Basque Country, Spain, 1985. Four teenage friends must face life and death, social upheaval and political violence as they try to enjoy their summer vacation.
Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
Madrid. 1988. Daniel and Javier, aged thirteen and twelve respectively, have been punished and sent to the school principal's office. While they wait in the waiting room for the principal to see them, they chat about their present and their future, but there is something that particularly worries Javier. What exactly happens when you walk through that door?
What would happen if, one year, Santa Claus was forced to cancel his Christmas Eve appointment with the world’s children?A few days before Christmas, the famously cheerful and magical giver of gifts has an accident on his sleigh, right in the middle of Madrid. He ends up in hospital, which is where he’ll have to stay until after Christmas. Fortunately, the guy he’s sharing a room with at the hospital, Salva, is willing to step in and take on his all-important Christmas work. But it won’t be easy… the Christmas countdown clock is ticking and Salva has to find the reindeer, learn to fly the sleigh and, the most difficult part of all… learn to be a good person.
An intense suspense thriller with an attractive blend of crime and mystery set in the unique historical backdrop of the Atapuerca paleontological site, home of the oldest human remains outside of Africa.