KOREA / SERIES

Crash Landing On You: A Wonderful Korean Soap Opera

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CRASH LANDING ON YOU: A WONDERFUL KOREAN SOAP OPERA By P. Scordia & A.-S. Vandamme A WhatsApp message pops up on both our mobile screens. Mutual friends from London recommend we watch […]

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MEXICO / SERIES

House of Flowers: a Mexican soap opera satire

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Through this series, we follow the misadventures of a well-off family living in a posh colonia (district) of the federal capital, Mexico City. The de la Mora family yearns for perfection and conservatism, but step by step we see their family structure crumbling from fraud, corruption, racketeering, snobbery, elitism, prison, rumours, extramarital affairs, blackmail, homosexuality, bisexuality, gender identity, sexism, racism, drugs, trafficking, suicide, illegitimate children and so on.

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BRASIL / CULTURA

Uma paixão anglo-brasileira

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Muita gente tem a ideia preconcebida de que Londres é uma cidade cinza, chuvosa e habitada por gente fria e indiferente.

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CULTURE / TELEVISION

The Anglo-Brazilian Affair

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For those who want to learn English, coming to London also provides an opportunity to travel to European countries and interact with different cultures within a relatively small distance. There are also those who come for economic reasons, looking for an opportunity to save some money either to send back to help their families or to build their own business when they return.

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FILM

Caz Stuart – a feminist filmmaker

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“Reconstructing murders posed its own challenges too – not being too graphic whilst trying to make the scenes realistic. Challenging too was securing an interview in an American prison with a murderess – I had very limited time with her and knew that I had to get all the answers in one, one hour session.” Caz Stuart, film director.

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