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Welcome to Esperanza’s world of experience. Here, her inner world is as colorful as a bombastic telenovela (Latin American soap opera): drama is sacred, tears glisten like lip gloss, and every glance betrays a secret. It is a world of grand emotions that stands in stark contrast to the quiet, everyday life Esperanza is building for herself in the Netherlands.

When Esperanza leaves her native island in the 1990s and has to start over in the Netherlands, she brings a world of memories with her. Through her eyes, we meet Maria, Tati, and Ayse, each of whom is searching in her own way for a place to call home. What connects them is not only their stories of migration but also a friendship that makes them dream of what the future might hold.

Esperanza is based on the award-winning podcast *La Isla Bonita* by Emilie van Heydoorn, a production of Mondi Cultuurhuis.

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