Central Market

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CENTRAL MARKET

Long Running Series - Drama

310 x 50'

Step into the vibrant heart of the big city! This series immerses you in a fascinating web of sentimental, personal and working relationships that intertwine between the families and individuals who bring a Central Market to life. This is not just a place of commercial transactions, it is an epicentre where destinies intersect, secrets are revealed and passions flourish.

The series begins when a municipal inspection threatens to close the market, deeming it unviable to continue its activity. A group of investors enter the scene with the intention of transforming it into a luxury shopping centre, sparking a fierce battle for the future of the place.

The traders' association has been granted a reprieve by the city council, giving them a year to modernise the site and save it from transformation. However, opinions diverge among the families; some see an opportunity for profit, while others fight to preserve the essence of the market.

In this exciting context, work, personal and sentimental relationships intermingle. 'Central Market' is much more than a commercial setting; it is a microcosm where the survival of the market becomes a reflection of the constant struggle between tradition and modernity. Will they manage to save their neighbourhood from the clutches of transformation?

CHARACTERS

• DE LA CRUZ FAMILY

Jesús de la Cruz

Grandfather and patriarch of the family, father of Elías, Rosa and Lorena. He started the 'Frutas y verduras De la Cruz' business and expanded it to unsuspected limits. Although his relationship with Elías is not good, they are like two peas in a pod. In his seventies, and since the death of his wife, Jesús has become a free man who continues to keep his sexual appetite as alive as when he was young.

Elías de la Cruz

Married to Adela Villar, with whom he has a son: Germán. He is in charge of the family business. He boasts of being very self-confident and is very attractive to the women who frequent the market. Being a continuous unsatisfied man, he loves flirting and seducing women, which does not detract from the fact that he is really in love with his wife. With his father and his son he has a somewhat problematic relationship...

Rosa de la Cruz

She is the oldest of the De la Cruz children. However, since Lorena was born, her life has been marked by jealousy. She works as a cook in the market bar, El Central. Rosa feels committed to the market and has been the president of the Merchants Association for years. Her husband, Nacho, and her daughter, Noa, are her pillars.

Lorena de la Cruz

The youngest of the siblings. Despite her great intelligence, she has never known what to do with her life, being unable to finish what she starts. Lorena's reputation as a vivalavirgin, however, hides an overly sensitive personality. The problems with Rosa have triggered several of her escapes, which has led her to move all over the world: London, Berlin, Greece... she even lived for a while in Asia.

Familia De La Cruz

Adela Villar

She is Elías' wife and Germán's mother. Smart, hardworking and charismatic, she won over Elías de la Cruz instantly. Together they have managed to expand the family business. She joined the fruit and vegetable stand on the condition that Elías would make her the queen of the market. Today, Adela is in love with the market. She loves dealing with customers. Her relationship with Germán is perfect and his support was decisive for Elías to accept his son's homosexuality.

Germán de la Cruz

Adela and Elias' son is a free soul. He is smart, funny and outspoken. At the age of fifteen he stood up to his father and told him that he liked boys. He loves going out at night, meeting people and having a good time. In short: enjoying life. He is stubborn and ambitious like his father.

• SALINAS FAMILY

Nacho Salinas

Rosa's husband is the perfect man: everyone admires and respects him. A few years ago, he got a job as a graphic designer in an important advertising company near the market, where he currently works. Although Rosa distrusted him, he knew how to win over the eldest of the sisters and the acceptance of his in-laws.

Noa Salinas

Noa is charismatic and bright. She looks a lot like Lorena, her aunt, a detail that "stings" her mother. For as long as she can remember, she has moved around the market and helped out at the family stalls. She has learned a lot from her mother. He is sociable with the customer, has a good disposition, and always follows her advice. Intelligent and alert, the young woman is going through a difficult time with her father.

Familia Salinas

• PACHECO FAMILY

Valeria Hinojosa

She is the matriarch of the Pacheco family. The Pacheco family moved to Madrid and opened a small butcher's shop in the Chamberí neighborhood. When the Central Market was inaugurated, they were the first ones interested in opening. When her husband Andrés died, Valeria thought about leaving everything and returning to Comillas. But as her daughter, Carmen, was going through a difficult adolescence, she decided to stay. Valeria knows how to laugh at herself, but her weakness is laughing at others.

