Acacias 38
Acacias 38 is a Spanish soap opera television series produced by Boomerang TV for Televisión Española (TVE) that originally aired on La1 from 15 April 2015 to 4 May 2021. The fiction is set in building 38 Acacias Street, in Madrid. The start of the series was set in 1899. The fifth season took a 10-year time leap to 1913. The seventh season took a 5-year time leap to 1920. In March 2020, the filming was interrupted due to the health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, to then restart in mid-May. To avoid  running out of chapters, TVE aired half an episode of the series every day, for a total of two and a half chapters per week. From 15 June 2020, the series will reissue the full chapters after the return of the actors to the filming. On 29 January 2021, the cancellation of the series was announced, which would end its filming in March and its broadcasts in May. Days later, TVE reported that a spin-off of the series is being studied focused on the love of Camino (Aria Bedmar) and Maite (Ylenia Baglietto) in Paris, which had already sparked  a spin-off in podcast format, "#Maitino: el podcast". Synopsis. It tells the history of Spain in the year 1899 to the year 1920. Spain has just suffered the disaster of the Spanish-American War. It focuses on bourgeois families and the life of a group of maids who work for them. The families are: The Álvarez-Hermoso family, The de la Serna family, The Hidalgo family, The Palacios family, The Sélers family, The Ferrero family, The Méndez family, The Quesada family, The Domínguez family, The Sacristán family and The Alday family. First season (0-220). In Spain in the  year 1899 to the year 1900. A young pregnant woman named Carmen Blasco believes that she has ended the life of her husband Justo Núñez when he was going to beat her for the umpteenth time. Carmen flees with her mother Teresa from her home so as not to be arrested, but during the flight her waters break and she gives birth to a girl, Inocencia, whom she is sadly forced to abandon in a convent to give her a better life. Carmen and Teresa, wanted by the police, settle in the rich Acacias neighborhood of a large Spanish city , probably Madrid, and change their identity. Carmen becomes Manuela Manzano, and Teresa becomes Guadalupe and they find work as maids in the large building on Acacias Street, portal number 38. Manuela begins to work for the de la Serna and falls in love with Germán, her lord, but both will have to fight for their love, encountering obstacles such as Cayetana, Germán's evil wife, Justo, Manuela's husband, who is still alive and Úrsula is Doña Cayetana's faithful governess. Manuela will also discover that her daughter Inocencia is in Acacias. At the end of the season Manuela and  Germán plan to fake their death to accuse Cayetana of it. This and Úrsula discover their plans and poison Manuela, killing her. Germán, broken by grief, has no choice but to commit suicide for real. Finally, Germán and Manuela will be able to reconcile in Paradise and live together there forever. Second season (221-581). In Spain in the year 1900 to the year 1901. The romantic protagonists of the second season are Teresa Sierra and Mauro San Emeterio. She is a simple teacher in a convent and he is a police inspector who is sent to solve the case  of the deaths of Manuela and Germán. Mauro discovers that Teresa is the real Cayetana Sotelo-Ruz and that Germán's wife is called Anita, and is the daughter of his maid Fabiana. This exchange of people occurred when they were both girls and a disastrous fire broke out at the Sotelo-Ruz residence that killed the entire family. Fabiana only managed to save her daughter Anita from that stake, and believing that the real Cayetana was dead, she decided that her daughter would pass as Cayetana Sotelo-Ruz. Faced with this truth, Cayetana vows to make life impossible for  Mauro and Teresa. In this season he loses the help of Úrsula and begins a violent war against her. Meanwhile, Mauro and Teresa fall in love, but their relationship will be hampered by Cayetana, Humildad, Mauro's wife, and Fernando, Teresa's husband. At the end of the season, everyone discovers the true identities of Cayetana and Teresa. Úrsula decides to take revenge on Cayetana for all the evil she did and marries Jaime Alday, her biological father. Ultimately, Úrsula ends the life of her enemy by placing a bomb in her house that causes a fire. Finally Teresa and  Mauro will be free to live their love and will leave the neighborhood, going to France. Third season (582-823). In Spain in the year 1901 to the year 1902. The romantic protagonists of the third season are Blanca Dicenta and Diego Alday. She is Úrsula's secret daughter, locked up in an asylum for many years and he is the son of Jaime Alday, then Cayetana's stepbrother and Doña Úrsula's stepson. After finishing with Cayetana, Úrsula