Acacias 38

10/04/2015 18:44 horas

Por RTVE

ACACIAS 38

Long Running Series - Drama

24S - 1.563 x 50'

Acacias 38 is a daily series with the structure of a soap opera and an ensemble cast. It is set in 1899 and tells the story of a group of maids, and the bourgeois families they work for, in a block of a noble neighborhood of a large Spanish city. In Acacias 38 all lives converge in the same space.

A close, warm fiction, in which the main protagonists are universal feelings: love, jealousy, passions, revenge, hatred and the joy of simply being alive.

The universe of this series has a great capacity for regeneration. Its narrative structure allows it to be constantly rejuvenated and renewed. Thus, as in any neighborhood, families can move and businesses can change. The entrance and exit of new characters is organic. People, as in life, may come and go, but as long as there are servants and masters, the heart of the series will continue to beat.

The story begins in the house of the cacique of a village, Don Justo, a despot and cruel man who mistreats his young wife, Carmen, who is in an advanced state of pregnancy. The woman, trying to defend herself as best she can, pulls out her own strength and grabs the fireplace poker and hits him. Justo falls to the ground inert. With the help of her mother, Guadalupe, they hide the corpse. Due to the terrible effort, the young woman goes into labor and gives birth to a baby girl next to the grave. Mother and daughter flee, leaving the little girl at the doors of a convent. Later, they flee to the big city in search of Pablo, the women's brother and son, who works in the luxurious Acacias 38 building. From now on, Carmen will be called Manuela.

Manuela arrives in the city dying, having lost a lot of blood in childbirth. Pablo asks for help to Germán, a well-to-do man who lives in the manor house of Acacias. From the very first moment they see each other, they fall in love. But their love must overcome several obstacles: she is a fugitive from justice with a daughter she has left in a convent and he is a married man with a daughter.

Meanwhile, Manuela's husband, whom she believed to be dead, is rescued by some peasants. Justo is alive and will plan his revenge.

TWO WORLDS CLASHING

The heart of the series is a clash between two worlds. On the one hand, the world of the maids and the humble waiters: delivery boys, shopkeepers, tailors.... Girls and young people, mostly from the village, who have migrated to the city to make a living. Poor and hard-working people whose daily life is a struggle for a better life. And on the other hand, the world of the lords they serve. Rich and wealthy families to whom money will not give them happiness, nor will it prevent them from having their own problems and vicissitudes. The universe of the series works as a container for plots of all kinds of genres: drama, comedy, romance and doses of mystery and intrigue.

A STATELY BUILDING, A NEIGHBORHOOD, AN ERA

The series is set in a Spanish city at the turn of the 19th century. A very visually appealing framework for the viewer and ideal for this story, since the big cities of the time had not yet lost the charm of "big towns" adorned with beautiful architecture, bustling cultural life but whose brightness failed to extinguish the class differences were more visible in that environment. Regarding the spaces of the series, it is set in a stately four-story building (containing the houses of wealthy families and the garrets where all the maids sleep) and the street where it is located, which houses a couple of stores: an exquisite chocolate shop and an elegant tailor shop. The sets show the charm of the neighborhoods of this era. A universe reconstructed on a spectacular set of 2,600 square meters.

CROSSED LIVES IN ACACIAS 38

The Seoanes - 3rd floor

The Seoane's are a young married couple. Germán is a handsome young doctor with a heart of gold. He will be Manuela's impossible love. Cayetana is Germán's wife. Young, beautiful, classist and cruel, she is the leader of the group of ladies in the neighborhood whom she manipulates. Her life will be complicated when she discovers that the new mop of Acacias 38 is none other than Manuela, who by fate's misfortune, will end up working for her.

Los Palacios- 2nd floor.

The patriarch of the family is Ramón Castillo, a widower married in second marriage to Trinidad, a woman younger than him and of lower class. Trini is marginalized by the little group of ladies of the neighborhood (Cayetana and Celia) who consider her an intruder in their world. Ramón has a daughter, Mª Luisa, a spoiled and capricious teenager who treats her stepmother with affection in front of her father and despises her behind.

The Hidalgo family - 1st left

Middle-aged couple, Rosina and Maximiliano, with a young and marriageable daughter, Leonor. The Hidalgos keep a secret: they have lost almost all their fortune. Rosina has a plan to regain her money and her former glory: she wants her daughter to marry Claudio, a suitor from a wealthy family. But Leonor is in love with Pablo, the tailor's boy (Manuela's brother), with whom she shares confidences and dreams.

The Álvarez Hermoso- 1st right

Felipe is a brilliant lawyer from a wealthy family. A womanizer, unfaithful and selfish, he is married to Celia. While Felipe is the king of adventures, Celia is a sweet and affectionate woman. She turns a deaf ear to her husband's continuous infidelities. From a young age, her parents raised her to be the perfect wife and mother. After years of trying to get pregnant, Celia lives in constant anguish, in addition to coping with her frustrated motherhood.

The concierge: The Quisquilla family

Servando and Paciencia are in charge of what every noble building should have: the concierge. Servando is the janitor: grumpy, grumpy, but with a heart of gold. Paciencia is his wife and handles the broom like nobody's business. She likes to take care of everyone but is very absent-minded and forgetful. Her lack of memory will provoke very funny situations.

The Chocolate Shop "La Deliciosa".

It is the meeting place for the best of the neighborhood. The owner is Juliana, a beautiful, kind and integrated widow who does not tolerate injustice or abuse. She has a son, Victor, an attractive young man who loves to do nothing and spend a lot.

The Tailor Shop

The tailor shop is one of those establishments with hardwood furniture and the sound of sewing machines in the background. Its owner is Doña Susana, a domineering and castrating mother. Gerardo, her son is a good man, cultivated and pleasant to talk to, attractive and sad because he had to give up Juliana, the love of his life, for his mother. Perhaps now Leandro and Juliana can resume their youthful love... if Susana allows it.

CREDITS:

Created by: Susana López Rubio, Aurora Guerra, Miquel Peidró and Josep Cister.

Directed by: Humberto Miró, Rubén Torrejón, María Pulido and Carlos Navarro.

Script: David Oliva, Ada Hernández, Agustín Martínez, Adolfo Puerta, Juanvi Pozuelo, Ernesto Pozuelo, Jorge Díaz, Ruth García and Joaquín Santamaría.

Cast: María Blanco, David Venancio Muro, Sandra Marchena, Amparo Fernández, Juanma Navas, Jorge Pobes, Inma Pérez, Marc Parejo, Marita Zafra, Rebeca Alemañy, Inés Aldea, Alba Brunet, Ana del Rey, Álvaro Quintana, Miguel Diosdado, María Blanco, César Vea, Clara Garrido, Juan Gareda, Javi Chou, Carlos Serrano-Clark, Raúl Cano, Montse Alcoverro, David García-Intriago, María Gracia, Cristina Abad, Jona García, María Tasende, Pilar Barrera, Abril Montilla, Sheyla

Year: 2015 - 2021

An RTVE production in collaboration with Boomerang TV.