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Stories Set in Madrid
Almodóvar's hometown-studio, heist mints, Prado shadows and movida nights — Madrid never sleeps, on screen or off. These ten span the capital's many moods; filter the city's stories by era on StoryTerra's map.
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Browse 42 books, 137 movies, 10 TV shows and 2 games set in Madrid.

Money Heist
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion -…

The Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new…

Ferdinand
Ferdinand a little bull prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around snorting and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong his temperament remains…

All About My Mother
Following the tragic death of her teenage son Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend an outspoken transgender sex…

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

The Vault
When an engineer learns of a mysterious impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is…

Open Your Eyes
A very handsome man finds the love of his life but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

Morat: Balas Perdidas
Morat the band with the highest amount of tickets sold in LATAM and Spain in the past years offered an unforgettable concert on December 15th at Wizink Center in Madrid as a final clasp of its mythical "Balas Perdidas…

Parallel Mothers
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis middle-aged unrepentant and happy; Ana a teenager remorseful and frightened.

The Day of the Beast
The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible a death metal salesman from Carabanchel and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal…
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