moves into her apartment with her new family: now she is a lady. Blanca leaves the psychiatric hospital where her mother  locked her up thanks to Samuel, Jaime's second son. The two will eventually fall in love and get married. Right after Diego arrives and Blanca realizes that she no longer loves Samuel, but her brother. Blanca ends up getting pregnant with Diego, although she lies saying that the child she is expecting is Samuel's. Blanca and Diego will not be able to stop their passion and decide to leave the neighborhood, but during the flight Blanca gives birth to a child. Úrsula kidnaps her grandson, making Blanca believe that she gave birth to a girl and that she  died after giving birth. On the other hand, she and Samuel will do everything possible to prevent the relationship between the two lovers. At the end of the season, Úrsula will finally pay for all the crimes and misdeeds committed. Her father, Iván, locks her up in an asylum. Blanca and Diego recover their son Moisés and leave the neighborhood without looking back and leaving Samuel badly injured. Fourth season (824-960). In Spain in the year 1902 to the year 1903. The romantic protagonists of the fourth season are Telmo Martínez and Lucía Alvarado. He is the new priest  in the neighborhood, while she is Celia's cousin. Lucía begins a relationship with Samuel Alday after helping him forget about his wife Blanca. Úrsula leaves the sanatorium and is not well received by the neighbors: they all despise her and are not willing to forgive her. Úrsula is now a beggar, and sorry for all the damage she has caused. Telmo decides to welcome her as his maid. Lucía and Telmo fall in love. What she doesn't know is that Telmo is in league with his prior, Espineira, to steal Lucía's inheritance. However, Telmo ends up falling  in love with her for real. He leaves the talar habits for Lucia, days before her wedding with Samuel. The young woman cannot take the step and leaves Samuel at the altar. Finally, Lucía discovers that Telmo tried to cheat on her with Espineira and breaks up with him. On the other hand, Trini and Celia both get pregnant, but Celia loses the child for running an errand for her friend. Trini gives birth to a girl, Milagros, and Celia decides to take revenge on her because she blames her for the death of her baby. Mentally obsessed with  little Milagros, she ends Trini's life and will do everything possible to keep the girl. One night, Celia tries to take Milagros away but is discovered by Ramón. In the end, Celia tries to kill Ramón as well, but accidentally falls out the window and dies on the spot. They all blame Ramón. Fifth season (961-1301). In Spain in the year 1913 to the year 1914. Ten years have passed after Celia's death and Ramón is still in jail accused of her death. Although with the help of his son he achieves freedom, Felipe continues to believe  him guilty and will do everything in his power to take him back to prison. Finally, Ramón proves his innocence to the neighborhood by telling the truth and the two friends reconcile. Meanwhile, Lucía is unhappily married to Eduardo Torralba and has a son, Mateo, who is actually Telmo's biological son. Telmo returns to Acacias after declaring his innocence and resumes the relationship with Lucia. However, her happiness lasts very little: Lucia contracts a deadly cancer and dies. Úrsula kills Eduardo and Telmo leaves the neighborhood with his son, leaving Úrsula living on the streets. On the other hand , Samuel Alday returns to the neighborhood with his new wife, Genoveva Salmerón, a prostitute. Samuel dies at the hands of Genoveva's former protector, Cristóbal Cabrera. The widow begins an atrocious revenge against the neighbors, because none of them helped Samuel financially before he died. In this fight, she has the help of Úrsula and Alfredo Bryce, her second husband, a famous banker. However, Genoveva falls in love with Felipe and abandons her desire for revenge against everyone, killing her husband. However, Felipe maintains a clandestine relationship with his Brazilian maid Marcia. Genoveva tries to hamper their relationship in the  first place by bringing Marcia's husband, Santiago Becerra, who is actually Israel, her twin brother. Together with Becerra Genoveva ends forever with Úrsula, who had turned against her. Genoveva manages to marry Felipe, although this is not enough to separate the lovers and finally Genoveva ends up killing Marcia. After Marcia's death, Felipe is devastated and Genoveva is accused of murder. Felipe does everything possible to incriminate his wife, but Genoveva is acquitted with the help of his lawyer, Velasco, and his maid Laura. Felipe plans to go to Cuba to find Becerra and to prevent it, Velasco  tasks Laura with his murder behind Genoveva's back. Laura poisons Felipe forced by Velasco who threatens to harm her and her sister and Felipe ends up in