Marta and Fina are the fashionable couple thanks to the daily series Dreams of Freedom, released at the end of February on Antena 3. Actresses Marta Belmonte and Alba Brunet give life to these two women who have known each other all their lives and who in a At a certain point they start to feel attracted. A lesbian love story that has captivated the audience and has gone beyond the small screen to successfully reach social networks through the hashtag
When Marta Belmonte (Barcelona, ??1982) was offered this role, she did not imagine the impact it would have. “It seemed like a fun and juicy role, with many prisms and open fronts, which I really wanted because she was not ‘the lover or the girlfriend’ but a woman with a privileged position regarding the different plots. But I did not at all imagine that she would have this boom.”
In this series set in Spain in the 1950s, Belmonte plays Marta de la Reina, the director of the protagonist family’s perfume store. She “is a woman totally absorbed in work, with a very comfortable and distanced marriage because her husband works outside of her as a doctor in the Navy.”
When Fina, the driver’s daughter, becomes a shop assistant, the connection between the two is very strong. “Fina is a woman of character, with very clear things, that she does not shrink, and with a lot of light and charm. Marta is discovering that Fina worries her and puts her in a place that she did not know until she discovers that what happens to her is that she feels passion and love for her.
On the other hand, Fina has always been clear that she likes women and until now she had only felt admiration for her now boss: “There is an approach from two very different positions that will make you live a love story with many ups and downs, fears. and insecurities, but also with passion.”
Belmonte confirms that he has received numerous messages about
“Thank you very much for,” summarizes the actress, who has now realized first-hand the power of fiction to send messages of this type to society. “We had an impact in a way that surprised me.” She also says that she has gotten a more real idea of ??what it meant to be a lesbian in the fifties in Spain when she had to say phrases like “they could denounce us, we could go to jail.”
A resident of Madrid for years, Belmonte lived in Barcelona until he was 14, when he moved to Zaragoza for his father’s work, from Aragon. There he finished high school and then returned to Barcelona, ??where he studied Dramatic Art. After participating in video clips and advertisements to pay for his studies, he appeared in supporting roles until he joined the cast of Serve and Protect (La 1, 2018), where he filmed almost 250 episodes, and co-starred with Luis Tosar in the series Midas’s Favorites. (Netflix, 2020).
He has also been bitten by the theater bug. “I have always written and I have felt the interest of telling stories, creating characters and imagining worlds.” A couple of years ago, The Order of Things was released, a work in which he mixed theatre, dance and visual poetry and which he also directed.
Marta says “try to be consistent with a feminist position, especially when we talk about things as basic as human rights and equality.” She defines herself as “handy and very much the owner of my house,” which she likes to have full of plants. She also likes to spend time alone, with her cat or a wine, and relax by cooking. She recognizes that she can be very impatient and a bit of a procrastinator, leaving everything to the last minute. On the positive side, she says that “when they need me, I’m there.” And what can she not stand from others? “Lack of honesty.”
A few years ago, the success of Luisita (Paula Usero) and Amelia (Carol Rovira) and their love story in Amar es para siempre gave rise to a series about them,
