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Orange blossom, Holy Week processions and oven heat: Seville is Andalusia's stage set, Moorish palace beside Gothic cathedral. Filmmakers use it for passion plays sacred and profane. Blancanieves retold Snow White here; The Plague opened its 16th-century wounds. Open Seville on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Seville

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Browse 9 books, 16 movies and 1 TV show set in Seville.

Blancanieves

Blancanieves

ARTE France Cinéma-Arcadia Motion Pictures-Noodles Production-uFilm-Nix Films-Mama Films-Kraken Films The-Sisifo Films AIE
movie

A black and white silent movie based on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: 1920s
Adiós

Adiós

TVE-ICAA-La Claqueta-Apache Films-Sony Pictures International Productions-Movistar+-Junta de Andalucía
movie

In Seville Juan is starting to enjoy his weekends outside of prison when tragedy strikes: his little girl is killed in what looks like an accident.

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: Contemporary
The Plague

The Plague

Rafael Cobos
tvshow

Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: 16th Century
A Column of Fire

A Column of Fire

by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
book

As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent epic, A Column of Fire—the…

Setting: ['Kingsbridge, England (United Kingdom)', 'Paris (France)', 'Seville (Spain)', 'London, England', 'Antwerp (Belgium)', 'Brussels (Belgium)']Time Period: 1558; Elizabethan era
Unit 7

Unit 7

La Zanfoñia Producciones-TVE-Canal Sur-Atípica Films
movie

Angel a young intelligent and kind aims to be a police inspector. Rafael instead is an expeditious forceful and arrogant policeman. Meanwhile Miguel and Mateo are part of Group 7 a group of rogue cops ready to do…

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: 2010s
Spanish Affair 2

Spanish Affair 2

Telecinco Cinema
movie

Amaia after breaking up with Rafa falls in love with a Catalonian. Koldo her father goes to Sevilla to persuade Rafa to go to Catalonia and take Amaia's heart back.

Setting: Catalonia, Spain; Seville, SpainTime Period: 2010s
Your Son

Your Son

Apache Films-Las películas del Apache-La Claqueta-Ran Entertainment
movie

Jaime a doctor who lives in Seville finds his life radicallychanged when his son is left fighting for his life after beingbeaten up during a robbery. The feelings of pain andhelplessness soon change to feelings of hate…

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: Contemporary
Carmen

Carmen

TVE-Emiliano Piedra
movie

While rehearing Carmen of Bizet the middle-aged choreographer Antonio brings the sexy Carmen to perform the lead role. Antonio falls in love for Carmen who is an independent and seductive woman incapable to accept a…

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: 1983
Carmina or Blow Up

Carmina or Blow Up

Jaleo Films-Andy Joke-Paloma Juanes
movie

Carmina 58 runs a shop selling Iberian products in Seville. After several robberies and no help from her insurance company she comes up with a way to recover the money she needs to keep her family. While she waits in…

Setting: Seville, SpainTime Period: 2012
Fifa e arena

Fifa e arena

Cinematografica Distributori Indipendenti
movie

In Napoli Nicolino Capece a truthful pharmacist clerk becomes erroneously recognized as a dangerous Spanish criminal and decides to escape to Spain. In Siviglia he is blackmailed by the bandit Cast who wants him to…

Setting: Naples, Italy; Seville, SpainTime Period: Post-World War II

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