The first season of the Spanish crime drama television series Vis a Vis originally aired on Antena 3 in Spain. It consists of 11 episodes. The pilot episode was broadcast on April 20, 2015; the first five episodes aired on Mondays at 10 pm and the final six aired on Thursdays at the same timeslot. The season was executive produced by Globomedia.
The season focuses on the events in the fictional women's prison Cruz del Sur and outside of the prison. Macarena (Maggie Civantos) is sent to prison for financial crimes, awaiting trial. Her life is turned upside down when she experiences her new reality and encounters the inmates Zulema (Najwa Nimri), Saray (Alba Flores), Rizos (Berta Vázquez), Soledad (María Isabel Díaz Lago), Anabel (Inma Cuevas), Tere (Marta Aledo), Antonia (Laura Baena), as well as prison employees Fabio (Roberto Enríquez), Dr. Sandoval (Ramiro Blas), Miranda (Cristina Plazas), Palacios (Alberto Velasco) and Valbuena (Harlys Becerra). Her family searches for a large sum of money hidden somewhere to pay her bail.
The season received several accolades, including the main female cast sharing the Ondas Awards for Best Actress, six nominations and two wins at the Spanish Actors Union Awards, four nominations from the Iris Awards, a Fotogramas de Plata nomination, and a FesTVal award.
Cast and characters
Cruz Del Sur inmates
Maggie Civantos as Macarena Ferreiro Najwa Nimri as Zulema Zahir Berta Vázquez as Estefania "Rizos" Kabila Alba Flores as Saray Vargas de Jesús Inma Cuevas as Ana Belén "Anabel" Villaroch Garcés María Isabel Díaz Lago as Soledad "Sole" Núñez Hurtado Marta Aledo as Teresa "Tere" González Largo Laura Baena as Antonia Trujillo Díez
Cruz del Sur employees
Roberto Enríquez as Fabio Martínez León as Carlos Sandoval Castro Cristina Plazas as Miranda Aguirre Senén Alberto Velasco as Antonio Palacios Lloret Harlys Becerra as Ismael Valbuena Ugarte
Macarena's family
Carlos Hipólito as Leopoldo Ferreiro Lobo as Encarna Molina Daniel Ortiz as Román Ferreiro Molina
Police as Inspector Damián Castillo
Recurring and guest Belén Cuesta as Yolanda Montero as Hanbal "The Egyptian" Hamadi as María Prieto "Casper" Téllez Sonia Almarcha as Lidia Osborne Irene Arcos as Carolina Carmen Baquero as Alba Vargas de Jesús Paula Medina as Jacky as Paloma Garrido "Governor" Juan Blanco as Alfonso "El Piti"
Episodes
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominees Result 2015 Ondas Awards Best Actress Female Cast of Vis a Vis FesTVal de Televisión y Radio de Vitoria Discovery of the YearVis a vis Premios MiM Best Drama Actress for Television Maggie Civantos 2016 Spanish Actors Union Awards Best Female Lead Performance Maggie Civantos Najwa Nimri Best Male Lead Performance Roberto Enríquez Best Female Performance in Supporting Role Alba Flores Best Female Performance in Minor Role Inma Cuevas Marta Aledo Iris Awards Best Actress Najwa Nimri Best Actor Carlos Hipólito Best Fiction Vis a vis Best Production Cristina López Ferrar, Juan López Olivar Fotogramas de Plata Audience Award for Best Spanish Series Vis a vis Festival de Luchon (France) Best Spanish Fiction Vis a vis Premios Paramount Channel Best Villain Najwa Nimri Best Upcoming Actress Berta Vázquez Premios MiM Best Drama Series Vis a vis Best Director Vis a vis
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