Old Jacinta is Salvador's mother in the final period of her life. She stays with him in Madrid, tells him she did not want him to write stories about her, and says she believed he resented her for sending him to the seminary. Salvador apologizes but remains guilty about her death.
Iván's ex-wife and Carlos's mother, recently discharged from a mental institution after faking sanity. She confronts Pepa about her relationship with Iván, hijacks a motorcycle to rush to the airport, and attempts to shoot Iván and his companion, but is stopped by Pepa and arrested.
Berta is Ángel's domineering mother and a member of Opus Dei. When Ángel says he needs psychotherapy, she insists that he attend mass and confession as a condition of continuing to live in her home. Her response pushes him toward religious counsel rather than the help he initially seeks.
María is an elderly woman who shares a home with her brother, Lucas, and the memories and comforting ghosts of people they have loved. She knows that their final journey will come sooner or later, for one before the other. When the young Roma and Marcos enter their lives by chance, María and Lucas influence them through their way of being.
Dona gran recalls a painful youth shaped by pregnancy and confinement imposed by her parents. She remembers escaping to dance alone, meeting a man at a dance hall, and asserting her independence. Her memories reveal complicated feelings about men and the tango.
The convent's head and a heavy drug user. She shelters fallen women to meet young lovers, becomes obsessed with Yolanda, attempts to save the convent through blackmail and drug trafficking, and suffers heartbreak when Yolanda leaves and the Mother General dissolves the order.
Angelina is the housekeeper at the minister's mansion and the mother of Chema. The plot identifies her through her position in the household and her relationship to Chema; it does not describe her taking a direct part in the minister's scheme or Rafael and Teresa's affair.
Family member, appears in sequel.
Julieta Serrano has 73 screen credits in a career dating back to 1965. Their work is anchored in the The Big Family Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Parallel Mothers, Pain and Glory, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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