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

time and family

There's no accounting for tastes of course ... but I would give a opposite review to the one you've just read. I don't live in Spain so I don't know what the Spanish think of this show, but to me it fills a big question mark in my mind. I grew up studying Spanish and all through highschool, college, and graduate school I heard stories of Spain under Franco, but didn't really understand what it was like. "Cuéntame", as the other review mentioned, is set in the last decade of Franco's rule. If it's accurate, this show gives the "taste" of a very particular and very important period that has a lot to do with the way Spain is now (even though there is in many ways very little resemblance).

The show can be a little too earnest sometimes, and sometimes it's obvious that they are trying to touch (even though lightly) on all the major issues of the day and come out on the right side in each of them. But I think there is also an interesting balance between the outrage of the kids who are just realising what's going on in their society and the parents & grandmother who have seen it all and are cautious about getting involved in politics. And lots of arguing about things that matter, the kind of getting-things-out-in-the-open that I would expect from the Spanish families I know. Not a kind of arguing that tears families apart, but one that is a natural part of living together and getting to understand what makes the other person tick. And even if you never understand them, they're still Family. That's the other nice part of this show, apart from the "historical" value: there's lots of qualities in the Alcántara family that reminds you of the best in Spanish family life.