La mitad del cielo (1986)
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Ángela Molina, Margarita Lozano, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Antonio Valero, Nacho Martínez
In 1959, Rosa moves from a valley in Cantabria to Madrid with her daughter and finds work in the home of a food-supply official.
The story
In 1959, Rosa, the daughter of a humble family in a Cantabrian valley, marries a knife grinder who wanders the roads. She moves to Madrid with her daughter, Olvido, and gets a job as a wet nurse in the home of Don Pedro, a food-supply official.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1959, in a valley in Cantabria, Rosa, the daughter of a humble family, marries a knife grinder, a wanderer of the roads, who later dies in prison. Rosa moves to Madrid with her daughter, Olvido, where she gets a job as a wet nurse in the home of Don Pedro, a food-supply official. Thanks to him, she secures a stall selling offal in a major market, and from there begins a meteoric rise. She opens a restaurant that becomes a meeting place for politicians, intellectuals, businessmen...
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