''Cañas y barro'' () is a Spanish limited television series adapting the novel of the same name by

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that ...

. It aired in 1978 on

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Premise

The fiction is set in El Palmar, a village in La Albufera lagoon, in fin-de-siècle Spain, in between the 19th and 20th centuries. The plot features the strife between fishers (the old) and rice farmers (the new) as backdrop.

Cast

José Bódalo José Bódalo Zúffoli (March 24, 1916 – July 24, 1985) was a Spanish film actor. Biography Bódalo was born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son of Rome-born actress Eugenia Zúffoli and Spanish actor and singer José Bódalo, Sr. His birth in A ...

as Cañamel. *

Alfredo Mayo Alfredo Fernández Martínez (17 May 1911 in Barcelona – 19 May 1985 in Palma de Mallorca) better known as Alfredo Mayo was a Spanish actor. Biography After studying medicine, in 1929 Mayo made his debut in the theatre with the company of ...

as el Tío Paloma. * as Tono. * as Tonet. *

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as Samaruca. * as Neleta. *

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as Rosa.

Production and release

''Cañas y barro'' is an adaptation of the 1902 novel of the same name by

. The novel had been already adapted to a feature film format with the

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's 1954 film . The series was shot in the northern hemisphere Autumn/Winter of 1977 in the same location the fiction takes place, in La Albufera and El Palmar. Adapted to screen by

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, the episodes were directed by

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. It consisted of 6 episodes featuring a running time of about 55 minutes. The production had a 70 million peseta budget. It aired on a weekly basis from 26 March 1978 to 30 April 1978. It became the most watched fiction series of the year, and second in general to the documentary series ''

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'' (non-fiction).

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * * {{Authority control Television shows set in the Valencian Community Television shows based on Spanish novels 1978 Spanish television series debuts 1978 Spanish television series endings La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series 1970s Spanish drama television series Television shows filmed in Spain Television series set in the 19th century Spanish-language television shows Television shows based on works by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez