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Adapted from Colombian writer Laura Restrepo’s novel of the same name, Netflix’s eight-episode miniseries, Delirium, explores themes of ambition, family ties, love, and repression of identity and sexuality by focusing on the dysfunctional Londono family in the backdrop of the 80s mob-afflicted Colombian city of Bogota. While the story itself is rather simple, the non-linear approach of jumbling different timelines spanning over three generations might feel a bit confusing to the viewers to keep track of events. While Delirium tries to touch on a number of topics using the lead, Agustina Londono’s psychological degradation and eventual recovery, the final resolution might not gel with all the viewers.

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Agustina’s Marriage With Aguilar

Left-leaning professor of literature at Bogota’s Public University, Fernando Aguilar is popular among students for his liberal ideologies and constant support for their ongoing protest against corruption in the academic field. A middle-aged man in his 50s,...

Netflix’s Colombian drama series Delirium revolves around Agustina and her troubled past that her husband, Aguilar, must uncover to fully grasp the reason behind her delirium. Aguilar was a professor at a public college and the driving force behind students’ protest when he crossed paths with Agustina, a dreamy young girl who offered tarot readings at the demonstration sites. There was something about Agustina that immediately attracted Aguilar, and even though she’d warned him that there would be days when she might just disappear and not be her usual self, he chose to be by her side. But things soon got complicated when one day Aguilar received a call from a hotel asking him to take home his wife. How did Agustina end up there? Who was the random stranger who was with Agustina when Aguilar arrived? Let’s find out.

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It’s time for a new episode of our Best Foreign Horror Movies video series, and in this one we’re looking back at the 2007 Spanish production [Rec] (watch it Here), directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. To find out what we had to say about [Rec], check out the video embedded above!

Balagueró and Plaza wrote [Rec] with Luis A. Berdejo, crafting the following story:

A young TV reporter and her cameraman cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams – which begins a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.

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