The French have Plus belle la vie and that’s where it all starts, but what are the Spanish watching?

A more beautiful life, it all begins here, tomorrow belongs to us, such a big sun… Every day, the small screen is a shame of choice for all those who come to get their daily dose. drama Or they like to see familiar faces during the day.

A type of fiction that is not only popular in France. Indeed, in Spain, the public is not left out, almost as many serials are broadcast on television every day. The only peculiarities compared soaps French Style: Episodes here are twice as long (around an hour) and are all period dramas, a genre particularly popular with Spanish viewers.

Dreams of Freedom (Sueños de libertad)

Back in 1958. Begonia (Natalia Sánchez) has just married Jesús de la Reina (Alain Hernández), a rich widower who owns a famous cosmetics company. But quickly drowning in her relationship with this toxic man, Begona decides to one day run away with her husband’s daughter, Julia (Amanda Cardena). As soon as he hears this, Jesus, in addition to himself, immediately begins to pursue, armed and ready for anything.

presented as “One of the most anticipated series this month” by our colleagues in Spain SensationAlloCiné’s Spanish counterpart, Sueños de libertador dreams of freedom In French, it started in St prime time on February 25. Since then, the series has aired Monday to Friday at 15:45 on Antena 3, the Spanish equivalent of TF1.

Love is forever (Amar es para siempre)

Among the Spanish daily series, the latest arrival thus replaces the oldest still, viz Amar es para Siemprewhich can be translated as Love is eternal.

It takes place three years after the events narrated in the finale Amari during the review (Love in times of crisisThe most emblematic series among Spanish series, which was broadcast between 2005 and 2012), Love is eternal Takes us back to the 1960s and 1980s with stories of love, betrayal and the daily lives of the residents of Place des Fruits, where A more beautiful lifeEveryone meets and meets each other, whether it’s in a bar, a hotel, a private detective agency, or a law firm.

After almost 3,000 episodes, the fiction which saw Álvaro Morte (La casa de papel), Miguel Ángel Muñoz (Un, dos, tres) and Nadia de Santiago (Les demoiselles du telephone) will end next Friday, March 8 on Antena 3.

The Promise (La Promesa)

On the side of La 1, the Spanish equivalent of France 2, daily soap operas are also popular. Like a promise.

1913 in a valley near Córdoba in the south of Spain. With World War I looming, some places still don’t see ongoing global conflicts. This is the case of La Promesse Palace, the property of the Marquis de Lujan, one of the country’s largest landowning families.

One day Manuel’s (Arturo Sancho) plane crashed near the castle. The Marquis’ son must be consumed by fire when a young woman, Jeanne (Ana Garcés), manages to get him out of the plane at the last minute.

As a thank you, Manuel would like to offer a tidy sum. However, Zhanna wants only one thing: to be able to work in the palace. And for good reason: Jeanne wants to avenge the murder of her mother fifteen years earlier, but also to investigate the fate of her brother, who was kidnapped when he was still a newborn. The only clue the young woman has, at this time, is related to the Marquis of Lujan. Only, Zhanna did not expect one thing: that she would fall in love with Manuel…

launched in January 2023, nature Broadcasts from Monday to Friday at 17:30 on La 1.

Modern (La Moderna)

Just as it all starts here and Tomorrow belongs to us on TF1, two daily series of La 1 will be broadcast in a row. Modern Thus a promise precedes each day.

Inspired by the novel tea rooms By Luisa Carnes (1934), La Moderna is set in Madrid in 1930. We follow Matilde (Helena Ezquero), a young woman from a modest background who lives with her mother Rosario (Miriam Gallego) as well as her three. brothers and sisters

In order to provide for her family, Matilda decides one day to go to La Moderne, one of the most fashionable tea rooms in the Spanish capital, to propose. She then meets Inigo (Almagro San Miguel), her childhood sweetheart, for whom she quickly develops feelings.

A union that Carla (Stephanie Magnini), Inigo’s former partner and current wife of the right-hand man of the businessman for whom Inigo works, does not see favorably, to the point where she is determined to do everything to prevent the love story from happening. From seeing the light of day between Matilda and Inigo.

Launching a few months after La Promesse, in September 2023, ModernWith Miguel Ángel Muñoz, airs from Monday to Friday at 16:30 on La 1, opposite Antena 3’s daily soap opera.

So, dreaming of freedom, is love eternal, a promise or modern?