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Performance «Terra Baixa»
Manelic knows the mountains, but he hardly understands the world that stretches out below. Used to living far from human intrigue, he agrees to come down to the valley to marry Marta, a woman he falls in love with even before meeting her.
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What seems like the beginning of a love story is, in reality, a carefully prepared trap. Marta does not return his feelings, and the villagers mock his naivety. Everyone knows the secret that Manelic is unaware of: Sebastià, the powerful landowner, has arranged the marriage to hide his relationship with Marta and to be able to marry a wealthy heiress who can solve his debts.
Terra Baixa sets two seemingly irreconcilable worlds against each other: the freedom of the mountains and a society ruled by money, appearances, and power relations. The play turns marital deception into the starting point for a much deeper conflict, where love, dignity, and the desire to escape subjugation clash with the interests of those who believe they have the right to decide the lives of others.
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