Arroz y tartana (2003)

Director:

José Antonio Escrivá

Writers:

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (novel), Horacio Valcárcel

Stars:

Carmen Maura, José Sancho, Eloy Azorín

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carmen Maura	...	Doña Manuela de Fora
José Sancho	...	Tío Juan
Eloy Azorín	...	Juanito
Blanca Jara	...	Concha
Gretel Stuyck	...	Amparo
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Nelet
Juli Mira	...	Antonio Cuadros
Cristina Perales	...	Vicenta
Toni Agustí	...	Andresito
María Almudéver	...	Tonica
Carmen Belloch	...	Teresa
Empar Canet	...	Magistrada
Carla Beltrán	...	Gertrudis
Elena Hernández	...	Fina
Alejandro Jornet	...	López

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

20 November 2003 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Televisión Española (TVE), Intercartel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Excellent period drama

This excellent mini-series portrays the Valencian society of the late 19th century and early 20th century. "Arroz y tartana" is technically outstanding, specially concerning art direction, costume design and music. Although Escrivá is no Scorsese, I was often reminded of a personal favorite, "The Age of Innocence", a picture that shares many of its main topics with "Arroz y tartana".

Carmen Maura is simply at her best as Manuela de Fora, a widow who has known better times and now struggles to keep up appearances in order to marry her daughters well. Maura shows that she is our greatest living actress, providing a luminous and charming performance in virtually every scene of the mini-series. The supporting cast also includes nice performances from José Sancho and Eloy Azorín to name just a couple of the members of the outstanding cast.

Overall rating: 8/10