Carmen Pacheco

Daughter of Valeria, wife of Nicolás and mother of Samuel. Carmen is in charge of El Tejo butcher's shop. Although she has a good character and treats everyone with sympathy, it cannot be denied that Carmen is a gossip and a critic. According to her worst enemies, she's a bad egg. But her husband, Nicolas, doesn't see any of those faults in her. On the contrary, he loves her, adores her and agrees with her on everything. Their marriage is the most solid and exemplary in the market.

Nicolás Díaz

Nicolás is the market manager. He was twenty-two years old when he was hired to do the electrical installation and it was there that he met Carmen. Their love was love at first sight. Although he is a bit grumpy, Nicolás is a well-liked person at Central. He is a problem solver.

Samuel Díaz

He is the son of Nicolás and Carmen. The young man was involved in a traffic accident and injured his spine, suffering paralysis of the lower half of his body. At first, the fact that he had to resort to a wheelchair sunk him. However, it was his father who confronted him with the vital dilemma that lay before him: he could continue to sink or he could fight and approach the rest of his life as a challenge and an opportunity. Today, he is a real camelador: he is dedicated to seducing, falling in love and throwing the cane to the girls who stroll through the market.

Familia Pacheco

• FAMILIA MENDOZA

Celia Mendoza

After becoming a widow, she takes care of her teenage son, David, a young man with Asperger's disease. Her husband, Manuel, suffered from depression and committed suicide less than a year ago. While she was married, she did not have to take care of the family finances. However, after what happened, Celia takes "the bull by the horns", proving to her mother-in-law that she is capable of surviving without the help of a man.

David

He has Asperger's syndrome. Because of his condition, he speaks his mind and sometimes hurts others. He has difficulties with social relationships and finds it difficult to lead a normal life. He likes to be alone, thinking about his own things.

Los Mendoza

Jorge Santos

Recently separated from his wife. Jorge has a son, Marcos, in charge of managing Jorge's old restaurant: La Faneja. He dreams of being at peace, living happily and opening a small delicatessen and wine stall in the Central Market. However, his past as a star chef is not going to let him be as quiet as he would like.

Jorge Santos

• FAMILIA GIORDANO

Paolo Giordano

Extroverted, attractive, flirtatious, joker... Paolo opened the pizza place 'Al Taglio II Sapore Di Napoli' in the Central Market. He adores his wife, Cristina, with whom he had a crush. They have a son, Andrea, and as Paolo is a bit of a troublemaker, he sometimes makes his son uncomfortable with his jokes and lighthearted comments.

Cristina

Cristina is intelligent, somewhat shy with people she doesn't trust, hard-working... She runs a flower shop on her own and also lends a hand in her husband Paolo's pizzeria. With her son, Andrea, she has a special complicity.

Andrea Giordano

Introverted, shy... with a special talent for music. Loves his father, but can't stand his jokes. Responsible and hard-working, he combines his studies with the pizzeria, where he helps with the delivery of orders.

Familia Giordano

CREDITS:

Directed by:  Joan Noguera

Created by: David Plana

Script:  Eva Baeza, David Plana, Verónica Viñe y Eulalia Carrillo 

Cast: Antonio Garrido, Lola Marceli, Jesús Olmedo, César Sánchez, Marta Poveda, Miriam Montilla, Dani Luque, Bàrbara Mestanza, Malena Gutiérrez, Ana Rayo, Paco Ochoa, Francesc Cuéllar, Abel Rodríguez, Santiago Molero, Begoña Maestre, Jean Cruz, Ettore Colombo, Ana Ruiz, Cloe Seró, Óscar Ortuño, Guadalupe Lancho, Eva Isanta, Jordi Rebellón, Sebastián Iturria, Raúl Mérida, María Casal, David Lorente, Jorge Motos, Maria Mota, Esther Ortega, Bart Santana

An RTVE production in collaboration with Diagonal TV.