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Tristeza de amor (1986)

Tristeza de amor poster
Directed by
Manuel Ripoll
Genre
drama television series
Country
Spain
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This Spanish drama series is set in a Madrid radio station during the 1980s. It follows the personal and professional lives of its characters, including a lead male and female journalist. The show addresses topics that were taboo in Spain at the time, such as homosexuality, transsexuality, and workplace harassment.

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What happens

Tristeza de amor es una serie de Televisión española, estrenada en 1986 y ambientada en la radio española de los años ochenta. La serie está coprotagonizada por Alfredo Landa y Concha Cuetos. También participan otros intérpretes reconocidos como Carlos Larrañaga, Emma Suárez, Eduardo Fajardo y Marisa Lahoz entre otros. La serie se ambienta en la desaparecida Torre Windsor y en el entorno de oficinas AZCA, al norte de la ciudad de Madrid.​ La serie se caracteriza por tratar temas hasta entonces tabú en España como la homosexualidad, la transexualidad o el acoso laboral.​​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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