Cuéntame (2001– )

Creator:

Miguel Ángel Bernardeau

Stars:

Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, Ricardo Gómez

70 wins & 109 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Imanol Arias	...	Antonio Alcántara Barbadillo (251 episodes, 2001-2013)
Ana Duato	...	Mercedes Fernández López (251 episodes, 2001-2013)
Ricardo Gómez	...	Carlos Alcántara Fernández (249 episodes, 2001-2013)
Carlos Hipólito	...	Carlos adulto (248 episodes, 2001-2013)
Pablo Rivero	...	Toni Alcántara Fernández (247 episodes, 2001-2013)
María Galiana	...	Herminia López (246 episodes, 2001-2013)
Roberto Cairo	...	Desi (239 episodes, 2001-2013)
Lluvia Rojo	...	Pili (221 episodes, 2001-2013)
Santiago Crespo	...	Josete (216 episodes, 2001-2013)
Alicia Hermida	...	Valentina Rojas (192 episodes, 2001-2013)
Manolo Cal	...	Ramón (183 episodes, 2001-2013)
José Sancho	...	Don Pablo Ramírez Sañudo (178 episodes, 2001-2008)
Tony Leblanc	...	Cervan (178 episodes, 2001-2008)
Ana Arias	...	Paquita (165 episodes, 2004-2013)
Enrique San Francisco	...	Tinín (159 episodes, 2001-2008)
Silvia Espigado	...	Clara (155 episodes, 2001-2013)
Manuel Dios	...	Luis (139 episodes, 2001-2013)
Pere Ponce	...	Eugenio (136 episodes, 2001-2011)
Juan Echanove	...	Miguel Alcántara Barbadillo (131 episodes, 2001-2013)
Irene Visedo	...	Inés Alcántara Fernández (130 episodes, 2001-2007)
Antonio Canal	...	Padre Froilán (116 episodes, 2002-2013)
Elena Rivera	...	Karina (109 episodes, 2005-2013)
Pepa Sarsa	...	Josefina (107 episodes, 2002-2013)

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish English Swedish

Release Date:

13 September 2001 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Filming Locations:

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grupo Ganga Producciones S.L., Televisión Española (TVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

José Sancho left the show because he didn't like how the writers were portraying the Spanish history, arguing they had started to fable too much.

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Soundtracks

"Cuéntame"
Written by José Luis Armenteros
Performed by Ana Belén and David San José
Arrangements by David San José
Lyrics Adapted by Javier G. Amezúa
(2001-2008)

User Reviews

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".