Fortunata y Jacinta

Fortunata y Jacinta is a 1980 limited television series consisting of an adaptation of 1887 Benito Pérez Galdós' novel Fortunata y Jacinta. Directed by Mario Camus, it was produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in collaboration with French TeleFrance and Swiss Telvetia. It starred Ana Belén as Fortunata and Maribel Martín as Jacinta. It originally aired on the flagship TVE channel. Premise The fiction is set in Madrid from 1869 to 1876. It tracks the lives of the well-off Jacinta (Maribel Martín) and the lower-class Fortunata (Ana Belén) as well as their families and neighbors, depicting features such as the poverty, malice, greedness or social privilege of the time. Cast Ana Belén as Fortunata. Maribel Martín as Jacinta. François-Éric Gendron as Juanito Santa Cruz. as Maximiliano Rubín. Paco Algora as Nicolás. Fernando Fernán Gómez as Evaristo Feijoo. Charo López as Mauricia la Dura. Mary Carrillo as Barbarita. Francisco Rabal as José Izquierdo. Berta Riaza as Guillermina Pacheco. Luisa Ponte as Doña Lupe la de los Pavos. Mirta Miller as Aurora. as Villalonga. Production and release Fortunata y Jacinta was directed by Mario Camus. Produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in collaboration with French TeleFrance and Swiss Telvetia, the series had a 160 million peseta budget, an expensive budget at the time. It was filmed from 14 May to 5 December 1979. Besides the lavish set prepared to represent the Madrilenian , outdoor scenes were also shot in Madrid, Aranjuez, Boadilla del Monte, Villaviciosa de Odón, Toledo, Comillas, Burgos and Seville.