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Blanca Suárez, Amaia Salamanca, Belén Cuesta, and Macarena García in Despite Everything (A pesar de todo)

Review: Despite Everything (A pesar de todo)

1 Comment / Movies, Spanish Language, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 17, 2019 / A pesar de todo, Amaia Salamanca, Ariana Martínez, Belén Cuesta, Blanca Suárez, Cable Girls, Carlos Bardem, Despite Everything, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, foreign films, Gabriela Tagliavini, Grand Hotel, Macarena García, Marisa Paredes, Maxi Iglesias, Tito Valverde, trailers, Women Directors

Despite Everything (A pesar de todo) is a Netflix Spanish language drama about 4 sisters. It’s a lightweight plot, but an interesting look at the relationship of the sisters.

Alicia Borrachero, Verónica Sánchez, Amaia Salamanca, and Anna Moliner in Love in Times of War (Tiempos de guerra)

Review: Morocco: Love in Times of War (Tiempos de guerra)

29 Comments / Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 8, 2018 / Álex Gadea, Alicia Borrachero, Alicia Rubio, Amaia Salamanca, Anna Moliner, Cristóbal Suárez, Cuca Escribano, Daniel Lundh, Federico Pérez Rey, foreign tv series, José Sacristán, Marcel Borràs, Morocco: Love in Times of War, Nuria Herrero, season 1, Silvia Alonso, Tiempos de guerra, Verónica Sánchez

Morocco: Love in Times of War (Tiempos de guerra) is a Spanish language series set in the Spanish city of Melilla, Morocco, during the Rif War of the 1920s. Red Cross nurses are sent there to care for the injured soldiers. As the English title suggests, the series takes full advantage of the setting to tell many stories of love …

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Yon González and Amaia Salamanca in Grand Hotel (Gran Hotel)

Review: Grand Hotel (Gran Hotel)

15 Comments / Spanish Language, Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 25, 2018 / Adriana Ozores, Amaia Salamanca, Concha Velasco, Demián Bichir, Downton Abbey, Eloy Azorín, Eva Longoria, Fele Martínez, foreign tv series, Gran Hotel, Grand Hotel, Llorenç González, Luz Valdenebro, Manuel de Blas, Pedro Alonso, Pep Anton Muñoz, Roselyn Sanchez, trailers, Upstairs Downstairs, Yon González

Grand Hotel (Gran Hotel) is a sweeping, glorious, soap opera of a tale from Spain. It’s set in 1905 in a palatial hotel owned by the Alarcón family and populated with hotel owners, guests, and workers.