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Black Gold

A stately historical drama that moves with grave deliberation, tracing ambition and betrayal toward a somber, inevitable reckoning.

Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Jose Palma
Overview
In mid-19th-century Costa Rica, President Juan Rafael Mora vows to defend his nation from American filibuster and slaver William Walker, who has seized nearby Nicaragua. Flashbacks trace Mora’s rise from reformist coffee planter to national leader, modernizing his family’s plantation with fair wages and new methods. Guided by love, loss, and his cautious brother-in-law, José María Montealegre, Mora builds trade ties with British merchant William Le Lacheur. In 1856, Costa Ricans defeat Walker, but cholera devastates the land. Betrayed by Montealegre, Mora is executed—like Walker—undone by ambition and history’s cruel turns.

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Genres
History, Drama
Starring
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • power
    • betrayal
    • ambition
    • war
    • justice
    Places
    • countryside
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    history, drama
    Written by
    Jeremy Sheldon
    Starring
    Jose Palma
    Country
    Costa Rica, United Kingdom
    Languages
    Spanish

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