# Arde Madrid

Arde Madrid is a Spanish period comedy-drama limited television series created by Paco León and Anna R. Costa, which premiered on November 8, 2018, on Movistar+. León also directed every episode of the series and stars in it, alongside Debi Mazar, Inma Cuesta and Anna Castillo. The series tells the story of the period which American actress Ava Gardner spent in Francoist Spain. On 14 November 2018, Movistar+ renewed the series for a second season, but on 3 May 2019, the creators announced their decision to not continue the series. The series premiered May 5, 2020 in the US and Canada on MHz Choice, a subsidiary of MHz Networks.

## Premise

Ava Gardner's life in Madrid in the 1960s is told from the point of view of her maid and chauffeur, both spies in Franco's secret service, who report on her hedonistic lifestyle, filled with an elite group of artists, aristocrats and expats.

## Cast
### Main

* Inma Cuesta as Ana Mari, an instructor of the Sección Femenina (lame due to polio) entering to work as housekeeper at Ava's Gardner residence to report on the actress' activities by feigning a marriage with Manolo.
* Paco León as Manolo, a scoundrel who starts working as Ava Gardner's chauffeur.
* Debi Mazar as Ava Gardner
* Anna Castillo as Pilar
* Julián Villagrán as Floren, Ana Mari's brother who has schizophrenia.
* Ken Appledorn as Bill Gallagher, Ava Gardner's secretary
* Osmar Nuñez as Juan Perón
* Fabiana García Lago as Isabel Perón

### Other and cameos

* Miren Ibarguren as Lucero
* Moreno Borja as Vargas.
* Manuel Manquiña as Joyero.
* María Hervás
* Carmen Machi, as Francoist officer
* Fanny Gautier as Aline Griffith
* Fernando Andina as Luis de Figueroa (Luis Quintanilla)
* Craig Stevenson as Samuel Bronston
* Melody as Carmen Sevilla
* Mariola Fuentes as Lola Flores
* Eugenia Martínez de Irujo as the Duchess of Alba
* Pol Vaquero as Antonio González, el Pescaílla [es]
* María Ordóñez as Lucía Bosé
* Helena Dueñas as Rosario, maid working at the Perón's apartment
* Carmina Barrios as Virginia García Moreno, "la Sansona del siglo XX"
* Silvia Tortosa
* Elena Furiase as the Flores' family nanny
* Cristina Alarcón as Carmen Cervera
* Rebeca Lutu as Marisol
* Raquel Infante as Marujita Díaz
* Michel Ruben as Frank Sinatra (voice only)

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by |
| 1 | "Poco católica" | Paco León |
| 2 | "I love mojama" | Paco León |
| 3 | "Puta paya" | Paco León |
| 4 | "Directo fiesta" | Paco León |
| 5 | "Muy americana" | Paco León |
| 6 | "Más flores que a la virgen" | Paco León |
| 7 | "Dios es Dios y yo soy yo" | Paco León |
| 8 | "What's autorización?" | Paco León |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Comedy Series | Best Comedy Series | Won |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Lead Actor in TV | Paco León | Nominated |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Lead Actress in TV | Inma Cuesta | Won |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in TV | Anna Castillo | Won |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in TV | Fabiana García | Nominated |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in TV | Debi Mazar | Nominated |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in TV | Julián Villagrán | Nominated |
| 2019 | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | Inma Cuesta | Won |
| 2019 | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role | Anna Castillo | Won |
| 2019 | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Minor Role | Miren Ibarguren | Won |
| 2019 | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actor in a Minor Role | Julián Villagrán | Won |
| 2019 | 6th Platino Awards | Best Iberoamerican Miniseries or TV Series | Best Iberoamerican Miniseries or TV Series | Won |
| 2019 | 66th Ondas Awards | Best Spanish Series | Best Spanish Series | Won |
| 2019 | 21st Iris Awards | Best Fiction | Best Fiction | Nominated |
| 2019 | 21st Iris Awards | Best Actress | Inma Cuesta | Nominated |
| 2019 | Rose d'Or | Best Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Best Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Won |
| 2019 | 7th MiM Series Awards [es] | Best Comedy Series | | Won |
| 2019 | 7th MiM Series Awards [es] | Best Comedy Actress | Anna Castillo | Nominated |
| 2019 | 7th MiM Series Awards [es] | Best Comedy Actor | Paco León | Nominated |
| 2019 | 7th MiM Series Awards [es] | Best Direction | Paco León | Nominated |
| 2019 | 7th MiM Series Awards [es] | Best Screenplay | Paco León & Anna R. Costa | Nominated |