in the distance
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Last published Sat, Aug 23, 2025
Elena and Damián met one unforgettable summer, in a small coastal town where anything seemed possible. Theirs was a fleeting but intense love, marked by promises written in letters and goodbyes at train stations. Years later, life has taken them down different paths: she is a renowned photographer who travels the world seeking to capture emotions, while he has put down roots as a teacher in the same town where they met.
But fate, capricious, builds a bridge between them when Elena returns to the town to photograph a series about "places that hurt." There, among the same landscapes that witnessed their story, they will both discover that time and distance don't always erase what is felt... sometimes they only hide it.
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