Arroz y tartana

TV Movie
2003
2h

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In the Valencia of 1900 Doña Manuela de Fora, lives with the obsession of marrying her two daughters, well after their second marriage. She is really bankrupt for her mania of wasting money ... Read allIn the Valencia of 1900 Doña Manuela de Fora, lives with the obsession of marrying her two daughters, well after their second marriage. She is really bankrupt for her mania of wasting money to pretend she still keeps the position once had.In the Valencia of 1900 Doña Manuela de Fora, lives with the obsession of marrying her two daughters, well after their second marriage. She is really bankrupt for her mania of wasting money to pretend she still keeps the position once had.

Director
- José Antonio Escrivá
Writers
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- Horacio Valcárcel
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7.0/10

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Director
- José Antonio Escrivá
Writers
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- Horacio Valcárcel
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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8newland80

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