El Café de Crossroads

Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after the First World War. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive way. Their collective energy changed the social mood of the era and brought a new synthesis of knowledge to ideas in science and art. Class barriers were threatened as power shifted from the landed oligarchy to those with talent and the will to make a difference.

Lakshmi se ha separado de su familia y camina hacia la ciudad. Aún desconoce que allí no trabajará de criada en una casa rica para enviar dinero a su familia. Aún desconoce que tendrá que hacer cosas horribles con hombres horribles para poder sobrevivir. Lakshmi imagina leche y azúcar para su familia. Aún desconoce que las cosas no son siempre como se imaginan.

Una tarde de domingo, tres canónigos (el abad, don Fidel; don Ignacio, director del coro, y don Benito) y dos sacerdotes jóvenes (Manolo, el conductor del coche, y Ángel) se dirigen a merendar a la casa de un sacerdote de pueblo, un amigo suyo llamado Mero. De forma inesperada encuentran en la carretera a un personaje que, en apariencia, se halla malherido. Se trata de un atípico peregrino que confiesa su pretensión de recorrer el Camino de Santiago. Su inquietante personalidad convertirá el gesto de caridad de los sacerdotes al recogerlo en una fuente de conflictos. Su presencia altera ...

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