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Plot Summary:
At just 10 years Diomedes shares with his father Rafael Maria responsibility to bring up her family. In the Board, Guajira, his birth place, and in the midst of so many brothers and little money, Diomedes know that doing this is not easy. Diomedes life takes a turn when discovering love for the first time in the hands of Melida and this is when it begins to write the story of love and passionate Diomedes will be the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration:
Plot tags: sentimental, captivating, emotional, suspense, sad, realistic, talky, lyrical, telenovela
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 367
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 62
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 120 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 65
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 600
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IMDB Votes: 55
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 566
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
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Britannia High is a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television and Globe Productions for the ITV network. The series focused on the lives of a group of teenagers and their mentors at a fictional London theatre school. It aired on ITV and TV3 Ireland, premiering on 26 October 2008. The show starred Sapphire Elia, Georgina Hagen, Mitch Hewer, Rana Roy, Matthew James Thomas and Marcquelle Ward, as well as Adam Garcia as the dance mentor, Lorraine Pilkington as the music mentor and Mark Benton as the school principal and acting mentor. In addition to the main cast, the series featured cameo performances from Girls Aloud, Boyzone, Matt Willis and Gemma Bissix. Also, Aston Merrygold, lead singer of hit boyband JLS, auditioned for the role before his success in the boyband - but only made it to the final 16. George Ure who attended Mountview Academy also auditioned before his success in the Musical Wicked where he played Boq. Pixie Lott also auditioned as did Ed Sheeran and Danielle Peazer. The show featured an original soundtrack which was created by a team of pop producers and writers in the UK, led by Take That member Gary Barlow.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 75
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IMDB Votes: 725
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IMDB Votes: 420
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IMDB Votes: 150
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