Cañas y Barro: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

TV series that adapts the famous novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. In a village on the Albufera valenciana in an atmosphere of fishermen and rice, three generations of the family "the Dove" together in the place: the grandfather, the best fisherman on the lake, Hue, the son, who has devoted his life to gain ground water in an endless task, carrying earth to get his boat, inch by inch, to be able to cultivate a field, finally Tonet, the grandson, the black sheep of the family, which, by their conduct, cause disgrace of all. As a background of family life is the Spain of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, an era full social transformation.

Series details

• Title: Cañas y Barro
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Spanish
• Premiere date: 1978-03-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-04-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVE
• Network country: Spain
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 88949
• IMDb ID: tt0120935
• TVDB ID: 84323

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-03-26; final listed air date 1978-04-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Cañas y Barro on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.