''Carta a Eva'' is a two-part Spanish television miniseries directed by

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, starring

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and Nora Navas. It originally aired on La 1 in 2013.

Premise

The fiction deals about how the lives of three different women—

Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 19 ...

(first lady of Argentina),

Carmen Polo María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain (11 June 1900 – 6 February 1988) was the wife of the dictator, General and "'' caudillo"'' Francisco Franco and is considered the most influential woman in Franc ...

(Francisco Franco's wife) and Juana Doña (a communist militant)—intertwine during the official visit paid by the first one to Spain in 1947, when the country was internationally isolated and the population starving.

Cast

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. * Nora Navas as Juana Doña. * as

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. *

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as Paca, Juana Doña's mother. ;Supporting

Production and release

It was co-produced by

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and Copia Cero. Filming took place in

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. Directed by

, the screenplay was authored by Villaronga together with Alfred Pérez and Roger Danès. The miniseries was pre-screened at the

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. The two parts were released by

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from 30 May to 6 June 2013, earning average viewership figures of 2,666,000 viewers and a 14% audience share.

Awards and nominations

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References

{{authority control Spanish television miniseries Television series set in 1947 2013 Spanish television series debuts 2013 Spanish television series endings 2010s Spanish drama television series Television shows set in Spain Television shows filmed in Spain Cultural depictions of Eva Perón Cultural depictions of Francisco Franco La 1 (Spanish TV channel) network series Spanish-language television shows