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The Shack (1979)

The Shack poster
Original title
La Barraca
Genre
drama
Country
Spain
Length
1 season, 9 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A peasant family struggles to survive working a rented plot of land in rural Valencia. They face harsh conditions, oppressive landlords, and community conflicts.

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What happens

La barraca (transl. The shack) is a Spanish prime-time television series based on the 1898 novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Produced by Aldebarán Films for Televisión Española (TVE), it was directed by León Klimovsky, with screenplay by Manuel Mur Oti. Its nine episodes adapting the novel were broadcast on La Primera of Televisión Española in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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