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In a Native American village, activity comes to a halt when Shep slices off the tip of his thumb with a blade. No one disputes that this happened by accident: neither the men nor the women who resignedly perform roles that no one questions; nor does young Shep. No one asks questions.
A tormented ninja. A hidden conspiracy. A dangerous mission. An immortal work. It is 1689 and the poet Matsuo Bashō undertakes a pilgrimage to the province of Sendai in order to finish writing what will be his most celebrated work 'Paths of Oku'.
Lucía loves the way Lucas smiles, the new boy in her class, smiles. She immediately approaches him because she thinks it must be hard to arrive in a new place where everything and everyone is unfamiliar, but as the days go by she notices that Lucas has grown close to Fran and his gang. This surprises her as they are complete hooligans.
Guillermo hates reading, but the rest of his family love it. So, living with them is a daily torture - like having to go to the library once a week, pick a book, read it and write a summary for class. What a pain! Then, one day, he discovers a tiny book hidden behind another far fatter book, The Zippoli Tribe. It's short, it'll take no time to read, he thinks.
They were only in their early twenties at the time. A group of friends who met up in Bar Kronen and enjoyed their youth through sex, alcohol and drugs. Occasionally they flirted with death and there was even the odd casualty. A lot of time has passed. Twenty-five years, to be exact. Now they have jobs, and they don't live too badly, some have married and have families.
Nacho is ten years old and he's just moved to a new flat. His parents are delighted with the new area, the new neighbours… Especially with the lovely old lady downstairs, who seems to be the perfect grandma everybody wants living in their building. But Nacho doesn't quite agree. The old lady frightens him, she throws him vicious looks and whispers nasty things when nobody can hear.
After some years without seeing her family, a woman travels to the United States to visit them: her brother, who is married to an American, and her mother. During the 18 days she spends with them, she tries to reconstruct the past and history. To do so, she uses memory and recollections (always tricky), but also an attempt - previously failed - to put some of that history into words.
Raimon writes for the radio and lives with his brother Blai who was traumatised by an accident he had in the forest when he was small and who now lives a very simple life working in an occupational therapy workshop. One day, Raimon is offered a job by Celia, a mature lady who has always listened to his stories.
Verdun, 1916. When the Great War breaks out, Irene Curie wants to be as close to the front as possible. Convinced that she will help save many lives, she sets out to teach radiology to surgeons in field hospitals using portable devices devised by herself and her mother, Marie Curie.
Going on holiday, getting hold of some books or playing the piano can turn into a real nightmare for the Monki family. Their bizarre ideas mean their best friend Musa must help them to learn how to think and to solve these problems for themselves.