a coma. When he wakes up, he does not remember anything about what happened, he does not remember Marcia or Genoveva and he continues to hate Ramón for having killed his wife. Laura, after Velasco's threats, kills him, after Velasco tried to kill Genoveva. Felipe and Ramón reconcile and Genoveva tells Felipe that she is his wife. Genoveva does not want Felipe to know anything about Marcia, not her murder, or  her trial, so she tells the Acacias neighbors that they cannot say anything so as not to force her memory. At the end of the season, Santiago returns, kidnaps Felipe and Genoveva and tortures Felipe, Genoveva after seeing her husband thus reveals to Santiago and Felipe all the truth including the murder of Marcia. In the end it is revealed that everything was a plan of Felipe, who remembered everything perfectly. Season six (1302-1403). In Spain in the year 1914 to the year 1915. Some time later many things have changed. Genoveva ends up in jail after discovering  that it was she who murdered Marcia, and from jail she will seek revenge, thanks to the movements she has made from jail, she is declared innocent for the second time of Marcia's murder, being released in a formal way. imminent. Marcos Bacigalupe returns to Acacias after his departure to Mexico. He has finally managed to seal peace with Don Salustiano Quesada, but not everything is good news: in his absence Felicia died in his Cantabrian town. Eventually Marcos begins to embark on a secret relationship with his maid Soledad. Genoveva joins forces with the Quesada brothers and forces  Marcos to modify the signed contract. Genoveva asks Natalia to seduce Felipe to culminate her revenge against him, but by doing this the young Quesada falls in love with the lawyer. Meanwhile, it is known that the person who murdered Felicia was not Natalia, but Soledad. When Marcos finds out, she decides to hide with the help of Aurelio, who wants to know, after discovering him, who Fausto Salazar is and why Soledad has dynamite. It is discovered that Soledad in the past was an anarchist and now her old colleagues want her to organize an attack in Acacias. Aurelio  and Genoveva decide to participate in the attack to get rid of the neighbors, and they also want to finish off Felipe and the Bacigalupe. Natalia confesses to Genoveva that during her stay in Mexico, she was raped by Marcos and that this traumatized her forever. Genoveva tells Felipe, who is arguing in the middle of the street with the Bacigalupe. Afterwards, Genoveva urges Natalia to kill Marcos to get revenge on him, but it will be Felipe who will be arrested for his murder. To avoid this, Natalia confesses that she is behind what happened. Aurelio secretly marries Anabel  Bacigalupe, but is not really in love with her, since his plan is to kill her to keep the entire Bacigalupe fortune. Finally, the attack occurs and a bomb explodes in Acacias. Several neighbors, including Antoñito and Carmen, lose their lives. At the same time, Anabel is murdered by Aurelio, and Genoveva orders Natalia's death after learning of her confession. Seventh season (1404-1483). In Spain in the year 1920. Five years after the attack, all the residents participate in a commemorative mass in honor of the victims. Survivors remember those who are gone. Genoveva and Aurelio return to  the neighborhood, after getting married and having been away all that time. Don Felipe after the bomb attack fell into a deep depression and is now assisted by Adoración "Dori" Navarro Bellido, a nurse who is actually a psychology student with whom he falls in love. Something similar happens with Don Ramón, who has become a dark and bitter man after the deaths of his son and of his wife. But not everything has been unfortunate in these five years: a new couple walks the streets of the neighborhood. They are David and Valeria, a young married couple who are  the envy of everyone in Acacias. However, what no one knows is that Valeria is not really David's wife, but that they are faking their marriage before the neighbors forced by Aurelio Quesada and behind Genoveva's back. Some time later, Aurelio discovers that Genoveva ordered Natalia's death in jail and he is willing to kill her, but Genoveva blackmails her husband since she has photos where Aurelio is seen killing Anabel on the day of the attack. Shortly after, we learn that Valeria's real husband is the chemist Rodrigo Lluch, who discovered a lethal gas whose  formula Aurelio wants to find. To do this, Aurelio had faked the marriage between David and Valeria, thus trying to attract the chemist. What Aurelio doesn't know is that David and Valeria have fallen madly in love, and plan to elope together from the neighborhood. However, Rodrigo suddenly appears willing to give in to the Quesada's blackmail to get his wife back. Adaptation: a egyptian television series named layali eugenie ليالي أوجيني