CA new drama begins tonight, this time Spanish. The title is A new beginningand is broadcast on Canale 5 starting from 10pm. It’s in the cast the legendary actress Megan Montaner (star of The Secret as Pepa). Megan plays Maria Rodriguez, strong and tormented womangrappling with family secrets and impossible passions in Spain in the 1960s. There are 10 episodes divided into five prime time slots: A new beginning will end on June 23rdexcept for changes in the schedule. All episodes will also be available in live streaming and on demand on Mediaset Infinity. The original title of the series is Entre tierras and the story is set in Franco’s Spain in the 1960s, between isolated countryside and decidedly rigid social conventions.
A new beginning Canale 5 fiction: series plot, episode previews, cast, Megan Montaner
After her father’s death, Maria finds herself having to financially support her mother and brothers, giving up her own dreams. Her boyfriend Jose Aguilar (Carlos Serrano), who left for Germany in search of work, suddenly disappears into nothingness leaving her alone and without prospects. To save her family from ruin, Maria accepts an arranged marriage with a powerful family of landowners from La Mancha.
Convinced that she must marry the elderly Ramon Cervantes (Juanjo Puigcorbe), However, she discovers that her real husband is Manuel Cervantes (Unax Ugalde), the man’s nephewtormented and full of secrets. The new life on the Cervantes estate soon turns into a cage. But then, Jose suddenly reappears.
Megan Montaner is Maria Rodriguez. (Mediaset)
What happens in A new beginning?
In the first episode Ramon Cervantes, a rich Castilian landowner, arrives in a small town in the province of Almeria determined to get married. Maria Rodriguez while still waiting for the return of her boyfriend Jose Aguilar who emigrated to Germany and disappeared into thin air, he chooses to sacrifice himself to guarantee a future for his family.
During the ceremony, however, he discovers that the marriage is by proxy and that the man she married is not Ramon, but Manuel Cervantes, the landowner’s nephew. The woman is thus catapulted into a reality completely different from the one she had imagined: there is a mystery linked to the disappearance of Manuel’s first wife to be solved. Where did it go?
Maria and Ramon. (Mediaset)
The new life of Maria Rodriguez
Maria arrives in the new house and begins to understand the balance of the Cervantes family. Justa (Begona Maestre) explains the strict rules of the estate to her, while hostility towards her grows among the field workers.
Manuel is increasingly overwhelmed by family obligations and tensionswhile disturbing rumors begin to circulate around the figure of his first wife. Maria quickly realizes that nothing is as it seems on the estate.
The Italian roots of the Spanish series
In Spain Entre tierras it was distributed on Atresplayer between September and November 2023 and, given the success achieved, it has already been renewed for a second season consisting of another ten episodes. A new beginning was born as an adaptation of The bridethe Rai miniseries starring Serena Rossi in 2022.
However, the Spanish authors have accentuated the mysterious atmospheres and the story and the dramatic tone, like in any soap opera you respect.
