain bike
and wakes up in a strange bed, in a dark room...
10. The Headmaster
He's a ruthless, dirty and smelly old man who
enjoys making his staff suffer endless verbal
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abuse.
Everybody thinks it's impossible for the man
to have a heart!
11. Heather's Smile
The man arrives to his town that he's been
away from for over ten years.
All that time, he couldn't stop thinking of
that most beautiful girl that he left behind,
but he's going to see her very soon...
12. Unhappy Daughters
Elisabeth, a mother of four daughters, is helped
by her best friend to prepare
the wedding of her
youngest
daughter.
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Of the other three, two are already divorced and
the other's husband seems to forget he's married.
13. The English Baker
It's London in the 1930's and Wallace, a newlywed baker
is without a job.
An old German school friend offers a him a job in his bakery
back in Germany...
After a lot of thought, the young couple finally decides to emigrate...
14.
Tommy
He's been unfaithful to his wife once too often.
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What can he do to prove to her that he'll change?
He's bought her everything except a cat...
15. The Security Guard
He has one of the most boring jobs, but is young,
handsome and at
weekends has a very lucrative
business...
16. A Drink by the Sea
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Nat is a language teacher, divorcee and loves
being in the company of his friends and colleagues.
It's the early 1960's and he spends a holiday
in Southern Spain, in a little seaside resort.
It's a time when there were hardly any tourists and no
skyscrapers; just lovely villas and the cafe by the sea...
17. Like Father, Like Son
It is in the early 15th century when Spain has
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him his two daughters and his son who is about to
become the next Miguel Senior...
18. The Film Projectionist
Based in the early thirties, the film projectionist
of a small town cinema ends up marrying a lady
who he made pregnant.
She spends her time screaming at him whenever
she gets the chance... only that little room overlooking
the rows of seats and the screen, gives him a little
peace and a lot of time to think...
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