Manuela de Fora, an elegant woman, widow of Pajares, lives with the sole obsession of marrying well her two daughters from her second marriage, Concha Blanca Jara and Amparo. She also has Juanito, son from her first marriage, but she despises him for wanting to be a merchant, like his father. Who really appreciates the laborious Juanito is his uncle Juan, a man of austere habits that blames his sister Manuela for wasting money to pretend being of high social position.

Arroz y tartana

Based on the Vicente Blasco Ibañez novel "Flor de Mayo". Its a familiar tragedy seted in the maritime towns of Valencia, in the early twentieth century. the struggle for survival, love and betrayal mark Tona's life. She loses her husband in the sea and rebuild her life opening a bar in the beach to bring up her children.