"Cuéntame" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Creator:

Miguel Ángel Bernardeau

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

13 September 2001 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Awards:

54 wins & 70 nominations

Cast

Imanol Arias	...	Antonio Alcántara Barbadillo / ... (189 episodes, 2001-2009)
Ana Duato	...	Mercedes Fernández López / ... (189 episodes, 2001-2009)
Ricardo Gómez	...	Carlos Alcántara Fernández / ... (186 episodes, 2001-2009)
Carlos Hipólito	...	Carlos adulto / ... (186 episodes, 2001-2009)
María Galiana	...	Herminia López / ... (185 episodes, 2001-2009)
Pablo Rivero	...	Toni Alcántara Fernández / ... (185 episodes, 2001-2009)
Alicia Hermida	...	Valentina Rojas / ... (183 episodes, 2001-2009)
Roberto Cairo	...	Desi / ... (183 episodes, 2001-2009)
Tony Leblanc	...	Cervan / ... (178 episodes, 2001-2008)
José Sancho	...	Don Pablo Ramírez Sañudo (176 episodes, 2001-2008)
Lluvia Rojo	...	Pili / ... (167 episodes, 2001-2009)
Santiago Crespo	...	Josete / ... (166 episodes, 2001-2009)
Enrique San Francisco	...	Tinín / ... (158 episodes, 2001-2008)
Manuel Dios	...	Luis / ... (136 episodes, 2001-2009)
Pere Ponce	...	Eugenio / ... (134 episodes, 2001-2008)
Manolo Cal	...	Ramón / ... (130 episodes, 2001-2009)
Irene Visedo	...	Inés Alcántara Fernández / ... (127 episodes, 2001-2007)
Ana Arias	...	Paquita / ... (103 episodes, 2004-2009)
Silvia Espigado	...	Clara / ... (102 episodes, 2001-2009)
Rosario Pardo	...	Nieves / ... (89 episodes, 2001-2005)
Germán Marina	...	Abel (88 episodes, 2001-2009)

Also Known As:

Cuéntame cómo pasó (Spain) (new title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | English | Swedish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Grupo Ganga Producciones S.L.

Soundtrack:

Cuéntame

remake of "the wonder years" but in Spain

First "Cuéntame", then "Cuéntame cómo pasó", this series interestingly started 2 days after 9-11. It follows more or less the same format of "The Wonder years" TV series, but in Spanish.

It narrates the life of a working class Spanish family from Madrid, with the background of the latter days of the Franco dictatorship in Spain, as seen by the eyes of a little boy.

The family is made up of Antonio and Mercedes, who emigrated from a rural village, with the maternal grandmother, Toni and Inés, the teenage kids, and Carlos, the youngest (and the narrator).

And while it does have some clichés (the hardworking father who does not want to see reality -something not too unfamiliar in these times-, the respectful mother, the revolutionary son, the proletarian priest, etc), it does try to depict the life of a particular family in which the traditional point of views of the parents/grandparents collide against the younger generation, influenced by the university, the cultural scene, and the preponderance of fascism, genocidal wars and the overthrowing of governments in the name of "democracy".