Marta and Fina are the fashionable couple thanks to the daily series Sueños de libertad, premiered at the end of February on Antena 3. The actresses Marta Belmonte and Alba Brunet play these two women who have known each other all their lives and who at one point determined they begin to feel attracted. A lesbian love story that has captivated the audience and that has crossed the small screen to successfully reach the networks through the label
When Marta Belmonte (Barcelona, ??1982) was offered this character, she did not imagine the impact it would have. “I thought it was a fun and juicy role, with many prisms and open fronts, which I really liked because I wasn’t the lover or the girlfriend of , but a woman with a privileged position in relation to the different plots. But I never imagined that it would have this boom”.
In this series set in 1950s Spain, Belmonte plays Marta de la Reina, the director of the perfume shop of the protagonist family. “She is a woman totally consumed by work, with a very prosperous and distant marriage because her husband works as a doctor in the Navy.”
When Fina, the driver’s daughter, becomes a dependent, the connection between the two is very strong. “Fina is a woman of character and with a lot of light and charm. Marta discovers that Fina is restless and puts her in a place she didn’t know until she discovers that what is happening to her is that she feels passion and love for her.” On the other hand, Fina has always been clear that she likes women: “There is an approach from two very different positions that will lead to 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”, sums up the actress, who has now realized first-hand the power of fiction to send messages of this kind to society. “We impact in a way that I was surprised”. She also explains that she got a more realistic idea of ??what it meant to be a lesbian in the fifties in Spain when it was her turn to say phrases like “they could denounce us, we could go to prison”.
A resident of Madrid for years, Belmonte lived in Barcelona until the age of 14, when he moved to Zaragoza for work reasons for his father, who is from Aragon. He finished high school there and then returned to Barcelona, ??where he studied Dramatic Art. After taking part in video clips and commercials to pay for his studies, came appearances and secondary roles until joining the cast of Servir y proteger (La 1, 2018) and co-starring with Luis Tosar in the series Los favoritos de Midas (Netflix , 2020).
He has also been bitten by the theater bug. “I have always written and felt the restlessness of telling stories, of creating characters and imagining worlds”. A couple of years ago he saw the light of day The order of things, a work in which he mixed theater, dance and visual poetry and which he also directed.
Belmonte says that “I 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 ladylike in my house”, which she likes to have full of plants. She also enjoys spending time alone, with her cat or a glass of wine, and relaxing by cooking. He admits that he can be very impatient and leave everything to the last minute. On the positive side, he says that “when they need me, I’m there”. And what can’t stand from others? “The 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,
