La Moderna features a cast including Miryam Gallego, José Luis García-Pérez, Teresa Hurtado de Ory, Sara Rivero, Helena Ezquerro, Almagro San Miguel, Stéphanie Magnin, Berta Galo, Llorenç González, Berta Castañé, and Barbara Mestanza.

The series is based on the novel “Tea Rooms” by Luisa Carnés and follows the lives of women working in an elegant tea salon near Puerta del Sol in 1930s Madrid. Filming takes place in two studio sets totaling more than 2,500 m², along with real locations in old Madrid, recreating the atmosphere of the period in detail.

On August 7, filming will begin for La Moderna, the new daily series for the afternoon schedule on La 1, co-produced by RTVE and Boomerang TV, and based on the novel “Tea Rooms” by the Generation of ’27 writer Luisa Carnés.

Helena Ezquerro, Stéphanie Magnin, and Almagro San Miguel are the central trio of the series, which also features Miryam Gallego, José Luis García-Pérez, Teresa Hurtado de Ory, Sara Rivero, and Berta Galo. Alongside them, Llorenç González, Berta Castañé, and Barbara Mestanza complete the ensemble cast, portraying the lives of workers and customers in an elegant tea salon near Puerta del Sol in 1930s Madrid. The series will be filmed in real locations across historic Madrid as well as in studio sets of more than 2,500 m², carefully designed to recreate the tea salon, an impressive shopping arcade, and the characters’ homes located in a traditional corrala.

La Moderna features a highly experienced creative and technical team aimed at strengthening the format of daily fiction series, with careful staging and innovative technical approaches. The production is led by Luis Santamaría and Humberto Miró. Direction is handled by Liliana Bocanegra, Isaac Cantero, Pedro Martínez, and David Montoya. The writing team is coordinated by Carlos Martín Eguía and Joaquín Santamaría, and includes Miquel Peidró, José Antonio López (Kata), Remedios Crespo, Ignasi Rubio, Juan Manuel Beiro, Ángela Armero, Neus Peidró, Sergio Barrejón, and José Ángel Domínguez.

About ‘Salón de té La Moderna’

 

La Moderna is set in Madrid, 1930. Matilde (Helena Ezquerro) is a young woman from a humble family who lives with her mother, Rosario (Miryam Gallego), and her three siblings.

She arrives looking for work at La Moderna, one of the most elegant tea salons in Madrid. Before entering, she meets Íñigo (Almagro San Miguel), her teenage love, whom she hasn’t seen for eight years since the tragic death of Matilde’s father interrupted their early relationship. Íñigo is now a well-positioned man and the right-hand man of Don Jaime (José Luis García-Pérez), one of the most powerful businessmen in the city. Between Matilde and Íñigo, passion resurfaces—but Carla (Stéphanie Magnin), Don Jaime’s wife and Íñigo’s former lover, is not willing to let it happen.

The series is based on “Tea Rooms”, published in 1934 and one of the most well-known works by Luisa Carnés, a major author of the Generation of ’27. The story was inspired by her own experience working as a waitress in a Madrid pastry shop and is a chronicle focused on the real experiences of working women of that era.

La Moderna is set in 1930s Madrid and portrays a fascinating era through the daily lives of the workers and customers of a tea salon near Puerta del Sol. It is a time of new beginnings, major social changes, and also moments of glamour and leisure.

Within the tea salon at the center of the story, the series highlights the contradictions and paradoxes of life. The opulence of the establishment and the elegance of its clientele stand in contrast with the reality faced by its female employees. La Moderna tells the story of a group of spirited women determined to fight to change their destiny—capable of suffering, loving, laughing, and deeply moving those around them.

TECHNICAL CREDITS

Head of Cinema and Fiction RTVE – José Pastor

Executive Producer RTVE – Fernando López Puig

Executive Production Boomerang TV – Luis Santamaría and Humberto Miró

Direction – Liliana Bocanegra, Isaac Cantero, Pedro Martínez, David Montoya

Screenwriting – Carlos Martín Eguía, Joaquín Santamaría, Miquel Peidró, José Antonio López (Kata), Remedios Crespo, Ignasi Rubio, Juan Manuel Beiro, Ángela Armero, Neus Peidró, Sergio Barrejón, José Ángel Domínguez

Production Management – Tedy Villalba, Laura Jaraiz

Head of Production – Gabriel Nieto

Casting Director – Juan León

Art Direction – Paco Redondo

Head of Costume Design – Marta Gómez (Margo)

Head of Makeup & Hair – Paula Sanabria

Director of Photography – Antonio González Méndez

CAST

HELENA EZQUERRO as Matilde
STÉPHANIE MAGNIN as Carla
ALMAGRO SAN MIGUEL as Íñigo
MIRYAM GALLEGO as Rosario
JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA-PÉREZ as Don Jaime
TERESA HURTADO DE ORY as Antonia
SARA RIVERO as Teresa
BERTA GALO as Laurita
CARLOS LIBRADO as Cañete
XABIER MURUA as Elías
BÁRBARA MESTANZA as Trini
LLORENÇ GONZÁLEZ as Miguel
BERTA CASTAÑÉ as Luisa
RODRIGO SIMÓN as Pablo
LOREA CARBALLO as Marta
MARÍA JOSÉ PARRA as Esperanza
CARLES SANJAIME as Don Fermín
KINO GIL as Manuel
COSETTE SILGUERO as Clarita