Julieta. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Runaway Stories
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Runaway Stories
Alice Munro, 2003
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Pedro Almodóvar, 2016

Julieta lives in Madrid and is about to move to Portugal with her boyfriend Lorenzo. In a chance encounter on the street with her daughter Antía’s childhood friend Beatriz, she learns that Antía, from whom she has long been estranged, is living in Switzerland and has three children. Overcome by her desire to re-establish contact with Antía, she abandons plans to leave Spain and instead leases an apartment elsewhere in the building in Madrid where she raised Antía, knowing that address is Antía’s only means of contacting her.


Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
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The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Mathias Malzieu, 2007
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Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu, 2013

Set in the 19th century, this drama unfolds around a man whose heart was replaced with a clock at birth. The circumstances dictate that he must refrain from experiencing intense emotions, particularly love. However, he struggles to conceal his feelings, defying the constraints imposed by his unique situation.


The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1615 book, Don Quixote
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1615
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Terry Gilliam, 2018

Toby Grummett, a director, is in rural Spain, struggling with the production of a commercial featuring Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. After an unsuccessful day of shooting, Toby’s superior, the Boss, introduces him to a Romani street merchant who sells him an old DVD of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.


Carmen. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1845 book
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Carmen
Prosper Mérimée, 1845
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Benjamin Millepied, 2022

A bold and adventurous modern-day love story set in the Sonoran Desert spanning the Mexico–United States border. To escape a murderous cartel, the captivating young Carmen is northbound, her route traversing an area patrolled by the US government and fanatical Americans who hunt people for sport. Mixed into the horde is local veteran Aidan, dragged into the ignoble mission as a means of earning money for his impoverished family. A modern-day reimagining of one of the classical opera ‘Carmen’.


Little Birds. Poster of the 2020 TV series and cover of the 1979 book
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Little Birds
Anaïs Nin, 1979
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Stacie Passon, 2020-

Little Birds is set in Tangier in 1955, in the famous ‘international zone’ – one of the last outposts of colonial decadence, and a culture shock in more ways than one for troubled American debutante Lucy Savage. Lucy desires an unconventional life free from the societal cage she’s been kept in and, along with Tangier itself, finds herself on the cusp of achieving a painful yet necessary independence.